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Wrath Month
Bona Books




Description
We’re seeking fantasy, science-fiction, and horror short stories that embrace punk and queer rage.

There’s a glass ceiling in SFF representation, and we want you to throw a brick through it. Bring us the coven that burned Salem and your roaring bear-serkers. We want gangs of acid-wash werewolves, furious bipyromancers, flesh-eating femmes, and vengeant celestial bois—a cast of the downtrodden who make ruins of their oppressors.

Wrath lies at the heart of queer liberation—it can be a spur to action and the only righteous response to a world that would prefer we didn’t exist. So crash mainframes, collapse empires, and break normativity.


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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
8 cents/word

Short Story
1000 to 6000 words
8 cents/word



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only

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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 41 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 12 | Average: 46.51 | Median: 47 | Max: 68
Responded:
80.48%
Accepted:
2.43% - avg 12 days
Rejected:
78.04% - avg 47 days (3.12% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
7.31%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
7.31%
Withdrawn:
12.19%

Pending:
There are 88 pending responses. (39 min | 86.71 average | 70 median | 174 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 16 January 2025


Last officially checked: 16 January 2025


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