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"The Vanishing Point is a triannual literary magazine for works that bend reality. Horror, Sci-fi, Dark Fantasy, and all things speculative are welcome here."
"The Vanishing Point is a triannual literary magazine for works that bend reality. Horror, Sci-fi, Dark Fantasy, and all things speculative are welcome here."
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Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $25
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
Yes
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
3 genres
Fiction
Max words: 6000
We like sci-fi, dark fantasy, and horror, though you’ll find we skew mostly horror. Give us your monsters, your ghosts, your psychological t...
Nonfiction
We’d love to publish interesting articles about publication, horror/sci-fi/fantasy in popular media. Please query first so we can determine...
Comics
We’re looking for black and white stories in the range of 6-8 pages. Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy. We’re looking for non-exclusive print rights. We...
Fiction
Max words: 6000
We like sci-fi, dark fantasy, and horror, though you’ll find we skew mostly horror. Give us your monsters, your ghosts, your psychological t...
Nonfiction
We’d love to publish interesting articles about publication, horror/sci-fi/fantasy in popular media. Please query first so we can determine...
Comics
We’re looking for black and white stories in the range of 6-8 pages. Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy. We’re looking for non-exclusive print rights. We...
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Total submissions tracked
109 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
98 days
Fastest response time
120 days
Slowest response time
How to submit
Process
Please put the title of the work and the word count in the subject line.
Cover letters
Include a short author bio, written third person, in your cover letter. We will include this alongside your published story.
Eligibility
18+
Formatting
Please follow the Shunn Standard Manuscript Format (Modern) (link: https://www.shunn.net/format/story/)
Rights for published work
All rights are non-exclusive. Our contracts are for first print/electronic rights, along with anthology rights and first rights to produce a podcast recording of your work. You may read a sample contract here. Writers must be at least 18 years old.
Additional info
Priority reading. If you’re a subscriber, simply note “SUBSCRIBER” in your email subject line. We’ll make every effort to respond within two weeks.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2021 | United States
Welcome to the Vanishing Point, that place on the horizon where the lines of reality and imagination intersect. In that place is a promise of excitement, dread, intrigue, and suspense.
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 :)
Erik Gulbrandsen
Editor-in-Chief
Joshua Orr
co-founder
Examples
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