Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA

Open now for nonfiction.

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Planetside is an online SFWA magazine seeking nonfiction pitches about craft, industry, and topics relevant to professional and professionalizing science fiction and fantasy writers.

Response time info: Allow up to 45 days for a response

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Submission calls

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

Open to pitches for original nonfiction essays, reported pieces, how-to articles, and Q&As on topics relevant to SFF writers. Ideal length is 800–1,000 words; pitches must be submitted rather than completed articles. Current open-call topics include translation, writing tools and contexts, history, and science. Pay is $0.10 per word on the final draft word count.

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