Flash Me Magazine: Lightning Flash Fiction Contest Guidelines

All entries must be 250 words or less. There is no minimum word count, but our upper limit is set in stone.

All entries should be sent in the body of your email to: this email address: contest@wingedhalo(dot)com. Please use plain text without any special formatting. A garbled story is a pain to read and is easy to avoid.

Include your legal name, your name as you want it published and your email address. Entries without this information may be rejected upon receipt, even if we've published your work before.

Please have the word CONTEST in your subject, as well as your story's title. Emails received without the proper subject will be deleted as junk mail. We notify each author when we receive their entry. If you do not receive an email within 7 days, assume we have not received your entry and resend it.

You may submit as many entries as you like. Please limit the number to three per email, though.

We will let you know as soon as possible if any of your entries make it in. Only the best contest entries (as judged by our editorial board) will be accepted. Those stories will be published in the PDF version and online, where readers can view all the final entries and cast their own votes.

Due to the number of entries, we can not give specific feedback as to why a contest entry does not make it into the issue.

The winner will be notified via email after the voting period ends. The winning contest entry will be announced in the following issue and republished with the author's bio. They will be awarded $10 US via PayPal and receive a year's subscription to Flash Me Magazine.