http://flashfictiononline.com/news/index.html
http://www.sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q3

Edit: I meant to mention that Fantasy Magazine and Grantville Gazette are also new pro markets

As you can see, the place is dominated by Hatrackers. In fact, it's safe to say that without Hatrack the 'zine would never have gotten started: I was inspired by a conversation here, I ran the idea up the flagpole here, and I was instantly swamped with volunteers from here. It also wouldn't be close to the caliber that it is: The discussion, discretion, variety of tastes, and range of opinion has made an incalculable difference to the way our stories are selected and published, and things like the blog would still be waiting for me to have something worth saying. Finally, it wouldn't have lasted this long, because I don't think I would have been able to keep up.

Not to mention that the whole team is a pleasure to work with. Like, seriously, I mean, not in the polite I-gotta-say-this-because-they're-the-team way, but really a pleasure. /schmaltz

So, to those Hatrackers (including KDW, by the way) who offered encouragement, submitted stories, read our stories, or linked to us, thank you very much; to the FFO staff, thank you even more. Flash Fiction Online is a small affair in the publishing world, but I can't tell you how gratifying it is to see it get this far.

But seriously, it's been a pleasure to be a part of FFO.

And it is a great team--but I think it's a bit easier to have a great team when we respect each other (if not always agree).

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And thanks to all the folks who are on the Flash Fiction Online staff, too, which includes Hatrackers WouldBe, KayTi, DJVDakota (one of two slush team leaders), InarticulateBabbler (artist-in-residence), BoredCrow, and DebHoag.

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And thanks for the list of hatrackers to butter up to, Jake. Of course, as good as they are they pale in comparison to the great Oliverhouse, whose wisdom we don't get to experience enough.