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Baubles From Bones - Fiction (Poetry)



Description
We’re open to most subgenres and themes but have a particular fondness for compelling adventures, folk-retellings, stories of hope in the dark, emotional healing, love of all sorts, environmentalism, and the humanity (or lack of it) among the fantastical and speculative. Good characters pump the hearts of our favorite stories, and we live for lushly-built worlds, though magical realism can be just as inspiring as a dyson sphere or floating castle. Experimentation and strangeness excite us, but they are by no means a prerequisite for quality. Above all else, we’re eager to be surprised and thrilled, made melancholy and heartbroken by imaginative sci-fi and fantasy tales.


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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
1 cent/word

Novelette
7500 to 8000 words
1 cent/word



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 60 days

Market-Provided Data

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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 219 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 67.75 | Median: 69 | Max: 132
Responded:
93.15%
Accepted:
4.56% - avg 81 days
Rejected:
88.58% - avg 67 days (18.55% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.45%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
0.45%
Withdrawn:
6.39%

Pending:
There are 127 pending responses. (12 min | 26.48 average | 27 median | 40 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: 24 January 2024


Last officially checked: 6 January 2025


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