(2) DOGZPLOT FLASH FICTION is a literary blog (WWW.DOGZPLOT.BLOGSPOT.COM) interested in publishing high quality flash fiction pieces of 200 words or less. We will highlight 5 new pieces every other Friday. DOGZPLOT is erratic, so send us playful, honest, original, disgraceful, hopelessly optimistic, dirty, beautiful, ugly, over the top writing.DOGZPLOT accepts submissions 24/7...365. Except for Thanksgiving, a brotha gotta eat. If your flash is accepted we will notify you the week it will appear. Send your flash fiction stories of 200 words or less, along with any bio information, to us through myspace message or send it in the body of an email: [email protected] submissions are fine, as well as simultaneous submissions, provided you let us know if they are accepted elsewhere. DOGZPLOT can and will make very, very small editorial changes if we deem them necessary. If you are not okay with this please do not submit. DOGZPLOT wants first time publishing rights, and reserves the right to keep your story in our archives and use it in print if we feel like it. (we now link all flash fiction stories from the mainpage and they are made available to view as ebooks)
ABOUT THE EDITOR: BARRY GRAHAM, born and raised in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country is a four-time National Tic-Tac-Toe Association (NTTTA) champion (1988, 1994, 2004, 2006). He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with an MA in Creative Writing. Barry currently teaches writing at Monroe County Community College and spends the off-season losing his rent money in the poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, or taking photos of Mormon missionary girls outside the temple in Salt Lake. He also teaches creative writing workshops through Dzanc's WIRP. Barry is the 2008 recipient of the Jumpmettle Award for excellence in fiction and his short-story collection, The National Virginity Pledge is forthcoming in Winter 2008.
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