The Sun Magazine - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
Send us your emotionally honest story — the one that helps us learn what it feels like to be someone else.
Share satire that hits close to home, tragedy that's cathartic without being manipulative, or a parable that lingers long after we finish reading.
We’re looking for stories in any genre of fiction that take risks to tell us something true about ourselves.
Share satire that hits close to home, tragedy that's cathartic without being manipulative, or a parable that lingers long after we finish reading.
We’re looking for stories in any genre of fiction that take risks to tell us something true about ourselves.
This market charges a fee of $2.50 to submit.
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$200/piece
Short Story
1000 to 7000 words
$200/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 90 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 90 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 66 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 3 | Average: 116.24 | Median: 124 | Max: 312
Responded:
75.75%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
75.75% - avg 116 days
(8.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
3.03%
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
3.03%
Withdrawn:
21.21%
Pending:
There are 32 pending responses.
(6 min | 95.96 average | 109 median | 219 max days waiting)
Note: pending statistics may skew high if some users neglect their data.
We recommend querying after the time the market suggests to query.
Submission Timeline for The Sun Magazine
Submission Timeline
2024/04/05
2024/05/15
2024/06/24
2024/08/04
2024/09/13
2024/10/24
2024/12/03
2025/01/13
2025/02/22
2025/04/04
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Listing added: 7 January 2013
Last officially checked: 1 August 2024