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 data4 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 0.35%*/Editor reported data1.39%*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
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
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
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
107 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 963 days, 173 days
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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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Neil Clarke
Editor-in-Chief
Sean Wallace
Editor
Kate Baker
Podcast Director, Editor
Kehkashan Khalid
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