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.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Sep 1, 2022 thru Dec 31, 2022 (Ends 91 days from now)
- "Carnival" Theme - Feb 1, 2023 thru Mar 31, 2023 (Begins 122 days from now)
- "Belonging" Theme (in collaboration with the Othering and Belonging Institute (OBI) at UC Berkeley) - Jun 1, 2023 thru Jul 31, 2023 (Begins 242 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
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 30 days
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 30 days
Market Response Data
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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 24 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 21 | Average: 48.52 | Median: 46 | Max: 98
Responded:
95.83%
Accepted:
20.83% - avg 66 days
Rejected:
70.83% - avg 40 days
(100.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
4.16%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
4.16%
Pending:
There are 3 pending responses.
(8 min | 27 average | 9 median | 65 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 1 September 2016
Last officially checked: 10 September 2022