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"Publishing sf/f, myth, & eldritch stories, podcasts, art, & articles from around the world."
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Response Time
up to 12 weeks
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Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      No

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      Previously published

      Yes

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

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      Provide contributor copies

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      Examples online

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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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

10 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

We are looking for: well written original work in science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch, in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic story form. We don’t accept: horror, hate, blood & guts, explicit language, excessive violence, angst-ridden romance, fan fiction*, sex, axegrinding, or stories that leave readers feeling they’ve had the energy and joy sucked out of them. Anywhere from 1000 word flash fiction on up, but all else being equal, shorter pieces will be favored.

fantasy

folklore

scienceFiction

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Nonfiction

We are looking for fact-based articles, interesting information in any discipline that relates to the type of stories we publish or that might provide inspiration and information for writers and artists. Anywhere from 1000 word flash fiction on up, but all else being equal, shorter pieces will be favored.

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Video

See "Fiction".

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Audio

See "Fiction".

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Hybrid

See "Fiction".

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Review

We are looking for reviews in any discipline that relates to the type of stories we publish or that might provide inspiration and information for writers and artists.

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Humor

We are looking for humor in any discipline that relates to the type of stories we publish or that might provide inspiration and information for writers and artists.

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Photography

We’re looking for storytelling through images

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Art

We’re looking for storytelling through images

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Poetry

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

Fiction

We are looking for: well written original work in science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tales, and eldritch, in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic story form. We don’t accept: horror, hate, blood & guts, explicit language, excessive violence, angst-ridden romance, fan fiction*, sex, axegrinding, or stories that leave readers feeling they’ve had the energy and joy sucked out of them. Anywhere from 1000 word flash fiction on up, but all else being equal, shorter pieces will be favored.

fantasy

folklore

scienceFiction

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

We are looking for fact-based articles, interesting information in any discipline that relates to the type of stories we publish or that might provide inspiration and information for writers and artists. Anywhere from 1000 word flash fiction on up, but all else being equal, shorter pieces will be favored.

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Video

See "Fiction".

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Audio

See "Fiction".

Magazine

Founded in 2015 | 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 :)

Fran Eisemann
Editor-in-Chief
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