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Fugue - Fiction (Poetry) (Nonfiction)



Description
Send us the stories that need to be out in the world. The ones we couldn’t ask you to send us, because we don’t yet know we need them. Whether you’re trying something old in a way we haven’t seen, or something new in a way that feels immediately classic, we want to read the stories you make essential: the voice that we can’t get out of our head, the off-kilter narrative, the questions that don’t have ready answers. Surprise us.


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This market charges a fee of $3.00 to submit.


Market Submission Schedule
  • Submission window - Sep 1, 2025 thru Nov 14, 2025 (Begins 163 days from now)

Market Genres
Genres
General

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying

Short Story
1000 to 3750 words
Non-Paying



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: 180 days

Market-Provided Data

This section can be updated by a representative of the publication. To add a representative, the publication should contact us to request it (no cost).


Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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This statistical information is an aggregation of submission data provided by our members. The more data we have the more accurate our
numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.


Count:
There are 4 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 15 | Average: 56.33 | Median: 60 | Max: 94
Responded:
75.00%
Accepted:
25.00% - avg 94 days
Rejected:
50.00% - avg 37 days (50.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
25.00%

Pending:
There are 0 pending responses.


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Listing added: 16 January 2013


Last officially checked: 30 January 2025


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