New Maps

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New Maps is a year-round magazine publishing deindustrial fiction about resource depletion, environmental damage, and the decline of fossil-fueled industrial civilization.

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fictionScience FictionHorrorPays: $0.00¼ USD per word, paid upon publication, plus one free issue copy.

Accepts previously unpublished short stories of deindustrial fiction, set on a real-world Earth and addressing resource depletion, environmental damage, and the limits of mitigation. Stories may include plausible metaphysical, supernatural, or paranormal elements; spacefaring science fiction, conventional dystopias, and sudden postapocalyptic collapse are generally unsuitable. No hard word minimum or maximum, but stories over 10,000 words are unlikely to be published; outstanding novella-length stories may be serialized. Submissions are open year-round on a rolling basis, with late…

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