Humor flash fiction markets
Last checkedLeafmines tracks 27 magazines publishing humor flash fiction. 18 are open to submissions right now, and typical response time is 60 days. Filter by length, pay, and response time →
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- Eleventh Hour LiteraryScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 15
Eleventh Hour Literary is a perseverance-focused journal publishing revised, previously rejected prose and poetry, with no restrictions on subject matter.
- Flash Fiction OnlineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~60 days
Flash Fiction Online is a speculative flash-fiction magazine currently accepting themed submissions for its “Human Shaped” issue.
- Beaver MagazineLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Sep 30 · responds in ~60 days
Beaver Magazine is a literary publication seeking poetry, flash fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and other writing during its seasonal reading periods.
- Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Humor
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 1 · responds in ~60 days
Flash Fiction Online is a speculative flash-fiction magazine currently accepting original stories for its “Human Shaped” special issue.
- SunSpot LitScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 1 · responds in ~14 days
Sunspot Literary Journal is a genre-inclusive literary journal accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, translations, and feedback requests through multiple paid Submittable calls.
- Thin SkinLiterary · Humor
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 17 · responds in ~56 days
Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing writers aged 50 and over, accepting literary fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.
- Vestal ReviewScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 16 · responds in ~31 days
Vestal Review is a flash-fiction magazine that also accepts proposals for interviews and reviews and maintains a flash-fiction book list.
- WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction ContestScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~38 days
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly, globally open contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with publication opportunities, prizes, and optional paid critiques.
- The Haiku Shack MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
The Haiku Shack Magazine seeks impactful English-language poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph for Issue 9.
- Mystery Publishers LimitedLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Dec 31
Mystery Publishers Limited seeks original flash fiction by African writers worldwide aged 18 or older for its 2027 anthology themed “A Continent in Conversation.”
- Okay DonkeyLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · closes Jan 2, 2027 · responds in ~90 days
Okay Donkey is a literary magazine publishing odd, experimental, surreal, genre-bending flash fiction and poetry, including work that is funny, sad, or both.
- F(r)ictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~219 days
F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and blog publishing short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, essays, and reviews, with contests and group writing projects.
- Brilliant Flash Fiction ContestsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Brilliant Flash Fiction publishes quarterly international fiction and accepts original flash fiction submissions of up to 1,000 words.
- 101 WordsLiterary · Mystery · Romance · Humor
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~86 days
101 Words publishes exactly 101-word original fiction stories and provides editorial feedback to submitting writers.
- Five on the FifthScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine publishing five previously unpublished works in various genres on the fifth of each month.
- MonkeybicycleLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~112 days
Monkeybicycle publishes web-site stories and one-sentence stories across all genres, with no writer payment.
- Sky Island JournalScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~18 days
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access online literary journal publishing original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction.
- StoryBottleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~227 days
StoryBottle Co. seeks unpublished literary and speculative fiction, including flash fiction, for its regular submissions.
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