Science fiction nonfiction markets

Leafmines tracks 27 magazines publishing science fiction nonfiction. 18 are open to submissions right now, and typical response time is 36 days. Filter by length, pay, and response time →

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• Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction

  Open for nonfiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~60 days

  Perseid Prophecies is a speculative fiction magazine accepting short stories, flash fiction, and factual science essays in specified submission months.

• Spectrum Literary JournalLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · closes Dec 31

  Spectrum Literary Journal is a University of California, Santa Barbara journal publishing inventive fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and hybrid work across genres and forms.

• ClarkesworldScience Fiction · Fantasy

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~2 days

  Clarkesworld is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, interviews, articles, and audio fiction.

• Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWAScience Fiction · Fantasy

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~45 days

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

• Star*LineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~21 days

  Star*Line is a quarterly print and PDF journal publishing speculative poetry and related nonfiction, reviews, and essays by members and nonmembers.

• TasavvurScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~21 days

  Tasavvur is a magazine dedicated to South Asian and other BIPOC speculative fiction and nonfiction pitches.

• Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~30 days

  Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing microfiction, flash fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.

• Neon DystopiaScience Fiction

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~30 days

  Neon Dystopia publishes cyberpunk-focused fiction and nonfiction, including explorations of contemporary technology, culture, politics, and existential concerns.

• AlchemicalScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~45 days

  Alchemical is a year-round literary journal seeking speculative short fiction and a broad range of nonfiction, with no submission fees and no payment.

• Corollary SFScience Fiction

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~60 days

  Corollary SF is a UK-based science fiction magazine publishing original short stories and considering factual articles and essays about science fiction.

• Enough TropeScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~60 days

  Enough Trope is an Australian literary magazine seeking commentary, essays, and reviews focused on Australian genre fiction.

• F(r)ictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~219 days

  F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and publishing project accepting fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and related online writing.

• HEXFILED SF MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~14 days

  HEXFILED is an independent literary magazine publishing science fiction and speculative fiction, including stories, poetry, nonfiction, and archival artifacts for its serialized Parallel Biome sub-issue.

• Leading EdgeScience Fiction · Fantasy

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~98 days

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

• Savage PlanetsScience Fiction

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~2 days

  Savage Planets is a speculative-fiction publication accepting fiction, poetry, entertainment criticism, and two-sentence science-fiction messages.

• STARFARER'S CAFEScience Fiction

  Open for nonfiction

  STARFARER'S CAFE is a digital science-fiction magazine seeking stories and nonfiction about humanity's spacefaring future, with a humanist and often hopeful outlook.

• The Kismet MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~74 days

  The Kismet Magazine publishes speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction focused on speculative genres and ideas.

• VectorScience Fiction · Fantasy

  Open for nonfiction · responds in ~2 days

  Vector is a critical science-fiction and fantasy journal publishing accessible, intellectually stimulating articles, academic writing, reviews, interviews, and related nonfiction, but not fiction.

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Some response-time data on this page, and part of the median above, comes from The Submission Grinder.