How Long is Long?

And How Short Is Short?

Online publications and webzines are changing the traditionally accepted lengths of short stories with the introduction of new categories such as: flash, micro and even smaller. But, as a general rule, here’s the accepted lengths.

• Micro-fiction: up to 100 words
• Flash-fiction: 100-1,000 words
• Short story: 1,000-7,500 words
• Novelette: 7,500-20,000 words
• Novella: 20,000-50,000 words
• Novel: 80,000-100,000 words
• Epics: anything over 100,000 words