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Vestal Review is the longest-running flash fiction magazine in the world. Our stories have been reprinted in numerous anthologies and selected for Wigleaf Top 50 many times. We’re eclectic in style and open to all genres.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 1
Vestal Review is a magazine for flash fiction. We realize that a flash story has different definitions, and all of them have merit. For us, a flash story is no longer than 500 words, and it moves from point A to point B. If it’s longer than 500 words or is too static, it’s not for us.
literary
absurdist
actionAdventure
crime
experimental
humor
lgbtq
magicalRealism
mystery
noir
romance
scienceFiction
speculative
thriller
Art
No specific limitations
Interview
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 1
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The interview itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words. We try to get back to submitters within one month.
Review
Max words: 500
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The review itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words. We try to get back to submitters within one month.
Fiction
No specific limitations
Flash rules
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 1
Vestal Review is a magazine for flash fiction. We realize that a flash story has different definitions, and all of them have merit. For us, a flash story is no longer than 500 words, and it moves from point A to point B. If it’s longer than 500 words or is too static, it’s not for us.
literary
absurdist
actionAdventure
crime
experimental
humor
lgbtq
magicalRealism
mystery
noir
romance
scienceFiction
speculative
thriller
Art
No specific limitations
Interview
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 1
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The interview itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words. We try to get back to submitters within one month.
Review
Max words: 500
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The review itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words. We try to get back to submitters within one month.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2000 | 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 :)
David Galef
Editor-in-Chief
Blaise Allysen Kearsley
Contributing Editor
Jasmine Ledesma
Contributing Editor
Mandira Pattnaik
Contributing Editor
Christopher Notarnicola
Contributing Editor
Phil Olsen
Contributing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
17
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
15 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/15 days
Fastest response time
8 days
Slowest response time
22 days