/ editor in chief /
Tommy Dean
/ associate editors /
Exodus Oktavia Brownlow and Amy Barnes
/ readers /
Susie Aybar, Dana Cann, Amy L Clark, Bari Lynn Hein, Blake Bell, Michelle Christophorou, Deirdre Danklin, Chelsea Dodds, Jessica Evans, Shauna Friesen, Caroljean Gavin, Bari Lynn Hein, Hope Henderson, Matt Hsu, Evander Lang, Rebecca Long, Ali McGrane, Dawn Miller, NmaHassan Muhammad, Sandy Nietling, Jacqueline Parker, Andrea Rinard, Sally Simon, Cathy Ulrich
For more information about our Editorial Services editors, click here.
Head over to our faq for more info.
All inquiries can be sent to: contact@fracturedlit.com.
/ fiction that lingers long after the flash /
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.
fractured lit is open year-round and is available to all writers. We currently publish microfiction (up to 400 words) and flash fiction (401-1,000 words), with new writing featured on Mondays and Thursdays. We also offer contests throughout the year.
/ submit /
free submissions, always open
guidelines
- We pay our authors $50 for original Micro Fiction and $75 for original Flash Fiction.
- Micro Fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less.
- Flash Fiction is 401-1,000 words.
- We will also consider previously published fiction, as long as the writer retains the rights or second-publication rights can be obtained. We do not pay for reprints.
- Writers may submit up to two stories in the same document. You may submit again as soon as you have heard back about your current submission.
- Cover letters are optional, but it’s nice to know who is submitting to us. Please refrain from describing your stories. The work needs to speak for itself.
- Including the title and word count of each story is helpful for more efficient consideration of your work. Please include a brief third-person biography statement. An optional content warning in the cover letter will better protect our readers and provide them a safe reading experience of your submission. This will provide us a chance to make sure the right reader receives your submission.
- Please allow us up to three months to inform you if we have accepted your work for publication. You will usually hear from us much sooner.
- We consider submissions sent via Submittable. We are not open to email submissions. For mail submissions, please see our faq.
- Fractured Lit holds first serial publication rights for three months after publication. Authors agree not to publish, nor authorize or permit the publication of, any part of the material for three months following Fractured Lit’s first publication. For reprints, we ask for acknowledgment of its publication in Fractured Lit first.
Editorial Letter – If you’re interested in knowing a little bit more about what we thought of your flash or micro, utilize this option. When we’ve reviewed your piece we will include 1-2 pages of feedback on your story including suggestions for revision, where it might be a good fit for publication, and other comments about ways it can be improved. Our editors are paid a significant portion of the fee, to meet the rates the Editorial Freelance Association recommends for developmental editing.
View our calendar here.
/ statement of values /
We believe that stories and art serve as a medium to help us empathize with and learn from others. At fractured lit, we strive to maintain an inclusive literary magazine that desires to represent diverse voices in the form of fresh and exciting flash fiction. To that end, we will not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason.
What we love about flash fiction is the form’s ability to create an instantaneous emotional connection between the character and the reader. We deeply value its ability to question the status quo, to defamiliarize the (stereo)typical, to enrich our view of the world—in essence, to show the power that stories have to help do some of the work of eliminating hate, racism, bigotry, misogyny, or the condoning or glorifying of violence. Therefore, we reserve the right not to publish works that dwell unnecessarily in or that are unchallenging of the discrimination categories listed above. We reserve the right to send back work without complete review if we find the work violates our vision of inclusivity and nondiscrimination. We also reserve the right to deplatform writers if we learn that they have broken our nondiscrimination values elsewhere. At fractured lit, we believe in empathy, inclusivity, and diversity, and we pledge to uphold those values.