IN A FLASH Is Now Open For Submissions!

From October 1-15, please submit flash nonfiction on the theme of STILL.

Welcome to IN A FLASH!

Thank you so much for being here – we are thrilled for the enthusiasm from our beloved literary community for our new literary magazine! More than two hundred of you are already gathered here to celebrate flash creative nonfiction, and we are so proud to bring more of this work into the world.

Our first-ever submissions call opens TODAY! From Oct. 1-15, please submit flash nonfiction (500 words or fewer) on the theme of STILL. Full guidelines are here. Our first issue will publish in January.

Celebrating the power of flash nonfiction and our contributors is at the core of what we do. Each issue will highlight one featured author with a craft Q&A, along with the writer’s headshot and bio. Each featured author will receive a $25 honorarium. We are excited to grow and celebrate the work of this community devoted to flash nonfiction’s incredible impact.

Upcoming Themes

From November 1-15, please submit pieces on the theme of BODY.

From December 1-15, please submit pieces on the theme of RHYTHM.

From January 1-15, please submit pieces on the theme of DREAMS.

From February 1-15, please submit pieces on the theme of GROWTH.

News from the IN A FLASH Community!

• Editors Nina Lichtenstein and Leanne Rose Sowul will be at Nina’s Maine Writers Studio Retreat Oct. 18-20. There are only two spots left if you’d like to join them for a mid-fall getaway to focus on your writing. Details here.

• Editor Kate Lewis will be reading with the literary organization Scribente Maternum in the D.C. area this Saturday, Oct. 5, to kick off their DC-area chapter. She’ll join writers Jessica Clare Haney, Tyrese Coleman, Hannah Greico, Chloe Yelena Miller, and V Efua Prince for an afternoon of readings and camaraderie, to create local writing groups and more! All writers who identify as mothers in the D.C. area are warmly welcomed to attend.

• Editor Casey Mulligan Walsh recently published “The Perks of Being a Late Bloomer” in Next Avenue.

In Case You Missed It…

Did you miss our editor introductions? Meet our founding editors Leanne Rose Sowul, Nina Lichtenstein, Cynthia Allen, and Casey Mulligan Walsh for more of what we look for in great flash and for examples of our work. Our fifth and final founding editor is Kate Lewis, whom we’ll introduce later this week.

Thank you for being part of this endeavor with us, and we can’t wait to read your work.

Cheers,

The IN A FLASH Editors