Five Points, the literary journal founded at Georgia State University, has long been a venue where formal compression and narrative urgency meet. Its flash submission call is not a contest but an open reading period, and the terms are deliberately narrow: one piece per submission, no previously published work in any format, electronic submissions only. The journal's editorial history suggests an appetite for writing that earns its brevity—work in which every sentence carries structural weight, where the white space is as considered as the text. The fee is $3, a modest barrier that nonetheless signals the economics of contemporary literary publishing. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, which respects the writer's time and the reality of the submission circuit. The journal reserves the right to close the window early, a practical caveat that rewards early submission without penalizing those who read guidelines carefully. There is no prize attached, no theme imposed; the reward is publication in a journal with a distinct curatorial identity. What Five Points seeks in flash is not merely short work but work that understands the form as a discipline rather than a constraint. The encouragement of pieces at 205 words or fewer suggests a preference for radical concision—writing that trusts the reader and resists the impulse to explain. Translations are explicitly welcomed in this category, indicating an openness to voices working across languages and traditions.