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Five Minutes

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Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 156 x per year.

Nonfiction Open

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionExactly 100 words.
Styles:

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

Topics:

Memoir (See guidelines).

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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


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Five Minutes Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

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This project ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the Most Personable Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 36 reports from 32 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported2 min | 54.5 mean avg | 58.0 median | 84 max days (17.5 std dev)
Responses94.44 %
Acceptances36.11 % of submissions accepted (56.2 avg. days per acceptance) | 40.63 % 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.
Rejections58.33 % (56.4 avg. days per rejection) | 90.5 % personal, 0.0 % form, 9.5 % unspecified
Non-Responses5.56 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals5.56 % (24.5 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending10 responses are pending (5 min | 35.5 mean avg | 18.5 median | 116 max days waiting | 33.6 std dev) from 9 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 60 days. (38.9 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 60 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 63 days have passed.
Submissions are acknowledged within 2 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 15 Oct 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 19 Aug 2024.

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Five Minutes Contest CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions

Dates

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024
Last Audited: 13 Aug 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 20 Apr 2021

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