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Call for Flash Fiction Submissions

ByMarnee Chua

Clarion West is calling for submissions of flash fiction stories! 

This call is open to our Six-Week Alumni and to participants from the Flash Fiction Groups. Submissions from all speculative genres are welcome, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, etc.

One story will be selected for our upcoming Fall issue of Seventh Week newsletter, and 1-2 runners-up will have their stories featured on postcards for our end-of-year donor appeal. We are offering a pro rate of 8 cents per word upon acceptance as either a winner or runner-up.
 

How to Submit

To submit your work, email a speculative story of up to 500 words to  as a standard manuscript format attachment by Friday, October 3. Please use the following subject line for your submission: “Flash Fiction Submission: [Title]” where [Title] is the title of your story.

In the body of your email or in an attached cover letter, please include:

  1.  your name (as well as pen name, if applicable);
  2.  your pronouns;
  3. class/year of participation with Clarion West;
  4. title of your story;
  5. word count of your story;
  6. social media handles and/or website (optional), and
  7. whether you wrote the story as part of Write-a-thon or the Six Week Summer Workshop.

Due to limited staffing, we are only able to consider one story from each writer.
 

Additional Details

Both original work and reprints are accepted, but reprints must be clearly stated, including any work that has been made available online or in print elsewhere, including self-publishing. As these stories are for our broader community, their families, and the general public, we ask that your submitted piece limits the use of violence, explicit language, and sexual content.

For original work, we ask for first serial rights. For both original and reprinted work, we ask for non-exclusive, indefinite archival rights, though the author is welcome at any time to request a story be removed from our use after one year. Authors will be notified of exactly when and how stories will be used 30 days before they are made available. If a printed form of the story is made, we will provide the contributor with 10 copies for personal use/distribution.


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