Our annual flash fiction summer series is coming up — we'll continue accepting submissions until May 5. https://necessaryfiction.submittable.com/submit/116909/flash-fiction-summer-reading
"Necessary Fiction publishes a new book review each Monday, a featured short story each Wednesday, contributions to our Research Notes series on Fridays (when we have one), and occasional interviews, essays, and other surprises."
Introduction
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
4 months / 76 days
Average acceptance rate
4% / 19.05%
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Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Flash rules
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 1
all
Review
Book Reviews
Interview
No specific limitations
Translations
To submit fiction in translation (which we also welcome), please contact Michelle Bailat-Jones directly at translations@necessaryfiction.com.
Nonfiction
Research Notes series, in which an author writes about the "research" (defined however and however loosely they like) behind a recent book
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Research Notes and Translation Notes
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Flash rules
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 1
all
Review
Book Reviews
Interview
No specific limitations
Translations
To submit fiction in translation (which we also welcome), please contact Michelle Bailat-Jones directly at translations@necessaryfiction.com.
Magazine
Founded in ? | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Steve Himmer
Editor-in-Chief
Lacey N. Dunham
Fiction Editor
Diane Josefowicz
Book Reviews Editor
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Translations Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
33
Average acceptance rate
19.05%
Average response time
76 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
59/85 days
Fastest response time
22 days
Slowest response time
164 days
