Writer's Guidelines SubTerrain » about subTerrain publishes original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, and commentary three times a year. Submissions must be previously unpublished material. (Note maximum number of submissions per issue in General Guidelines below.) subTerrain welcomes submissions from both emerging and established authors. Issue #79 (Spring 18) Theme: Bye-bye VancouverOur spring 2018 issue will focus on the changing/shifting landscape of Vancouver. Issue #80 (Summer/Fall 18) Theme: MarginsLife on the margins, being on the border or edge of society. Issue #81 (Winter 18) General IssueSubmissions open July 2, 2018 Deadline for submissions: September 3, 2018 When submitting, please identify on the envelope the theme issue for which you're submitting. Feel free to interpret these themes in unique and unusual ways. All other regular submission guidelines still apply, as below. Submissions must be previously unpublished and be: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Payment rates for published submissions:
Writer's Guidelines - Contact Us | Analog Science Fiction Manuscript Guidelines Payment & Rights Analog’s Science Fiction and Fact magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. Analog pays 8-10 cents per word for short fiction (up to approximately 20,000 words), 6 cents per word for serials (40,000-80,000 words), 9 cents per word for fact articles, and $1 per line for poetry. Story Content Analog will consider material submitted by any writer solely on the basis of merit. We have no hard-and-fast editorial guidelines, because science fiction is such a broad field that I don't want to inhibit a new writer's thinking by imposing Thou Shalt Nots. We publish science fiction stories in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to the plot that, if that aspect were removed, the story would collapse. The science can be physical, sociological, psychological. Fact Articles Our readers are very intelligent and technically knowledgeable but represent a very wide diversity of backgrounds. Other Information Reply Process
Fantasy and Science Fiction - Writers' Guidelines Writer's Guidelines • Fantasy & Science Fiction has no formula for fiction, but we like to be surprised by stories, either by the character insights, ideas, plots, or prose. The speculative element may be slight, but it should be present. We prefer character-oriented stories, whether it's fantasy, science fiction, horror, humor, or another genre. F&SF encourages submissions from diverse voices and perspectives, and has published writers from all over the world. Do not query for fiction; submit the entire manuscript. • We do not accept simultaneous submissions. • We prefer not to see more than one submission from a writer at a time. • Allow 8 weeks for a response. • Payment is 8-12 cents per word on acceptance. • Our columns and non-fiction articles are assigned in-house. • Since we use so little art—just six covers a year, no interiors—we have no separate artist's guidelines. • Send cartoon queries as well as orders for sample copies to Gordon Van Gelder, Fantasy & Science Fiction, P.O.
Submissions | Abyss & Apex FICTION SUBMISSIONS Are CLOSED as of 12 midnight February 7, 2018. PLEASE WHITELIST abyssandapex@gmail.com. Submissions sent outside our submission periods will be deleted unread.Reading Periods: The submissions editors at Abyss & Apex read short fiction and flash during designated reading periods ONLY, four times a year. Formatting: All short fiction submissions of more than 1,250 words must be in William Shunn Manuscript Format. Please do NOT summarize your story in your cover letter. For Fiction submissions of more than 1,250 words in length, please attach your .rtf or .doc or docx to your email. FICTION SUB: “Your title here” or FLASH FICTION SUB: “Your title here” Our editors try their best to provide feedback on stories that are declined, but may not be able to answer specific questions on the reasons a story was not accepted. Contract and Payment: 2018 sample contract at this link. November 2017 OPEN NOWMay 2018 Small Press Book Reviews Above button is for PayPal.
UFO – Unidentified Funny Objects | Alex Shvartsman's Speculative Fiction Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting your story! Unidentified Funny Objects is an annual anthology of humorous SF/F. Past headliners include George R. For UFO7 we’re seeking all style and sub-genres of speculative humor. SUBMISSION WINDOW: April 1 – April 30, 2018 LENGTH: 500-5000 words. PAYMENT: $0.10 per word + contributor copy. a check. FORMAT: RTF or DOC. SEND TO: Upload your stories via this submissions link. Limit of 1 submission per author — even if you receive a response before the submission window closes please do not send another story unless directly invited to do so. Please do not respond to rejections. RIGHTS SOUGHT: First Worldwide print and electronic English Language rights. POLICIES & RESPONSE TIME: No reprints, multiple or simultaneous submissions please. We’re looking for speculative stories with a strong humor element. Puns and stories that are little more than vehicles for delivering a punch line at the end aren’t likely to win us over. Please don’t.
Submission Guidelines Archives - Cemetery Dance Online If you have a soon-to-be-published book that you’d like to have considered for possible review in Cemetery Dance magazine, you’re on the right page. (This is NOT how you submit manuscripts for publication consideration. This page is only for books that are already being published. If you have a manuscript or artwork you want to submit to the magazine, comic, or book line, please visit the appropriate page: Magazine Submission Guidelines, Comic Submission Guidelines, or Book Submission Guidelines.) Please Note: Authors may submit properly bound review copies, but please make sure your publisher isn’t sending us a review copy first. To have your book considered for review in the magazine, please send one review copy/galley to each of the following addresses: Cemetery Dance magazine Review Department 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7 Forest Hill, MD 21050 Kevin Lucia Reviews Sections Editor 483 Dunham Hill Road Castle Creek, NY 13744 Like this: Like Loading...
Writer's Guidelines - Contact Us | Asimov's Science Fiction Payment & Rights Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. Asimov’s pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, and 8 cents for each word over 7,500. Story Content In general, we’re looking for “character oriented” stories, those in which the characters, rather than the science, provide the main focus for the reader’s interest. Electronic Submission and Manuscript Format Asimov’s now uses an Online Submissions System that has been designed to streamline our process and improve communication with authors. Our online submissions form for fiction asks for your name, email address, cover letter, story title, and story. NOTE: Yahoo.com occasionally treats our email as spam, please keep an eye on your spam folder. Reply Process Our average response time runs about five weeks. Manual Submission and Manuscript Format
Strange Horizons - Fiction Submission Guidelines We are open to fiction submissions between Monday 1600 UTC and Tuesday 1600 UTC (see current UTC time), every week of the year except during the month of December. Fiction Editors Vajra ChandrasekeraLila GarrottCatherine KraheAn Owomoyela Guidelines at a Glance We want: Speculative fiction, broadly defined.Up to 10,000 words (under 5000 preferred).Submitted through our Moksha submissions system—no email or postal submissions.No simultaneous or multiple submissions; no re-submissions. We offer: Payment of 8¢/word USD, within 60 days of contract. If you have any questions, write to fiction@strangehorizons.com with the word QUERY: at the beginning of your subject line. Everything else on this page is intended to clarify, explain, or provide insight into the above guidelines. What We Want and What We Don't Want We want good speculative fiction. Some particular things we love, or are interested in: Things which are fine: Profanity is fine. Things we won't consider: Pay Rates and Lengths How to Submit
Science Fiction Can Save Environmentalism – Tate Williams As things stand, McKibben is right—much of the current movement, its popular image at least, is pretty conservative, in the sense that it’s defined by keeping things the same or moving them backwards. It asks people to slow down, don’t do this or that, restrain themselves, get things back to the way they were. With that kind of underlying message, it’s no wonder that in public opinion polling, global warming ranked at the absolute bottom of a list of issues Americans consider a high priority. In contrast, consider a recent interview with Annalee Newitz, journalist and editor-in-chief of science fiction blog io9. In a June interview on Wired.com podcast Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy, host David Barr Kirtley asked Newitz, if people hear this and want to know what they can do, what organizations or causes can they support to help prevent an environmental catastrophe? There’s some really basic stuff. Instead of a rousing call to arms, this is the best plug the green movement gets.
Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change Some of the proposed modifications are simple and noninvasive. For instance, many people wish to give up meat for ecological reasons, but lack the willpower to do so on their own. The paper suggests that such individuals could take a pill that would trigger mild nausea upon the ingestion of meat, which would then lead to a lasting aversion to meat-eating. The lead author of the paper, S. Judging from your paper, you seem skeptical about current efforts to mitigate climate change, including market based solutions like carbon pricing or even more radical solutions like geoengineering. Liao: It's not that I don't think that some of those solutions could succeed under the right conditions; it's more that I think that they might turn out to be inadequate, or in some cases too risky. One human engineering strategy you mention is a kind of pharmacologically induced meat intolerance. Liao: There is a widely cited U.N. S. What are the various ways humans could be engineered to be smaller?