Relief - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
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Note: you may submit up to three stories per reading period but only if you wait for the response to one before sending the next.
Note: if your work is published here, wait a year before submitting again.
Relief seeks fiction of high literary merit that takes the struggles and joys of our everyday lives seriously.
Note: you may submit up to three stories per reading period but only if you wait for the response to one before sending the next.
Note: if your work is published here, wait a year before submitting again.
Relief seeks fiction of high literary merit that takes the struggles and joys of our everyday lives seriously.
This market is temporarily closed.
This market charges a fee of $2.50 to submit.
Market Submission Schedule
- Submission Window - Oct 1, 2026 thru Feb 28, 2027 (Begins 199 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
Non-Paying
Novelette
7500 to 8000 words
Non-Paying
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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This statistical information is an aggregation of submission data provided by our members. The more data we have the more accurate our
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Count:
There are 1 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 60 | Average: 60.00 | Median: 60 | Max: 60
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
100.00% - avg 60 days
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
-
Pending:
There are 0 pending responses.
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Listing added: 10 March 2014
Last officially checked: 3 February 2026