174 magazines
Most Competitive Speculative Fiction Magazines of All Time
Who are the most competitive speculative magazines in the galaxy? How about in this dimension? How about we don’t get too cheesy with that and just acknowledge that these science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc. lit mags are really (really) hard to get into. According to submissions tracked by our community of writers plus those over on The Submissions Grinder, these mags are not only really (really) hard to get into, but maybe the hardest.
174 magazines
upd ∙ Sep 22, 2026
- 1The Sun0.21% (41251 tracked subs)
- 2Haven Spec Magazine0.27% (423 tracked subs)
- 3Interzone0.28% (720 tracked subs)
- 4Bourbon Penn0.34% (907 tracked subs)
- 5Clarkesworld0.49% (637 tracked subs)
- 6Three-Lobed Burning Eye0.50% (1028 tracked subs)
- 7Seize the Press Magazine0.55% (208 tracked subs)
- 8Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores0.58% (516 tracked subs)
- 9Orion's Belt0.59% (1043 tracked subs)
- 10Planet Scumm0.60% (328 tracked subs)
- 11A Public Space0.77% (933 tracked subs)
- 12Wallstrait0.85% (271 tracked subs)
- 13Apex Magazine0.86% (2180 tracked subs)
- 14Asimov's Science Fiction0.87% (1808 tracked subs)
- 15Uncharted0.89% (428 tracked subs)
- 16James Gunn's Ad Astra0.98% (102 tracked subs)
- 17Black Lawrence Press1.16% (349 tracked subs)
- 18The Dark1.21% (1409 tracked subs)
- 19Trollbreath1.37% (84 tracked subs)
- 20Electric Spec1.38% (484 tracked subs)
- 21Shoreline of Infinity1.40% (71 tracked subs)
- 22Carmen et Error1.43% (152 tracked subs)
- 23Augur Magazine1.46% (229 tracked subs)
- 24Blue Earth Review1.48% (499 tracked subs)
- 25Fantasy Magazine1.59% (68 tracked subs)
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