Tasavvur

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

Response time info: roughly three weeks after submissions close

Read the full guidelines at tasavvurnama.com↗

Submission calls

nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirementsPays: $100 flat rate for commissioned pieces.

Open to: Authors must be from a BIPOC community; pitches should concern South Asian speculative fiction or related regional traditions.

Pitches only, not complete pieces, on South Asian speculative fiction, including critical essays, translations, and regional speculative-fiction traditions. Pitches are accepted on a rolling basis and should be 250–500 words; commissioned pieces are usually around 2,000 words.

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Short speculative fiction, including fantasies, futuristic stories, unconventional structures, and experimental prose; 1,000–5,000 words. The page says the submission window opens November 1, 2024, but does not state a closing date or current status. Reprints of qualifying South Asian speculative fiction may be emailed separately.

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