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"BewilderingStories publishes writing ranging from speculative fiction to realism in prose, poetry, and drama. Non-fiction and artwork are also featured."
"BewilderingStories publishes writing ranging from speculative fiction to realism in prose, poetry, and drama. Non-fiction and artwork are also featured."
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Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
9 genres
Fiction
Max words: 9000
science fiction, including accounts of alternate histories past, present and future; fantasy; mainstream fiction
Nonfiction
Max words: 9000
non-fiction articles, essays; biographies, or memoirs
Poetry
9000 words max
Review
reviews and review articles, which may deal with real or imaginary books, plays, films on any subject as well as musical performances
Interview
real or fictional interviews
Translation
We also welcome submissions in languages other than English. However, all such submissions must be accompanied by an English translation.
Art
No specific limitations
Play
3000 words max
Audio
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 9000
science fiction, including accounts of alternate histories past, present and future; fantasy; mainstream fiction
Nonfiction
Max words: 9000
non-fiction articles, essays; biographies, or memoirs
Poetry
9000 words max
Review
reviews and review articles, which may deal with real or imaginary books, plays, films on any subject as well as musical performances
Interview
real or fictional interviews
Translation
We also welcome submissions in languages other than English. However, all such submissions must be accompanied by an English translation.
Art
No specific limitations
Play
3000 words max
Audio
No specific limitations
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How to submit
Process
Every submission needs a title and byline; otherwise, we may lose track of who wrote what. Please send texts in the format easiest for you. If we have trouble opening a file, we’ll let you know.
Cover letters
New contributors, please include a cover message addressed specifically to Bewildering Stories and tell us a little something about yourselves.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Word.doc and Word.docx are commonly used. RTF (Rich Text Format) is also available in most word processors.
Rights for published work
We purchase — with no payment but our gratitude — first, non-exclusive electronic rights for the works we accept.
Additional info
We make no restrictions as to length. We like to keep works as compact as possible, but we also think our frequency of publication makes serials attractive and keeps readers coming back. We cannot consider, regardless of merit: Micro-poetry; Inspirational or religious literature; Fan fiction; Computer-generated texts. Scheduling: Titles are scheduled roughly in chronological order of acceptance. The on-line schedule shows the next four weeks of the official schedule, which is normally longer.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2002 | Canada
Bewildering Stories — known informally as “BwS” — is a weekly electronic publication featuring speculative fiction as well as non-fiction, namely poetry, articles, essays, reviews, and art. What does “Bewildering” really mean? One thing it does not mean: “befuddling.” We do not like literature that is meaningless or self-contradictory or that asks the readers to do the writing for the author. What “Bewildering” does mean is “unconventional” and “thought-provoking.” Who would pay any attention to a title so conventional as “Unconventional Stories”? Our name puts our preference into practice. What is “speculative fiction”? We have no hard and fast rule. Theoretically, it is not contemporary realism, but we’ve cheerfully published contemporary realism, too: it was sent to us, and we liked it. If your submission — whatever it may be — meets our guidelines, we’ll be glad to consider it.
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 :)
Don Webb
Editor-in-Chief
Charles C. Cole
Flash Fiction Editor
John Stocks
Poetry Editor
Examples
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