SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submission Notes
General Submission Information:
Proof your work thoroughly! Typographical and grammatical errors distract the reader. Such errors may disqualify your submission, and will certainly make a less than favorable impression on our editors.
We DO accept simultaneous submissions. Please be sure to tell us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. WE DO NOT ACCEPT MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS.
Submissions are restricted to one piece of work per author/artist in any single category per reading period.
For fiction: Keep in mind our limit of 1000 words, but tell us a complete story with interesting situations and compelling characters. Excite us! Surprise us! Make us laugh! Better yet, make us think!
For nonfiction: The only limit here is length: 1000 words. Tell us your true story, and include the elements of good flash fiction: interesting situations, compelling characters, fresh insights, memorable themes.
For poetry: Enclose your submission of up to 3 poems of 35 lines each formatted single-spaced. As a rule, our editors don't care for rhyming verse, especially if rhythm is sacrificed for the sake of rhyming. If you have special formatting requirements, please make note of them in the information section of your submission.
Send your prose and poetry submissions to submit@flashquake.org.