Black Cat Weekly
Description
Black Cat Weekly is a weekly publication showcasing the best in original, modern, and classic mysteries, adventure stories, fantasy, and science fiction. Issues are (mostly) unthemed except around the holidays. (We run extra dark fantasy stories around Halloween, for example.)
Market Genres
Genres
Action/AdventureFantasy
Mystery/Crime
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 500 words
$5/piece
Flash
500 to 1000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
1000 to 5000 words
1 cent/word
Short Story
5000 to 7500 words
$50/piece
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
$50/piece
Novella
17500 to 40000 words
$50/piece
Novel
40000 to 45000 words
$50/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language Only
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 323 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 9.39 | Median: 3 | Max: 130
Responded:
99.07%
Accepted:
7.12% - avg 37 days
Rejected:
91.02% - avg 6 days
(17.68% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
0.92%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.92%
Pending:
There are 15 pending responses.
(0 min | 23.60 average | 6 median | 152 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Listing added: 22 December 2017
Last officially checked: 5 February 2025