Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
Note: One submission per person per window
We are looking for well written original stories in science fiction, fantasy, myth, fairy tales, and eldritch
We are looking for well written original stories in science fiction, fantasy, myth, fairy tales, and eldritch
This market is temporarily closed.
Read the contract terms carefully for non-standard terms that may affect an author keeping control of their own work, such as transfer of copyright, lack of time-based reversion of rights clause, or editing pieces without the authors approval.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Jan 1, 2026 thru Jan 2, 2026 (Begins 17 days from now)
- Submission Window - Feb 1, 2026 thru Feb 2, 2026 (Begins 48 days from now)
- Submission Window - Mar 1, 2026 thru Mar 2, 2026 (Begins 76 days from now)
- Submission Window - Apr 1, 2026 thru Apr 2, 2026 (Begins 107 days from now)
- Submission Window - May 1, 2026 thru May 2, 2026 (Begins 137 days from now)
- Submission Window - Jun 1, 2026 thru Jun 2, 2026 (Begins 168 days from now)
- Submission Window - Jul 1, 2026 thru Jul 2, 2026 (Begins 198 days from now)
- Submission Window - Aug 1, 2026 thru Aug 2, 2026 (Begins 229 days from now)
- Submission Window - Sep 1, 2026 thru Sep 2, 2026 (Begins 260 days from now)
- Submission Window - Oct 1, 2026 thru Oct 2, 2026 (Begins 290 days from now)
- Submission Window - Nov 1, 2026 thru Nov 2, 2026 (Begins 321 days from now)
- Submission Window - Dec 1, 2026 thru Dec 2, 2026 (Begins 351 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
8 cents/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
8 cents/word
Reprints
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
2 cents/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
2 cents/word
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 84 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 84 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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This statistical information is an aggregation of submission data provided by our members. The more data we have the more accurate our
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Count:
There are 226 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 17.82 | Median: 11 | Max: 274
Responded:
98.67%
Accepted:
1.32% - avg 111 days
Rejected:
95.13% - avg 16 days
(35.81% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
2.21%
Dead Letters:
0.44%
Lost/Returned:
0.44%
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.88%
Pending:
There are 19 pending responses.
(11 min | 30.94 average | 12 median | 134 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 3 December 2015
Last officially checked: 26 November 2025