Smart Search List of the Day Paying Literary Flash Fiction

This prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished, short story submitted to the competition. All Canadians can participate. The Grand Prize winner will receive a cash prize, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and will have his/her story published on the CBC Books website. They will also be awarded a two-week writing residency.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: CAD $6,000 Grand Prize.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 177.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

F(r)iction is a literary anthology carefully curated to evaluate an important cultural topic from vastly different perspectives. From historical origins and nonfiction essays to the wildest reaches of fiction, poetry, comics, and art, each issue inspires us to think differently. F(r)iction is the imprint of the 501(c)(3) literacy and storytelling nonprofit Brink Literacy Project…
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $25 per final printed page.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 140.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

Founded in the Summer of 2020 by Ranna Kisswani & A.R. Arthur (formerly A.R. Salandy), Fahmidan Journal hopes to bring out diverse voices and their cacophonous words. Send us your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments. Entrance us with your whimsical fantasy. Move us to tears with your truth in a world of suffering. Captivate and intrigue us with your hopes and dreams.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $35.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The Fiddlehead was first established in 1945. What began as a mimeographed 8-page journal stapled together by Alfred Bailey is now a veritable institution of literary culture in Canada. For 75 years, The Fiddlehead has continually upheld its mandate to publish accomplished poetry, short fiction, and Canadian literature reviews; to discover and promote new writing talent; to represent the Atlantic region's lively cultural and literary diversity; and to place the best of new and established…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: CAD $65 per published page.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 325.6 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

This new venture is more about creation and curation than submission and selection. (Am I hoping to fly in the face of conformity? Yes. Am I hoping to break the mfing mold? Yes. As in, am I trying to radically reinvent the online lit mag? Well…yes.)
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 36.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 29.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Four Way Review is an online, triannual electronic journal. Founded by non-profit, independent press Four Way Books, Four Way Review is editorially independent. In addition to our three yearly issues, we post new poems, stories, or interviews each month. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction and translations from both established and emerging authors through our open submissions process. In 2012, we celebrated the Review‘s inaugural issue and, in 2018, the 25th anniversary of Four Way Books…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 132.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Genres: Open to all/most genres.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $300 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 24.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 30.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Paranoid Tree Press is an independent, hybrid lit mag/art zine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each month, we create a custom-illustrated zine featuring original fiction or poetry. We then hand-address and mail them to our print subscribers, who help support our goal of building a sustainable micro press that pays every contributor.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $50 per piece.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 56.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 82.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.8% of fiction submissions accepted.