Quest - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
Quest is an online magazine using science fiction and fantasy to examine the systems shaping the present day.
We publish science fiction and fantasy, and welcome adjacent speculative genres includding magical realism, slipstream, and fabulism.
We publish science fiction and fantasy, and welcome adjacent speculative genres includding magical realism, slipstream, and fabulism.
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
500 to 1000 words
$250/piece
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
$250/piece
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
$250/piece
Novella
17500 to 40000 words
$250/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
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 249 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 21 | Average: 91.93 | Median: 99 | Max: 123
Responded:
93.17%
Accepted:
2.00% - avg 96 days
Rejected:
91.16% - avg 91 days
(20.70% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
1.20%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
1.20%
Withdrawn:
5.62%
Pending:
There are 22 pending responses.
(95 min | 125.00 average | 118 median | 313 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 21 August 2025
Last officially checked: 30 March 2026