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"Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing the best stories, unsurpassed in modern science fiction, from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike. "
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
5 weeks / 45 days
Average acceptance rate
12.5%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      No

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      8¢/word $1/line

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Asimov’s pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, and 8 cents for each word over 7,500. We seldom buy stories shorter than 1,000 words or longer than 20,000 words, and we don’t serialize novels.

scienceFiction

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Poetry

Max lines: 40

Max pieces: 1

We pay $1 a line for poetry, which should not exceed 40 lines.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Asimov’s pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, and 8 cents for each word over 7,500. We seldom buy stories shorter than 1,000 words or longer than 20,000 words, and we don’t serialize novels.

scienceFiction

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Poetry

Max lines: 40

Max pieces: 1

We pay $1 a line for poetry, which should not exceed 40 lines.

Magazine

Founded in 1977 | United States

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 :)

Sheila Williams
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

8

Average acceptance rate

12.5%

Average response time

45 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

160/29 days

Fastest response time

0 days

Slowest response time

160 days