Genres & Theme
Cross Genre / Slipstream Fantasy Horror Literary Magic Realism / Surrealism Mainstream Open to All / Most Genres Open to all / most themes, including: Humor. Vestal Review is a magazine for flash (short-shorts) fiction. We accept up to 12 stories for the semi-annual print issues. Some stories from the print issues will appear quarterly online. We realize that there are different definitions of what a flash story is and all of them have merit. In our definition, a flash story is no longer than 500 words and it has a plot. If it's longer than 500 words and/or has no plot, we are not interested. We are also not interested in porn, racial slurs, excessive gore, or obscenity. On the other end of the spectrum, no children's or preachy stories either, please. Our target audience is people over 18, so R-rated content is OK, but not X-rated. Most genres, other than children's, syrupy romance or hard science fiction, are accepted—and we love humor. IMPORTANT: Send only up to two submissions per submissions period. Submissions Periods Open to submissions from Tuesday, April 01, 2008 to Saturday, May 31, 2008 Open to submissions from Tuesday, July 01, 2008 to Sunday, November 30, 2008 Open to submissions from Thursday, January 01, 2009 to Sunday, May 31, 2009	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Purchase Issue(s) Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Flash Fiction (< 500 words)
Media
Print Publication Electronic Publication
Payscale
Payment ranges from semi-pro to professional rates for Short Fiction
Other Info
Accepts electronic submissions only
Allows simultaneous submissions (always follow proper simultaneous submission etiquette)
No reprints accepted
Allows multiple submissions (check guidelines for details and restrictions)
Published 2 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. Accuracy We have received 130 reports within the past 12 months, not including 25 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 32 days) and not including 2 ignored reports (reports are ignored when the submitter has an unrealistic overall acceptance/rejection ratio). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 1 | 33.1* | 756 (min | avg | max) *This data has been normalized to reduce the effect of reported long waits before withdrawals or assumed rejections. Responses (91.5%) Acceptances: 2.3% (43.3 days avg. per acceptance) Rejections: 89.2% (28.8 days avg. per rejection) | 33.6% personal, 52.6% form, 13.8% unspecified Rewrite Requests: - Non-Responses (8.5%) Assumed Rejections: 2.3% (313.7 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 6.2% (35 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Submissions are acknowledged within one day on average. Most recent response reported was received on: 09 May 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 30 Apr 2008 Do not query before 90 days have passed. (10% of the responses reported to us for this market have taken longer than 90 days.)
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: Best of the Net Pushcart Prize
Market Added: 25 Jul 2005 Last Updated: 11 Apr 2008 Last Checked: 13 May 2008

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