Flash Fiction Story Submission

Please submit your original, never-before-published fantasy, horror or science fiction short story of up to 1,000 words for flash fiction by the end of day on Sunday, November 1st.

By submitting, you affirm that you are the original writer of this text.

Upon acceptance, we will send you a contract giving us non-exclusive rights to edit and publish this content, edits subject to your approval.

You also affirm that you have rights to any images you submit and give your permission to publish them.

After you submit your story, you will get a confirmation email from a MetaStellar editor within 48 hours, so that you know that we received your story, and so that we know that your email works and doesn’t bounce back.

We do allow simultaneous submissions. One submission per author, please, per submission cycle.

If your story is accepted for publication, the payment rate is 8 cents a word.

If you have a question about your submission, please email fiction editor Geordie Morse at geordie@metastellar.com.

  • Please write a short description, tag line, or summary of your story in fifty words or less.
  • Please upload a horizontal image to use as the featured image of the post.
  • Please submit a one or two-sentence biography. Feel free to include links to your Amazon book page, author website, or social media pages.
  • Please submit a square headshot.
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