Astrolabe - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
Note: this publication may close early for submissions if they reach a submission quota; these early closures will not be tracked in this listing.
Note: one submission per reading period.
Note: this publication asks for First North American Serial Rights (FNASR), but they publish online, which implies World rights.
At Astrolabe, we’re looking for work about how we seek out, discover, and grasp onto connection. Into the woods. Across a line. Beneath the ocean. Along a seam. Into the branches of an alternate present or the crevasse of an alternate future. Across the rifts between one another.
And then, once we find one other, the myths we make.
We’re excited to see as many interpretations of this broad theme as there are stars in the night sky.
We’re open to work of all genres, with a particular fondness for anything that moves beyond realism in form or content or spirit.
Note: one submission per reading period.
Note: this publication asks for First North American Serial Rights (FNASR), but they publish online, which implies World rights.
At Astrolabe, we’re looking for work about how we seek out, discover, and grasp onto connection. Into the woods. Across a line. Beneath the ocean. Along a seam. Into the branches of an alternate present or the crevasse of an alternate future. Across the rifts between one another.
And then, once we find one other, the myths we make.
We’re excited to see as many interpretations of this broad theme as there are stars in the night sky.
We’re open to work of all genres, with a particular fondness for anything that moves beyond realism in form or content or spirit.
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Market Submission Schedule
- Submission window - Mar 20, 2026 thru Apr 20, 2026 (Begins 39 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyGeneral
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$50/piece
Short Story
1000 to 3000 words
$50/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 90 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 90 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 80 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 20 | Average: 82.80 | Median: 74 | Max: 173
Responded:
96.25%
Accepted:
1.25% - avg 173 days
Rejected:
95.00% - avg 81 days
(15.78% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
3.75%
Pending:
There are 14 pending responses.
(35 min | 126.50 average | 48 median | 485 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 22 December 2022
Last officially checked: 17 January 2026