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Strange Horizons - Fiction (Poetry) (Nonfiction)



Description
We want good speculative fiction. If your story doesn't have a clear fantasy or science fiction element, or at least strong speculative-fiction sensibilities, it's probably not for us. We'd like to help make the field of speculative fiction more inclusive, more welcoming to both authors and readers from traditionally underrepresented groups, so we're interested in seeing stories from diverse perspectives and backgrounds. We want stories that have some literary depth but aren't boring; styles that are unusual yet readable; structures that balance inventiveness with traditional narrative. We like characters we can care about. We like settings and cultures that we don't see all the time in speculative fiction.


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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Literary
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
10 cents/word

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
10 cents/word

Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
10 cents/word



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language and Translations

Market-Provided Data

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Market Response Data
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Count:
There are 411 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 1 | Average: 108.55 | Median: 94 | Max: 295
Responded:
97.56%
Accepted:
2.91% - avg 136 days
Rejected:
94.64% - avg 107 days (5.65% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
2.43%

Pending:
There are 223 pending responses. (34 min | 34 average | 35 median | 35 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
We recommend querying after the time the market suggests to query.


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Listing added: 14 December 2012


Last officially checked: 4 October 2024


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