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The Future Fire - Fiction (Poetry)



Description
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The Future Fire welcomes submissions of speculative fiction with progressive, inclusive and socially aware disposition. All stories in TFF magazine are selected from the open submission pile. We are particularly interested in feminist, queer, postcolonial and ecological themes, and writing by under-represented voices (but nobody is required to self-identify, publicly or privately, as any identity)


Market Genres
Genres
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery/Crime
Science Fiction

Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$10/piece

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
$20/piece

Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
$20/piece


Reprints
Flash
0 to 1000 words
$10/piece

Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
$20/piece

Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
$20/piece


Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: No
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 42 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 223 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 8 | Average: 38.16 | Median: 34 | Max: 96
Responded:
97.30%
Accepted:
6.27% - avg 59 days
Rejected:
91.03% - avg 36 days (7.38% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
2.69%

Pending:
There are 28 pending responses. (1 min | 39.14 average | 37 median | 165 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.


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Listing added: 8 January 2013


Last officially checked: 6 May 2024


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