175 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.
175 magazines
upd ∙ Nov 8, 2026
- 1The Sun0.21% (41330 tracked subs)
- 2Haven Spec Magazine0.25% (455 tracked subs)
- 3Interzone0.27% (729 tracked subs)
- 4Uncanny Magazine0.40% (311 tracked subs)
- 5Clarkesworld0.48% (658 tracked subs)
- 6Three-Lobed Burning Eye0.49% (1033 tracked subs)
- 7Seize the Press Magazine0.53% (214 tracked subs)
- 8Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores0.57% (518 tracked subs)
- 9Orion's Belt0.57% (1075 tracked subs)
- 10Bourbon Penn0.59% (918 tracked subs)
- 11Planet Scumm0.60% (331 tracked subs)
- 12A Public Space0.74% (940 tracked subs)
- 13Wallstrait0.74% (319 tracked subs)
- 14Asimov's Science Fiction0.87% (1818 tracked subs)
- 15James Gunn's Ad Astra0.98% (102 tracked subs)
- 16Trollbreath1.08% (100 tracked subs)
- 17Uncharted1.15% (448 tracked subs)
- 18The Dark1.18% (1437 tracked subs)
- 19Augur Magazine1.21% (232 tracked subs)
- 20Electric Spec1.32% (496 tracked subs)
- 21Shoreline of Infinity1.40% (71 tracked subs)
- 22Carmen et Error1.43% (153 tracked subs)
- 23Strange Pilgrims1.51% (633 tracked subs)
- 24Propagule1.55% (401 tracked subs)
- 25Fantasy Magazine1.56% (69 tracked subs)
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