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The Dark Magazine

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2013

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 12 x per year.

Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Dark Fantasy.

Horror. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Dark Fantasy, excluding Extreme Horror.

Lengths:
Short Story2,000 - 6,000 words.
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $0.05/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed in some circumstances; check their site for details.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.


Visual Art Temp Closed

Query first

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
ArtworkUnknown number of pieces.
Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed in some circumstances; check their site for details.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Image.


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The Dark 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.
This project ranks among the 25 Fastest Fiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 364 reports from 248 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 | 2.2 mean avg | 1.0 median | 115 max days (88.0 std dev)
Responses99.17 %
Acceptances0.82 % of submissions accepted (25.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 1.21 % 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.
Rejections98.35 % (2.0 avg. days per rejection) | 1.7 % personal, 78.2 % form, 20.1 % unspecified
Non-Responses0.82 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded0.27 % (115.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals0.55 % (1.0 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending6 responses are pending (0 min | 23.8 mean avg | 10.5 median | 65 max days waiting | 26.8 std dev) from 6 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 2 days. (31.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 2 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 7 days have passed.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 27 Apr 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 25 Apr 2025.

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Dates

Last Updated: 23 Feb 2025
Last Audited: 06 Feb 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 23 Aug 2013

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