Brilliant Flash Fiction Contests

Open now for flash fiction.

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Brilliant Flash Fiction is a quarterly international magazine publishing unusual fiction, including flash fiction of up to 1,000 words.

Response time info: Within three months of receipt

Read the full guidelines at brilliantflashfiction.com↗

Submission calls

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

Accepts fiction in all genres, up to 1,000 words. English-language submissions only; submit by email with the story pasted into the message and attached as a .doc file. No graphic violence or pornography. Submit no more than two stories quarterly.

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