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
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
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission window - Jun 1, 2026 thru Jul 31, 2026 (Begins 46 days from now)
- Submission window - Oct 1, 2026 thru Oct 31, 2026 (Begins 168 days from now)
- Drabbles Only Submission Window - Nov 1, 2026 thru Nov 30, 2026 (Begins 199 days from now)
- Submission window - Feb 1, 2027 thru Mar 31, 2027 (Begins 291 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience 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
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: Mar 1, 2026 (last updated Apr 8, 2026)
If you submitted before Mar 1, 2026 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.
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Count:
There are 316 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 1 | Average: 37.02 | Median: 36 | Max: 91
Responded:
99.68%
Accepted:
5.06% - avg 65 days
Rejected:
94.62% - avg 35 days
(21.07% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.31%
Pending:
There are 45 pending responses.
(15 min | 30.40 average | 28 median | 166 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Listing added: 9 October 2020
Last officially checked: 12 December 2025