FIYAH - Fiction (Go to Poetry)
Description
Limited Demographic: writers from the African diaspora
We are looking for brave works of speculative short fiction by authors from the African diaspora that reject regressive ideas of blackness, respectability politics, and stereotype. Please submit your bravest, blackest, most difficult to sell stories to us. We want to read them.
We are looking for brave works of speculative short fiction by authors from the African diaspora that reject regressive ideas of blackness, respectability politics, and stereotype. Please submit your bravest, blackest, most difficult to sell stories to us. We want to read them.
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- "Hauntings and Horrors" Theme - Jun 1, 2022 thru Jul 31, 2022 (Begins 7 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Short Story
2000 to 7500 words
8 cents/word
Novelette
7500 to 15000 words
8 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 30 days
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 30 days
Market Response Data
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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 19 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 16 | Average: 41.61 | Median: 34 | Max: 98
Responded:
94.73%
Accepted:
15.78% - avg 58 days
Rejected:
73.68% - avg 34 days
(92.85% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
5.26%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
5.26%
Pending:
There are 1 pending responses.
(66 min | 66 average | 66 median | 66 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 1 September 2016
Last officially checked: 19 December 2021