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Bourbon Penn

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Bourbon Penn is a print and online magazine featuring stories of imagination and the odd.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2010

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationUnknown publication frequency.
Print Publication Print PublicationUnknown publication frequency.

Fiction Open

We are looking for highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. We want character. For us, stories live and die by their characters. We’re looking for fully drawn characters who surprise us with their honesty, complexity, and contradictions. We want mysterious. We’re looking for stories that grab the reader, make them ask, “what the hell is going on?” and then deliver on the tease. We want ideas and we want action. We love exploring big, philosophical ideas, but we revel in suspenseful plotting. If you’re adept at blending these elements, we can't wait to read your work. We want fresh voices and exciting prose. We want to be surprised. We want to be inspired. We want to find stories that we can’t wait to publish, promote, and evangelize.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
General GeneralOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Magic Realism, Slipstream.
Fantasy FantasyOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Magic Realism, Slipstream.
Science Fiction Science FictionOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Slipstream.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Lengths:
Short Story Short Story2,000 - 7,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Absurdist, Literary, Quirky, Surrealist.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Other (See guidelines).

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Semi-pro payment. Details: USD $0.04/word.

Submissions:

Method: Moksha submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.


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Bourbon Penn Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Fiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 310 reports from 223 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported0 min | 32.3 mean avg | 32.0 median | 141 max days (143.6 std dev)
Responses97.42 %
Acceptances0.65 % of submissions accepted (106.5 avg. days per acceptance) | 0.90 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections96.77 % (30.9 avg. days per rejection) | 6.0 % personal, 79.3 % form, 14.7 % unspecified | 0.3 % shortlisted
Non-Responses2.58 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals2.58 % (11.6 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending34 responses are pending (1 min | 20.1 mean avg | 19.5 median | 65 max days waiting | 610.1 std dev) from 34 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 90 days. (2.6 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 90 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 02 Dec 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 29 Oct 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024
Last Audited: 27 Aug 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 08 Jun 2010

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