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Sally Port Magazine - Fiction (Nonfiction)



Description
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Note: reprints only accepted for previously unpaid blog entries with fewer than 1,000 views.

We’re offering fantasy fiction for pretty much everyone. That means our stories are family friendly but not just kid stuff.


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Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult

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

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
5 cents/word

Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
5 cents/word

Novella
17500 to 20000 words
5 cents/word



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

Market-Provided Data

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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.


Count:
There are 66 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 77.26 | Median: 57 | Max: 246
Responded:
96.96%
Accepted:
10.60% - avg 118 days
Rejected:
78.78% - avg 76 days (48.07% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
7.57%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
3.03%

Pending:
There are 19 pending responses. (0 min | 53.36 average | 30 median | 232 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: 23 June 2024


Last officially checked: 27 January 2025


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