"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. "
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
Simultaneous submissions
No
Previously published
No
Payment
8¢/word $1/line
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
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 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
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
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