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Joyland Magazine

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Joyland Magazine, established in 2008 by Emily Schultz and Brian J Davis, is an award-winning online literary journal. Our stories have been included in Best American Short Stories and published in the Journey Prize Anthology.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for most submission periods, except for free submissions are available upon request. The fee is USD $5.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2008

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationUnknown publication frequency.

Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette Novelette7,500 - 12,000 words.
Novel Excerpt Novel ExcerptUp to 12,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $200/story.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


This project has permanently closed to submissions in this category.

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Joyland Magazine 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.
AccuracyWe have received 274 reports from 216 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 | 40.7 mean avg | 33.0 median | 286 max days (152.3 std dev)
Responses97.08 %
Acceptances0.73 % of submissions accepted (116.5 avg. days per acceptance) | 0.93 % 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.
Rejections96.35 % (38.2 avg. days per rejection) | 1.5 % personal, 74.6 % form, 23.9 % unspecified
Non-Responses2.91 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded0.36 % (182.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals2.55 % (18.3 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending14 responses are pending (0 min | 17.7 mean avg | 4.0 median | 210 max days waiting | 1,078.7 std dev) from 14 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 112 days. (5.5 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 112 days.)
The most common submission fee paid: USD $4.50. (56.0 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 97.1 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 18 Jan 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 11 Jan 2025.

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Dates

Last Updated: 10 Jan 2025
Last Audited: 10 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 04 Dec 2008

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