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The Future Fire

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The Future Fire (TFF) is our flagship online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

International Established in 2005

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 4 x per year.

Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including....

General. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Women's Fiction.

Fantasy. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Weird/New Weird.

Horror. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic, Noir, Science Fiction Horror, Weird/New Weird.

Mystery/Crime. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Noir.

Science Fiction. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Mundane Science Fiction, Slipstream.

Lengths:
Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette7,500 - 15,000 words.
Novella15,000 - 17,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Experimental, Surrealist.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including....
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Politics/Political Science.
Sexuality/Gender: General, LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: General, Ethnicity/Race.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Details: USD $10 for flash fiction; $20 for short stories.

Submissions:

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


Nonfiction Closed

This project has permanently closed to submissions in this category.

Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including....

General. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Women's Fiction.

Fantasy. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Magic Realism, Weird/New Weird.

Horror. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic, Noir, Science Fiction Horror, Weird/New Weird.

Mystery/Crime. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Noir.

Science Fiction. Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Mundane Science Fiction, Slipstream.

Lengths:
PoemUp to 100 lines.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Experimental, Surrealist.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including....
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Politics/Political Science.
Sexuality/Gender: General, LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: General, Ethnicity/Race.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem) Semi-pro payment. Details: USD $10.

Submissions:

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


Visual Art DNQ

This project does not qualify to be listed at Duotrope in this category. Reason: Art is by commission.

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The Future Fire 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 118 reports from 82 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported1 min | 33.0 mean avg | 30.0 median | 119 max days (197.3 std dev)
Responses95.76 %
Acceptances1.69 % of submissions accepted (43.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 2.44 % 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.
Rejections94.07 % (29.7 avg. days per rejection) | 9.9 % personal, 75.7 % form, 14.4 % unspecified | 0.9 % shortlisted
Non-Responses4.23 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded1.69 % (102.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals2.54 % (31.3 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending11 responses are pending (1 min | 17.2 mean avg | 19.5 median | 34 max days waiting | 66.1 std dev) from 11 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 42 days. (32.2 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 42 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 42 days have passed.
Submissions are acknowledged within 2 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 18 May 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 06 May 2025.

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Dates

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025
Last Audited: 23 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 20 Jun 2006

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