Nature: Futures
Description
Each Futures piece should be an entirely fictional, self-contained story of around 850–950 words in length, and the genre should, broadly speaking, be 'hard' (that is, ‘scientific') SF rather than, say, outright fantasy, slipstream or horror.
Market Genres
Genres
Science FictionMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
850 to 950 words
13 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 28 days
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 28 days
Market Response Data
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Accuracy:
There are 114 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 13 | Average: 128.65 | Median: 126 | Max: 300
Responded:
98.24%
Accepted:
21.92% - avg 130 days
Rejected:
76.31% - avg 128 days
(22.98% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
1.75%
Lost/Returned:
0.87%
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.87%
Pending:
8 pending responses (1 min | 117 average | 68 median | 417 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 6 January 2013
Last officially checked: 2 July 2021