Sound & Color

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Sound & Color is an inclusive Black, queer, femme-run market publishing original human-derived speculative fiction through themed prompt-based submission windows.

Response time info: 30 days

Read the full guidelines at soundandcolormag.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorOpens Dec 1

Original, human-derived speculative fiction for the selected prompt, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, and associated subgenres. Flash fiction is up to 1,500 words and pays $80 USD flat; short fiction is up to 4,500 words and pays $0.09 USD per word. Prompt i. Sound & Color (April Issue) and Prompt ii. Nighthawks (June Issue) accept submissions Dec 1, 2026-Jan 31, 2027; Prompts iii-vi accept submissions Apr 1-May 31, with briefs going live Jan 1. No unsolicited reprints.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorOpens Apr 1, 2027

Original, human-derived speculative fiction for Prompts iii-vi. Submissions are accepted Apr 1-May 31; briefs go live Jan 1. Flash fiction is up to 1,500 words and pays $80 USD flat; short fiction is up to 4,500 words and pays $0.09 USD per word. No unsolicited reprints.

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