The Colored Lens
Description
Note: do not submit more than 5 stories in a 30 day period.
The Colored Lens was created to showcase stories that shift our perspective on the world, through the far-reaching genre of speculative fiction. However, the fundamentals of good storytelling always come first: stories with characters we enjoy reading about and a solid plot. As long as your story includes them, we’d love to read it.
We publish all varieties of speculative fiction, from alternate history, to high fantasy, to nuts and bolts hard science fiction, to dark fantasy, so long as it meets the guidelines above. Whatever the genre, the focus should be used to comment on our world and society rather than exclusively to keep the reader turning pages.
The Colored Lens was created to showcase stories that shift our perspective on the world, through the far-reaching genre of speculative fiction. However, the fundamentals of good storytelling always come first: stories with characters we enjoy reading about and a solid plot. As long as your story includes them, we’d love to read it.
We publish all varieties of speculative fiction, from alternate history, to high fantasy, to nuts and bolts hard science fiction, to dark fantasy, so long as it meets the guidelines above. Whatever the genre, the focus should be used to comment on our world and society rather than exclusively to keep the reader turning pages.
Market Genres
Genres
Alternate HistoryFantasy
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
1001 to 2000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
2000 to 7500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novella
17500 to 20000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 7 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 7 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data
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Count:
There are 468 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 2.29 | Median: 0 | Max: 93
Responded:
98.50%
Accepted:
1.70% - avg 64 days
Rejected:
96.79% - avg 1 days
(93.59% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
1.28%
Lost/Returned:
0.21%
Never Responded:
1.06%
Withdrawn:
0.21%
Pending:
There are 11 pending responses.
(1 min | 50 average | 14 median | 254 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 7 January 2013
Last officially checked: 17 July 2023