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    Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles and audio fiction. Issues are published monthly and available on our website, for purchase in ebook format.

    Highlights

    • Vibe:
    • Response time:
      2 days after submission*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      4 days*
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    • Acceptance rate:
      0.35%*
      Editor reported data
       / 
      1.39%*
      Chill Subs tracker stats

    Publication

    • Accepts simultaneous submissions

      What's that?

      When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

    • Accepts previously published

      What's that?

      When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

    • Nominates for prizes

      From the editors

      Aurealis, Best Science Fiction And Fantasy, C S F F A Prix Aurora, Hugo, Locus, Nebula, S F P A Rhysling Awards, World Fantasy

    • Active on social media

    • Available in print

    • Provides contributor copies

    • Has examples online

    How to submit

    • Processs

      Other

    • Cover letter

      See http://neil-clarke.com/short-story-cover-letters/.

    • Eligibility

      No specific eligibility requirements

    • Formatting

      All stories should be in standard manuscript format (modern preferred, classic accepted) and can be submitted in either .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX format.

    • Author's rights

      We claim first world electronic rights (text and audio), first print rights, and non-exclusive anthology rights for our annual Clarkesworld anthology. If you are unfamiliar with the term “First Rights,” an explanation can be found here. All rights are restricted to English language unless specifically stated otherwise.

    • Additional info

    Tracker statistics

    2305

    Total submissions tracked

    4 days

    Average response time

    1.39%

    Average acceptance rate

    1 days

    Fastest response time

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    The Submissions Grinder Statistics

    1.48%

    12-month average acceptance rate

    4 days

    12-month average response time

    About

    Clarkesworld is a monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in October 2006. Each issue contains interviews, thought-provoking articles, and between six and eight works of original fiction. Our fiction is also available in ebook editions/subscriptions, audio podcasts, print issues...

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    Founded

    2006

    Country

    US

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      Editor Neil Clarke avatar

      Neil Clarke

      Editor-in-Chief

      Editor Sean Wallace avatar

      Sean Wallace

      Editor

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      Kate Baker

      Podcast Director, Editor

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      Kehkashan Khalid

      Slush Reader

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      Nelly Geraldine Garcia-Rosas

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      Anahita Ayasoufi

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