Spartan considers literary fiction submissions of one thousand words or less. Please read an issue before submitting. To give an idea of what we publish, some of our previous contributors include: Kathy Fish, Ben Loory, Allegra Hyde, Leesa Cross-Smith, Jules Archer, Tara Laskowski, Ben Tanzer, Jodi Paloni, Donna Miscolta, Tatiana Ryckman, Amy Cipolla Barnes, Jae Kim, Mary Lynn Reed, Tommy Dean, Len Kuntz, and many more.

We accept simultaneous submissions, with the request that we are notified immediately if a piece is accepted for publication elsewhere.

We do not accept multiple submissions. Please send us one flash or one micro fiction at a time.

To submit, paste the entire text into an email and send it to spartaneditor (at) gmail.com
No attachments. We only accept electronic submissions. Please do not query regarding your submitted piece until thirty days have passed.

We release online issues quarterly. For accepted pieces, we require non-exclusive rights for online issues.

Due to financial constraints, starting with our Summer 2021 issue we will no longer be paying contributors.

We have four submission windows each year. Any pieces submitted outside of the submission windows will be deleted unread. The submission windows are:

     Fall: October through November
     Winter: January through February
     Spring: April through May
     Summer: July through August