Brilliant Flash Fiction Contests

Open now for flash fiction.

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Brilliant Flash Fiction is a quarterly magazine publishing unusual international fiction, with submissions of original flash fiction accepted by email.

Response time info: within three months of receipt

Read the full guidelines at brilliantflashfiction.com↗

Submission calls

flashLiteraryScience FictionFantasyHorrorMysteryRomanceHumorYoung AdultEligibility requirementsPays: $20 per accepted story, paid via PayPal upon publication.

Open to: English-language submissions only; no AI-generated material. Writers worldwide

Original, unpublished fiction in English of 1,000 words or less; all fiction genres are accepted, but no graphic violence or pornography. Submit in the email body with a .doc attachment, and no more than two stories per quarter. Submissions are accepted or rejected within three months of receipt.

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