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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."
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Response Time
Acceptance Rate
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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120
Total submissions tracked
48 days
Average response time
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
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