Magazine

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

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Pay / prize

6–8¢/word (fiction); $25–50 per poem; 7¢/word nonfiction

Entry fee

Free

Length

2,500–8,000 preferred (700–20,000 considered)

Eligibility & notes

All mystery/crime subgenres; no explicit sex or violence. Must be unpublished in the US. Department of First Stories for writers never published professionally. .doc/.docx via online system.

Last checked

2026-10-17

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