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The Colored Lens

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Art

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The Colored Lens was created to showcase stories that shift our perspective on the world, through the far-reaching genre of speculative fiction. However, the fundamentals of good storytelling always come first.

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Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
Response time:
a few days*
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2 days*
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Acceptance rate: /
2.08%*
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Pays$20 per piece

Find more details in the Genres section

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Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 20000 words max

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 5

Sub Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Speculative

Payment: $ 20 per piece

Speculative Fiction. We publish stories up to 10,000 words, although we prefer stories in the 500-5000 word range. We also publish novellas up to 20,000 words, serialized over multiple issues.

Art

Max pieces: 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

We are accepting artwork within a speculative fiction element and that casts the world, either the real one or a fantastical one, in a different light than we see every day. Artwork should be submitted in digital format. Artists may submit up to 3 pieces at once, but please wait for a response from us before sending more. Artwork may be resized, but will not be cropped or otherwise altered without the artist’s permission. Please send us artwork that will still look good when resized or reformatted. Artwork may be submitted using our Graphic Art Submissions page .

How to submit

Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Short stories should be in standard manuscript format ( http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html ,) and submitted using our online submission system. Please upload your story as a doc, docx, or rtf file.
Author's rights
Unless otherwise specified, payment is in exchange for first world electronic and print rights, exclusive for 3 months, and non-exclusive reprint rights. Payments will be made upon publication.
Additional info
We pay $20 per short story, article, or piece of artwork, and $10 for flash. For novellas, we pay $20 for the first 10,000 words, and $1 per 1000 words after that.

Tracker statistics

555

Total submissions tracked

2 days

Average response time

2.08%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

168 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 676 days

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2.06%

12-month average acceptance rate

2 days

12-month average response time

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About

The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is. The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing four to five short stories and serialized novellas a quart...

Founded

2011

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Dawn Lloyd

Editor-in-Chief

Daniel Scott

Executive Editor

Henry Fields

Senior Editor