At the time I am writing this their listing includes 5425 markets that accept fiction, poetry, or nonfiction. In order to access detailed information about these markets you must be a duotrope subscriber.

Duotrope has submission trackers that subscribers can use to track of where their work is submitted, where it is accepted and where it is rejected. They use the information about where members submit their work to provide acceptance and rejection rates for many markets. They also use this information to provide information about how much time, on average, each market takes to consider a piece. These ‘stats’ as they call them, can be very helpful.

Some journals accept over 50 percent of what is submitted to them. Some accept less than 1%. Of course these stats do not exist for every market, just for markets that enough members submit to. Also, these stats only reflect information entered by duotrope members. Which means that some markets are listed as accepting 0% of the work submitted, which is impossible.

However from all the editors of literary journals I have talked to, the stats are roughly accurate. A journal that has 10% to 1% acceptances rate on duotrope accepts very few pieces out of the many that are submitted to them.

Now when I started to use duotrope six years ago it was a free service. It switched to a paying service three years ago. I was very upset when the switch happened because I don’t believe writers should have to pay to access resources, which is becoming the case more commonly.

You can try Dutrope for 7-days for free as a trial. In order to do that you have to enter your credit card information and you have to cancel before that trial becomes a 5 dollar (US) a month membership.  You can also subscribe to Dutrope annually for $50 (US).

There are other places where you can find out information about literary journals and writers markets for free including Authors Publish, Poets & Writers, New Pages, The Review Review and Every Writer.

There is also the free service The (Submissions) Grinder. They offer a lot of the same services for free, but their site is difficult to navigate and they do not have as many sources for statistics.

If you are only submitting sporadically, do not even consider using Duotrope.What I mean is that if you are only submitting to five places a month you can learn enough from the databases listed in the previous paragraph.

If the main reason that you are interested in using Duotrope is the submission tracker, it is not worth it. Most people do a better job with a spreadsheet or a word document.

Also if you are primarily concerned with placing a manuscript, Dutrope is not particularly helpful. They do not list that many full length manuscript publishers, and the information that they provide on these publishers is sparse.

However, if you are submitting consistently Duotrope can be very helpful. They list right up front if publication charges for submissions. Poets & Writers database does not.

If you are concerned with placing your work in more competitive journals, you should should also subscribe to Duotrope, particularly if you are not part of a community of writers that could share with you their knowledge about publishers.

If you are interested in subscribing or just learning more, you can visit their website here.

200 CCs accepts general submissions year-round. Right now, they’re also looking for holiday-themed submissions, to be submitted by the following deadlines: Good Friday or Easter, March 11; Mother’s Day, April 22; Canada Day or U.S. Independence Day, June 24; Halloween, October 14; Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day, October 28; Christmas, December 2.

Authors of all genres—fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetic prose—may submit up to three 200-word stories at a time. Stories needn’t be exactly 200 words, but should range from around 185 to 215 words. Each story should be complete in itself, not part of a series. Experimental formatting is welcome as long as it doesn’t require unusual typographical settings.

200 CCs accepts submissions via email, not online or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions and reprints, but ask that authors identify such stories accordingly in a cover letter. Authors published in 200 CCs are paid a token payment of $0.01 per word, or $2, whichever is more. Authors who publish reprints in 200 CCs are paid $1 per story.

If you would like to learn more or submit to 200 CCs, please visit their website at http://ironsoap.com/200-ccs/submissions/.

Digital publishers that have been around for 15 years are hard to find, for reasons that should be obvious. Double Dragon has been publishing e-books for that long. In 2016 they are starting to offer print versions of their books for the first time. An unusual course for a publisher, but Double Dragon has managed to establish themselves well.

Most authors seem relatively happy with the publisher. Often authors have stayed with them for a number of books and praise the editorial process. Although most authors stress that Double Dragon does not put much effort into promoting their books.

However, there has been two issues of major complaint. The first is that at least one author was not offered editing after their work was accepted. Even though Double Dragons has a reputation and a history of editing all their books. The second is that one author who contributed to an anthology has claimed that she was not paid, and that they continued to sell the anthology after the contract on it expired. You can read about both matters here.

The royalties they offer are 30-40 % of the amount received from a re-seller, and 8 % of the cover price for print books.

Learn more at their website here. If you do decide to submit to them, please be sure to follow their formatting guidelines.

When I had first started submitting to literary journals, I found that by submitting to a number of journals that had quick response times I was able to remain motivated to continue submitting my work for publication. After all, if you submit to a journal and don’t hear anything for up to a year it is hard to feel motivated about submitting elsewhere.

Yet journals with quick turn around times can accept and publish your work before other journals even respond with an acceptance or rejection.

Here is a convenient list of 10 journals that almost always respond to work within a month. Not all are currently open to submissions, but most are.

1. Thrush

Thrush is a highly respected poetry journal that responds to most submissions within four days. You can learn more by visiting their website here: http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/

2. Word Riot

Word Riot responds to submissions within a week. They publish short fiction, novel excerpts, poetry, and flash fiction. You can learn more here: www.wordriot.org

3. The Threepenny Review

The Threepenny Review is a highly revered and paying market that responds within a week – what more can you ask for? They publish poems, short fiction, and non fiction. Learn more here: http://www.threepennyreview.com/

4. Radar Poetry

A wonderful electronic poetry journal that responds within two weeks to submissions. Learn more here: http://www.radarpoetry.com/

5. Bop Dead City

This publisher of short fiction, poetry, and flash fiction responds to most submissions within a month. Learn more here: https://bopdeadcity.com/

6. Turtle Island Quarterly

Turtle Island Quarterly is an electronic journal interested in publishing non-fiction and poetry about the natural world. They respond to submissions within two weeks. Learn more here: http://fourdirectionpoetry.wix.com/turtleisland

7. The Dark Magazine

The Dark Magazine publishes only dark science fiction, fantasy, or horror short stories. They try to respond to submissions within two days. To learn more visit their website here: thedarkmagazine.com

8. The Adroit Journal

A publisher of poetry and prose, including reprints. They try to respond within a week. Learn more here: http://theadroitjournal.org/

9. Alfie Dog

Alfie Dog is a British literary journal that responds to submissions of prose and poetry within a week. Learn more here: http://alfiedog.com/

10. One Throne

This Canadian literary journal publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. They respond to most submissions within a week. Learn more here: http://www.onethrone.com/