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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 30 days after submission*/Editor reported data16 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data?*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
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Moksha
Cover letter
Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history, and any other relevant information (e.g, if you send us a hard SF story about black hole clusters and your doctoral dissertation was on black hole clusters, mention that). If you’re not sure what should go in your cover letter, this article on cover letters might help.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
If you follow standard manuscript format, you're fine, though if you want to format it to our preferences, we prefer single-spaced instead of double-spaced and Arial 14pt font for ease of reading on screen. You can also leave your address and other personal info off the manuscript; we'll gather that from you if we need it. Your manuscript may be submitted in either .RTF or .DOC or .DOCX format.
Author's rights
https://www.adamantpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adamant_Press_Short_Fiction_Original_Contract.pdf
Additional info
All types of science fiction and fantasy are welcome. We do not accept multiple submissions. You may submit one story at any given time; you must wait until seven days after our reply to submit another story. Sexual themes and stories with strong sexual content are acceptable, but Lightspeed is not a market for erotica. If in doubt, feel free to send your story in and let our editors decide. Lightspeed is not a market for media-based fiction (i.e., stories set in the Star Wars or Star Trek universes, etc.), or any kind of fan fiction.
Tracker statistics
58
Total submissions tracked
16 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
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About
Launched in 2010, Lightspeed is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award, and stories from the magazine have been nominated for major genre awards dozens of times, including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. Our editor, John Joseph Adams, has been...
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John Joseph Adams
Editor-in-Chief
Wendy N. Wagner
Managing/Senior Editor/Nonfiction Editor
Laurel Amberdine
Assistant Editor
Arley Sorg
Book Reviewer & Associate Editor
Luke Tolvaj
Copy Editor