Flash Fiction
Five on the Fifth
No closing date
- Length
- Up to 5,000 words
- Pay
- Unpaid
- Fee
- Optional tip
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Five on the Fifth publishes five pieces online on the fifth of each month, including flash fiction, and states a maximum word count of 5,000 words for submissions overall, with up to three flash pieces sent at once through Submittable. It cannot pay contributors, offers an optional tip jar contribution of $5 on its Submittable page, and requires manuscripts with no identifying information on the manuscript itself.
- Anonymous reading
- Remove your name from the manuscript
- AI policy
- No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.
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