Open for submissions
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We are dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web quarterly, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft.
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Hybrid
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Translations
Translated work must also be previously unpublished in the original language.
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Hybrid
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Translations
Translated work must also be previously unpublished in the original language.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
01
Details
02
How to submit 🏗️
03
Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
07
Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2003 | 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 :)
Christopher Allen
Editor-in-Chief
Shasta Grant
COORDINATING EDITOR
Michael Czyzniejewski
INTERVIEWS EDITOR
María Alejandra Barrios
SENIOR EDITOR
Sherrie Flick
SENIOR EDITOR
Jan Elman Stout
SENIOR EDITOR
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
222
Average acceptance rate
0.5%
Average response time
8 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
119/8 days
Fastest response time
1 days
Slowest response time
38 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 45 days, 46 days, 48 days, 98 days, 113 days, 119 days, 222 days, 222 days, 263 days, 509 days
