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Flash Point SF



Description
Note: if accepted, wait until the next calendar year to submit again.

Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short. We here at FPSF are partial to flash fiction and want to see the flash market grow


Market Submission Schedule
  • Submission window - Jun 1, 2025 thru Jul 31, 2025 (Ends 38 days from now)
  • Submission window - Oct 1, 2025 thru Oct 31, 2025 (Begins 99 days from now)
  • Drabbles Only Submission Window - Nov 1, 2025 thru Nov 30, 2025 (Begins 130 days from now)
  • Submission window - Feb 1, 2026 thru Mar 31, 2026 (Begins 222 days from now)

Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
100 to 1000 words
2 cents/word



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 60 days

Market-Provided Data

The data in this section was provided directly by the publisher, not entered by Submission Grinder staff.


Oldest Pending Submission: Jun 3, 2025 (last updated Jun 4, 2025)
If you submitted before Jun 3, 2025 and have not heard a response, query immediately.


Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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This statistical information is an aggregation of submission data provided by our members. The more data we have the more accurate our
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.


Count:
There are 261 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 7 | Average: 40.41 | Median: 42 | Max: 86
Responded:
98.46%
Accepted:
4.59% - avg 65 days
Rejected:
93.86% - avg 39 days (17.14% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.38%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
0.38%
Withdrawn:
1.14%

Pending:
There are 50 pending responses. (3 min | 14.80 average | 16 median | 20 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
We recommend querying after the time the market suggests to query.


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Listing added: 9 October 2020


Last officially checked: 16 January 2025


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