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Space and Time Magazine

Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian.

We seek: Broken boundaries, blown minds and new horizons. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism—we look for work with a speculative element. Creative hybrids welcome. If you can combine horror, science fiction and fantasy into one compelling plot, you’ve caught our attention. If your story has the power to shake some perspectives, we are interested.



General call

Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian.

We seek: Broken boundaries, blown minds and new horizons. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism—we look for poetry with a speculative element. Creative hybrids welcome. If you can combine horror, science fiction and fantasy into one compelling poem, you’ve caught our attention. If your poem has the power to shake some perspectives, we are interested.



Themed calls open on the first of each month for one week.
Current Theme: Sharpen Your Tools
For: August 2026 · Issue 153
Stay current on Space & Time calls, along with other writing opportunities and author events, through the weekly Authortunities newsletter: authortunities.substack.com.
About Space & TimeSpace & Time publishes curated monthly issues featuring themed speculative flash fiction and poetry. We seek boundary-breaking work that disrupts, illuminates, and transforms, with a special love for genre-blending stories and poems that bring horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the strange into conversation.
Issues release each month and are available globally through retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Kobo, and more. Editions include ebook, standard print, large print, and dyslexia-friendly print.
What We’re Looking ForWe welcome speculative fiction and poetry with a strong sense of voice, atmosphere, imagination, and risk. Work may be strange, beautiful, unsettling, lyrical, experimental, mythic, futuristic, haunted, or difficult to classify.
We also accept submissions in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian for translation into English.
Guidelines
Speculative flash fiction up to 1,000 words

Speculative poetry up to 35 lines
Poetry can be any form or style
Standard Shunn electronic manuscript format
Include your name and email in the document
Simultaneous submissions welcome
If accepted elsewhere, withdraw promptly via Duosuma

Payment & Rights$0.01 per word (fiction), paid upon acceptance via PayPal
$5 per poem (up to 35 lines)
Digital contributor copy included

Space & Time purchases Space & Time purchases first print and electronic publication rights. All rights revert to the author after publication.
For countries where PayPal does not operate, alternative payment methods may be considered. Authors are responsible for ensuring they have a viable payment method.
Submit through Duosuma: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/space-and-time-nDoUw
More information: spaceandtime.net

Categories: Fiction/Poetry
Translations: Permitted.
File types: .doc, .docx, .odt, .rtf
Number of Pieces: 
1 piece per fiction submission.
1 piece per poetry submission.
Single File: Required. All pieces must be submitted in a single file.
Anonymous submissions are not required.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are not allowed.

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