Holiday Submissions

"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday."

I NEED A BREAK!

So, for around ten days, I'm going to re-charge the batteries by staying away from posting Friday Flash Fiction stories and poems. Instead, what I'm going to do is to invite you to submit Classic Stories, Longer Stories and Poems (the categories are the same) between now and 23:59 on 23rd December UK time.
I'll then try to schedule any accepted submissions to appear on a special 'Holiday Page' over the period until Friday 7th January. They'll all be mixed up, and they'll appear together on the one page. I'll try to fix it so that they appear at appropriate times (i.e. Christmas stories around Christmas, New Year stories around New Year), but that depends a little on you.

In the New Year I'll sort them into their proper pages on Friday Flash Fiction.

I'll start accepting normal submissions again from around the middle of the first week in January. Until then, the top line of the website will look a little different.

So this is the page for ALL submissions intended to appear during the holiday period from
now until 6th January 2022 inclusive
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.

Until then, everyone, and whatever your faith, have a lovely Christmas, stay safe, good writing, and all the best for 2022,

Gordon Lawrie, editor Friday Flash Fiction

STORYBOX (for ALL submissions)

I wish to submit the following story or poem 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.)

PLEASE COMPLETE THE ABOVE BOX PROPERLY!
IT MAKES MAKE EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIER

Word count *

This submission is a *

Classic 75-100 word story Longer 151-500 word story Poem is ≤ 160 words and ≤ 16 lines

Please insert your story/poem into the box below.

STORY OR POEM *

(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 am not using 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-Time-Ever Submitters please tick here *

Please check this box if this is your first ever submission to Friday Flash Fiction. It greatly helps admin.

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 GUIDANCE
Please read this before submitting

The main reasons why submissions are rejected are:

they're not the correct length;
the quality of writing is poor, often from someone unfamiliar with the English language;
the stories aren't actually fiction/poetry – we don't do essays or 'wry observations on life';
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. This my holiday!

Accepted stories and poems will be posted over the course of the holiday period – you'll just have to wait to see what comes in!
Thereafter, they'll be transferred into their normal sections.

Please note that no submissions will be accepted after 23:59 UK time on 23rd December 2021. This is a short-term

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 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.

Please This page is for 100-word submissions, but you might have been looking for one of theP other categories. Click on the appropriate button below and hopefully you'll end up in the right place.