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Copper Nickel - Fiction (Poetry)



Description
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Copper Nickel is a literary journal published by the students and faculty at the University of Colorado Denver.


This market is temporarily closed.


This market charges a fee of $2.00 to submit.


Submitting to this market is tied to subscription to a promotional newsletter: either they will subscribe you to the newsletter when you submit, or you must be a subscriber to submit.


Market Submission Schedule
  • Submission Window - Aug 15, 2025 thru Dec 15, 2025 (Begins 153 days from now)
  • Submission Window - Jan 15, 2026 thru Feb 28, 2026 (Begins 306 days from now)

Market Genres
Genres
General
Literary

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

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
3 cents/word

Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
3 cents/word

Novella
17500 to 40000 words
3 cents/word


Note: This publication does not state a clear max word count, so the max word count for this listing has been set to a default.


Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 90 days

Market-Provided Data

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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 28 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 7 | Average: 69.12 | Median: 50 | Max: 286
Responded:
89.28%
Accepted:
3.57% - avg 286 days
Rejected:
85.71% - avg 60 days (4.16% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
10.71%

Pending:
There are 15 pending responses. (16 min | 62.60 average | 53 median | 141 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.


Submission Timeline for Copper Nickel
Submission Timeline
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2025/03/14
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Rejections
Pending
Acceptances
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Listing added: 9 February 2013


Last officially checked: 22 January 2025


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