Phano

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Phano is a magazine seeking short stories and essays with a speculative, scientific, or literary focus, paying 2 cents per word.

Response time info: Auto-response within 24 hours; final response within 60 days of window closing

Read the full guidelines at phano.co↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionPays: 2 cents per word

Short stories between 1000 and 5000 words; prefers work that provokes wonder, explores big ideas, is scientific, literary, or futuristic; rejects fantasy (including supernatural), poetry, fan fiction, and work with AI-generated content.

nonfictionPays: 2 cents per word

Essays between 1000 and 5000 words; prefers work that is scientific, literary, or futuristic, and explores philosophical or emergent topics; rejects poetry, fan fiction, and work with AI-generated content.

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