Necessary Fiction
Description
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Here are 10 things we've noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years:
We're often fans of the absurd, the off-kilter, and the darkly comic.
We tend to fall for beautiful language or an unexpected phrase.
We're interested in how a story gets told.
We prefer stories that are stories, not static moments or a character's memories lacking broader context.
We're open to reading the slyly speculative, the strange, the uncanny, and the weird.
We love when stories take a risk.
We rarely find body part humor all that funny.
We publish fiction; please don't send us poems. We aren't qualified for those.
We find that stories dependent upon very particular pop culture references sail right over our heads.
We especially encourage marginalized and traditionally underrepresented writers to submit, though your piece does not have to encompass those themes.
Here are 10 things we've noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years:
We're often fans of the absurd, the off-kilter, and the darkly comic.
We tend to fall for beautiful language or an unexpected phrase.
We're interested in how a story gets told.
We prefer stories that are stories, not static moments or a character's memories lacking broader context.
We're open to reading the slyly speculative, the strange, the uncanny, and the weird.
We love when stories take a risk.
We rarely find body part humor all that funny.
We publish fiction; please don't send us poems. We aren't qualified for those.
We find that stories dependent upon very particular pop culture references sail right over our heads.
We especially encourage marginalized and traditionally underrepresented writers to submit, though your piece does not have to encompass those themes.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyGeneral
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 3000 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 and Translations
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 51 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 17 | Average: 50.43 | Median: 49 | Max: 83
Responded:
86.27%
Accepted:
5.88% - avg 24 days
Rejected:
80.39% - avg 52 days
(12.19% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
13.72%
Pending:
There are 7 pending responses.
(3 min | 21.28 average | 19 median | 60 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 13 January 2013
Last officially checked: 3 November 2024