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.
Submission Window - Feb 1, 2025 thru Feb 21, 2025 (Ends 8 days from now)
Submission Window - May 1, 2025 thru May 21, 2025 (Begins 76 days from now)
Submission Window - Aug 1, 2025 thru Aug 21, 2025 (Begins 168 days from now)
Submission Window - Nov 1, 2025 thru Nov 21, 2025 (Begins 260 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Poetry
Any length
$50/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided 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.
Count:
There are 93 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 7 | Average: 15.64 | Median: 14 | Max: 44
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
3.22% - avg 22 days
Rejected:
96.77% - avg 15 days(12.22% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
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Withdrawn:
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Pending:
There are 12 pending responses.
(0 min | 8.00 average | 11 median | 12 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.