Short Circuit - Fiction
(Poetry)
Description
With Short Circuit, we’re hoping that each issue will add something new to inspire, delight, move, and challenge readers, transporting them outside of their daily lives, if even for five minutes.
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Read the contract terms carefully for non-standard terms that may affect an author keeping control of their own work, such as transfer of copyright, lack of time-based reversion of rights clause, or editing pieces without the authors approval.
Market Genres
Genres
ChildrenGeneral
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$108.22/piece Advance + Royalties
Short Story
1000 to 1071 words
$108.22/piece Advance + Royalties
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: 120 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 120 days
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 43 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 12 | Average: 65.78 | Median: 53 | Max: 149
Responded:
97.67%
Accepted:
4.65% - avg 25 days
Rejected:
93.02% - avg 67 days
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
2.32%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
2.32%
Withdrawn:
-
Pending:
There are 3 pending responses.
(26 min | 57.33 average | 53 median | 93 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
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Listing added: 2 June 2020
Last officially checked: 24 October 2024