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Monday, March 28th 2022

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine is accepting submissions

They publish mystery fiction. “We publish every kind of mystery short story: the psychological suspense tale, the deductive puzzle, the private eye case—the gamut of crime and detection from the realistic (including the policeman's lot and stories of police procedure) to the more imaginative (including "locked rooms" and "impossible crimes"). We need hard-boiled stories as well as "cozies," but we are not interested in explicit sex or violence. ... We are especially happy to review first stories by authors who have never before published fiction professionally. First-story submissions should be addressed to EQMM's Department of First Stories.” They prefer stories in the 2,500-8,000 word range, and occasionally publish novella-length work. Pay is $0.05-0.08/word, and submissions are ongoing. Details here.


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