Official information
Overview
- Publication
- Strange Horizons
- Eligibility
- Official: submissions from anywhere in the world. British spellings are fine.
- Writing
- Speculative fiction
- Payment
- 10¢ per word (minimum $60)
- Currency
- USD
- Payment conditions
- Official: 10¢/word USD, minimum $60, within 60 days of contract. PayPal or check. Word count is rounded up to the next 100 words.
- When paid
- Within 60 days of contract
- Word count
- Up to 10,000 words; under 5,000 preferred
- Response time
- Not stated for the closed period
- Status
- Official: currently closed; anticipate opening again in fall 2026. No exact date.
- Deadline
- Official: currently closed; anticipate opening again in fall 2026. No exact date.
- How to submit
- Moksha when they reopen — do not email stories
- AI policy
- AI-generated work prohibited
What they want
- Good speculative fiction, including work from or about diverse and under-represented perspectives, written without exoticising.
- When open: Moksha only. Previously unpublished in English.
What they don't want
- Do not submit while the page says closed.
- Simultaneous or multiple submissions. Reprints previously published in English. Resubmissions.
- Stories translated or written using LLMs/AI.
- Translations by someone other than the original author — those go to sister magazine Samovar.
Requirements
- Wait for the fall 2026 reopen
- Moksha
- Speculative
- No AI
Rights
First-printing world exclusive English-language rights including audio for six months. After that you may republish. Archive removal allowed after one year.
How to submit
- Do not submit now.
- Watch https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/.
Official source
Strange Horizons — Fiction Submission Guidelines (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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