Fair Submissions

 Full details  Submission Guidelines Escape Pod is a podcast magazine of science fiction short stories. We are fairly flexible on what counts as science (we’ll delve into superheroes or steampunk on occasion) and are interested in exploring the range of the genre, but we are not looking for fantasy, magical realism, or more than a tinge of horror.  If your story isn’t centered on science, technology, future projections, alternate history, and how any or all of these things intersect with people, we’re probably not the right market for it. Fiction Submission Guidelines Narration Audition Guidelines  

Full details Opportunities for people of all talents We’re always interested in giving people a leg up where we can. Whether you’re a writer, artist, narrator, or have some other hidden talent that you feel would add value, get in touch with us! A rising tide raises all boats, and all that. Write for The Other Stories! If you think you’ve got what it takes to terrify, scar and haunt our audience of 10,000 daily listeners, then we want your stories! If accepted, we'll get our fantastic narration team to lend their voices, our editor will sprinkle some magic pixie dust on the track, and you could have your story heard by thousands of listeners each week. UPCOMING THEMES FOR CONSIDERATION: (As voted for on our Facebook group ) (Vol 49.) Silence;  deadline 20th January. (Vol 50.) Parasites;  deadline ...

Full details About submitting work to a particular department, follow the appropriate link: Art: how to submit art galleries and illustrations Fiction: how to submit prose short stories Non-Fiction: how to submit columns, essays, interviews, and round-tables Poetry: how to submit literary, SF/F, slipstream, and speculative verse Podcasts: how to audition as a podcast reader Reviews: how to submit or request reviews of works of speculative and SF/F art and entertainment—especially books, films, games, and other similar media All of our departments encourage and welcome submissions by individuals from groups or backgrounds that have historically been marginalized and/or under-represented within Strange Horizons . Please don't self-reject; we want to consider your work! Submissions of translated fiction or poetry can be made first to our sister magazine, Samovar . Submissions to Strange Horizons may be retained in our archives for editorial refere...