Lost Balloon
Literary Magazine
Lost Balloon publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry (1,000 words or less)
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2-3 months*/Editor reported data93 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 6.9%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
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Author's rights
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
Tracker statistics
45
Total submissions tracked
102 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
6 days
Fastest response time
277 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
All genres
About
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...
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2017
Country
US
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Chelsea Voulgares
Editor-in-Chief
Madeline Anthes
Assistant Editor