Abyss & Apex - Fiction (Go to Poetry)
Description
FICTION: Our mission is to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry, with special attention to character-driven stories that examine the depths and heights of emotion and motivation from a broad variety of cultural and social perspectives. We want to publish powerful stories with emotion that resonates in our minds and hearts long after the first reading and makes us want to read them again and again. We look for the unique: stories that stand out in a genre that pushes the envelope of unusual. We take special delight in detailed world-building, and we enjoy reading about the realms and inhabitants of your imagination. We have no subject/topic preference, beyond a requirement that the work have a speculative element. We are happy to read high fantasy, magic realism, hard science fiction, sword and sorcery, and genrebending stories that don't quite seem to fit elsewhere. Our tastes span the gamut from classic Golden-Age SF to modern nontraditional formats.
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Aug 1, 2020 thru Aug 7, 2020 (Begins 55 days from now)
- Submission Window - Nov 1, 2020 thru Nov 7, 2020 (Begins 147 days from now)
Market Genres, Styles & Subjects
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
0 to 1000 words
6 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 1250 words
6 cents/word
Short Story
1250 to 2000 words
3 cents/word
Short Story
2000 to 3000 words
2 cents/word
Short Story
3000 to 7500 words
1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 240 days
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Estimated Response: 240 days
Market Response Data
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Accuracy:
There are 132 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
0 min | 41.57 mean avg | 25 median | 122 max days
Responded:
97.72%
Accepted:
3.03% - avg 93 days
Rejected:
94.69% - avg 40 days
(48.80% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
2.27%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn
2.27%
Pending:
90 pending responses (6 min | 64 mean avg | 34 median | 303 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 14 December 2012
Last officially checked: 10 February 2020