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Paying Literary Flash Fiction

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Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Flash Fiction. Check back tomorrow for a new list.
Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else.

Black Fox Prize Fees

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Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Mystery/Crime, Romance.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $325 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 44.8 days.
Acceptances: Average. 4.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Café Irreal

The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word, $2 minimum.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 62.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Intrepidus Ink

Our stories are gutsy. An alarmingly individual spirit defines us. Achievement-oriented. Tales of those who struggle, risk everything, lose everything, gain it back—and overcome. Confidence. Emotion. Our words fearlessly and unapologetically fascinate.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word for 300-1,000 words; $30 for 1,500-2,500 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 1.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Kaleidotrope

Kaleidotrope publishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. (Man does not live on space ships, elves, and ghostly ax murderers alone, after all.)
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.01/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 11.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Marrow Magazine

Marrow is a literary magazine committed to publishing work that explores dark spaces. We’re interested in writing that uses compelling language and imagery to remind us what it means to be human, that makes wonderful the plain and strange the ordinary. We accept poetry, fiction, non-fiction, hybrid, and multimedia pieces.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment. Royalties. Details: Royalty share.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 132.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 12.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Nashville Review

Nashville Review seeks to publish the best work we can get our hands on, period. From expansive to minimalist, narrative to lyric, epiphanic to subtle: if it’s a moving work of art, we want it. We hope to provide a venue for both distinguished and emerging artists.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 259.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Post Road Magazine Fees

Post Road accepts unsolicited poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues, and visual art submissions.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 127.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Shooter Flash Monthly Competition Fees Wildcard

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Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: GBP £50 prize.

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ShortStory Substack

Mission = Revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Royalties. Details: USD $100, plus 50% of subscription revenue.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 78.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Walnutport Review Wildcard

Walnutport Review was born from a simple belief: Great stories deserve a home, and the best judges of fiction are those who have spent a lifetime living inside books. We aren’t just editors; we are lifelong readers. Our mission is to bypass the “gatekeepers” of traditional publishing and provide a platform for bold, new short fiction that speaks to the human experience…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $25/$15/$10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 49.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

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