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"A weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art."

"A weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

48 days

Acceptance Rate

2.78%

  • Payment

    Yes: see Genres section for details

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Under 5,000 words preferred. No simultaneous submissions.

Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

Essays should be 3-5,000 words. Roundtable discussions are 5-10,000 words. Columns are 1000-2,000 words.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

We publish SF/F, speculative, and slipstream poetry. We value formalism as well as experimentality, and are highly receptive to both. Poems ...

Review

Strange Horizons publishes in-depth reviews of science fiction and fantasy works, especially books, films, and television, three times a wee...

Interview

Max words: 5000

Strange Horizons publishes interviews with notable individuals within the speculative fiction community, including but not limited to author...

Art

Max pieces: 3

Hard sells: cartoons/anime, line art/black and white, portraits/fan commissions, photography, collage

Photography

No specific limitations

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Under 5,000 words preferred. No simultaneous submissions.

Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

Essays should be 3-5,000 words. Roundtable discussions are 5-10,000 words. Columns are 1000-2,000 words.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

We publish SF/F, speculative, and slipstream poetry. We value formalism as well as experimentality, and are highly receptive to both. Poems ...

Review

Strange Horizons publishes in-depth reviews of science fiction and fantasy works, especially books, films, and television, three times a wee...

Interview

Max words: 5000

Strange Horizons publishes interviews with notable individuals within the speculative fiction community, including but not limited to author...

Art

Max pieces: 3

Hard sells: cartoons/anime, line art/black and white, portraits/fan commissions, photography, collage

Photography

No specific limitations

Statistics

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Track submission

120

Total submissions tracked

48 days

Average response time

2.78%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

189 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 391 days, 3090 days, 3534 days

How to submit

Process

Submissions may be sent to their appropriate desks. See http://strangehorizons.com/submit/

Cover letters

Your cover letter can be minimal: generally, these should be short and list just a few of your most recent or most relevant publications or workshops. If you've got life experience relevant to your story (e.g. your story takes place on a submarine, and you served on a submarine), please do mention that. Cover letters shouldn't include plot synopses or pitches.

Eligibility

All marginalized creators

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

We buy first English rights, including audio.

Additional info

Special note on translations: our quarterly sister magazine Samovar specializes in translations: we encourage you to submit all translations there first. Samovar and Strange Horizons have independent submissions queues and different editors, and submissions to either magazine are only read for that magazine. We pay artists $200 for an original work to accompany a story, and $100 in the event that we use a piece from an artist's already existing portfolio. For fiction: Payment of 10¢/word USD, within 60 days of contract. We pay: $50 for a column, $40 for a reprinted essay, $150 for an original essay, $45 to an interviewer, and $45 to an interviewee. $20 to a roundtable moderator, and $20 to each other contributor We pay $50 for reviews of at least 1000 words. We want to showcase work that challenges us and delights us, by new and established writers from diverse backgrounds and with diverse concerns.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2000 | United States

Strange Horizons is a weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art. Our definition of speculative fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and all other flavors of fantastika. Work published in Strange Horizons has been shortlisted for or won Hugo, Nebula, Rhysling, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree Jr., and World Fantasy Awards.

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 :)

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Editor-in-Chief

Vanessa Aguirre

Senior Editor

Lila Garrott

Senior Editor

AJ Odasso

Senior Editor

Romie Stott

Senior Editor