Flash fiction markets

Last updated Aug 17, 2026

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Spare Parts Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 17 · responds in ~18 days
Spare Parts Literary is a quarterly online magazine seeking diverse, original poetry, flash fiction, micro fiction, short plays, and novel excerpts, with monthly submission windows and no fees or payment.
Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 20 · responds in ~14 days
Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.
Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons!Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 22
Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons! is a themed zine seeking exactly 100-word drabbles (fiction or nonfiction) about dragons, for its first issue.
The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~158 days
The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction is an annual international flash fiction competition for stories up to 250 words, open to writers worldwide aged 16 and over, with cash prizes and anthology publication.
WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~42 days
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly international contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction, open to all styles and genres, with cash prizes and optional critiques.
Pacifica Literary ReviewLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~120 days
Pacifica Literary Review is a literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction year-round except for brief closures in September, January, and May, paying $25 per published piece.
Crumbs
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~33 days
CRUMBS is a semi-monthly, themed drabble (100-word story) contest from Quotidian Bagatelle and Emma Burnett.
Altar
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~33 days
Altar is a literary magazine seeking poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, recipes, spells/rituals, and other creative writing aligned with the theme 'Golden Hour' for its second issue.
Carmen et Error
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~14 days
Carmen et Error is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry and very short fiction, with a focus on concise work and a playful approach to mistakes.
Cranked Anvil
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31
Cranked Anvil runs year-round quarterly competitions for short stories, flash fiction, and audio playwriting, open to all writers.
Miracle Monocle
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~73 days
Miracle Monocle is a university-affiliated literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, experimental/hybrid work, and art, with eclectic tastes and a focus on original, unpublished work.
Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~90 days
Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.
Reckoning
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~180 days
Reckoning is a magazine publishing creative writing on environmental justice, seeking work from a diverse range of writers worldwide.
The Bookends Review
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~43 days
The Bookends Review is an online literary magazine seeking creative and intellectual work in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and related genres, with two annual reading periods.
WaxwingLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Aug 31 · responds in ~180 days
Waxwing is a triannual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translations, with a strong focus on cultural diversity and international voices.
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 1 · responds in ~28 days
SmokeLong Quarterly publishes flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid narratives up to 1000 words, and runs an annual micro contest for pieces up to 250 words.
Your Impossible Voice
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 2 · responds in ~120 days
Your Impossible Voice publishes innovative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, flash, essays, reviews, and interviews from around the world.
Muleskinner Journal
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 6 · responds in ~31 days
Muleskinner Journal is a literary magazine seeking unpublished poetry, flash/micro fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction for themed issues, currently open for submissions on the theme 'Curio.'
The Icarus Writing CollectiveScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 10
The Icarus Writing Collective is a themed literary magazine publishing short fiction and flash fiction with a speculative focus, offering a small honorarium.
BurningwordLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 10 · responds in ~24 days
Burningword Literary Journal is a triannual print and digital publication seeking poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and visual art, with a modest submission fee and complimentary contributor copies.
Fahmidan JournalLiterary · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 14 · responds in ~25 days
Fahmidan Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and flash, with a focus on diverse, thought-provoking, and existential writing.
Hellbender Magazine
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 15 · responds in ~85 days
Hellbender Literary Journal is currently open for submissions of flash prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), poetry, and visual art for its Fall/Winter 2026 issue.
Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~42 days
Flash 500 runs a quarterly flash fiction competition with cash prizes for stories up to 500 words.
Chestnut Review
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~30 days
Chestnut Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry, flash (fiction and nonfiction), and prose (fiction and nonfiction), with a focus on beautiful language and narrative.
A-Minor Magazine
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~6 days
A-Minor Magazine publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and poetry with a focus on concise, evocative work.
South Florida Poetry Journal
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~2 days
South Florida Poetry Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, flash fiction, essays, and occasional contests, with a focus on well-crafted, emotionally nuanced work.
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~56 days
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal is a quarterly publication accepting poetry, flash, fiction, and creative nonfiction with a focus on quality writing and a diversity of voices.
Viridine Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~5 days
Viridine Literary is a literary magazine that publishes flash and other short works.
SunSpot Lit
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 1 · responds in ~14 days
Sunspot Literary Journal publishes a wide range of prose (including fiction, nonfiction, scripts, and screenplays), poetry, and translations, accepting both genre and literary work up to 49,000 words.
phoebeLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 7 · responds in ~60 days
phoebe is a biannual literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with both a winter print issue and a spring contest issue, and pays contributors.
Trembling With FearHorror · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 13 · responds in ~90 days
Trembling With Fear is a weekly online publication of dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark sci-fi, and dark fantasy, with regular themed calls and an annual anthology.
Thin SkinLiterary · Humor
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 17 · responds in ~56 days
Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing older writers, especially those aged 50 and over, and publishes literary fiction (short stories and flash), and poetry.
The Good Life Review
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 20 · responds in ~90 days
The Good Life Review is a quarterly online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, flash, and nonfiction, with a focus on diverse and original work.
Fiction Factory
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 31
Fiction Factory runs a flash fiction competition open to all genres except children's and young adult, with a 1000-word limit and a £7 entry fee.
Flash Frontier
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~22 days
Flash Frontier is an international magazine publishing 250-word flash fiction in themed issues twice a year, welcoming submissions in multiple languages.
SuspectLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~31 days
Suspect is a literary journal by Singapore Unbound publishing poetry, literary fiction, essays, and other writings by authors who identify as Asian.
Claudine
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~21 days
Claudine is a literary magazine seeking microfiction and micro creative nonfiction with a preference for innovative, emotionally resonant prose and a touch of fabulism or myth, but not genre-forward speculative work.
100 Word Project
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~7 days
100 Word Project is a monthly online and annual print anthology of 100-word stories (drabbles) on themed prompts, open to all genres and writers, with token payment.
WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative fiction and poetry inspired by Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven series for its 'Books of Rot and Bloom' anthology, with a focus on witch-themed stories deeply connected to selected artwork.
Citron Review
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 6 · responds in ~36 days
The Citron Review is a journal of brief literature publishing microfiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, with a focus on very short works.
FLARE: The Flagler ReviewLiterary
Open for flash fiction · closes Jan 15, 2027 · responds in ~183 days
FLARE: The Flagler Review is a student-run literary journal at Flagler College publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction annually each spring.
Submit
Open for flash fiction · closes Feb 15, 2027 · responds in ~180 days
American Literary Review is a national journal publishing poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction essays, with regular submission windows and a separate monthly flash showcase.
LitMag Online
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~270 days
LitMag is a literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in both print and online editions, with regular submissions currently closed but three annual contests open for fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.
Big Whoopie Deal
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~2 days
Big Whoopie Deal is a literary magazine publishing fiction, flash, nonfiction, poetry, manuscripts, and themed work, with a playful and inclusive approach.
Smokelong Quarterly Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey)
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~14 days
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is an annual international competition for micro fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid narratives of 250 words or fewer, with cash prizes and publication in SmokeLong Quarterly.
Broad Ripple ReviewLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~18 days
Broad Ripple Review is an online literary magazine publishing formally precise, emotionally resonant, and intellectually ambitious literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
CRAFT Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~48 days
CRAFT Literary is a magazine focused on the art and craft of prose, publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, and craft essays with an emphasis on both emerging and established writers.
The Apple Valley ReviewLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
The Apple Valley Review is an international online literary journal publishing poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction with a literary focus, reading submissions year-round with no fees or payment.
Fractured Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~62 days
Fractured Literary is an online magazine publishing flash and micro fiction with emotional resonance, open year-round to all writers.
MENACEScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~8 days
MENACE is a magazine seeking speculative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and hybrid work, with a focus on marginalized voices and a strong preference for speculative elements.
Strange Pilgrims
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~120 days
Strange Pilgrims is an indie, reader-supported literary magazine publishing surreal, speculative, and realist short stories, flash fiction, essays, and flash creative nonfiction, with a focus on emotionally and intellectually vivid writing.
Vast Chasm
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~92 days
Vast Chasm is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing bold flash and short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work exploring the human experience.
Dreams & NightmaresScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~21 days
Dreams & Nightmares is a long-running print magazine primarily publishing poetry and a small amount of short short fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and fantastic horror.
F(r)iction
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~219 days
F(r)iction is a literary magazine publishing short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry with a focus on unique, risk-taking, and genre-inclusive work.
Flash Frog
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Flash Frog is a year-round online magazine publishing flash fiction up to 1,000 words, with special submission themes in January (contest only) and July (ghost stories only).
Brilliant Flash Fiction Contests
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Brilliant Flash Fiction is an international quarterly magazine publishing flash fiction of 1,000 words or less in any genre, with payment and no fees.
Nunum
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~31 days
NUNUM is a Canadian literary journal dedicated to flash fiction and art, blending short prose with visual works.
Fiery Scribe Review
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~35 days
Fiery Scribe Review is a global literary journal seeking unusual, profound, and strange literature—including fiction, flash, poetry, and nonfiction—year-round, with a focus on the absurd, transgressive, and fantastic.
The Colored LensScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~7 days
The Colored Lens is a magazine publishing speculative fiction and artwork with a speculative element, focusing on stories that comment on society.
AfterimagesLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~27 days
Afterimages is the literary journal of Thirty West, publishing crafted literary fiction, flash, nonfiction, reviews, and more, with a focus on unique and timely writing.
Sci-Fi LampoonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Sci-Fi Lampoon is a humor magazine seeking funny speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror), flash, short stories, and art.
ScribesMICRO
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
ScribesMICRO is a micro-literature magazine publishing drabbles (stories, creative nonfiction, and poems) of 90-110 words, accepting both original and reprint work year-round.
100 Word Fiction
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~68 days
100 Word Fiction publishes stories of exactly 100 words, seeking impactful and concise fiction.
101 Words
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~86 days
101 Words publishes flash fiction stories of exactly 101 words, with no submission fee and open to all writers.
365 tomorrowsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
365tomorrows is an online magazine publishing daily flash science fiction and speculative fiction stories under 600 words.
96th of OctoberFantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~1 days
96th of October is a quarterly magazine publishing extraordinary tales, poetry, and flash fiction with a focus on fantasy, horror, magic realism, satire, and whimsy.
Another New Calligraphy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Another New Calligraphy is a Chicago-based press and online journal seeking work exploring the human experience, including poetry, nonfiction, flash fiction, and more, with a focus on inclusivity and thematic depth.
AntipodeanSFScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~22 days
AntipodeanSF is an Australian online magazine devoted to short speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal) of 500-1000 words, with a focus on flash fiction and no payment to contributors.
Ark Review
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~138 days
Ark Review is a literary magazine seeking concise, unpublished prose and poetry with a central environmental theme.
barbar
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~330 days
BarBar is a genre-fluid literary magazine that publishes a wide range of creative work including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, flash, plays, and art.
Bewildering StoriesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~28 days
Bewildering Stories is a weekly online magazine publishing speculative, experimental, and mainstream fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of any length, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, and literary work.
Bitterleaf Books anthologiesFantasy
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Bitterleaf Books anthologies publish fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from all writers, with a focus on fantasy and subgenres, and donate anthology proceeds to charity.
Black PetalsScience Fiction · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~33 days
Black Petals is a long-running quarterly magazine publishing dark science fiction and horror fiction, flash, micro fiction, and poetry, with a focus on the bizarre and unusual.
Blinker LiteraryLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~26 days
Blinker Literary is a print literary magazine seeking short fiction, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction with no submission fee and a free contributor copy.
Bright Flash Literary Review
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Bright Flash Literary Review is an online journal publishing flash and short fiction, accepting original, unpublished stories up to 1500 words with no submission fee or payment.
Chantarelle's Notebook
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~28 days
Chantarelle's Notebook is a poetry e-zine now also accepting flash/short fiction and poetry video submissions.
Cimarron ReviewLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~365 days
Cimarron Review is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction, with a focus on strong writing and distinctive voice.
Clayjar Review
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~25 days
Clayjar Review is a Christian-themed literary magazine seeking poetry, short prose, musings, and craft articles, with a current themed call for 'Sound'.
Club Plum Literary JournalHorror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~8 days
Club Plum Literary Journal publishes flash fiction, prose poetry, lyric essays/creative nonfiction, and hybrid works, with a current call for its Annual Literary Horror Issue (October 2026); it does not accept AI-generated work, reprints, or lined poetry, and pays no fees or honoraria.
CottonwoodLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~150 days
Cottonwood is a literary magazine published by the University of Kansas that accepts short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry from writers worldwide.
Dishsoap Quarterly
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~14 days
Dishsoap Quarterly is an online magazine publishing flash, micro, poetry, and hybrid work weekly, with perpetually open free submissions and no payment.
elsewhere
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~89 days
elsewhere is a literary magazine seeking short, unlineated prose works that blur genre boundaries, including flash fiction, prose poetry, and nonfiction.
Emerge Literary JournalLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Emerge Literary Journal is an online biannual publication focused on free verse poetry and flash fiction with literary undertones, excluding horror and erotica.
Fictivedream
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~21 days
Fictive Dream is an online magazine publishing original short stories, flash fiction, and microfiction up to 2,500 words, with a focus on literary work.
Five on the FifthLiterary · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine publishing five short pieces monthly, including fiction, flash fiction, horror, nonfiction, book reviews, experimental work, and poetry.
Flame Tree PublishingScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction novels and professional, paid short story anthologies, with regular submission windows and a monthly flash fiction call via their newsletter.
Flash Boulevard
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~22 days
Flash Boulevard publishes weekly flash fiction, accepting original, unpublished flash, micros, CNF, and prose poetry submissions totaling 800–1200 words, with no fee.
Flash Fiction Magazine
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~39 days
Flash Fiction Magazine publishes daily flash fiction stories of 300–1000 words and does not charge submission fees.
Flash PhantomsHorror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~3 days
Flash Phantoms is an online magazine publishing horror flash and micro fiction from writers worldwide.
Fluorescent Magazine
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Fluorescent Magazine publishes poetry, flash/microfiction, prose, essays, and visual art, accepting both original and previously published works.
Free Flash Fiction
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Free Flash Fiction is an online magazine publishing flash fiction stories between 100 and 500 words from writers worldwide.
Ghost ParachuteLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~3 days
Ghost Parachute is a literary magazine currently accepting flash fiction submissions up to 1000 words.
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~1 days
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes microfiction of exactly six sentences and no more than 400 words, with monthly issues and no submission fee.
Gopnik PressLiterary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~2 days
Gopnik Press is a literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction, with a special welcome to translations from Eastern Bloc writers.
Guilty Crime Story MagazineMystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Guilty Crime Story Magazine publishes crime fiction focused on criminals' perspectives, with flash fiction currently open and magazine-length fiction closed.
Harvey Duckman Presents...
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~167 days
Harvey Duckman Presents... is a quarterly anthology seeking original, unpublished short fiction and flash fiction (and creative nonfiction for flash) with a focus on imaginative, quirky, or genre-bending stories.
HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~14 days
HEXFILED SF Magazine is an independent publication focused on science fiction and speculative fiction exploring the boundary between organism and machine, with a preference for strange, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant work.
Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns is a prose-based publication currently open for flash fiction submissions.
Identity Theory Micros
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~31 days
Identity Theory Micros is an online magazine publishing micro prose and poetry, with a focus on inventive explorations of humanity.
In Parentheses
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
In Parentheses is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry, creative writing, editorial, and multimedia works focused on intellectual and artistic exploration.

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