Paying Literary Flash Fiction

Copper Nickel—the national literary journal housed at the University of Colorado Denver—was founded by poet Jake Adam York in 2002. When York died in 2012, the journal went on hiatus until its re-launch in 2014. Work from Copper Nickel has been reprinted in the Best American Poetry, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses anthologies, and has been listed as "notable" in the Best American Essays anthology…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $30 per printed page; two $500 prizes per issue.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 103.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $25 for online publication; $40 for inclusion in print edition.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 55.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Dodo Eraser is a lit mag and reading series, with a primary focus on poetry and creative prose and a secondary interest in anything that interests us. While we highly value formally strong writing, Dodo Eraser prioritizes creativity, fun, and emotional potency. We’re not an academic journal, we’re not “alt lit.” We’re a secret third thing, the last of a dead breed.
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $5 per piece.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

Does It Have Pockets is an online literary magazine with an emphasis on the uncategorizable. Scifi poetry? Memoir as instruction manual? Fiction as recipe? If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not sure where this piece belongs,” try us! A note on our name: A question became a metaphor for what we carry into our lives and stories. Around here, pockets aren’t sewn shut for a good silhouette. We welcome your pockets: large, small, messy, empty, and frayed.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 22.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 14.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

fractured lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance, with characters who come to life through their actions and responses to the world around them. We’re searching for flash that investigates the mysteries of being human; the sorrow and the joy of connecting to the diverse population.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50 for original micro fiction; $75 for original flash fiction.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 56.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

The Missouri Review, founded in 1978, is one of the most highly regarded literary magazines in the United States. For the past four decades we’ve upheld a reputation for finding and publishing the very best writers first. We are based at the University of Missouri and publish four issues each year. Each issue contains approximately five new stories, three new poetry features, and two essays, all selected from unsolicited submissions sent by writers throughout the world.
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $25 per page.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 38.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

On The Seawall is a community gallery for new writing and commentary during a time of emergency. (There always is, and there always has been, an emergency.) We think of On The Seawall as a “gallery” — a location in the neighborhood, a place where we display our work for our community, where everyone is welcome to create and to witness the work. We are living in a time of emergency during which our art may act as performances of intervention and refuge…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 29.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is a competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for The Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for grand prize.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

Nashville is a town of vagabonds and roots, a destination and a homeplace for generations. The act of creation thrums beneath the skin of this city: at any moment, you know a great song is being written or performed, a poem discovered, a story set free-- “Every morning a new arrival.” Swing wants to be the home for the emerging writer to the renowned, from the discovered to the too-long neglected…
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Unknown. Free copy(ies). Details: Contributors are paid a flat rate.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 103.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.3% of fiction submissions accepted.