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Candlemark & Gleam wants to elicit and nurture fiction that causes people to question assumptions, become denizens of larger worlds. Our goal is to bring forth original, innovative speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, alternative history. We firmly believe that speculative fiction must be literature, and can become myth, legend, song, a river on which dreams can sail. We want to bring forth fiction that’s nuanced, layered, that brims with non-triumphalist sense of wonder, three-dimensional characters, fully realized universes, stories that lodge in cortex and breastbone. We want to help create books whose universes, societies and characters are diverse in any or all respects, though originality of imagination and quality of craft are our paramount criteria. We want our books to look as good as what’s within them. Arresting, context-sensitive covers and text ornaments are as important to our vision as evocative words. We’re also committed to combining the best aspects of digital and print publishing to create something beautiful, technologically streamlined, and environmentally sustainable. To put it succinctly, we aim to create books whose content and style are fused to make them multifaceted, integrated experiences that nourish, yet challenge—works that shape the dark.

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Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media

Electronic Publication	Electronic Publication
Print Publication	Print Publication

Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Genre	Subgenres
Fantasy Fantasy	Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Retrofuturism.
Science Fiction Science Fiction	Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Retrofuturism.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres	Excluding: Erotica, Horror.

Lengths:

Novelette Novelette	12,000 - 15,000 words.
Novella Novella	15,000 - 40,000 words.
Fiction Collection Fiction Collection	No specific word count limits known.
Novel Novel	40,000 - 42,000 words.
Novel Novel	More than 65,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary advance + >= 15% royalties No monetary advance. ≥ 15% royalties.
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Genre	Subgenres
Fantasy Fantasy	Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Retrofuturism.
Science Fiction Science Fiction	Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Retrofuturism.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres	Excluding: Erotica, Horror.

Lengths:

Poetry Collection

No page limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary advance + >= 15% royalties No monetary advance. ≥ 15% royalties.
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Date Added: 19 Oct 2011

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