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    Three-Lobed Burning Eye

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    A magazine of speculative fiction, bringing you stories of horror, wonder, and the weird, since 1999.

    Highlights

    • Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
    • Response time:
      90 days after submission*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      27 days*
      Chill Subs tracker stats
    • Acceptance rate:
      1%*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      0.55%*
      Chill Subs tracker stats

    Publication

    • Accepts simultaneous submissions

      What's that?

      When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

    • Accepts previously published

      What's that?

      When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

    • Nominates for prizes

    • Active on social media

    • Available in print

    • Provides contributor copies

    • Has examples online

    How to submit

    • Processs

      Form

    • Cover letter

      Brief cover letters are appreciated, your top few publishing credits and any experience relevant to the story. Please refrain from summarizing your story in the cover letter.

    • Eligibility

      No specific eligibility requirements

    • Formatting

      This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

    • Author's rights

      We purchase first world electronic rights, with non-exclusive archival rights, optional first audio rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights for the anthology printed later.

    • Additional info

      What We’re Looking For Original speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, science fiction. We’re looking for short stories from across the big classifications and the shadowed places between. We will consider suspense or western, though we prefer it contain some speculative element. What We’re NOT Looking For 3LBE does not feature media tie-in fiction, fan fiction, novel excerpts, or memoir. We do not publish poetry or non-fiction (reviews, essays, interviews). We are not looking for what has been called “extreme horror.” Please avoid excessive descriptions of violence or gore. Issues of 3LBE magazine include audio readings. If your story is accepted, you will have the option to record your story, have a colleague do so, or one of our narrators. For legal reasons, writers must be at least 18 years old.

    Tracker statistics

    905

    Total submissions tracked

    27 days

    Average response time

    0.55%

    Average acceptance rate

    2 days

    Fastest response time

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    The Submissions Grinder Statistics

    0.47%

    12-month average acceptance rate

    27 days

    12-month average response time

    About

    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,...

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    Founded

    1999

    Country

    US

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      Andrew S. Fuller

      Editor-in-Chief