Vestal Review encourages diversity in writing and publishing. A wide range of voices is good for the reader and literature in general, enhancing our understanding of the world. It’s fair, beneficial, and long overdue. We encourage underrepresented writers to send us their stories.
For us, a flash story is no longer than 500 words, and it moves from point A to point B. If it’s longer than 500 words or is too static, it’s not for us. We also reject pornography, racism, and excessive gore. On the other end of the spectrum, no preachy stories, please. Our target audience is over 18, so R-rated content is okay, but not X-rated. We accept most genres, and we love humor. We also appreciate diversity, whether racial, socioeconomic, or gender-based.
Format your story in Microsoft Word, including a heading with a word-count. Please include a brief author bio in the message space, 200 words maximum. We try to get back to submitters within one month.
We request that anyone who's contributed flash fiction to the magazine wait two issues before resubmitting so that we can continue to offer variety in our author selection.
Flash authors, editors, publishers, and readers! Have a flash fiction book you want listed? Vestal Review is compiling a book publication list from 2020 on. We’ll post the list, keep it updated, and we hope it will soon become a useful index.
No forthcoming books, please—only published work.
Disclaimer: Vestal Review does not have access to the books themselves but simply has received notice of publication. Though we do check with the publishers, that’s as far as we go.
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The interview itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words.
We try to get back to submitters within one month.
Send us two brief paragraphs, one outlining your proposal and the other with your bio, including publications. The review itself should weigh in at no more than 500 words.
We try to get back to submitters within one month.