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Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction (Nonfiction)



Description
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Clarkesworld Magazine is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short fiction, interviews, articles and audio fiction on a monthly schedule. All original fiction published in Clarkesworld is also made available in single-issue ebooks and collected annually in the Realms trade paperback series. Clarkesworld is a two-time Hugo Award winner and has published stories that have been nominees or winners of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, BSFA, Parsec, Locus, Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and WSFA Small Press Awards.



Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
12 cents/word

Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
12 cents/word

Novella
17500 to 22000 words
12 cents/word



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 14 days

Market-Provided Data

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Market Response Data
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Count:
There are 2025 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 4.57 | Median: 2 | Max: 414
Responded:
99.90%
Accepted:
1.72% - avg 52 days
Rejected:
98.17% - avg 3 days (1.50% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.09%

Pending:
There are 24 pending responses. (0 min | 39 average | 17 median | 152 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 14 December 2012


Last officially checked: 15 May 2024


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