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Clarkesworld

Creative Magazine/Website

Rating

Recommend this magazinebased on 20 votes

A Damn Good Read11

Great Editor(s)10

Career Builder9

Bold & Weird8

Highlights

Type

Creative

Vibe

Top tier. Not Paris Review, but pretty close

Payment

$0.14 per word

Fee

No fee

Acceptance rate

0.49%/0.35%

Response time

5 days/2 days

Print issues

Accepts previously published

Nominates for prizes

Yes

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About

Clarkesworld is a monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in October 2006. Each issue contains interviews, thought-provoking articles, and between six and eight works of original fiction. Our fiction is also available in ebook editions/subscriptions, audio podcasts, print issues, and in our annual print/ebook anthologies. Clarkesworld has been recognized with a World Fantasy Award, three Hugo Awards, and a British Fantasy Aw...

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Location

United States

Founded

2006

Affiliations

Independent

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