The Future Fire
The Future Fire welcomes submissions of speculative fiction with progressive, inclusive and socially aware disposition. We are particularly interested in feminist, queer, postcolonial and ecological themes, and we actively seek out submissions by under-represented voices, including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and writers from outside the English-speaking world.
Market Genres, Styles & Subjects
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
0 to 1000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Novelette
7500 to 10000 words
Less than 1 cent/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Postal Submissions?: No
Reprints?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Market Response Data
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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.
Accuracy:
There are 62 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
6 min | 27.79 mean avg | 26 median | 60 max days
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
8.06% - avg 33 days
Rejected:
91.93% - avg 27 days
(33.33% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
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Never Responded:
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Withdrawn:
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Pending:
12 pending responses (2 min | 20 mean avg | 14 median | 77 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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