Speculative Fiction Magazines in the Sweet Spot

Oh, the sweet spot! Our favorite. These are the science fiction, fantasy, horror, folklore, etc. magazine with acceptance rates the fall within 3-8%. We only add the ones with over 100 tracked submissions to get a reasonable guess-timation. We choose this range because it’s really competitive without getting into the ‘Woah, holy crap!’ territory of the 0.1-2% folks. Like the sour patch kids of speculative magazines. Sure, why not. *Some of these folks publish more than speculative fiction.

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upd ∙ Feb 5, 2025