Markets

Every Day Fiction publishes very short adult flash fiction in all genres and pays $3 CAD per published story.

FLARE Magazine publishes writing related to chronic illness, disabilities, and mental health, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid or experimental work.

WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication for winners.

Open to: Open globally; all ages; entries must be in English.

Confrontation Magazine publishes poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction, accepting submissions from writers worldwide with different submission methods for U.S. and international writers.

F(r)iction is a speculative-leaning literary publication accepting short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and genre-focused blog submissions, with paid print contributions and free blog submissions.

Brilliant Flash Fiction is a quarterly literary magazine publishing international flash fiction in all genres.

The Haiku Shack Magazine publishes very short poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph.

Open to: Anyone at least 17 years old may submit, including emerging and never-published writers; submissions must be in English.

Vestal Review publishes flash fiction and accepts related book-list, interview, and review proposals.

The Zemblan Review is an online literary magazine seeking fiction, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction for its inaugural issue.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old.

Mystery Publishers Limited is a Pan-African independent publisher seeking grounded flash fiction by African writers for its 2027 anthology, “Our Stories Redefined.”

Teach. Write. is a literary journal for writing teachers that publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, dramas, screenplays, and writing-prompt-inspired work.

Open to: Writers must be writing teachers or must explain the impact a writing instructor has had on them.

BarBar is a genre-fluid literary platform publishing experimental and conventional poetry, fiction, flash fiction, plays, musicals, lyrics, essays, nonfiction, and novel excerpts.

Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is an eclectic literary and arts journal publishing mainstream, experimental, and character-focused writing in print and online.

Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine publishing flash fiction, fiction, horror, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews, and experimental work.

Harvey Duckman Presents... publishes themed short-fiction anthologies and Flash!Mob collections, emphasizing broad, imaginative fiction and a supportive writers’ community.

Lotus-eater is a free literary magazine accepting year-round English-language poetry, prose, nonfiction, and literary reviews for its online issues.

Open to: Work must be in English.

Okie Modern is a biannual literary journal publishing Oklahoma-connected poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and literary or cultural writing.

Open to: Submitters must be from Oklahoma or submit work connected to Oklahoma.

Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal publishing poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction online.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old and the work must be written primarily (50% or more) in English.

StoryBottle Co. publishes literary and speculative fiction, including flash fiction, and seeks stories in any genre or style.

New Feathers Anthology is an online literature and art magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and other creative work three times annually, with a year-end print anthology.

RABBLE REVIEW is a leftist literary platform publishing work that critiques capitalism or explores post-capitalist possibilities, with a 2026 anniversary contest for flash and poetry.

Rat Bag Literary is an inclusive, semi-professional paying market for weird, cross-genre speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, with digital and print publication.

The Pink Hydra is an international, queer-friendly publication seeking speculative and unreality-themed fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and related prose for monthly books and zines.

Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing writers aged 50 and over, publishing short stories, flash fiction, and poetry.

Havok publishes short, family-friendly flash fiction in rotating themed genres and may pay anthology-season winners.

Maudlin House is a literary journal welcoming unsolicited flash, poetry, and fiction from emerging and established authors, with a taste for transgressive, absurdist, and minimalist literature.

The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction is an annual international competition for unpublished English-language flash fiction of up to 250 words.

The MockingOwl Roost is a free literary magazine and blog welcoming fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and other written work from emerging and established authors.