Contest/Submissions

All submissions that include an e-mail address are automatically eligible for the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Honorarium.  The honorarium is a cash award of $30.00 that is awarded to a writer whose flash fiction story epitomizes the kind of “show don’t tell” fiction The Gazette is looking for.  The honorarium will be awarded on November 1, 2010.  The contest ends on October 1, 2010.  The judgement of The Gazette is final.  The contest is open now, 02-17-10.  All stories published in The Gazette before this date are not eligible.  The winning writer will be sent the award by PayPal.

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is calling for short story submissions.  Submissions should be between 300 to 800 words long.  The words will be counted.  Type or paste the story in an email.  Attachments will not be opened.  Put ‘Flash Fiction” in the subject line or the email may be rejected as spam.  In the body of the email include the title, name of the author, word count and your email address.  At the end of the story add a one to three sentence bio in the third person and the URL to your homepage if you have one and want a link back to it.

Only send one story and wait for a reply before sending another story.

Submission does not mean acceptance.  Read a few of the stories in the sidebar on the right under “Great American Flash Fiction Stories To Read” to get an idea of the quality of the writing.  Be sure to format the story correctly for The Gazette: alignment to the left, no indentations and two spaces between paragraphs.  This also means two spaces between dialogue that is spoken by different characters.  Rigorous proofreading counts.  Not following submission guidelines is enough reason for rejection.  Authors retain all rights.  The only payment is exposure in the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette which publishes some of the best flash fiction on the Internet; and a chance of being awarded the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Honorarium.  Good luck.

Send submissions to hoganpitt@aol.com 

Guy Hogan
Editor/Publisher

18 Responses

  1. Wayne, on July 29, 2010 at 8:29 pm Said:

    Do you accept previously published stories? If so, will they be considered in the contest?

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on July 29, 2010 at 10:56 pm Said:

      Wayne, yes I do accept previously published stories and they will be considered in the contest.

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  2. Bernard S. Jansen, on July 21, 2010 at 6:37 pm Said:

    May I suggest that you list the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette on duotrope? To add, go to:

    http://www.duotrope.com/contact_newlisting.aspx

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on July 23, 2010 at 10:24 am Said:

      Dear Bernard S. Jansen, I took your suggestion and requested a listing for the PFFG on Duotrope. Thank you for the tip. Guy Hogan

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  3. Anuradha Ramkumar, on May 13, 2010 at 1:02 pm Said:

    I write in Triond and came to know your blog. Your blog is very nice. Is there a way by which I can follow your blog? -Anu

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on May 13, 2010 at 3:43 pm Said:

      Anuradha, you are very kind. Yes, you can follow my blog by going to the top of the page and clicking on the Subscribe tab. Then just follow the instructions.

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  4. snooky, on May 7, 2010 at 2:07 pm Said:

    Well sir, I am very impressed. Will be visiting here often. and following suite

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on May 7, 2010 at 3:17 pm Said:

      snooky, welcome to my blog. I hope you come back soon.

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      • snooky, on May 7, 2010 at 3:52 pm Said:

        Been trying to submit a shortie to you sbmission page, guess your e-mail and mine aol do not mess. will kepp trying.I do want you to read “Back forty Forensics.

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        • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on May 7, 2010 at 4:15 pm Said:

          snooky, try sending it by message from your Triond account to my Triond account.

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  5. Christopher Floyd, on April 6, 2010 at 2:29 am Said:

    When does the contest end? I’m curious. Thanks for your comment on EDF. I’m going to read over a few of your stories. They look pretty interesting. Come take a look at my Hubpage sometime.

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on April 6, 2010 at 7:59 am Said:

      Christopher, the contest is on going. So far I haven’t found a story that deserves the honorarium.

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    • pittsburghflashfictiongazette, on April 14, 2010 at 3:32 pm Said:

      Christopher, there is now an end date to the contest. The end date is October 1, 2010 and the award will be presented on November 1, 2010.

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  6. Stefania, on May 17, 2009 at 2:39 am Said:

    I would love to write flash romance…

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  7. Paula Johnson, on May 9, 2009 at 4:33 am Said:

    Best wishes for the continued success of your blog. I just started a flash fiction blog in Pasadena!

    Reply
  8. Read It Online » Blog Archive » Writers write, on February 18, 2009 at 3:39 pm Said:

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  9. paul beckman, on December 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm Said:

    Sending you my published story website. I will include yours along with a link.

    Thanks
    Paul

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  10. Susan Kkomlos, on December 19, 2008 at 12:54 pm Said:

    Guy

    Congratulations on the job!!! I am so happy for you and now pray that this will turn into something great. Best of luck to you and happy holidays.

    Susan

    Reply

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