Brevity publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or fewer) essay form. We have featured work from Pulitzer prize winners, NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, The Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, Qatar, and Japan. We have also featured  many previously-unpublished authors, and take a special joy in helping to launch a new literary career. Over the past year Brevity has averaged more than 10,000 unique visitors per month. Authors are paid a $45 honorarium for featured essays (via PayPal).   If you would like to hear our editor-in-chief Dinty W. Moore discuss his ideas on what makes flash nonfiction successful, you can access this interview from the River Teeth blog. or this post from the Brevity Blog. We prefer that submissions should be formatted as seen here (single space, no indentation, one extra space between paragraphs) unless alternate formatting is a specific design element of the essay. __ PLEASE NOTE: Brevity’s flash nonfiction reading period ended on May 1st, 2025. Though we’ll continue to process what has been submitted, we will no longer accept new submissions — until we reopen in September. ___ Craft Essays Our Craft Essay section is now … Continue reading Submissions