Sheryl @ Flowery Prose

Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction is now open to submissions!

My little flash fiction publishing venture is open to submissions for a short window, starting today! If you write flash fiction, please feel free to submit before November 5 – I’d love to see your work!

Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction

SUBMISSIONS: OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS BETWEEN OCTOBER 20, 2020 AND NOVEMBER 5, 2020 ~

YES, PLEASE:

Flash fiction stories only. Word count: 1,000 or less.

English language only.

Original work only.

Genre: science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, humour, western, mystery, literary…and any variation or combination thereof. If in doubt, send it along – you never know.

Multiple submissions: feel free to send as many submissions as you wish to during the reading period. Please send each submission in separate emails.

Simultaneous submissions: all good. If your story is selected for publication elsewhere, please contact me right away to withdraw it from my consideration.

NO, THANK YOU:

Word count over the limit.

Poetry, non-fiction, essays, children’s stories, anything other than flash fiction.

Erotica, excessive gore, abuse, or ‘isms such as racism, sexism, etc..

Overly saucy language. I don’t mind swear words, I just would prefer to keep the content on the site…

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Sheryl @ Flowery Prose

Sheryl Normandeau is a writer and gardening enthusiast living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the foothills of the spectacular Rocky Mountains.

6 responses to “Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction is now open to submissions!”

Laurie Graves

October 20, 2020

Sounds really fun! If I weren’t up to my ears with work on Book 3 and my podcast, I would join the fun. Unfortunately…

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1. Sheryl @ Flowery Prose
  
  October 22, 2020
  
  Maybe next year, Laurie! I run a call for submissions every year, usually in October! I would love to see a story from you!
  
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  1. Laurie Graves
    
    October 22, 2020
    
    Yes, maybe next year!
    
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natuurfreak3

October 20, 2020

Fijn dat jemensen kansen geeft.

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Born To Organize

October 21, 2020

What an interesting concept, Sheryl. Is it called flash fiction because you write it quickly or because its short or both?

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1. Sheryl @ Flowery Prose
  
  October 22, 2020
  
  Thanks! It’s called flash fiction due to the length – they are generally stories of 1, 500 words or less (I settled on the cap of 1,000). This is the fifth year I’ve been publishing these little tales, and I once had a submission – which I ended up publishing – that was just over 300 words. (Just for fun, there is a type of story called a drabble. They have a word count of 100 words or less. They are a challenge to write!)
  
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