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Want to keep submitting your flash fiction? Try the following markets.
Fiction: Flash fiction. Microfiction. Call it what you will; Inch publishes the finest stories of 750 words or less. Submit one to three stories for consideration. Include a cover letter. All rights revert to the author upon publication, though we will occasionally ask if we may reprint fiction in our microfiction bonanza issues. Pays three copies.
Want stories under 600 words, any subject. Submit as many stories as you'd like. Anthology to be published in 2010.
Editors: Holly Howitt and Jan Fortune-Wood. Following the guidelines is especially important (see details at the 'net site).
Deadline: August 15, 2009.
SMOKE-THEMED ANTHOLOGY OF POETERY AND FLASH FICTION
Deadline October 31, 2009..Editors Joy Leftow and Roxanne Hoffman.
Submit up to three pieces.
AUDIO MARKETS for FLASH FICTION
Kevin Anderson started a 'net site listing calls for submissions from audio markets. It lists podcast, pay per download markets, weekly reading series, and at least one audio drama site, all accepting submission for audio, many of them looking for Flash Fiction. Drabblecast, All three Escape Artists Podcasts, Dunesteef, Bound Off are currently looking for flash stories.
Upcoming issue: fantasy
All stories submitted for the fantasy issue must contain some element of fantasy and be 1,000 words or less. Submissions for the fantasy issue will be accepted until August 31, 2009. The fantasy issue will be published
October 31, 2009.
All published stories will receive $5 US via PayPal, plus a year's subscription to Flash Me Magazine. We will choose our Feature Story only after all accepted stories are formatted for publication. Our Feature Story winner will receive an additional $15, for a total of $20 US via PayPal.
Publish stories from 500 to 1,000 words in length (previously unpublished).
Pay fifty dollars ($50) per story.
Looking for original never before published fiction. Word lengths of 50-3000 words. Payments range from $30 to $300, depending. See guidelines for all details.
Additional Opportunities:
A Cup of Comfort® for Couples:
Stories that celebrate what it means to be in love
It is said that love works in mysterious ways. And this anthology will reveal the many mysteries as well as the inner workings of true love.
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2009
http://www.cupofcomfort.com/CallForSubmissions
A Cup of Comfort® for Golfers:
Stories that celebrate the follies, the triumphs, and the joy of the game. This anthology will feature upbeat, insightful, inspiring, and humorous true stories about learning, playing, and enjoying the uniquely challenging and satisfying game of golf.
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2009
http://www.cupofcomfort.com/CallForSubmissions
Writer's Digest Short Short Story Writing Competition
Deadline: 12/1/2009
http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions
Your Story: Every other month, Writer's Digest presents a creative challenge for fun and prizes. We'll provide a short, open-ended prompt. In turn, you'll submit a short story of 750 words or fewer based on that prompt.
Current prompt at http://www.writersdigest.com/yourstory
Call for Submissions for “LifeBytes: Real Stories of Online Dating"Tue, 09/15/2009
Fees: None • Prizes: Payment of $50-$100, depending on word count. Expected publication date: Fall 2010.
E-mail submissions (preferred) to: bookeditors@lifebytesbook.com.
Mail submissions to: LifeBytes Book P.O. Box 253 Emerson, NJ 07630
Website: http://www.lifebytesbook.com
The Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging and the Senior Lifestyle Expo are offering elders the chance to share their life experiences with others through an essay contest entitled “Wisdom in Aging… Sharing Your Journey.” Participants must have reached their 60th birthday on or before September 3, 2009.
For complete rules, prizes and information visit the Senior Lifestyle Expo website at www.seniorlifestyleexpo.org. Deadline August 14, 2009.