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Three-Lobed Burning Eye Magazine 3LBE

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is an online magazine of speculative fiction, bringing you stories of horror, wonder, and the weird. 3LBE launched in 1999, and has published authors Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Kelly Barnhill, Mari Ness, Kristi DeMeester, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cody Goodfellow, Nadia Bulkin, and Kealan Patrick Burke, among others. Each issue features four short stories.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1999

Publication Media & Frequency

Audio Publication Audio PublicationPublished 3 x per year.
Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 3 x per year.
Print Publication Print PublicationPublished biennially (every other year).

Fiction Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 May 2025* (approx. 83 days from now) through 15 May 2025. 2

Audience:

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

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
Fantasy FantasySubgenres: Contemporary, Dark Fantasy, Fabulism, Historical, Magic Realism, Slipstream, Urban Fantasy, Weird Western, Weird/New Weird.
Horror HorrorSubgenres: Creature Horror, Dark Fantasy, Magic Realism, Slipstream, Supernatural, Weird/New Weird.
Science Fiction Science FictionSubgenres: Alternate History, Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic, Contemporary/Near Future, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Retrofuturism, Slipstream, Weird Western, Weird/New Weird.
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 7,500 words.
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) (Provides free copy/copies) Professional payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $0.08/word.

Submissions:

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


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Three-Lobed Burning Eye 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 Most Challenging Fiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 288 reports from 211 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 | 17.5 mean avg | 12.0 median | 289 max days (99.2 std dev)
Responses97.92 %
Acceptances0.35 % of submissions accepted (174.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 0.47 % 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.
Rejections97.57 % (13.4 avg. days per rejection) | 4.3 % personal, 73.0 % form, 22.8 % unspecified
Non-Responses2.08 %
Lost/Returned0.35 % (149.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as lost or returned)
Never Responded0.69 % (134.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals1.04 % (123.7 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending5 responses are pending (1 min | 47.6 mean avg | 30.0 median | 153 max days waiting | 855.5 std dev) from 5 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. (8.7 % 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 60 days have passed.
Submissions are acknowledged within 3 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 28 Jan 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 15 Jan 2025.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025
Last Audited: 22 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 10 Aug 2005

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