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Flash Fiction Markets

 

IDEOMANCER http://www.ideomancer.com
Pays 3 cents per word for speculative flash fiction stories up to 500 words.
See guidelines at http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm
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BLACK OCTOBER
http://www.blackoctobermagazine.com/guidelines.cfm
Wants gothic and psychological horror.  Accepts stories from 100 to 4000
words long. Pay starts at $.05 per word.
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OVER MY DEAD BODY! Online:
http://www.overmydeadbody.com/wguide20.htm
Considers mystery-related stories (750- 4,000 words), "from cozy to
hardboiled and everything in between." Pays $.01/ word for fiction to
purchase First North American Serial Rights.
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           FLASH LITERATURE CONTESTS

NOTE: Please, when sending contest info to me, try to edit as much as
possible.  Due to limited space in the newsletter, I can't accept
announcements that are too long.
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BYLINE MAGAZINE Contests (snip from their web site)
http://www.bylinemag.com/default.asp
http://www.bylinemag.com/contests.asp

 
WRITER'S DIGEST Short Short Story Competition: Show Us Your Shorts!

Writer's Digest is now accepting entries in the 6th  Annual Short Short
Story Competition. Complete guidelines at:
https://www.writersdigest.com/contests/shortshort/  For stories 1,500 words
or fewer.  Entry fee:  $12.00 (U.S.)  Deadline: 12-01-05

Prizes:
First Place: $3,000
Second Place: $1,500
Third Place: $500
Fourth Through Tenth Place: $100
Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's
Digest Books

 

This is an excellent source of flash fiction markets and contests: 

            --Mary Rosenblum LR Web Editor

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