Clarkesworld Magazine
Literary Magazine
a Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles and audio fiction. Issues are published monthly and available on our website, for purchase in ebook format
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2 weeks*/Editor reported data3 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0.67%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
Only for accepted cover art: two copies of the print edition.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 22000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 22000
Sub Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Payment: $ 0.12 per word
Nonfiction - 2500 words max
Max words: 2500
Payment: $ 0.1 per word
Translation
Max words: 1000
Max words: 22000
Payment: $ 0.1 per word
Art
Payment: $ 400 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
See http://neil-clarke.com/short-story-cover-letters/.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
All stories should be in standard manuscript format (modern preferred, classic accepted) and can be submitted in either .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX format.
Author's rights
We claim first world electronic rights (text and audio), first print rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights for our annual Clarkesworld anthology. If you are unfamiliar with the term “First Rights,” an explanation can be found here. All rights are restricted to English language unless specifically stated otherwise.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
2199
Total submissions tracked
4 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
11 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 16 days, 22 days, 28 days, 31 days, 33 days, 33 days, 36 days, 83 days, 963 days
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Neil Clarke
Editor-in-Chief
Sean Wallace
Editor
Kate Baker
Podcast Director, Editor