If you would like to submit your flash fiction story to 20 in 5, send all submissions to: 20in5@mistribus.com. Submissions must adhere to the following guidelines or will be deleted:
1) Send in .doc, .docx, .od or .rtf formats only. NO .zip or .rar files, please; attachments in those formats will be deleted immediately.
2) The story must be between 500 and 750 words in length. No shorter or longer unless you've won a Nobel Prize.
3) No porn, poetry or bloody gore. Adult language is acceptable, if its use is not excessive. We deem what is excessive, damn it.
4) Each story submitted must have your name and phone number listed, either in the document itself or the e-mail message. SexyFairy69 ain't your name.
5) If a story has been published elsewhere, please let us know. We don't mind second helpings, but we mind falsely touting them as our discoveries.
6) If your story(ies) is/are accepted, you will receive a MisTribus 20 In 5 contract. You will be happy. Don't hide it. Don't overdo it, either; we're not a Nobel Prize.
7) You must sign the contract to appear in any volume of 20 In 5. It lets you make money off of our picking your story. So it's a good idea.
8) Please allow 4-6 weeks for a response. We're not slow, it's that we can get swamped by submissions. And we're slow swimmers.
Next volume pending for submissions: Volume IV -- March 2012
Questions, comments and extremely enthusiastic praise can be shared with us here: 20in5@mistribus.com
Harsh and feelings-bashing criticism can be sent here: editor@thenewyorker.com
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