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Flash fiction is shorter than the normal range of short stories, which are generally 3,000 words or more. The precise length remains somewhat elusive. Some literary journals ask for 2,000 words or less, others set maximum word counts in the hundreds. Each publication has its own style, its own format, and its own needs, so whether your 1,953-word short story qualifies as "flash" is entirely up to the editors.
Flash fiction is very popular. There are dozens of sites where you can read flash fiction on a daily basis. This is perfect for people who are commuting on a train, waiting to see a doctor, or have other brief, potentially interrupted periods of time to fill.
Below is a list of paying markets for flash fiction. I have included links to submission guidelines, payment information, and word counts where available. Make sure you follow their guidelines carefully. (Editors don't consider submissions that fail to follow guidelines.) None of these magazines charge submission fees.
For my excellent list of paying markets, nicely organized by genre and form, see Paying Markets.
Flash fiction is very popular. There are dozens of sites where you can read flash fiction on a daily basis. This is perfect for people who are commuting on a train, waiting to see a doctor, or have other brief, potentially interrupted periods of time to fill.
Below is a list of paying markets for flash fiction. I have included links to submission guidelines, payment information, and word counts where available. Make sure you follow their guidelines carefully. (Editors don't consider submissions that fail to follow guidelines.) None of these magazines charge submission fees.
For my excellent list of paying markets, nicely organized by genre and form, see Paying Markets.
| Journal | Submission Guidelines | Payment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confrontation | https://confrontation-magazine.org/submit/ | $150 - $200; more for commissioned work. | Reading periods 500 words max |
| The Good Life Review: "Micro Monday" (online) | https://thegoodlifereview.com/submissions/ | $25 | Flash fiction and CNF (under 500 words) and poetry See submission periods |
| Fabula Argentea | http://www.fabulaargentea.com/ index.php /submissions/ | $5 | Accepts all genres |
| Flash Fiction Online | https://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/what-were-looking-for-and-not/ | $80; reprints $.02 (two cents) per word | 500 to 1000 words |
| The Fabulist | https://fabulistmagazine.com/about/submissions/ | $100 | Has submission periods Fantastical and speculative fiction up to 1,000 words |
| Every Day Fiction | https://everydayfiction.com /submit-story/ | $3 CAD | Up to 1,000 words |
| Stupefying Stories | https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines_1.html | $15 $5 for reprints | Science fiction, fantasy, and horror, in that order Has submission periods |
| Longleaf Review | https://longleafreview.com/submissions/ | $20 | Horror 1000 words max See submission periods |
| Chestnut Review | https://chestnutreview.submittable.com/submit | $120 | All genres 1,000 words max See submission periods |
| Manawaker Studios | http://www.manawaker.com/ffp-submissions/ | 1 cent/word | Flash fiction podcast Ideal length is around 800 words, but stories as short as 250 or as long as 1500 may be considered |
| Craft | https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/ | $100 | Reprints accepted (no pay) |
| Baltimore Review | http://baltimorereview.org/index.php /submit | $40 | You can submit up to 3 pieces of flash fiction See submission periods |
| The Cafe Irreal | http://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/ | 1 cent/word | Magical realism 2000 words max |
| The Orange & Bee | https://theorangebee.substack.com/p/submission-guidelines | $80 | Has submission periods Also accepts poetry and nonfiction |
| The Cincinnati Review | https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/ | $25/page | 500 words maximum Submit up to 3 pieces |
| Electric Lit | https://electricliterature.com/submit-ebdd3b73083a | $100 | Electric Lit has short, infrequent submission periods |
| Odyssa | https://odyssamagazine.com/submit/ | $30 | Travel themes 700-1500 words |
| Chestnut Review | https://chestnutreview.submittable.com/submit | $120 | All genres 1,000 words max |
| Bayou Magazine | https://bayoumagazine.org/submissions/ | $25 | Submission period September 15- May 15 |
| Okay Donkey | https://okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/ | $20 | They like the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird 1,200 words max |
| Tales and Feathers | http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/ | 11 cents CAD/word | Cozy slice-of-life fantasy short stories 2,500 words max Has submission periods |
| Ruminate | https://ruminatemagazine.submittable.com/submit | $20/page for prose | Also accepts poetry and art |
| The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts | https://matter.submittable.com/submit | $50 | "We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks" See reading periods |
| Funny Times | https://funnytimes.com/about/ submissions/ | $60 | Humor 500-700 words |
| Futures | http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/ 2015/04/19/how-to-write-for-nature-futures/ | $130 | Science fiction 850 - 950 words |
| Monstrous | https://monstrousbooks.com/submissions | $15/page | Horror comics |
| Wallstrait | https://www.wallstrait.com/submissions | $25 | Flash fiction, longer stories, hybrid, and experimental stuff you can't quite define. Has submission periods |
| The Aesthete | https://theaesthete.blog/submissions/ CLOSED? | $5 | “For the radicals and impressionists, those deemed aged, too classic, and out of touch.” |
| Variant Lit | https://variantlit.com/submit/ | $10 | Poetry, fiction, flash fiction, art |
| PseudoPod | http://pseudopod.org/submissions/ | $20 | Horror Podcast |
| THEMA | http://themaliterarysociety.com /submissions.html | $10 | Accepts reprints Each issue has a theme |
| The Temz Review | https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html | $20 | If your pieces are fewer than 1000 words each, feel free to submit several pieces at once See submission periods |
| Carmen et Error | https://carmenerror.com/?page_id=19 | £5 | Poems, 40(ish) lines max. Fiction, 400(ish) words max |
| Curiosities | https://gallerycurious.com/p/submissions-1599834174/ TEMPORARILY CLOSED | $50 for stories under 1000 words 5 cents a word USD for original fiction and a penny a word for reprints | Steampunk, dieselpunk, dreadpunk, bronzepunk, others that haven’t even been invented yet punk |
| The Ex-Puritan | https://ex-puritan.ca/submissions | $75 | See submission periods Submissions are free on a limited basis |
| Teach. Write. | https://heymrswinkler.com/about/teach-write/teach-write-submission-guidelines/ | $15 | Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. "I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students or about teaching and learning." |
| Gordon Square Review | http://www.gordonsquarereview.org/submit.html | $25 | 1,000 words max See submission periods |
| Variety Pack | https://varietypack.net/submissions-2/ HAS BEGUN TO CHARGE A FEE FOR SUBMISSIONS | $20 | Fiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF, art |
| Banshee | https://bansheepress.org/submit | "small" | Poetry, essays, flash fiction, short stories See submission periods |
| Wyldblood Press | https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/ | £0.01 per word for print and digital rights (to a maximum of £75) | 1000 words max for flash fiction See submission periods |
| New Myths | https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths-com-home/submissions | 3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $50 | Speculative fiction (no horror) See reading periods |
| The Fantastic Other | https://fantasticother.com/submissions/ | $5 | Fiction, flash fiction, poetry, art on themes See submission periods |
| matchbook | https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines | $20 | Short fiction, creative nonfiction, and indeterminate prose 1000 words max See submission periods |
| Brilliant Flash Fiction | https://brilliantflashfiction.com/submissions/ | $20 | 1,000 words or fewer All genres |
| Three-lobed Burning Eye | http://www.3lobedmag.com/ submissions.html | $30 for flash fiction | Horror and dark fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, cross genre, or weird fiction See submission periods |
| Paranoid Tree | https://www.paranoidtree.com/ | $50 | Up to 400 words |
| Points in Case | https://www.pointsincase.com/submissions | $10 for lists, $35 stories under 1,000 words | Humor under 1000 words, lists |
| The Bureau Dispatch | https://www.bureaudispatch.com/submissions | $50 | "Our stories often contain a hint of the speculative, a dash of the intriguing." 500 - 1,500 words See submission periods |
| Mithila | http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/ | $10 | Under 2,500 words Speculative fiction |
| Daikaijuzine | https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines | $5 | See reading periods Up to 1,000 words |
| Timber Ghost Press | https://www.timberghostpress.com/submissions.html | $5 | 1000 words max Horror Opens from the 1st to the 10th of every month |
| The Arcanist | https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4 | $50 | Medium-based publication, weekly 1000 words max Speculative fiction |
| Smokelong | https://smokelong.submittable.com/submit /128/smokelong-general-submissions | $50 | 1000 words max |
| Flash Fiction Magazine | https://flashfictionmagazine.com/submissions/ | $40 Only pays for stories selected for anthologies | 300–1000 words |
| Die Laughing | https://dielaughingmag.com/about-2/ | $10 | Horror comedy 1000 words max |
| Fractured Lit | https://fracturedlit.com/submit/ | $50 for original micro fiction and $75 for original flash fiction | 400-1000 words See submission periods |
| Middle House Review: Height Chart | https://middlehousereview.submittable.com/submit | $25 | Up to 1000 words See submission periods |
| Baffling Magazine | https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions | 8 cents/word | Under 1,200 words We are looking for speculative stories that explore science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a queer bent. We want queer stories and we want trans stories and we want aro/ace stories. We want indefinable stories. We welcome weird, slipstream, and interstitial writing. |
| Short Circuit | https://short-edition.com/en/contest/short-circuit-short-circuit-02/guidelines | 100 euros for short stories, 50 euros for poems | Short stories and poems of maximum 7,500 characters (spaces included) or children's works of maximum 7,000 characters. |
| Vast Chasm | https://vastliterarypress.org/submissions/ | $50 | Bold work that explores the expansive human experience, including flash and short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other nonconforming work 1200 words max |
| Iron Horse | https://www.ironhorsereview.com/submit | $50 | Has submission periods Has one free submission day during submission period |
| Over/Exposed | https://overexposedlit.uvic.ca/submission-guidelines/ | $15 CAD | "We prioritize the work of graduate students, so please indicate in your submission if you are a graduate student, including your university, and department." 1000 words max Has submission periods |
| Memezine | https://www.memezinelit.com/submit | $5 | Maximum of three (3) pages Send any work (traditional or hybrid) that engages with our participation in the digital landscape. Send us your best…oh screw it, send us your worst too. Has submission periods |
| Flash Point Science Fiction | https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/ | $15 | Speculative fiction stories from 100 to 1,000 words in length Has submission periods |
| Orion’s Belt | https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions | 8 cents/word | Speculative fiction up to 1,200 words |
| The Masters Review New Voices | https://mastersreview.com/submissions/ | $100 | Open to new or emerging author who has not published a work of fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length. 1,000 words max |
| Litomosphere | https://www.charlottelit.org/litmosphere/ | $50 | See submission periods |
| Flash Frog | https://flash-frog.com/submit/ | $25 | 1,000 words max |
| The Forge Literary Magazine | https://forgelitmag.com/submit/ | $75 | Open to all genres and voices "We love flash and micro prose." |
| Scrawl Space | https://scrawlplace.com/submit/ | $35 | CNF, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrids Must be connected to a specific place 900 words max |
| Havok | https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/ | $10 for each story published in an anthology | Mystery, scifi, comedy, thriller, and fantasy 300 - 1000 words See themes |
| Aphabet Box | https://alphabetbox.com/submissions/ | $20 | Fiction, poetry 900 words max See submission periods |
| Cast of Wonders | https://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/ | $20 | Open to young authors YA Speculative fiction podcast See submission periods |
| Tales From Between | https://talesfrombetween.wordpress.com/submissions/ | £15 plus a physical copy of the issue. REPRINT: £5 plus a physical copy of the issue. | Horror Has submission periods |
| MetaStellar | https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/ | 8 cents/word | Science fiction, fantasy, horror up to 1000 words See submission periods |
| A Velvet Giant | https://www.avelvetgiant.com/submit | $20 | "We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work." |
| The Lorelei Signal | https://www.loreleisignal.com/guidelines | $5 | Fantasy with strong female characters 1000 words max |
| Factor Four | http://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/ | 11 cents/word | Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination up to 1000 words |
| U.S. Kids Humpty Dumpty Jack and Jill | https://uskidsmags.com/writers-guidelines/ | $20 - $40 and up | Flash fiction and nonfiction for children |
| Aquila | https://www.aquila.co.uk/contributors-guidelines.htm | £105 | Short stories between 1,000 and 1,150 words; Nonfiction articles of 800 words for children |
| Ecotone | https://ecotonemagazine.org/submissions/ | $200 | Fiction that is deeply rooted in place, and/or that engages similarly with ecology, natural history, climate crisis, et al. Has free submission periods |
| The Colored Lens | http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=137752 | $10 | Speculative fiction 500 words and up |
| Crepuscular | https://www.patreon.com/posts/submission-85137677 | $5 | Microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between |
| 101 Stories | https://101words.org/submit-your-stories/#gf_17 | $10 for print, no payment for online publication | 101 words See submission periods |
| The Waking | https://ruminatemagazine.submittable.com/submit | $10 | Fiction and nonfiction, image text/hybrid work up to 1500 words |
| Abandon Journal | https://abandonjournal.com/submissions/ | $15 | Writing and artwork that has been created with abandon Has submission periods 1000 words max |
| Theme of Absence | https://themeofabsence.com/submission-guidelines/ ON HIATUS | $3 - $5 | Speculative flash fiction and short stories |
| Rough Cut Press | https://roughcutpress.com/submit/ | 650 words max; $25 | Experimental poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art LGBTQIA writers only Themed issues |
| Split Lip | https://splitlipthemag.com/submit | $75 | See website for free submission periods |
| Cincinnati Review’s miCRO feature | https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/ | $25 | 500 words max |
| Unnerving Magazine | CLOSED | $15 for flash fiction | Horror and suspense 400 - 1,500 words See submission periods |
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