MarketWants: Criteria for Flash Markets

I'm doing pretty good--already on step 3 from yesterday's post:

I reviewed the submissions requirements for the three previously selected flash fiction markets (Nature Futures, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online), and then I combined them by taking the most restrictive criteria for each market. So excluding the obvious points (has to be fiction, no fan fiction, no erotica, etc.), there were a couple of notable requirements for each market. Fortunately, each restriction still fell within the guidelines for the other markets:

Length: 850-950 words (Nature Futures)
Content: "should be 'hard' (that is, 'scientific' SF)" (Nature Futures); "a well-written story is a must" (Daily Science Fiction); "strong, interesting characters, plot, and (to some extent, at least) settings" (Flash Fiction Online)
Inclusions: "fond of character-driven fiction" (Daily Science Fiction); "Humor? We take it" (Daily Science Fiction)
Exclusions: "second-person point of view has a hard time running our gauntlet" (Flash Fiction Online)

So in general, the guidelines call for an 850-950 word well-written 'hard' SF story with interesting characters, plot, and settings that may be character-driven and/or humorous and that is told in first or third person.

Done.