Harvey Duckman Presents...

Open now for fiction and flash fiction.

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Harvey Duckman Presents... publishes original, imaginative fiction and flash fiction in themed anthologies and Flash!Mob collections while retaining authors’ rights.

Response time info: Very quickly for Flash!Mob stories; no general timeframe stated for HDP stories.

Read the full guidelines at harvey-duckman-is-alive.ghost.io↗

Submission calls

fictionEligibility requirementsPays: One-off £10 payment and an eBook copy if accepted for an HDP anthology; no royalties stated.

Open to: Writers must be the creator and owner of the submitted work; submissions written by or created with AI tools are not accepted. Paid newsletter subscription is not required.

Open to original, unpublished short fiction in broad genres, especially weird, quirky, imaginative stories with a good punchline; no erotica or AI-written or AI-assisted work. HDP stories are ideally around 3,000 words, accepted up to 6,000. Submissions should use the heading HARVEY+BASKETNAME.

flashEligibility requirementsPays: No payment or royalties.

Open to: Writers must be the creator and owner of the submitted work; submissions written by or created with AI tools are not accepted. No defamation or invasion of privacy; paid newsletter subscription is not required.

Flash!Mob accepts fiction and creative nonfiction in any genre or style, including weird, quirky, imaginative, dark, and young-adult-friendly work. Stories are typically around 300 words and may be up to 1,000 words; submissions use FLASH!MOB+PROMPT. Selected stories may receive light copyediting without author approval.

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