The Deadlands - Poetry (Go to Fiction)
Description
The Deadlands are a liminal space reached by a broad road and we are looking for the same diversity in our speculative poetry. We welcome the weird, the mythic, the interstitial, and the unclassifiable; we are as interested in the underworld and its denizens as we are in ghosts, grief, and history. We prefer the uncanny to the gross-out, although we do not shy from physical realities. Death may be personified or not as you please.
We are at home to the hauntological in a major way. We value boundary-crossing in style as well as subject and will consider both experimental and formal verse, although we are a hard sell on full-scale epic poetry; we would love to see bilingual or multilingual work. We are especially committed to the voices of marginalized poets. Please try us rather than self-reject! Whichever way you approach these ambiguous lands, we want to read what you find there.
We are at home to the hauntological in a major way. We value boundary-crossing in style as well as subject and will consider both experimental and formal verse, although we are a hard sell on full-scale epic poetry; we would love to see bilingual or multilingual work. We are especially committed to the voices of marginalized poets. Please try us rather than self-reject! Whichever way you approach these ambiguous lands, we want to read what you find there.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Poetry
Any length
$50/poem
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
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Count:
There are 95 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 2 | Average: 35.93 | Median: 40 | Max: 65
Responded:
98.94%
Accepted:
4.21% - avg 41 days
Rejected:
94.73% - avg 35 days
(21.11% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
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Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
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Withdrawn:
1.05%
Pending:
There are 2 pending responses.
(9 min | 78 average | 78 median | 147 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 23 April 2021
Last officially checked: 5 September 2023