Brilliant Flash Fiction Contests

Open now for flash fiction.

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Brilliant Flash Fiction is an international quarterly magazine publishing unusual flash fiction in English.

Response time info: within three months of receipt

Read the full guidelines at brilliantflashfiction.com↗

Submission calls

flashScience FictionFantasyHorrorLiteraryMysteryRomanceHumorYoung AdultEligibility requirementsPays: $20 per accepted story, paid via PayPal upon publication.

Open to: English-language submissions only; AI-generated material is not accepted.

Accepts original, unpublished English-language fiction of 1,000 words or less in all genres; no graphic violence or pornography. Submit by email with the story pasted into the message and attached as a .doc file, and no more than two stories per quarter.

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