Asimov's Science Fiction
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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. We seldom buy stories shorter than 1,000 words or longer than 20,000 words, and we don’t serialize novels.
We pay $1 a line for poetry, which should not exceed 40 lines. We buy
First English Language serial rights plus certain non-exclusive rights
explained in our contract. We do not publish reprints, and we do not
accept “simultaneous submissions” (stories sent at the same time to a
publication other than Asimov’s). Asimov’s will
consider material submitted by any writer, previously published or not.
We’ve bought some of our best stories from people who have never sold a
story before.
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. Serious,
thoughtful, yet accessible fiction will constitute the majority of our
purchases, but there’s always room for the humorous as well. SF
dominates the fiction published in the magazine, but we also publish
borderline fantasy, slipstream, and surreal fiction. No sword &
Sorcery, please. Neither are we interested in explicit sex or violence. A
good overview would be to consider that all fiction is written to
examine or illuminate some aspect of human existence, but that in
science fiction the backdrop you work against is the size of the
Universe.
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. We do not accept email submissions. Please
see Manual Submission Guidelines for information about paper submissions.
Our online submissions form for fiction
asks for your name, email address, cover letter, story title, and story.
Cover letter is optional. If you choose to include it, it should
contain the length of your story and your publishing history. Story word
count can, and should, also be indicated in the upper right corner of
the first page of the manuscript. We ask for the same information for
poetry. Please fill out a separate form for each poem submitted for
consideration. All stories and poems should be in standard manuscript
format and can be submitted in .RTF or .DOC format. For information
about standard formatting, see William Shunn’s guide to Proper Manuscript Format.
After you have submitted your work, a tracking number will be displayed
and an automated email confirmation containing this information will be
sent to you. If you have not received this email within twenty-four
hours, please notify us by email. Your tracking number will allow you to
monitor the status of your submission through our website, so please
don’t lose it.
NOTE: Yahoo.com occasionally treats our email as spam, please keep an eye on your spam folder.
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. If you have not heard from us in 45 days, you can query us about
the submission at asimovs@dellmagazines.com. Thanks for your interest in Asimov’s and good luck!
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