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  Full details Calling all visionary wordsmiths and storytellers! Farthest Star Publishing invites you to be a part of our extraordinary literary journey. We are on the lookout for the next generation of creative minds to join our constellation of diverse authors. If you have a passion for science fiction, fantasy, or horror, and a unique voice to share, we want to hear from you. Our open call submissions provide an opportunity for both new and established writers to shine. Be part of our mission to explore uncharted worlds, push the boundaries of imagination, and bring captivating tales to life. Submit your manuscript today and embark on a journey to see your dreams in print! Longer Stories Farthest Star Publishing is thrilled to announce an open submission call for stories and novellas that transport readers to distant worlds. Whether you're an established author or a fresh voice in speculative fiction, we invite you to contribute to our growing catalog of novella...

  Full details  Submit your manuscript As of January 1, 2022, ALL submissions to Shadow Mountain Publishing must be represented by a literary agent. Shadow Mountain Publishing, however, will open to unagented and unsolicited manuscripts ONLY during the following dates: March 1 through March 7 June 1 through June 7 September 1 through September 7 December 1 through December 7 Unagented and unsolicited manuscripts submitted at any other time will be discarded without review.   Shadow Mountain Publishing is passionate about clean content and empowering values. We publish general fiction and nonfiction for all ages. We are currently looking for Fiction empathy-building, contemporary middle grade novels middle grade fantasy historical romance (Regency, Victorian, Edwardian, etc.) women’s fiction YA fiction general fiction historical fiction Nonfiction historical nonfiction inspirational nonfiction middle g...

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 Full details  Thrilling Science Fiction and Fantasy We’re looking for science fiction and fantasy stories that genre readers will love: gripping, commercial storytelling that keep us up all night, effortlessly transporting us to another world with characters we’ll root for all the way. A Distinctive Voice What makes your style of storytelling unique? What will readers remember about your writing? We’re looking for fresh, distinctive voices that stand out from the crowd. A Reader Promise Why do you keep reading your favourite authors? We call it a reader promise. One of the most important questions we’ll ask is what will make your readers come back for the next book? Our Commitment We aim to publish a diverse list of voices that represent the very best in modern SFF storytelling and to break down barriers between publishers, writers and readers. We welcome submissions from everyone – agented or otherwise –...

  Full details  Skywatcher Press welcomes novella and novel length submissions from all authors. We publish novels in the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror genres, as well as action, adventure, and mysteries. We are seeking well written and edited manuscripts with strong plots and developed characters in any and all facets of these genres. The most important quality we are seeking is to open your manuscript and be taken on a thrilling journey. How you pull that off is uniquely yours, and our goal is to only publish the absolute highest quality books which stand out in the genre. We produce books which suck the reader in and compel them from start to finish. If you want to send us a genre niche like TEOTWAWKI, SHTF, Kaiju, Zombies, Sword and Sorcery, Steampunk, etc… then bring something unique to the table, change the rules, blow our minds with your awesomeness. Or deliver it to us with such an unrepentant cast of intriguing characters and cleverness that we s...

 Full details  Orbit Works is currently open to submissions from both agented and unagented authors. We do not require submissions to be exclusive to us. Orbit Works is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our publishing. We accept submissions from writers from all backgrounds and welcome submissions from authors belonging to groups that are traditionally underrepresented in publishing. However, we only accept submissions that have been written by humans. Before submitting your novel to us, please check that it meets the following criteria. Your novel must be science fiction or fantasy. Your novel must be an original work of fiction. Your novel must be at least 70K words. Your novel must be finished. If your novel is part of a series, you must include a series outline at the end of your manuscript (estimated number of books and a short synopsis for each). Your novel must be uploaded in an acceptable file format (we do not accept paper ...

 Full details  Submission Guidelines Three-Lobed Burning Eye ( 3LBE ) is a speculative fiction magazine published online (thrice per year) and print anthology (every other year). Each issue features four original stories, some with audio readings. 3LBE was founded by Editor-in-Chief Andrew S. Fuller in 1999. We recommend reading an issue or two to obtain a feel for the kinds of fiction we publish before submitting. Guidelines What We Publish: Original speculative fiction stories up to 7,500 words, including horror, fantasy, and science-fiction. Simultaneous or multiple submissions: These are not permitted. Reprints: We are not currently publishing reprints. Translations: We welcome translations. Stories published in another language and translated into English are considered original. Payment: is $100 for short story (1,001 – 7,500 words), $30 for flash fiction (500 – 1,000 words); plus one copy...

 Full details  FF across all genres for all ages, including: grim dark, thriller, historical, romance, cosy fantasy, sci-fi, epic, YA fantasy, dark academia, contemporary fantasy, fantasy middle-grade, mythology, fairy tale and queer fantasy. Inspiring children’s non-fiction. Submissions What I'm Looking For I’m looking for worlds to get lost in, adventures that transform what it means to be a hero, and unique magic that offers as many problems as solutions. I like books that make me cry and books that change my mind. Above all, when I finish a story about another world, I want it to have taught me a lesson which helps me live in this one. I love all fantasy, but I favour richly imagined, complex worlds with a history to discover and a future to protect. Worldbuilding is one of my favourite aspects of this genre and I’m always looking for a new, dense world with ser...

 Full details  We are delighted you’re considering working with us, and genuinely look forward to seeing your story! We are primarily interested in: science fiction fantasy science fiction or fantasy genre non-fiction Note: Submissions for the “ Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy ” are currently by invitation only. If your submission is: literary fiction, mystery, or historical fiction, please submit your story to our main imprint at Paper Angel Press . short fiction (less than 10,000 words), please submit your story to our Dragon Gems program. You might also consider whether it might be a good fit for one of our upcoming anthologies: Corporate Catharsis: The Work From Home Edition other non-fiction or poetry, please submit your work to our Unruly Voices imprint. Note: We are not accepting simultaneous submissions at this time. Here are some basic guidelines that will help make all of our lives easier. Please make sure you read them, and also our A...

 Full details  MetaStellar is always open to submissions Our editorial team would be happy to hear from you. Below is an overview for paid and unpaid submissions. Paid Submissions MetaStellar Magazine has two cycles for paid submissions each year, where we pay 8 cents a word for flash fiction. Unfortunately, we cannot pay for submissions outside these two cycles. To keep up with our paid submissions windows, you can subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Twitter .  If you are interested in submitting, please see our fiction submission page . Year-round Submissions MetaStellar editors welcome unpaid submissions and pitches all year round — in the form of reviews, essays, excerpts, and reprints — and typically respond in a week. If your piece is accepted for publication, we will send you a contract giving us non-exclusive rights to edit and publish it, edits subject to your approval.  Please review our guidelines and submit your work a...

  Full details  Essay Submissions - OPEN Interstellar Flight Magazine is seeking essays on pop culture, movies, geekery, and scifi/fantasy related topics. ​ Submissions are open year-round. (Please note: We close to submissions briefly at the end of each year from 12/15-1/15 to work on our anthology. Submissions sent during this time will be read after the break.)  We want essays on popular culture, movies, books, video games, SFF culture, conventions, and anything else geeky. We love reviews but believe that the goal of criticism should be to know and understand not to like or dislike. The tone of our essays are conversational and accessible, but we do enjoy a good academic debate. We're always interested in hearing from underrepresented and marginalized voices. How you define that is up to you. Guidelines:  Essays should be 250-1500 words. Please submit in .doc, .docx, or .rtf form. Essays should be timely, i.e. that movie you just saw and loved/...

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 Full details  We publish flash fiction in the genres of speculative fiction, specifically science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination of these.  We are looking for stories that are engaging to our readers in such a short word count.  Please take note of these factors (pun intended) when submitting stories to us. Accept Story Length: We accept stories up to 1,000 words. Sexual Content & Language:   We are okay with foul language and sexual activity within a story, provided it fits the story well.  We do not publish erotica. Manuscript Format:   Please send a .doc, .docx, or .rtf.  Please use 12 point Courier font, double spaced, with author information, and word count.  If you want text to be bolded or in italics, please be sure it is in that format on your manuscript.  (I.E. do not use underline to indicate italics, instead italicize the text. ) Multiple and Simultaneous Submission: ...

 Full details  What we're looking for We're looking for original and previously unpublished fantasy and horror short fiction of maximum 1500 words, written in English (translations into English are fine as well). We're not too fond of science-fiction. While we will sometimes consider stories of something coming down to Earth from another planet if the focus is horror or fantasy, we're not really looking for space adventures. We particularly like honest and daring stories with strong characters pursuing goals, although we recognise that if a story is good, it's good. We're realists, so we don't need a happy ending. Send us those stories that other publishers rejected because they were too dark. Having said that, we don't want stories with gratuitous and/or over-the-top sex, violence or swearing. And it should go without saying, but we won't allow discrimination either. On a similar note, we're also not very fond of preachy st...

Full details   Who We Are Uncharted Magazine is a premier publisher of short fiction and the newest platform from the team behind The Masters Review, CRAFT Literary, Fractured Lit, and The Voyage Journal. Using the skills and expertise we developed to bring those magazines to life, we hope to uplift writers of the stories that we always fall back upon when we seek a thrilling escape, a surprising new world, or a brain-twisting mystery. The Stories We Publish Sci-Fi & Fantasy — We cannot wait to share tales of other worlds that reveal clearly just how strange our own actually is. Horror & Thriller — We are thrilled to get to share stories that terrify us, send us running, make us hide like children under the covers. Crime & Mystery — We will share the very best whodunnits we can get our hands on—the deep and thrilling mysteries that leave us in awe. We cannot wait to read your writing. You can submit your stories ...

 Full details Three Crows want your stories of dark and weird fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, with complex characters making morally ambiguous decisions. We are looking for sci-fi as hard as Liu Cixin and Peter Watts and as wonderfully poetic as Arkady Martine; fantasy and magical realism in the vein of Andrzej Sapkowski, Naomi Novik, and Marlon James; we want horror and New Weird stories that would challenge our preconceived notions and perception of reality like Mark Z. Danielewski, Thomas Ligotti, and China Mieville.  What we don’t want: Stories lacking class consciousness Retellings of Christo-Judean or any other religious mythology ‘with a twist’; Stories based around racial slurs; Stories based on your TTRPG adventures; Stories where rape/abuse is the sole character development tool; Revenge fantasies; Rape fantasies; No multiple submissions, please.   Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you inform us immediately if your work gets pub...