Fairlight Books

Open now for flash fiction.

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Fairlight Books is a traditional publisher currently accepting individual adult short stories for its free-to-read online platform, while book-length submissions remain closed.

Response time info: within three months

Read the full guidelines at fairlightbooks.co.uk↗

Submission calls

flashLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: No payment.

Open to: Adult readers only; children’s fiction is not considered.

Accepts individual adult short stories, including flash fiction, for its free-to-read online platform. Stories should not exceed 5,000 words; up to two submissions may be sent at a time. Literary or general fiction is preferred, while crime, romance, horror, and hard science fiction are generally discouraged. Submissions are by email as a Word document or PDF.

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