Strange Horizons
Literary Magazine
A weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: / 77 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.87038854805726%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Payssee Genres section for details
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
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
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 10000 words max
Max words: 10000
Sub Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative
Payment: $ 0.1 per word
Nonfiction - 10000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 10000
Payment: $50-150
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
Payment: $
Review
Max words: 1000
Payment: $ 50
Interview
Max words: 3000
Max words: 5000
Payment: $ 45
Art
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $100-200
Photography
Payment: $100-200
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Moksha
Cover letter
Your cover letter can be minimal: generally, these should be short and list just a few of your most recent or most relevant publications or workshops. If you've got life experience relevant to your story (e.g. your story takes place on a submarine, and you served on a submarine), please do mention that. Cover letters shouldn't include plot synopses or pitches.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
We buy first English rights, including audio.
Additional info
Special note on translations: our quarterly sister magazine Samovar specializes in translations: we encourage you to submit all translations there first. Samovar and Strange Horizons have independent submissions queues and different editors, and submissions to either magazine are only read for that magazine. We pay artists $200 for an original work to accompany a story, and $100 in the event that we use a piece from an artist's already existing portfolio. For fiction: Payment of 10¢/word USD, within 60 days of contract. We pay: $50 for a column, $40 for a reprinted essay, $150 for an original essay, $45 to an interviewer, and $45 to an interviewee. $20 to a roundtable moderator, and $20 to each other contributor We pay $50 for reviews of at least 1000 words. We want to showcase work that challenges us and delights us, by new and established writers from diverse backgrounds and with diverse concerns.
Tracker statistics
978
Total submissions tracked
77 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
0 days
Fastest response time
391 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 3534 days, 3090 days
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