What does this list contain?
Publications that actively welcome submissions of flash fiction (stories of approximately 1,000 words) from established and emerging authors. This list also includes short-shorts, vignettes, and micro-fiction.
Why are some publications missing?
I chose not to include some publications. Reasons included: websites that appeared to be inactive; publications that appeared to have stopped publishing sometime in the recent past; publications that didn’t specifically mention flash fiction; and, well, I probably just missed some.
Won’t details constantly change?
Yes. So, my advice is to check each publication for current submission deadlines, copyright and formatting guidelines. This list is a guide only – and one which I shall try to add to when I have the time.
How competitive is the market?
Very. So, maybe spend some time reading the best of the best, especially if you’re new to the genre. One way to do this is to join a Facebook group dedicated to flash fiction or the short story. You will find links to interesting conversations, articles, stories and competitions. One of my new-found favourites is the ‘International Flash Fiction Network’.
And there are some great resources out there, too. For example; Expert Tips for Writing Flash Fiction, Jack Smith.
So there you have it. All you need to do now, is write.
A List of Publications That Accept Flash Fiction
After the Pause (USA) – is an experimental online literary journal, based in Minneapolis, MN (with strong ties to other parts of the Midwest), and published quarterly.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/10 days to 3 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I submit | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Yes but they prefer unpublished |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Ambit (UK) – is a 96-page quarterly literary and art magazine. It is created in London, published in the UK, and read internationally.
| Reading Period | 1 Feb and 1 September |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words flash (5,000 words) /2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 1 contributor copy (if outside UK)/Unknown |
| How do I submit | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
American Short Fiction (USA) – is a literary magazine based out of Texas.
| Reading Period | check their website for openings |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 2,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Yes but unspecified/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
The Apple Valley Review – is an online literary journal. It is published twice each year, once in spring and once in fall. ‘Each issue features a collection of beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, and essays.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 100 – 4,000 words/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 pieces |
apt – is a ‘literary journal featuring challenging writing that combines the cerebral and the visceral. We publish short-form work online every week and a print issue of long-form work every winter.’
| Reading Period | Rolling for the online edition |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 2,000 words/30 days |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Atticus Review (USA) – The journal publishes ‘stories, poems, essays and other forms of creative digital media.’ ‘We want stories that engage our hearts and minds. Language matters. We like lyrical. We like dark humor. Most of all, perhaps, we want stories that matter.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 800 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Bandit Fiction (UK) – are a new voice in digital publishing. They are looking for unpublished flash fiction (from 250 to 1000 words).
| Reading Period | Check website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 250 – 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Email in a word.doc |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Uknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes but in separate emails |
Bare Fiction Magazine (UK) – Bare Fiction was ‘set up to promote new writing in all forms through performance, digital representation and publication.’
| Reading Period | Check website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Copy of the magazine/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
The Bitter Oleander (USA) – ‘Home of Fine Poetry Collections and The Bitter Oleander:
A biannual Journal of Contemporary International Poetry & Short Fiction.’
| Reading Period | Biannual – rolling except for July |
| Word Limit/Response Time | No lower limit but no more than 2,500/30 days |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Contributor copy/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Brilliant Flash Fiction (UK) – ‘Our goal is to present the best and most unusual international fiction for readers.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No more than 2 every 3 month period |
Bunbury Magazine (UK) – ‘is an online arts-and-lit magazine with a big focus on grass-roots creativity, giving a platform to creatives who would not necessarily get the exposure they deserve through mainstream routes.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 250 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Email in a word.doc |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
Burnside Review (USA) – ‘Burnside Review is a small-press publisher in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2004, the journal is published every 9-12 months.’
| Reading Period | Check website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Flash fiction gp totally 5,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Unknown/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Brevity (USA) – ‘For nearly two decades, Brevity has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or fewer) essay form, along with craft essays and book reviews.‘
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 750 words or less |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $45/Yes – unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Sometimes |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Chattahoochee Review (USA) – The Chattahoochee Review is a literary journal published by Georgia State University’s Perimeter College.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 – 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/Yes but unknown as it was closed |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
Cheat River Review (USA) – Print Magazine.
| Reading Period | Aug 1st – Sept 30th + Dec 1st – Feb 28th |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Chicago Review (USA) – ‘Since 1946, Chicago Review has published a range of contemporary poetry, fiction, and criticism. Each year typically includes two single issues and a double issue with a special feature section.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 3 copies + 1 yr subscription/$2.50 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 5 in one file |
The Conium Review (USA) – ‘We lean toward unconventional plots, bizarre settings, and experimental language. Get weird with it. It is released in two formats: a paperback edition and a collector’s edition box set.’
| Reading Period | Check their website for reading periods |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Contributor copy/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
Corium Magazine (USA) – closed down.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
The Crab Creek Review (USA) – ‘is a perfect-bound print literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
Daily Science Fiction (USA) – is a professional publication of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and more.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 100 – 1,500 word min/Check after 4 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 8c per word/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Throught their website |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Dark Lane Books (UK) – is a quarterly that prefers the printed word. They want ‘well-written, literary weird’ short stories for their published anthology.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 word minimum/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Contributor’s copy/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Delmarva Review (USA) – is ‘a literary journal dedicated to the discovery of outstanding new fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We publish annually to inspire readers and writers to pursue excellence in writing.’
| Reading Period | Nov 1st – March 31st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/1 month |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 copies of the magazine/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 pieces of 1,000 words each |
Devilfish Review (USA) – is a quarterly online literary magazine looking for ‘the weird, tenacious, and improbable.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $10 through Pay Pal/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Drunken Boat (USA) – Drunken Boat is an international journal of literature and the arts. ‘We provide a platform for works of art that challenge conventions of form and format, of voice and genre.’
| Reading Period | Nov 1st – March 1st + June 1st – Sept 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unknown/$3 |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple SubmissionsU | Unknown |
The Emerson Review (USA) – is Emerson College’s oldest literary magazine, and ‘strives to publish meaningful fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork each year.’
| Reading Period | 1st Aug – 1st Feb |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 300 or 5,000 for long fiction/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 3 contributor copies/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple SubmissionsU | < 3 in the same file |
Everyday Fiction (Canada) – ‘is a Canadian flash fiction magazine founded in 2007 and published by Every Day Publishing Ltd. All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.‘
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 days/90 days |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $3 per story plus a link to your website/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/No |
| Multiple SubmissionsU | < 3 |
Fiction Southeast (USA) – ‘is an online literary journal dedicated to short fiction. We showcase short fiction from today’s most promising writers and provide a wealth of online resources that writers can utilize to perfect their craft.‘
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$2 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes but as separate submissions |
Fictive Dream (UK) – is an online publication that focuses on the short story. They sometimes have flash fiction months.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Lower limit 500 words, including title/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Five Points (USA) – is ranked in the top ten magazines in the nation by Every Writer’s Resource.
| Reading Period | Aug 15th – April 30th |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/4 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 separate submissions per period ($2) |
Fjords – is available in numerous bookstores and libraries in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/60 days |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 contributor copies/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Occasionally |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 |
Flash (UK) – The International Short Story Magazine. Journal of the International Flash Fiction Association (IFFA). ‘Flash is the world’s leading journal of quality flash fiction and reviews of up to 360 words. It is edited by Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler.’
| Reading Period | Biannual – April and Oct |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 360 words, including title/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Contributor copy/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Email in a word.doc |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 4 |
Flash Fiction Magazine – publish one flash fiction online every day.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 300 – 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Flash Fiction Online – ‘We want developed empathetic characters and discernible resolved plots.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 – 1,000 words/2 days to 10 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $60 story if unpublished (2c/word reprints/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/Yes |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes |
Flint Hills Review – an annual publication with a national circulation.
| Reading Period | Jan – April |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 – 1,500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 contributor copies/No |
| How do I Submit? | Email or Post |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes |
The Florida Review – ‘publishes exciting new work from around the world from writers both emerging and well known.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$2 online/$3 for print version |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Freeze frame fiction – ‘is a digital flash fiction publication. The idea: any genre, no content restrictions—just good flash fiction. We pay authors semi-pro rates to publish online and in illustrated ebooks, with an annual print anthology in the works. We publish flash fiction, pure and simple. All genres, no content restrictions.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $10/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Solicited only |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
F(r)iction (USA and UK) – is a triannual collection of literature and art. They host a flash fiction compeptition worth $300.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $10 per page/$5 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Fugue (USA) – ‘Begun in 1990 by the faculty in the Department of English at University of Idaho, Fugue has continuously published poetry, plays, fiction, essays, visual-text hybrids, and interviews from established and emerging writers biannually – print and online.’
| Reading Period | Sept 1st – May 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/6 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $15 plus contributor copy/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 |
Funny Times – (newspaper) is an American humor newspaper- ‘Not much is off limits, so do your best to make us laugh.‘
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 – 700 words/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $60 plus subscription/No |
| How do I Submit? | Post |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | 3 – 5 stories |
Ghost Ocean (USA) – ‘is an award-winning literary magazine whose work has been reprinted in Best of the Net, Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, Fiction Daily, and has been shortlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/6 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Up to 3 |
Grain (Canada) – the journal of eclectic writing, (Canada) is ‘a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists.’
| Reading Period | Sept 1st – May 31st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/6 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $50 per page up to $250 + 2 copies/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Gravel (USA) – is an American literary magazine that accepts flash fiction.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 stories |
Harpur Palate (USA) – is an online journal published by Binghampton University.
| Reading Period | Feb 1st – April 15th + Sept 1st – Nov 15th |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Hobart (USA) – Initially, Hobart was a web journal, coedited by Mike McGowan. In 2002, Aaron expanded Hobart to include an annual print issue in addition to the website.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1,000 words/Short shorts 400/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online form |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Inch – is a quarterly that publishes the ‘finest stories of 750 words or less.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 750 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 3 print copies/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online form |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Jellyfish Review – is an online journal committed to publishing flash fiction.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Lascaux Review – ‘Lascaux Review seeks fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality.’ They run contests for fiction, poetry, non-fiction and flash.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Under 1 month |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Yes/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Lamplight (USA) – is ‘a literary magazine of dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction. The quarterly is published as print and ebook’.
| Reading Period | 15th March – 15th May + 15th Sept – 15th Nov |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 3c per word up to $150 (reprints less)/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Ok if only published online |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Litro (UK) – was founded in 2005. It is a ‘platform’ for literary & creative arts. They publish a print edition alongside their online platform. The print magazine is themed. They also run #FlashFridays – online.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Check – it depends |
The Los Angeles Review (USA) – ‘an annual print and online literary journal established in 2003, is the voice of Los Angeles, and the voice of the nation‘.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 contributor copies/$2 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Lunch Ticket – is an online literary and art journal that publishes fiction, including flash fiction.
| Reading Period | Feb 1st – April 1st + Aug 1st – Oct 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unknown/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Unknown/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Marauder Literary Journal (Australia) – ‘Marauder Literary Journal is new platform for over-worked or unappreciated, emerging and established literary rogues, who want to network and share their brave, captivating and original work.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Uknown |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Mascara (Australia) – Biannual literary journal. They are particularly interested in the writing of ‘contemporary migrant, Asian Australian and Indigenous writers.’ They accept fiction and poetry.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1000 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Microfiction Monday Magazine – ‘seeks to publish exceptional stories told in 100 words or less on the first Monday of every month.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 100 words/6 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online form |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Uknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes |
Nature Futures – ‘Futures is a venue for very short stories or ‘vignettes’ of between 850 and 950 words. The subject is typically near-future, hard SF, although this can be interpreted liberally. In short, what Futures is looking for is originality.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 850 – 950 words/28 days |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | £85 or USD $130/No |
| How do I Submit? | Email as a word.doc |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
New England Review (NER) is a quarterly literary magazine – ‘By publishing new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting, New England Review encourages artistic exchange and thought-provoking innovation, providing publishing opportunities for writers at all stages in their careers.’
| Reading Period | Feb 1st – May 31st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/12 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | USD $50 min + subscription + 2 copies/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
New South (USA) – ‘Works first appearing in New South have been anthologized in Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South, Best Small Fictions, New Poetry from the Midwest, and noted in Best American Short Stories and Best of the Net.’
| Reading Period | Sept 1st – March 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1000 words/5 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | < 5 stories |
Pacifica Literary Review (USA) – is published online and in print.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1000 words/4 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 copies + 1yr subscription/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories in a single doc |
Pedestal Magazine (USA) – is a high-quality online, literary publication.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unknown/8 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Yes but unknown/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Peril (Australian) – Online magazine. They are ‘focused on issues of Asian Australian arts and culture.’ They also welcome submissions in creative and new media, including video, audio and sound.
| Reading Period | Check the website/Themed and Asian/Aus interest |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | AUS $50 – $100/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 5 stories |
Permafrost – is interior Alaska’s foremost literary magazine. ‘We’re looking for flash essays, prose poems, hermit-crab stories, lyric essays, lists, anecdotes about your creepy uncle.’
| Reading Period | May 1st – Oct 31st print/Nov 1st – Apr 30th online |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 1 contributor copy/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Platform for Prose (UK) – is an online publication they are looking for ‘engaging & entertaining contemporary short stories, flash fiction.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified but from 100 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Ponder Review (USA) – ‘is a student-run publication of the MFA program at Mississippi University for Women.’ They publish ‘fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short plays, new media, and visual art twice a year.
| Reading Period | Dec. 15 – March 15; June 15 – Sept. 15 |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 750 words/5 months or less |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$2 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Portland Review (USA) – has ‘been publishing exceptional prose, poetry, and art since 1956.’
| Reading Period | Sept – Dec |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified but from 100 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 in one submission |
Quarter After Eight (USA) – is ‘an annual literary journal devoted to the exploration of innovative writing.’
| Reading Period | Oct 15th – April 15th |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/6 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Right Hand Pointing (USA) – ‘In addition to being a member of the Col. Bleep Interplanetary Space Command, Right Hand Pointing does about 12 issues a year of short poetry, very short fiction, art, and other things.‘
| Reading Period | Rolling must subscribe to their newsletter |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | 2 in a single submission |
Right Now (Australia) – An online organisation for human rights issues and justice in Australia. They accept fiction and poetry.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 – They suggest you pitch/2 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
River Styx (USA) – has been publishing an international, award-winning magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and art since 1975.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/5 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $50 – $150 – depending on the length/$2 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
Rum Punch Press – I’m not sure this is still active (2020). ‘An online journal featuring high-quality, original fiction and non-fiction from writers who, like us, enjoy a little pop in their culture.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 750 words (flash) + 140 (micro)/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Saranac Review (USA) – is ‘an annual, printed magazine. We are looking for original and unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction and one-act plays (or flash drama) that is literary, engaging, well crafted, enjoyable, accessible and has resonance‘.
| Reading Period | Aug 1st – May 31st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/6 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $5 per page + contributor copy/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Yes, if in different genres |
Scum (Australia) – ‘Scum is an online literary magazine, launched in February 2013. We aim to deliver new writing a couple times a week and publish fiction, memoir, rants, and basically whatevz. Scum has filthy feminist leanings and a disregard for propriety.’
| Reading Period | 1st to 7th of every month |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | AUD $60/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Seizure (Australia) – ‘Flashers is the online home of Australian flash fiction.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 50 to 500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | AUD $50/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Smoke Long Quarterly – an online magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1000 words/6 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Social Alternatives (Australia) – An independent quarterly journal ‘committed to the principles of social justice and to creating spaces of dialogue intended to stimulate social alternatives to current conditions.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Spineless Wonders (Australia) – SPINELESS WONDERS is a multi-platform publishing company devoted to short, quality fiction produced by Australian writers.
| Reading Period | Rolling plus calls for themed editions |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 200 to 2,000 words/6 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Unknown/There was a AUD$10 fee |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Stereo Stories (Australia) – A boutique website – stories have to be connected with music in some way. See their website for examples.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 800 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Straylight Magazine (USA) – is the literary magazine of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. ‘We look for innovative works of fiction, poetry, and art, both within our campus and around the world.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1000 words/8 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Sundog Lit (USA) – features the very best in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art online.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 750 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 in a single file |
Tahoma Literary Review (USA) – is published three times a year in both print and e-reader formats.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 1,500 words/2 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $50/$5 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 stories |
Threadcount – is a ‘biannual online literary journal dedicated to hybrid forms, work that challenges genre boundaries and resists classifiable form, that experiments with texture and convention, that (like fabric) packs a lot in a limited space‘.
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Email as a word.doc |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 5 in a single doc. No multiple submissions |
Tin House Magazine (USA) – is an American literary magazine. They host Flash Fiction Fridays online.
| Reading Period | Rolling for flash fiction |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal (USA) – is a journal that publishes flash fiction, poetry, Fiction and non-fiction.
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | No/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Two Hawks Quarterly (THQ) (USA) – is ‘a journal looking for exquisitely crafted work that will astonish, surprise, challenge, and delight us.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | Unspecified/4 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Tulpa Magazine – (Australia) ‘Tulpa is an Adelaide-based magazine focusing on the Arts Community in South Australia. Our aim is to give emerging and marginalised writers a safe space to publish their work.’
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Unbroken Journal (USA) – is a quarterly online journal. ‘We want dark and disquieting, we want fanciful and funny, we want surreal and surprising. They want flash/vignettes and haibun.’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Vestal Review (USA) – ‘The world’s oldest magazine dedicated to flash fiction. Our stories have been reprinted in numerous anthologies such as Best of the Net, Sudden Flash Youth and You have Time for This. Vestal Review is an eclectic magazine, open to all genres except children’s stories and hard science fiction.’ They host Magic Mondays – submit a story of 250. The best gets selected to appear in the magazine.
| Reading Period | Feb – May + Aug – Nov |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/3 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $25/$2 by PayPal |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
The Vignette Review (USA) – is ‘an entirely new fiction literary quarterly that weds fine art and photography with richly detailed vignettes, providing a feast for the eyes and the mind.‘
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | From 33 – 900 words/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | No |
Water~Stone Review (USA) – is ‘a national literary annual published by the The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.‘
| Reading Period | Oct 1st – Dec 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 3 flash fiction up to 8,000/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | 2 contributor copies/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 – maximum of 8,000 words |
Wigleaf – they publish stories at least once a week for nine months of the year.
| Reading Period | Final week of each academic month except Dec |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 1,000/Unknown |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/No |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 2 stories/micro up to 4 (below 250 words) |
Willow Springs (USA) – has ‘published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. It is published each fall and spring.’
| Reading Period | Sept 1st – May 1st |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 750 words/4 months |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | $40/$3 |
| How do I Submit? | Online |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Yes/No |
| Multiple Submissions | < 3 stories |
100 Word Story (USA)
| Reading Period | Rolling |
| Word Limit/Response Time | 100 words, not including the title |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | No/$2 |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
5×5 – is ‘an online literary journal that publishes poetry and prose of 500 words or less. We also feature photography. We publish twice a year (Winter & Summer).’
| Reading Period | Check their website |
| Word Limit/Response Time | < 500 words/8 weeks |
| Payment to Author/Any Fees to Submit | Unknown/Unknown |
| How do I Submit? | Submittable |
| Simultaneous Submissions/Reprints | Unknown/Unknown |
| Multiple Submissions | Unknown |
Are you interested in submitting to any other markets?
Let me know. Leave me a comment and I’ll start compiling a list.
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Thanks for doing the work on this list. Just want to let you know: Tin House is now closed (https://tinhouse.com/on-the-closing-of-tin-house-magazine). Also, Funny Times now pays $75 – they primarily publish short humor.
Thanks Anthony! A good wake-up call to edit the list asap.
Hi Alys,
Thanks for this list.
I have submitted to Flash Frontier in the past. They are based in NZ and are lovely to deal with.
https://www.flash-frontier.com/about/
Kind regards,
Sean
Hi Sean, I’m so glad the list is useful. And thank you for the comments re. Flash Frontier. Kind regards, Alys
Thank you so much. I will try. This is so kind of you, so useful. I found only one magazine interested in short humorous stories, “Funny Times”. Am I missing something? Thank you
I just submitted my work thanks to you. I value this list of publishers because it is varied and includes Australian sites I was unaware of. As a thanks, I’m linking you and your fans to a flash published today: https://bendinggenres.com/2020/04/07/the-vista-inn/
Aloha from the islands!
Dear Kirby, thank you so much for the feedback – apologies that it’s so late. I’m very glad that you find the list useful and best of luck with your submission. Alys
thanks so much for this list!
Thank you Lia!
Many thanks for sharing this list. It’s timely and helpful.
Thank you Rosey. I hope it speeds your writing to a worthy home 🙂
Hi Alys
Could I also put forward Flash Fiction North [https://www.flashfictionnorth.com/]. It is a site dedicated to promoting northern writers in particular, and anyone from anywhere who writes in a gritty, earthy style. It is free to submit work but we don’t pay for anything. See site for further details.
Thanks a lot for this post!
John E.C. editor
Hi John, thanks for the heads-up. It’s always great to find a new site. I’ll take a look and update the list as soon as I can. And the best of luck – Alys
Hey Alys, phenomenally useful post! If you’re intending to update it at any point, I’d love to put forward Ash Tales for inclusion.
Based in the UK, we publish original post apocalyptic and dystopian fiction, exploring the end of the world in short stories (up to 2,000 words in length) and 20-minute narrated podcast episodes. Ash Tales accepts submissions year-round, and there’s no cost for submission 🙂
Here’s the site: https://ashtales.com
Thanks in advance!
Thanks Ryan! I will definitely check out Ash Tales – it sounds wonderful. Sorry it’s taken so long to reply. I have a house full of winter flu!!
Hi Alys:
I’ve been out of the writing loop for some time-last story published in 1990 In Meanjin. I found this a wonderful resource–and I particularly like the way the information is set out. Things have certainly changed (and for the better)–but it was nice getting little notes from Jennie Lee or the folk at Westerly. Not any more, I think.
Thank you for the list. I imagine it took quite a time to research.
Cheers
Thanks Margaret. It’s interesting to hear what you say – I can’t imagine getting notes from publishers these days. Most barely seem to have the time to reply to submissions. Anyway, it’s great to know that the list is useful. Good luck with your writing, Alys
What a great list. Thank you so much.
Thanks Charlie, I hope they bring you good luck!