Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA

Open now for nonfiction.

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Planetside is SFWA’s online magazine publishing nonfiction articles and essays about craft, industry, and topics relevant to science fiction and fantasy writers.

Response time info: up to 45 days

Read the full guidelines at sfwa.org↗

Submission calls

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyPays: $0.10 per word on the final-draft word count.

Open to pitches for original nonfiction articles, essays, reported pieces, how-tos, and Q&As relevant to SFF creators. Current topics include translation, writing tools, history, and science. Ideal length is 800–1,000 words; pitches must be submitted rather than completed articles, and the form limits pitches to 200 words.

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