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"a media company, specializing in free-to-listen short fiction podcasts including the original science fiction podcast"
Introduction
Vibe

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Response Time
295 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      No

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      Previously published

      Yes

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      Payment

      yes

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      No

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      Active on social media

      No

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 18000

short stories – original fiction: 1,500-6,000 words (sweet spot: 2000-4000) short stories – reprints ONLY: 1,500-7,500 words novelettes – reprints ONLY: 7,500-18,000

scienceFiction

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Translations

If first English publication rights remain available, we treat the story as an original; otherwise, as a reprint

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 18000

short stories – original fiction: 1,500-6,000 words (sweet spot: 2000-4000) short stories – reprints ONLY: 1,500-7,500 words novelettes – reprints ONLY: 7,500-18,000

scienceFiction

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Translations

If first English publication rights remain available, we treat the story as an original; otherwise, as a reprint

Magazine

Founded in 2005 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Mur Lafferty
Editor-in-Chief
Valerie Valdes
Editor
Benjamin C. Kinney
Assistant Editor
Premee Mohamed
Assistant Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

5

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

295 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/295 days

Fastest response time

11 days

Slowest response time

1126 days