Genres & Theme
Literary Mainstream Open to All / Most Genres Open to all / most themes Zoetrope: All-Story considers unsolicited submissions of short stories and one-act plays no longer than 7,000 words. Excerpts from larger works, screenplays, treatments, and poetry will be returned unread. Submissions Periods Open to submissions from Tuesday, January 01, 2008 to Saturday, August 30, 2008	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Subscribe Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Flash Fiction (< 1,000 words) Short Story (1,000 - 7,000 words)
Media
Print Publication
Payscale
Professional Rates for Short Fiction
Other Info
Accepts postal submissions only
Allows simultaneous submissions (always follow proper simultaneous submission etiquette)
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 4 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. This market ranks among the Top 25 Most Slothful Short Fiction Markets Accuracy We have received 114 reports within the past 12 months, not including 49 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 100 days) and not including 2 ignored reports (reports are ignored when the submitter has an unrealistic overall acceptance/rejection ratio). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 9 | 205.5* | 443 (min | avg | max) *This data has been normalized to reduce the effect of reported long waits before withdrawals or assumed rejections. Responses (90.4%) Acceptances: 0% (No publication has a 0% acceptance rate. This data is based on response reports sent to Duotrope's Digest, and we have not received reports of any acceptances yet. If one acceptance were reported, the acceptance rate would be 0.9%.) Rejections: 90.4% (199.7 days avg. per rejection) | 12.6% personal, 68.9% form, 18.4% unspecified Rewrite Requests: - Non-Responses (9.6%) Assumed Rejections: 5.3% (382.7 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 4.4% (146.2 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Submissions are acknowledged within 120 days on average. Most recent response reported was received on: 07 May 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 15 Apr 2008
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: Best American Fantasy Best American Nonrequired Reading Best American Short Stories O. Henry Prize
Market Added: 29 Jul 2005 Last Updated: 29 Jan 2008 Last Checked: 15 May 2008

Before Submitting
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• Always read the full guidelines provided by the publisher.
• Try to read at least one previous publication to get a better idea of what the editor would like to see.
• Unless the publisher's guidelines state otherwise, always use industry standard manuscript formatting.
• For novel/collection publishers, it is standard to submit a cover letter, synopsis, and sample instead of the full manuscript.  Do this unless otherwise instructed.
• Include a SASE with all mailed submissions, queries, and requests for guidelines.
• Be professional, patient and persistent.