Last Chances...

The end of the year is rapidly approaching and there are a few things you should run over to do before time runs out:

If you haven't already, please vote for your favorite story this quarter. The quarterly poll will be taken down on the 1st.

Also, the 31st is the last day to register for the next Flash Fiction Boot Camp and save $5 on tuition. FMM subscribers save an additional $5! Tuition isn't due right away, but you must register by the end of the year to receive the lower rate. All proceeds of the boot camp help support the magazine...

Finally, don't forget to vote for Flash Me Magazine in the upcoming Preditors & Editors Readers Poll. Voting commences January 1st, and ends at midnight on January 14th (GMT). You can nominate stories published in FMM in 2009, FMM cover artwork, FMM editors, and the magazine itself.

That's all for now. Our next issue debuts January 31, 2010.

Until then...
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

Six Questions For...

The publishing schedule for Jim Harrington's new blog, Six Questions For... has been announced.

You can find my answers (for Flash Me Magazine) posted on January 7, 2010. Each post will remain on the home page for seven days and will be archived permanently. I will be monitoring the site while my post is live so I can respond to any questions or comments from readers.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

January Issue Complete

We received 236 submissions this past quarter, and have finally finished reviewing them all. We have selected seven stories for the January issue, and have contacted all authors.

We also sent out the final rejection letters, so if you haven't heard from us yet and you sent your submission in before midnight EST on December 1, 2010 please contact us.

The FMM Staff will be taking a break for the holidays and will be unofficially on hiatus until January 5th. I will still be working behind the scenes, and though receipt emails may take longer, we will still continue to accept and reply to all incoming submissions.

Here's wishing you a very Happy Holidays!

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

Registration now open for the next Flash Fiction Boot Camp!

Registration is now open for the third Flash Fiction Boot Camp Session! Interested participants must register between December 15th and January 15th.

Participation will be limited to the first fifteen people, so sign up early. Tuition for this session will be $25 US. Discounted rates are available to FMM paid subscribers, to members of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, and to those who register before December 31, 2009.

Visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/bootcamp.html for more information and instructions on how to register.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

Final totals for the January Issue

We received an additional ten submissions on the 1st that were not originally included in the final tally. This brings us to 236 submissions this past quarter. Our editors are working through the final 65 submissions. All authors should have received receipt emails by now.

We have not reviewed any submissions received after November 16th. If you submitted a story before the November 17th and have not heard from us, please query.

Final decisions will be made before January 17th, though everyone should receive a rejection letter or notice that their submission is accepted or being held for voting before the end of the month.

FMM Staff

Clarification

We recently changed the submission deadline from December 31st to December 1st, and there was some miscommunication between the staff about exactly when the cut-off time was for the January 2010 issue.

To clarify, the submission deadline was Tuesday, December 1st at midnight EST. All submissions received on the 1st will be considered. Receipt emails are going out this morning.

We apologize for any confusion. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at info(at)wingedhalo.com

FMM Staff

Flash Fiction Boot Camp Reminder

Flash Fiction Boot Camp is a 12-day intensive course for serious writers taught by the Editor-in-Chief of
Flash Me Magazine, Jennifer Dawson. She is joined by Flash Me Magazine's Senior Managing Editor, Elizabeth Hull.

Each participant must have three unpublished short stories under 1200 words that they have submitted and had rejected from at least one market prior to enrolling in this course. The goal is to have stories you feel are ready for publication, and proof of that is a collection of rejection letters. If you don't have any rejection letters, start submitting!

Every participant will:

1) have one story edited offline by the instructor
2) have one story reviewed online by peers
3) use one story in a variety of exercises
4) be challenged to write new stories through daily writing exercises.

At the end of each session, selected stories may be published in the Special Features section of Flash Me Magazine. We selected seven boot camp stories from the first session, and five from the second session.

Click here to see what past participants had to say.

The next session will be February 1-12, 2010. Interested participants must register between December 15th and January 15th.

Participation will be limited to the first fifteen people, so sign up early. Tuition for this session will be $25 US. Discounted rates are available to FMM paid subscribers, to members of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, and to those who register before December 31, 2009.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

I'll post a reminder on December 15th when registration opens.

Quarter End

Yesterday marked the last day to send submissions for the January 2010 issue. We received 226 submissions this quarter.

We have accepted 2 submissions, held 11, and sent 3 back for possible rewrites. We've had 3 withdrawals, have 10 before the editors, and have rejected 155. We have 45 submissions sitting in our inbox, all received over the last week. It'll take some time to get through them all, but we should have this quarter's submissions wrapped up before Christmas.

One quarter ends, and another begins. All submissions received now will be considered for the April 2010 issue.

FMM Staff