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Alpha-Jumps: Book Publishers Anthologies Magazine, adult-fic Webzines, adult-fic Magazine, YA-fic Magazine, adult-nonfic Magazine, YA-nonfic
I don't write much short fiction anymore, so this list is out of date
I'll keep it up as an archive for a while, but for truly up-to-date market response
times I encourage writers to read & report their RTs at The Black Hole
This is a list of response times for submissions I sent out from August 1993 to sometime in 2008. Remember, the longer the response time the bigger the chance your work is getting serious consideration. Unless they lost it, or went out of business, or the rejection got lost in the mail ... or whatever! E-mail subs are almost always quicker, and almost as reliable.
Abbreviations & Terms:
#subs = number of submissions sent to each publication
avg. = average response time in days
min. = minimum response time in days
max. = maximum response time in days
(W) means story was withdrawn for various reasons
#-$ stands for number of pieces sold to that market
(RW) is a request for a rewrite
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- BOOK PUBLISHERS (Adult Fiction) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
ACE 2 44 27 60
AVON 2 74 36 111
BAEN 3 85 27 147
BT, INDIGO 1 42 42 42
DAW 1 27 27 27
DEL REY 2 175 11 338
MEISHA MERLIN 1 463 463 463
SILHOUETTE ROMANCE 1 49 49 49
ST. MARTIN 2 24 22 26
TOR 2 33 19 46
TSR 1 90 90 90
WARNER ASPECT 2 104 25 182
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- ANTHOLOGIES (Adult SF/F/H) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
THE AGE OF REASON 1 3 3 3
THE AGE OF WONDERS 2 2 2 2
BEST OF THE REST 3 2 57 57 57
DARKFIRE III 1 2 2 2
DARKFIRE IV 1 40 40 40
ENGLEFIELD & ARNOLD 1 126 126 126
EXTREMES 1 24 24 24
IMAGININGS 1 54 54 54
IN THE OUTPOSTS OF BEYOND 1-$ 1 130 130 130
IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT THE ZOO 1 2 2 2
LOW PORT 1 178 178 178
MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS 1-$ 1 46 46 46
EVEN MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS(W) 1 1123 1123 1123
MURDER MOST ANGLICAN (W) 1 180 180 180
SF RISING 2 1½ 1 2
STORYTELLERS: "Disembodied Voices" 1 89 89 89
STRANGE PLEASURES 5 (Invited) 1 1 1 1
STRANGE WARS (W) 1 139 139 139
SUCCESS BY DESIGN 1 98 98 98
TWILIGHT TALES 1 74 74 74
WHY I HATE ALIENS 2 23 1 45
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- MAGAZINES (Adult Fiction) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
ABORIGINAL SF 6 55 22 105
ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE 5 32 26 42
AEON SF 2 37 30 43
ALCHEMY 2 12 11 13
ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS 1-$ 4 51 8 87
ALTAIR (AUS) 4 26 11 42
AMAZING STORIES 2 139 129 148
AMELIA 4 29 25 32
ANALOG 15 42 25 62
ARTEMIS 1 139 139 139
ASIMOV'S 17 65 7 156
BLACK GATE 1 328 328 328
BRUTARIAN 4 268 16 516
BYLINE 1-$ 4 65 18 139
CABARET 1 45 45 45
CENTURY 3 100 93 106
CHATTAHOOCHEE REVIEW 1 152 152 152
COLONIES 1-$ 1 80 80 80
CONTINUUM SF 1 46 46 46
CRIMEWAVE 1 66 66 66
CRUX 1 10 10 10
DOGWOOD TALES 1 153 153 153
THE EDGE (UK) 6 12 3 35
ENNEA 1 7 7 7
FARTHING (RW) 1 20 20 20
FULL UNIT HOOKUP 1 7 7 7
FUTURES MYSTERIOUS ANTHO. MAG. 1-$ 1 92 92 92
GLIMMER TRAIN STORIES 11 51 12 103
HAPPY 1 47 47 47
HOBSON'S CHOICE 1-$ 3 29 14 37
IDEOMANCER 2 24 7 41
INDIANA REVIEW 1 145 145 145
INTERZONE 4 65 18 96
MAG. OF FANTASY & SF (Ed: KKR) 4 29 19 41
MAG. OF FANTASY & SF (Ed: GVG) 20 14 9 23
MZB's FANTASY 1 73 73 73
NEW YORKER 1 91 91 91
NEO-OPSIS SF 1 168 168 168
NORTHEAST 1 71 71 71
ODYSSEY 1 327 327 327
OPEN SPACES 1 198 198 198
PANURGE (UK) 4 11 7 14
PARADOX 1 50 50 50
PEEPING TOM (W) 1 261 261 261
PIRATE WRITINGS 1 30 30 30
PLAYBOY 3 27 16 37
REALMS OF FANTASY 3 58 42 75
ROMANCE & BEYOND 1-$ 1 192 192 192
ROSEBUD 1 95 95 95
SCIENCE FICTION AGE 2 17 14 19
SILVER WEB 2 26 19 32
THE STRAND 1 32 32 32
THE SUN 1 53 53 53
TALEBONES 1 4 4 4
3SF 3 36 3 84
THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE 1 14 14 14
TOMORROW 3 20 11 34
THE URBANITE 3 39 15 52
VAMPIRE DAN'S STORY EMPORIUM 3 59 18 89
VERMONT INK 1 1 1 1
WICKED HOLLOW 1 7 7 7
WEIRD TALES 3 56 47 62
WORLDS OF F & H 2 54 47 60
WRITER'S INTERNATIONAL FORUM 1 21 21 21
ZOETROPE: All Story 1 111 111 111
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- ELECTRONIC (Adult Fiction) -
name of webzine #subs avg. min. max.
ABYSS & APEX 1 67 67 67
ADHOC 1 17 17 17
AEON SF 2 34 24 43
JIM BAEN'S UNIVERSE 3 2 1 3
BLOOD ROSE 1-$ 1 56 56 56
CHIAROSCURO 1 4 4 4
CHIMERA (W) 1 240 240 240
COSMIC SF 1-$ 1 6 6 6
DARK ANNIE 1-$ 2 67 2 131
DEEP OUTSIDE 2 45 40 50
THE DRAGON'S SCROLL (W) 1 257 257 257
THE DREXEL ONLINE JOURNAL 2x(W) 2 180 165 194
ELECTRIC WINE 1 23 23 23
ESCAPE POD 2 54 19 88
FANGORIA 1 4 4 4
FEARSMAG.COM (W) 1 212 212 212
FORTEAN BUREAU 1 10 10 10
4NADA.COM 1 2 2 2
FUTURE ORBITS 6 13 3 31
GALAXY ONLINE 1 71 71 71
THE GOBLIN MUSE 1-$ 1 23 23 23
GOTHIC.NET 1 105 105 105
H.M.S. BEAGLE (W) 1 211 211 211
HORRORFIND.COM 1-$ 1 8 8 8
HUB 1-$ 1 250 250 250
IDEOMANCER 2 24 7 41
INTERGALACTIC MEDICINE SHOW 1 8 8 8
JACKHAMMER 1 9 9 9
LENOX AVENUE 2 2 2 2
MARSDUST 1 12 12 12
METROPOLE 1 7 7 7
NEVERWORLDS (W) 1 53 53 53
OCEANS OF THE MIND 1-$ 3 74 63 87
1000 DELIGHTS 1 136 136 136
PALACE OF REASON 5 22 9 34
PEDESTAL 1 33 33 33
PIF 1-(W) 2 377 103 377
PLANET RELISH 1 4 4 4
PULP ETERNITY ONLINE 1 ½ ½ ½
SAPPHIRE 1 2 2 2
SCI FICTION 4 69 51 95
SPACEWAYS WEEKLY 1 41 41 41
SPECFICWORLD.COM 1-$ 1 170 170 170
SPECULON 3 54 22 106
STORISENDE VERLAG 2 64 50 78
STRANGE HORIZONS 10 22 17 34
SUCCESS BY DESIGN 1 1 1 1
TWILIGHT TALES 1-$ 1 29 29 29
VACANCY 1 ½ ½ ½
THE WORLDS OF FANTASY 1-$ 1 2 2 2
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- MAGAZINES (YA or Children's Fiction) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
CHILD LIFE 1 111 111 111
CICADA 1 101 101 101
CRICKET 1 38 38 38
HIGHLIGHTS 1 29 29 29
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- MAGAZINES & WEBZINES (Adult Non-Fiction) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
BYLINE 1-$ 3 58 14 139
KAFENIO.COM 1 2 2 2
WRITER'S DIGEST 2 48 41 55
WORD PERFECT 1 59 59 59
THE WORLD & I 1 2 2 2
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- PUBLICATIONS (Young Adult Non-Fiction) -
name of magazine #subs avg. min. max.
BOY'S LIFE 1 47 47 47
CHILD LIFE 1 111 111 111
CRICKET 1 38 38 38
HIGHLIGHTS 1 29 29 29
KIDSZIP.COM 2x(W) 2 565 539 590
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