The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King's Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 60 days after submission*/Editor reported data49 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data?*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
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
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Moksha
Cover letter
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
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Author's rights
We buy first North American and foreign serial rights and an option on anthology rights. All other rights are retained by the author.
Additional info
F&SF encourages original submissions from the world, from diverse voices, classes, and perspectives, and we welcome works that are intergenerational and intersectional. Concentrated on speculative fiction: fantasy, science fiction, horror, unclassified works. Do not accept simultaneous submissions. We prefer not to see more than one submission from a writer at a time. Payment is 8-12 cents per word on acceptance.
Tracker statistics
18
Total submissions tracked
49 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
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About
Each double-sized bimonthly issue offers: • compelling short fiction by writers such as Kelly Link, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Moorcock and many others; • the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on Books, Films and Science; • humor from our cartoonists and writers.
Founded
1949
Country
US
Masthead
C.C. Finlay
Editor-in-Chief