Heroic Fantasy Quarterly - Fiction (Go to Poetry)
As its name suggests, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly is a quarterly ezine dedicated to publishing heroic fantasy — in both prose and poetry. We are unrepentant in our goal of elevating unapologetic sword and sorcery to a rightful high place. We pay $100 for stories and $25 for poems, upon publication. (Scroll down for info on art submissions.) We purchase first world English language electronic rights, electronic rights for 90 days, archival rights for twelve months, and excerpt rights.
We publish in July, October, January, and April. Each issue will include up to three stories and two poems. We accept submissions year-round. Our fiction word limit is 10,000 words, although we are willing to serialize at a maximum of 50,000 words over four issues. You may submit up to three poems, with a cumulative maximum of 30 pages. Tolkienesque (as in really long) poetry epics/sagas/vedas will most likely be treated — and paid — like fiction. Similarly, prose pieces of fewer than 1,000 words will be paid at poetry’s standard rate of $25.
We publish in July, October, January, and April. Each issue will include up to three stories and two poems. We accept submissions year-round. Our fiction word limit is 10,000 words, although we are willing to serialize at a maximum of 50,000 words over four issues. You may submit up to three poems, with a cumulative maximum of 30 pages. Tolkienesque (as in really long) poetry epics/sagas/vedas will most likely be treated — and paid — like fiction. Similarly, prose pieces of fewer than 1,000 words will be paid at poetry’s standard rate of $25.
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Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Sep 1, 2018 thru Sep 30, 2018 (Begins 16 days from now)
- Submission Window - Dec 1, 2018 thru Dec 31, 2018 (Begins 107 days from now)
- Submissions Window - Mar 1, 2019 thru Mar 31, 2019 (Begins 197 days from now)
- Submissions Window - Jun 1, 2019 thru Jun 30, 2019 (Begins 289 days from now)
Market Genres, Styles & Subjects
Genres
FantasyMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
0 to 1000 words
2 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novel
40000 to 50000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novella
17500 to 40000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Market Response Data
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Accuracy:
There are 50 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
29 min | 80.72 mean avg | 79 median | 262 max days
Responded:
96.00%
Accepted:
2.00% - avg 101 days
Rejected:
94.00% - avg 80 days
(65.95% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
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Dead Letters:
4.00%
Lost/Returned:
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Never Responded:
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Withdrawn:
4.00%
Pending:
9 pending responses (47 min | 75 mean avg | 53 median | 167 max days waiting)
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