Flash Creative Nonfiction up to 1K Words

Welcome to CRAFT. 

Submissions for flash creative nonfiction are open year-round and offer payment of $100 for accepted original work. This free category is for essays and standalone excerpts fewer than 1,000 words. See our longform creative nonfiction category for essays between 1,000 and 6,000 words.

As we have always done with our fiction, each published work of creative nonfiction will include an author’s note and an editorial introduction that both focus on the craft of the piece. We review literary nonfiction, but are open to a variety of styles—our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft. 

If you have questions about submissions, please send an email to: contact (at) craftliterary (dot) com 

GUIDELINES: 

• Flash creative nonfiction submissions are open to all writers.
• We accept flash creative nonfiction only in this category; please, no academic work (we have a separate category for critical writing and interviews).
• International submissions are allowed.
• Please submit work primarily written in English, but some code-switching/meshing is warmly welcomed.
• We adhere to a 1,000 word count maximum (for essays between 1,000 and 6,000 words, please choose the longform creative nonfiction category)—please send only ONE flash creative nonfiction piece between 401 and 1,000 words.
• OR, up to three micros (400 words or fewer each / fewer than 1,000 words total) may be submitted in a single document—this file counts as ONE submission.
• We review literary nonfiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles including memoir, lyric essays, personal essays, narrative nonfiction, speculative creative nonfiction, and experimental prose.
• We do consider reprints, though we are unable to pay for these pieces.
• We allow simultaneous submissions—writers please notify us and withdraw your piece if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. If you withdraw your work, you may submit another piece in the same genre.
• We no longer allow multiple submissions—please send only one piece of flash creative nonfiction at a time (unless you're sending three micros, of course, which count as one submission), until you've heard back from us.
• If your work is declined, we ask that you wait three months before submitting again to the same genre, unless an editor requests more work from you.
• Please double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12. Email us if you need accommodations.
• Please send your piece as a Word doc. PDFs are acceptable, if necessary.
• Include a brief cover letter with your publication history and any relevant content warnings (if applicable).
• Unless you’ve already secured the necessary permissions, please do not include quoted song lyrics in your submitted work.
• Unless specifically requested, we do not accept AI-generated work.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason.
• Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication. Work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review.