500-Word Submissions

"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story or poem in time for publication that following Friday."

Submissions: LONGER FLASH FICTION

Writers who wish to make Longer Friday Flash Fiction (151-500 words) submissions should use THIS page. Please complete the form (using the Storybox below) for the stories themselves – it's easier to manage editorially and helps us stay in line with data protection legislation.

NOTE: New submitters must submit TWO classic 100-word stories
and have them published before we will consider submissions of longer stories.

STORYBOX (for stories of 151-500 words)

I wish to submit the Longer Friday Flash Fiction story below.

* Indicates required field

Story Title, AND Author Name (set out as shown below, please) *

(e.g. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway – please include the appropriate capitals, the comma, spaces
and the name you wish to use.)

FAILURE TO COMPLETE THIS FORM EXACTLY
AS REQUESTED WILL LEAD TO
YOUR SUBMISSION BEING REJECTED.

Word count *

Please note that submissions must be between 151 and 500 words in length. Please make sure your wordcount is accurate.

Please insert your story into the box below.

LONGER FLASH FICTION STORY *

(If you have any special instructions, such as italics, etc, please just add them at the end of the story. We'll try to accommodate if we can.)

Name (for legal reasons, please use your real name here.) *

First

Last

Email *

Declaration *

I certify that I have provided my real name and email address, and not submitting via a proxy server or a VPN.

General Data Protection Regulation Consent *

I give consent for Friday Flash Fiction to store my data in accordance with the European 2018 GDPR

FIRST-EVER SUBMISSION TO FRIDAY FLASH FICTION?
Reminder: all newcomers must have
TWO Classic 75-100 word stories published
before we will consider other submissions

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT, PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM EXACTLY AS REQUESTED.
TAKE PARTICULAR CARE WITH THE TOP BOX.

For guidance on how to complete the Storybox, click here.

SEND MY STORY

SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AFTER 23:00 UK TIME ON FRIDAY WILL BE HELD OVER TO THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

LONGER FLASH FICTION SUBMISSIONS GUIDANCE
Please read this before submitting

The main reasons why submissions are rejected are:

they're not the correct length – 151-500 words;
the quality of writing is poor, often from someone unfamiliar with the English language;
the stories aren't actually fiction;
(a new problem) they're set out as poems;

they're submitted as attachments, such as Word;
the stories have appeared elsewhere before;
the author has submitted two or more items (in any category) in the same week;
the entry form has been incorrectly completed.

Each of these problems can be solved. For instance, part of the fun of writing flash fiction is shrinking your story to the required size! But please – take care to complete the form properly.

IN THE WRONG PLACE?

This page is for longer 151-500-word stories, but you might have been looking for one of the other categories. Click on the appropriate button below and hopefully you'll end up in the right place.

Classic 100-Word Stories

Short Poetry

If you have problems, we'll still try to answer any problems CONTACT US, but all submissions must use the Storybox.

To all authors: please note that we never copy and paste from any other site for a number of reasons including copyright. If it isn't submitted directly, it isn't submitted at all. That also applies to stories submitted to LinkedIn or to the FridayFlashFiction blog (see also Our Posting Relationship with Other Sites in the T&Cs).

But we don't claim any sort of exclusive rights here, so feel free to submit your story anywhere else once your story has been published.