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Mud Season Review - Fiction (Poetry) (Nonfiction)



Description
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We seek deeply human work that will teach us something about life, but also about the craft of writing or visual art; work that is original in its approach and that in some way moves us.


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Market Genres
Genres
General
Literary

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$50/piece

Short Story
1000 to 6000 words
$50/piece



Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 60 days

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 22 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 29 | Average: 52.20 | Median: 48 | Max: 81
Responded:
90.90%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
90.90% - avg 52 days (0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
9.09%

Pending:
There are 0 pending responses.


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Listing added: 7 July 2014


Last officially checked: 6 January 2026


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