101 Words

101 Word Short Stories

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Step 1 : Read Submission Guidelines

Are there any submission fees?

No.

We do not like reading or contest fees. We want to give every writer a chance.

Do I retain my rights?

You retain all rights to your work.All we require is archival rights so the story can live on our website.

What do we accept?

  • We accept fiction stories that are exactly 101 words.
  • Read Flash Fiction Magazine books to see what stories we have previously paid for.
  • No previously published work.
  • Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Let our editors know if your story is accepted elsewhere.
  • We do not accept poetry.
  • We do not accept children’s fiction.
  • We do not accept erotica.
  • We allow adult themes including sex, violence, and even politics, but may decline stories deemed too explicit or harmful to a group.
  • We don’t need any more stories about the writing process. We have a huge audience of readers who are not authors. Don’t alienate them.
  • We don’t want to get into rights issues, so no living public figures as characters, fan-fiction involving proprietary characters (Batman, etc.), and song lyrics. Passing references to all of these are fine.

Word Count Rules

  • Make sure your story has exactly 101 words. Strangely, a lot of people get this wrong.
    • The title of your story does not count towards the total word count.
    • Hyphenated words are considered one word. Don’t use that as a crutch to cheat.
    • Don’t trust the word count in your word processor. Hyphenated words, em-dashes etc. will trip up your word counter. Word counters should be used as a guide while writing and counted manually before submitting.

What else?

  • We edit spelling and punctuation to meet our style guidelines. Any substantial edits will be submitted to the author for approval.
  • Do not re-submit a declined story unless asked.

You are allowed 1 submission per calendar month.