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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.