FLASHSHOT WRITER GUIDELINES

Become a Flashshooter!

"Bet you can't submit just one!"

New limit, effective November 15, 2005: up to 100 words.

Response Time:Due to other obligations, it may take up to a month for me to respond with an acceptance, rejection, or follow-up questions. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Fiction: horror, mystery, fantasy, SF, humor. Absolutely NO poetry. If you have something else in 100 words or less that you want me to see, try me! Reprints are fine, so long as you own the rights and tell us where they previously appeared. Submit up to three stories, and then wait until the last story is about to appear before sending up to three more.

What you get!

FLASHSHOT is not a paying market, but there are many good reasons to submit. You can use the brief bio that accompanies each story to promote whatever books or publications you wish. Thousands of readers will see your work. Exposure in FLASHSHOT can bring your work to the attention of anthologists and other editors looking for new talent as well.

The Nitty Gritty!

Format: Your story must be attached as a separate document in either Word DOC or RTF. Single space, using a 12-point font. I prefer Times New Roman, but if you use any other readable 12-point font, I'll accept it and convert it. Use italics where needed. No headers or footers, please! Word count belongs in the cover e-mail, not on the document.

Starting in upper left corner:

TITLE (in caps, no underlining)
by (author's name)
[Skip a line]
Story: Either indent for each new paragraph OR skip a line, but not both!
[Skip a line]
BIO: (in third person, 2 or 3 brief sentences to publicize your other work, give your background, comment on the story, or whatever you wish)
Cover E-mail: Subject line should read "Submission" followed by the title of your story. You may attach up to three stories to a single e-mail, so long as they are separate documents and each contains the bio information at the bottom. Do not repeat the story or bio in the e-mail. The message need not be fancy, just a friendly greeting along with your word count.

Also include a photo of yourself (not mandatory) and any book covers you'd like to have promoted with your story. Include links as well. See the lay-out of the page here.

NOTICE: We don't like plaguerism. If we find you have been lifting your words from other writers, you will be banned from subbing to FLASHSHOT. Be original!

Send to G. W. Thomas at ragemagsubs@yahoo.ca If for any reason this email doesn't work, send them to : gwthomas21@gmail.com .