Tales & Feathers
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Tales and Feathers is a home for cozy slice-of-life fantasy short stories.
Our ideal submissions look like this:
Quiet character-driven storytelling
Gentle moments
Rich fantastical worldbuilding
Everyday moments
Stories that take place before or between or after the epic conflicts
Stories that offer warmth, comfort, and possibility
Note: If you’ve been published here 2 times in a row, please wait a submission window to submit again.
Tales and Feathers is a home for cozy slice-of-life fantasy short stories.
Our ideal submissions look like this:
Quiet character-driven storytelling
Gentle moments
Rich fantastical worldbuilding
Everyday moments
Stories that take place before or between or after the epic conflicts
Stories that offer warmth, comfort, and possibility
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Market Genres
Genres
FantasyMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 800 words
112 CAD/piece (approx. $82.88/piece)
Flash
800 to 1000 words
0.14 CAD/word (approx. 10 cents/word)
Short Story
1000 to 2500 words
0.14 CAD/word (approx. 10 cents/word)
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 56 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 56 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 134 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 29 | Average: 114.12 | Median: 117 | Max: 298
Responded:
91.04%
Accepted:
5.97% - avg 137 days
Rejected:
85.07% - avg 112 days
(10.52% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.74%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
0.74%
Withdrawn:
8.20%
Pending:
There are 95 pending responses.
(144 min | 176.33 average | 173 median | 491 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 3 February 2022
Last officially checked: 18 December 2025