In 2021 we are reading and publishing on a quarterly basis. This year we are looking for work around the themes SWEET, KAI and SALT, with a MICRO issue (no theme) in December. As always, the July issue will feature the winning stories from the annual National Flash Fiction Day competition in Aotearoa New Zealand.

All issues contain stories up to 250 words. Occasionally we explore longer flash fictions (see the June 2018: NEW ORLEANS issue) or micros.
See the Archives to read past issues and get a feel for stories we publish.

What we like

We are looking for variety and originality. Tickle us, haunt us, gobsmack us. Choose your words carefully and leave our readers wanting more. And do it in a small space.

Please submit only previously unpublished stories. If the work has appeared in any other print or electronic journal, we consider it published. If it has appeared on a writing workshop site, we will consider it but please do let us know, and we expect Flash Frontier to be credited with first publication if your work appears in our pages.

We love original art in all forms – colourful and daring, muted and understated. We’ll choose art each month that reflects the theme.

Forthcoming Issues

Month	Theme	Word limit	Open to	Submissions Due	Guest editors
March	SWEET	250	International	10 March	N/A
June	NFFD issue	300	New Zealand	N/A	Paula Morris & Diane Brown
July	KAI	250	New Zealand	30 June	Anton Blank, with V. Rapatahana
September	SALT	250	International	31 August	TBA

How to submit

Stories

Electronic submissions only. Submit submissions in an email to: flashfrontier [at] gmail [dot] com, Write Submission: month / theme (that is, name the theme, as in: Submission: January / Frontiers) in the subject line.

Place your story in the body of the email. No attachments, please. If your story requires unusual formatting, let us know – the editors may ask for a different kind of document to confirm your formatting requirements.

Include the title of your story, your name and the whole text in the email.

Provide a brief biographical sketch (approx. 60 words) about yourself — written in third person — that can be included on our Contributor page. You do not have to include your bio if you have submitted to us before.

Submissions are due by the last day of the month for the following month’s issue. Each issue will appear in the latter part of month; we aim for the third Friday as our general publication date.

Remember to count: 251 won’t be accepted.

Style Guide

1. Single spacing with double spaces between paragraphs.
2. No paragraph indents.
3. No fancy fonts — anything plain will do.
4. Double speech marks around quoted material; single speech marks for a single word, as in: proofreading makes everything look ‘right’.
5. Single space between sentences — please! Go here for a history of typesetting. If you are typesetting on a an old-timey typewriter, we’ll let this one slide; otherwise, please remove those pesky extra spaces.

Art

If you are submitting art, please send your work(s) as an attachment. Provide a title for the piece and tell us where the artwork originated. Artists may send up to five pieces for consideration at once.

Provide a brief biographical sketch (approx. 60 words) about yourself that can be included on our Contributor page. You do not have to include your bio if you have submitted to us before.

Payment and Rights

We do not pay authors for their work, but there will be prizes awarded quarterly and at the conclusion of our first year.

An author must own full copyright of the work submitted.

First rights revert to author upon publication, although Flash Frontier reserves the right to anthologize material originally published here in electronic or printed format.

Please direct any questions to us at flashfrontier [at] gmail [dot] com