Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette

The Gazette does get submissions but it’s been a while since a submission was accepted for publication.  The Gazette does not pay but it does allow writers, especially aspiring new writers, to showcase their work and link back to their personal blog.  Anyone can self-publish but that doesn’t really count.  It’s when someone else publishes a writer that the writer has something to crow about.

Yes, I’ve been published in several other publications, most of which have gone to that great trash can in the sky.  So, the Gazette would like to publish more Guest Writers but the submissions make one mistake that is difficult to correct. 

Since the Gazette only publishes short stories of a few hundred words (be sure to read the guidelines), most writers send in stories that are basically essays.  The stories are mainly exposition.  The author explains what the reader should know instead of showing what the reader should know.

The stories should be dramatic scenes, that is the only way to “show don’t tell”.

The stories don’t have to be erotic but they do have to be written in scene.  The stories in the sidebar on the right under “Great American Flash Fiction Stories To Read” are good examples of what the Gazette is looking for.