Planet Scumm
Description
Note: one short story or flash collection per reading period.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain
Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream
Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy, will be considered for entry to the interstellar archive aboard Scummy’s saucer
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain
Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream
Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy, will be considered for entry to the interstellar archive aboard Scummy’s saucer
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- Opens for submissions on Aug 13, 2025 (Begins 34 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
8 cents/word
Story Collection
0 to 5000 words
8 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 5000 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
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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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.
Count:
There are 81 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 6 | Average: 65.97 | Median: 74 | Max: 89
Responded:
56.79%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
56.79% - avg 65 days
(2.17% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
4.93%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
4.93%
Withdrawn:
38.27%
Pending:
There are 307 pending responses.
(62 min | 116.19 average | 121 median | 160 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 16 January 2017
Last officially checked: 29 January 2025