Café Irreal (Cafe Irreal)
Description
Note: will not publish the same author in two consecutive issues.
The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined. Therefore, we're interested in stories by writers who write about what they don't know, take us places we couldn't possibly go, and don't try to make us care about the characters.
The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly webzine that presents a kind of fantastic fiction infrequently published in English. This fiction, which we would describe as irreal, resembles the work of writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector and Jorge Luis Borges. As a type of fiction it rejects the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined. Therefore, we're interested in stories by writers who write about what they don't know, take us places we couldn't possibly go, and don't try to make us care about the characters.
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Market Genres
Genres
FantasyMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
1000 to 2000 words
1 cent/word
Reprints
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 2000 words
Non-Paying
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 120 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 120 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 26 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 4 | Average: 58.69 | Median: 60 | Max: 143
Responded:
88.46%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
88.46% - avg 58 days
(13.04% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
7.69%
Lost/Returned:
3.84%
Never Responded:
3.84%
Withdrawn:
3.84%
Pending:
There are 2 pending responses.
(26 min | 48.50 average | 48 median | 71 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Submission Timeline for Café Irreal (Cafe Irreal)
Submission Timeline
2024/03/15
2024/04/24
2024/06/03
2024/07/14
2024/08/23
2024/10/03
2024/11/12
2024/12/23
2025/02/01
2025/03/14
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Listing added: 7 January 2013
Last officially checked: 6 November 2024