Tuesday, October 20th 2026

Strange Horizons is seeking pitches for its 2027 criticism special

Strange Horizons is a weekly science fiction and fantasy magazine. For its annual criticism special, publishing in the last week of January 2027, they're looking for essays, long reviews, and roundtables. Deadlines are negotiable. The call doesn't state pay, but their standing guidelines pay:

• $150 per original essay
• $60 per review of at least 1,000 words
• $20 per roundtable contributor

To learn more, refer to their Bluesky post and nonfiction guidelines.

Friday, March 6th 2026

Strange Horizons: Fungi in SFF

Strange Horizons: Fungi in SFF
Strange Horizons is a magazine of science fiction and fantasy fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Their editor has issued a submission call for non-fiction: “<em>Strange Horizons</em> invites non-fiction submissions for our March 30 special issue on “Fungi in SFF”. Please send in your mycelial pitches to gautam.strangehorizons@gmail.com.” Strange Horizons publishes non-fiction in various formats; essays, interviews, round-tables, and columns; pay ranges from $20 to $75 for these formats. See the call here, on their website here, and their general non-fiction guidelines here.
 

Tuesday, November 25th 2025

Strange Horizons

They are open for speculative fiction from Indigenous writers only, and will stay open until they hit a submission cap. They also accept other genres (from all writers), like non-fiction and poetry.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 10,000 words (prefer up to 5,000)
Pay: $0.10/word for fiction
Details here and here; their overall guidelines page, for all genres, is here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.

 

Tuesday, December 29th 2020

Strange Horizons may open in February for general fiction submissions; now reading work for a special Palestine issue

UPDATE: They will not open for general fiction submissions in January, and may open for these in February - see this announcement on their website; they're open now for a special Palestine-themed issue, until 31 January 2021. 

This is a magazine of speculative fiction. They specially welcome work from groups that are under-represented or have been marginalized in the genre. They also accept poetry, reviews, essays, columns, interviews, and round-tables. They are open Monday to Tuesday (see guidelines), and may reopen general fiction submissions in February after a hiatus.
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction
Pay: $0.10/word for fiction; varies for others
Details here.
(Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, accepts works of speculative fiction in translation; it is open for submissions).

Deadline: 31 January 2021 for Palestine-themed issue.