You heard that right.
All of these flash fiction publications are paying. All of them accept submissions from unpublished writers. And all of them are accepting submissions right now.
What are you waiting for? Get published!
#1 Brevity
- About Brevity: Brevity is an online magazine publishing literary nonfiction in essay form. A few of their writers have gone on to become Pulitzer Prize finalists, NEA fellows, and Pushcart Prize winners.
- Word Count: 750 words maximum
- Payment: $45 honorarium
- Deadline: Revolving
- Brevity Submission Guidelines
#2 Daily Science Fiction (DSF)
- About Daily Science Fiction: DSF is an online magazine publishing speculative fiction stories (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream).
- Word Count: 100-1500 words
- Payment: 8 cents per word
- Deadline: Revolving
- Daily Science Fiction Submission Guidelines
#3 Vestal Review
- About Vestal Review: Vestal Review is an online and bi-annual print magazine publishing literary flash fiction.
- Word Count: 500 word maximum
- Payment: 3-10 cents per word
- Deadline: Reading periods are February-May and August-November
- Vestal Review Submission Guidelines
#4 Flash Fiction Online
- About Flash Fiction Online: As is probably clear from their name, Flash Fiction Online is an online publication. They are open to various genres and experimental styles. But stories must have great character and plot. No poetry.
- Word Count: 500-1000 words
- Payment: $60 per story
- Deadline: Revolving
- Flash Fiction Online Submission Guidelines
#5 Flash Fiction Magazine
- About Flash Fiction Magazine: They’re a paying market (for those stories selected to be in their anthology) that publishes a new flash story each day on their website. And they even offer a priority submissions option for writers who want in-depth expert feedback.
- Word Count: 300-1000 words
- Payment: $40 per story selected for their anthology
- Deadline: Revolving
- Flash Fiction Magazine Submission Guidelines
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Writing flash fiction is fun and challenging. It definitely demonstrates how saying less is better. Thanks for the submission suggestions!
I don’t see a place to insert a comment – perhaps due to their vacation – so may I say it here? This is a nice web site but it has one glaring error – it does not say that the magazines require a fee. I think it is despicable to ask writers to pay you to read their writing (look at the outrageous monies athletes earn!) and anyone advising writers needs to state right up front whether a magazine has its hand in your pocket or not.
Indignation won’t change the nature or publishing in journals today. For good or ill, this is the model most literary journals have been forced into to stay afloat in this publishing market.
It’s a shame that doesn’t suit your sense of fair, Peter, but it’s the way it is. Find journals that don’t ask you for a submission fee if you don’t like paying editors for the time it takes them to read your submission. You aren’t the only one who has to eat.
You are seducing me into this genre of less is more writing. The more I think about it the more I want to play. Thanks.
Write, right. TR
I’ve been trying my hand at writing flash fiction for the last couple of years. It takes a lot of work to fit a fine story into so few words. I’m still working at it. Thanks for the publication pointers. xoA
Hey, Fine Linen is really honored to be part of this list! Thanks! I do have one tiny little correction. Fine Linen is a quarterly print publication. We do have a great online site, but readers will be able to hold our stories in their hot little hands! Come on by and check out our guidelines at http://www.fl-mag.com
Whoops! Sorry about that error, Kathleen. Thanks for letting me know. It’s corrected now. And thanks for stopping in 🙂
Thanks so much!
Flash Fiction Online are currently closed for the holidays …
https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
When I tried to read the guidelines for The Linen Magazine, I ended up on a page that said I had to log in with my WordPress username and password.
It looks like they’ve changed their site since this article was published. Try the others out, Irene. And if you’re looking for an updated list of publications looking for work right now, try the calls for submission page at The Review Review. Good luck!
Fine Linen has closed its doors since this article was published. They had a nice run, but, sadly, could not afford to keep going.
I’m sad to hear that! Thanks for the update, Kathleen. I’ll add a note to the article.
Here is another one that I found https://www.theflashreads.com. They are a blog like flash fiction site that picks stories posted on their website to go into their flash fiction books. For an exclusive post, they pay up to $50 per story.
There is also a new publication coming into the literary world. Flash Fiction Aficionado is a quarterly online and print literary publication set to debut Summer 2018. Selected submissions are published and the authors are paid $.02 per word up to 1,000 words for their work and retain ownership of their work.
Interested writers should contact the Editor at alwaysuntouchable@gmail.com for more information.