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Old 02-12-2013, 06:34 AM   #3
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Really anything less than a novel I suppose but anything from Flash fiction - a few hundred words -to say 10K or so words? Different genres have different definitions.

From here: http://alternatewars.com/Fiction/Fiction_Lengths.htm

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Tolstoy Novel: 500,000+ words and up. (Atlas Shrugged is 645,000 and War and Peace is 560,000)

Michener Novel: 290,000 words and up. (Space by James Michener)

Full Length Novel: 100,000 to 120,000 words. (Rogue Clone Series)

Near Full-Length Novel: 80,000 to 90,000 words. (Stark's War Series)

Children's Novel: 50,000~ words per book. (Water Series by Kara Dalkey; 230~ pages in large type; roughly 5” x 7.5” paperback.)

Mid-Length Novel: 50,000 to 60,000 words.

Novella (SFWA): 17,500 to 40,000 words. (Animal Farm has 30,000~ words)

Novelette (SFWA): 7,500 to 17,500 words.

Short Story (SFWA): Under 7,500 words.

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