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Guidelines

"Magazine showcasing the finest science fiction and fact"

"Magazine showcasing the finest science fiction and fact"

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

4 months / 100 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: see Genres section for details

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 80000

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Fact articles should be about 4,000 words in length and should deal with subjects of not only current but also future interest, i.e., topics...

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

.DOC, .DOCX, or .RTF format

Art

Max pieces: 6

four to six samples of your best work send only copies electronic files are acceptable as long as it is in Mac format, eps or tiff, but plea...

Photography

Max pieces: 6

four to six samples of your best work send only copies photographs are not normally used, but artists illustrating for us have worked with p...

Fiction

Max words: 80000

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Fact articles should be about 4,000 words in length and should deal with subjects of not only current but also future interest, i.e., topics...

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

.DOC, .DOCX, or .RTF format

Art

Max pieces: 6

four to six samples of your best work send only copies electronic files are acceptable as long as it is in Mac format, eps or tiff, but plea...

Photography

Max pieces: 6

four to six samples of your best work send only copies photographs are not normally used, but artists illustrating for us have worked with p...

Statistics

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Track submission

34

Total submissions tracked

100 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

15 days

Fastest response time

161 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We strongly prefer that submissions be made through our electronic submission system at analog.magazinesubmissions.com.

Cover letters

Our online submissions form for fiction asks for your name, email address, cover letter, story title, and story. Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history, and any other relevant information (e.g., if you send us a story about a medical disaster and you happen to be an emergency room nurse, mention that). We ask for the same information for poetry.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

All stories and poems should be in standard manuscript format and submitted in .DOC, .DOCX, or .RTF format. For information about standard formatting, see William Shunn’s guide to Proper Manuscript Format.

Rights for published work

We buy First English Language serial rights plus certain non-exclusive rights explained in our contract.

Additional info

Some people who haven’t read Analog assume it has a much narrower emphasis on “nuts and bolts” than it actually has. It’s true that we care very much about making our speculations plausible, because we think there’s something extra special about stories that are not only fantastic, but might actually happen. We have no hard-and-fast editorial guidelines, because science fiction is such a broad field that I don’t want to inhibit a new writer’s thinking by imposing Thou Shalt Nots. Besides, a great story can make an editor swallow his preconceived taboos. We publish science fiction stories in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to the plot that, if that aspect were removed, the story would collapse. manual submission and manuscript format available

About the Magazine

Founded in 1930 | United States

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine continues to bring together celebrated authors, new talent, and award-winning stories, poems, and articles, as it has since its launch in 1930. Originally published as Astounding Stories of Science Fiction, Analog remains the unparalleled literary magazine in the genre, and rewards readers with realistic stories that reflect both the highest standards of scientific accuracy and the far reaches of the imagination, as well as lively articles about current research on the cutting edge of science.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Trevor Quachri

Editor-in-Chief

Examples

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