Submission Guidelines

New Flash Fiction Review publishes four issues each year. We publish fiction. One annual issue includes the winners and honorable mentions from our flash fiction contest. One winner will receive a $250 award. Two commended writers will receive $100.

For #43, we’ll be reading for our contest issue. We’ll be accepting submissions from November 1-15, 2026. Our final judge will be Patricia Q. Bidar.

The ten-dollar fee helps NFFR cover basic expenses, including web hosting. Thank you for your support. For the next issue, we’ll be back to our usual no-fee submission system.

GUIDELINES

• Please note that all of our readings are anonymous, so please do not have any author information in your document, including as the file name, or we will have to reject it in fairness to the other writers.
• We invite you to submit one flash.
• The maximum word count is 500 words.
• We don’t accept previously published material.
• Submissions only via Submittable.
• Simultaneous submits are cool, just do us the courtesy to withdraw your work if needed.

Include a cover letter that contains an originality pledge in your letter that affirms that your work is your own and that AI was not used in its creation. Also, please provide a brief bio.

As editors always say, read the magazine for a sense of what we like. We value your trust in sending us your work.