Planet Scumm
Description
Note: one submission per reading period.
Previously unpublished short fiction that doesn’t lean heavily on genre tropes. Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain. Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream, glitterlit, analogpunk. Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy.
Previously unpublished short fiction that doesn’t lean heavily on genre tropes. Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain. Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream, glitterlit, analogpunk. Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy.
This market is temporarily closed.
Market Submission Schedule
- Opens for submissions on Jul 8, 2022 (Begins 0 days from now)
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyHorror
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Flash
0 to 1000 words
5 cents/word
Short Story
1000 to 5000 words
5 cents/word
Market Submission Types
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Reprints/Originals?: Originals Only
Translations: Original Language Only
Market Response Data
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Count:
There are 405 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 1 | Average: 39.88 | Median: 24 | Max: 206
Responded:
96.54%
Accepted:
2.22% - avg 88 days
Rejected:
94.32% - avg 38 days
(2.61% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
0.74%
Lost/Returned:
0.24%
Never Responded:
0.49%
Withdrawn:
2.71%
Pending:
There are 6 pending responses.
(102 min | 120 average | 122 median | 131 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 16 January 2017
Last officially checked: 27 May 2022