Flash Fiction Online
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
Update 10/6/2026: We are OPEN for general submissions
Our Oct '26 General Submission period will be open until we receive 450 submissions. We expect that submission cap to be met within the first week, so we encourage you to submit your work early. As of the morning of Oct 6th, we have received 442 submissions.
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GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: >> HERE <<
AI POLICY: We do NOT consider submissions generated or polished by LLMs / AI.
- As an arts nonprofit organization, our mission is to uplift humans, and we are committed to publishing stories written and edited by humans.
- We reserve the right to reject any submission that we suspect to be primarily generated or created by language modeling software, Chat GPT, chat bots, or any other AI apps, bots, or software.
- We reserve the right to ban submissions from accounts, emails, or users who we believe or suspect have submitted AI-generated content.
- Because AI-stories cannot be copyrighted, we cannot enter into a contract with submitters (notice I didn't say "authors" here) that use AI to generate fiction.
- As a magazine, we will never knowingly publish writing or artwork created by AI.
QUERIES: You can check on the status of your submission at any time via your Submittable account. If, after 10 weeks, your submission is still marked as "in-progress," you may email editor@flashfictiononline.com with QUERY in the subject line for an update on its status.
*** We do not reply to submissions sent via this email. Those are deleted unread. ***
COMPENSATION: Our 2026 rate is $100 for each original story. $36 for reprints. Our current contract language:
We will NOT consider stories that promote or affirm hatred, prejudice, or violence toward any group of people based on age, race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, political affiliation, disability, neurodiversity, or other social identity.
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