Breaking Into the Craft

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Breaking Into The Craft is a fiction market seeking previously rejected, character-driven original stories of 1,000–5,000 words, with a preference for humorous science fiction.

Response time info: ~20 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

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fictionLiteraryScience FictionHumorFantasyEligibility requirementsPays: $10 per story

Open to: Stories must have been previously rejected by at least three other markets.

Open to original unpublished fiction previously rejected by at least three other markets. Seeks character-driven stories with story and character arcs, clear prose, and an ending; humorous science fiction is favored, while fantasy is a hard sell. Word count: 1,000–5,000 words. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. Payment is $10 per story.

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