Asimov's Science Fiction ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Hugo Award, Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award.

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Asimov’s Science Fiction publishes character-oriented science fiction and related speculative fiction, along with poetry.

Response time info: about five weeks

Read the full guidelines at asimovs.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHumorPays: 8–10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words; 8 cents per word over 7,500.

Character-oriented science fiction is preferred, with room for borderline fantasy, slipstream, surreal, and humorous fiction; no sword and sorcery or explicit sex or violence. Short stories are usually 1,000–20,000 words; stories up to 7,500 words earn 8–10 cents per word, and each word over 7,500 earns 8 cents. Online submissions are accepted; no simultaneous submissions.

poetryScience FictionPays: $1 per line

Poetry is accepted through the online submissions system and should not exceed 40 lines.

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