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In a Flash

Creative Magazine/Website

Rating

Recommend this magazinebased on 9 votes

Hidden Gem5

New Writer Friendly5

Great Editor(s)5

I Just Love Them3

Highlights

Type

Creative

Vibe

Top tier. Not Paris Review, but pretty close

Payment

$25

Fee

No fee

Acceptance rate

Unspecified

Response time

30 days

Print issues

Accepts previously published

Nominates for prizes

Yes

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About

In a Flash is a monthly literary magazine for creative nonfiction in 500 words or less. We open for submission from the 1st to the 15th of every month (except March & September), we have a monthly THEME that is announced ahead of time, and we read blind. We feature ONE author and their essay with each issue, and we pay our published authors. In a Flash is on Substack, and it is free to subscribe and free to submit. We are unique in that we ar...

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Location

United States

Founded

2024

Affiliations

Independent

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