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Guidelines

"Lost Balloon publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry (1,000 words or less)"

"Lost Balloon publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry (1,000 words or less)"

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

2-3 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Prose poetry only. 1000 words max

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Prose poetry only. 1000 words max

Statistics

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Track submission

23

Total submissions tracked

98 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

54 days

Fastest response time

146 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

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Rights for published work

Lost Balloon acquires First Electronic Rights and Non-exclusive Archival Rights. All other rights remain with the author. If you reprint your piece, please mention us.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2017 | United States

Lost Balloon launched on February 1st, 2017. The site’s name was inspired by those small and sad but whimsical moments in life: the birthday balloon that slips from your fingers and floats into the horizon, or the dropped ice cream cone. Pieces from the magazine have been anthologized in Best Small Fictions (Sonder Press), and Best Microfiction (Pelekinesis Press). They have been long-listed for the Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions and for Best of the Net.

Masthead

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Chelsea Voulgares

Editor-in-Chief

Madeline Anthes

Assistant Editor

Examples

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