Leading Edge

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Leading Edge is a student-run magazine at BYU publishing science fiction and fantasy short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and art from contributors worldwide.

Response time info: ~98 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at ling.byu.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyPays: 1 cent per word, $10 minimum, $50 maximum

Science fiction and fantasy stories, 1,000–15,000 words (under 10,000 preferred); submit as Word doc with word count and short description; all submissions critiqued unless you opt out; must conform to BYU Honor Code; no reprints.

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyPays: Payment discussed upon acceptance

Nonfiction (book reviews, essays) related to science fiction or fantasy, under 5,000 words; no critique; must conform to BYU Honor Code; no reprints.

poetryScience FictionFantasyPays: Payment discussed upon acceptance

Poetry with science fiction or fantasy themes; literary value and popular appeal; critique available on request; must conform to BYU Honor Code; no reprints.

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