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Experimental Flash Fiction

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We love work that is linguistically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding of the reader. We want literary fiction that grows in complexity upon each visitation. All writers tend to develop a scrap heap of brilliant writing - sharp dialogue that has been cut in service of a plot, a philosophical tirade that can't quite be couched in a narrative, a stunning imagistic landscape of linguistic pyrotechnics that seeks an audience..…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 76.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Bog Matter

Bog Matter is a speculative literary magazine published biannually in the spring and fall. It seeks to publish new short fiction, poetry, and graphic shorts that could be described as science fiction, horror, fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, New Weird, utopian, dystopian, satirical, cross-genre, experimental, or exuding a general air of oddness.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.02/word; minimum payment of $5.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 90.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Chicago Review

Since 1946, Chicago Review has published a range of contemporary poetry, fiction, and criticism. We will consider work in any literary style, but are typically less interested in traditional narrative approaches.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 30.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Eckleburg

Eckleburg is a literary and arts journal publishing original works from both emerging and awarded writers, poets, artists and musicians including Roxane Gay, Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, Moira Egan and David Wagoner.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 144.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 10.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Five Points Fees

Since the publication of its inaugural issue in 1996, Five Points has become one of this country’s best literary magazines. Published three times a year by the Georgia State University Department of English, each issue features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews with the most compelling writers working today. Philip Levine called Five Points “A refreshing combination of the old and the new…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 60.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Magpie Zine Wildcard

Our tiny corner of the lit mag world was born from an affinity for avant-garde art and early underground zines—subversive, intelligent, and vigorously imaginative. We are devoted to the spirit of that counterculture and the heart and soul of originality. We like peculiar critters who are authentically peculiar. We support writers and artists whose aesthetic strives to create an experience…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $15 per piece.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 102.0 days.

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Okay Donkey Magazine

Okay Donkey is a literary magazine that likes to read the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. We like work that’s funny, that’s sad, and that’s both funny and sad. We especially enjoy the experimental, the surreal, the magical realist, and the genre-bending.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per flash.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Pine Hills Review

Named after the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, Pine Hills Review is an online literary journal with a national focus that publishes artful, honest, and compelling work by new and established writers, from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to visual art, interviews, and experimental, cross-genre work. We love irreverent, fun, different, and surprising work that tries to do something new. Established in 2014 in association with The College of Saint Rose as part of its M.F.A…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Points in Case

Points in Case is one of the web’s longest-running independent literary humor publications, and a community hub for writers, performers, and readers. We publish enlightening and irreverent humor and offer professional comedy writing resources, opportunities, and features…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $10-$35.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Tahoma Literary Review Fees

Tahoma Literary Review is based in the Pacific Northwest, but we are international in scope. TLR offers both professional payment and exposure to our contributors by using a substantial portion of our total income to support our authors. We like stories that offer imaginative premises, unusual or marginalized characters, and high stakes. Show us characters driven by lifetimes of experience and complex motivations. Experimental writing is also welcome.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $55 up to 1100 words. $0.05/word for 1101-6000 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 31.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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