Flash Fiction Online

Infobox Magazine
title = Flash Fiction Online


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editor =
editor_title = Editor
staff_writer =
Mark Freivald
Karen Smith
R.W. Ware
frequency = monthly
paid_circulation = 0
unpaid_circulation = approx. 5,200 visitors / month
(as of Oct 7, 2008)
category = fiction, flash fiction
company =
publisher = Jake Freivald
firstdate = birth date and age|2007|12|1
country = flag|United States
language = American English
website = [http://www.flashfictiononline.com flashfictiononline.com]
issn =

" [http://www.flashfictiononline.com Flash Fiction Online] " is the first online magazine dedicated to professionalizing flash fiction in its own right.

Flash fiction is loosely defined as stories of 1,000 or fewer words, although publishers vary. Many magazines accept flash fiction and are considered professional by organizations such as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (see [http://sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#qualnew SFWA criteria] ), but they are not dedicated to flash fiction. Several magazines, such as Vestal Review, Flash Me, and SmokeLong Quarterly, are dedicated to flash fiction, but are not considered professional by the SFWA, regardless of the high quality of their content.

Flash Fiction Online pays professional rates for flash fiction and is not a vanity press. Other milestones needed before achieving professional status include consistent publishing for a year (a milestone it should achieve with its December, 2008 issue) and circulations of 1,000 subscribers or equivalent.

In addition, it is publishing professional writers. Each issue has featured a professional: December 2007, Bruce Holland Rogers; January 2008, Eric Garcia; February 2008, Dave Hoing; March 2008, James Van Pelt; April 2008, Carl Frederick; May 2008, Bruce McAllister. In addition, Bruce Holland Rogers began a column on writing the short-short form starting in June 2008.

One other distinguishing feature of Flash Fiction Online is its desire to print genre fiction (e.g., science fiction, fantasy) as well as literary fiction.

External links

* [http://www.duotrope.com/market_2545.aspx Duotrope Digest listing for Flash Fiction Online]
* Cite web
url = http://www.duotrope.com/glossary.aspx
title = Glossary of Terms
publisher = Duotrope's Digest
accessdate = 2008-01-05
* Cite web
url = http://sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q1
title = Membership Requirements
publisher = SFWA
accessdate = 2008-01-05
* [http://www.ralan.com/sfpro/index.htm Ralan's Specfic and Humor Webstravaganza] professional listings page
* [http://www.flashfictiononline.com/author_bruce_holland_rogers.html Bruce Holland Rogers's Author Page] at Flash Fiction Online, showing "Short-Short Sighted" column entries