Fantasy and Sci-fi Publications

Ares Magazine seeks original sci-fi stories, art, and games. Our primary interest is in action- and adventure-oriented stories. Word length: 4,000 to 10,000 words. Pays 5 cents/word for prose; $300/cover art; $1,000-$2,000/game.

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Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. Asimovs pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, and 8-8.5 cents per word for longer material. Payment for poetry is $1 a line, which should not exceed 40 lines. The editors want “character oriented” stories, those in which the characters, rather than the science, provide the main focus for the reader’s interest.

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Black Treacle is a free magazine of Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Speculative fiction. Published on a bimonthly schedule, each issue includes 4-5 pieces of original short fiction. Word length: 1500-5000 words. Payment is a flat-rate of $50.00 CAD by Paypal only.

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Buzzy Mag is looking for original science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories up to 10,000 words. Thriller, suspense and paranormal tales that cross into traditional speculative fiction are welcome. Payment is .10 cents USD per word.

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Comets and Criminals wants fantastic stories (that have already been published) of no more than 10,000 words in the Science Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Adventure, Historical, and Western genres. We are particularly interested in stories that cross the boundaries of the genres mentioned. We pay a flat rate of $25 (US).

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Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories from 100 to 10,000 words in length. We need short short fiction, especially flash fiction. Pays: 8 cents per word for first worldwide rights and for nonexclusive reprint rights.

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EP is a science fiction magazine. The editors are interested in two lengths of fiction — “short fiction” and “flash fiction.” Length: 2,000 and 6,000 words. Pays: $.05 a word for new fiction at this length, $.03 a word for reprints. ($100 minimum payment).

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Expanded Horizons publishes not only stories and poetry, but also essays and reflections on speculative fiction and fandom that challenge the established biases of the field/genre. Payment: $30 for each story, essay or poem accepted, regardless of its word count.

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GigaNotoSaurus accepts Science Fiction or Fantasy (or any combination thereof) from 5K to 25K words. The editor wants stories with variety of settings, styles, viewpoints, and backgrounds. GigaNotoSaurus publishes one story a month. Pays $100 per story on acceptance.

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Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show is an online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The editors seek stories of any length in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Payment: 6 cents/word. Length: up to 7500 words and 5 cents a word thereafter.

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Kasma magazine accepts sci-fi stories, from 1K to 5K words, for publication. Word length: 1K to 5K words. Open to different styles, plots, and characters. Payment is $25/story. The editor will also consider fantasy if the story is compelling enough to engage readers. Launched in 2009 by Alex Korovessis, Kasma is a Canadian sci-fi publication published entirely online.

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Mad Scientist Journal accepts almost any genre: humor, SF, fantasy, horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, pulp adventure. Flash fiction runs 500-2000 words; short fiction runs 2000-8000 words; and serial fiction runs 2000-8000 words. Payment: $10-$100/story.

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Pseudopod is a genre magazine in audio form. The editors look for horror: dark, weird fiction. We run the spectrum from grim realism or crime drama, to magic-realism, to blatantly supernatural dark fantasy. Pseudopod stories tend to be no longer than 5,000 words. Pays: $100 for short fiction at this length.

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Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, founded in 1949, seeks character-oriented fiction fantasy stories Word length up to 25,000 words in length. Payment is 7-12 cents per word on acceptance. The magazine buys first North American and foreign serial rights and an option on anthology rights. All other rights are retained by the author.

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Sci Phi is an online science fiction and philosophy magazine. Stories explore questions of life, the universe and everything and articles delve into the deep philosophical waters of science fiction universes. The editors seek science fiction stories that explore a philosophical idea or have a philosophical hook, as well as general level philosophical discussions that use science fiction elements as launching points for explorations of ideas. Pays 5 cents/word for original works. Length: 100 5000 words

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AE is a professional Canadian science fiction magazine with new content every Monday. AE welcomes submissions from both established and emerging authors. We publish exclusively science fiction. Pays: $0.06 CAD per word. AE commissions a limited number of non-fiction pieces on subjects related to Canadian science fiction. Pays $20/article and $30/interview.

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The Drabblecast is an award-winning, illustrated, listener-supported audio fiction magazine. It features short stories at the far side of weird, including science fiction, horror, fantasy, and everything in between. Drabblecast purchases limited one-time, non-exclusive rights to audio only. Payment: 3 cents/word.

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Analog will consider material submitted by any writer, and consider it solely on the basis of merit. The science can be physical, sociological, psychological. The technology can be anything from electronic engineering to biogenetic engineering. Analog pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, 8-8.5 cents per word for longer material (Works between 7500 and approximately 10,000 words by authors who make more than 8 cents a word for short stories will receive a flat rate that will be no less than payment would be for a shorter story.), and 6 cents per word for serials.

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Tor.com welcomes original speculative fiction short stories and poetry: SF, fantasy, horror, alternate history, and related genres. Word length: under 12,000 words. Pays 25 cents a word for the first 5,000 words, 15 cents a word for the next 5,000, and 10 cents a word after that.

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