Clarkesworld ★Work published here has won or been selected for: BSFA Award, Derringer Award, Aurora Award.

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Clarkesworld is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, interviews, articles, and audio fiction.

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fictionScience FictionFantasyPays: 15¢ per word

Science fiction and fantasy, including dark SF/F; no horror. Stories must be 1,000–22,000 words, with no exceptions. Translations are welcome, including previously published translations in another language.

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyPays: 12¢ per word

Query articles of interest to science fiction and fantasy readers, including genre publishing, writing and reading, and useful scientific material. Do not send completed articles; submit a query with the subject header NONFICTION Q. Pays 12¢ per word up to 2,500 words.

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