Uncanny Magazine is currently OPEN to all short story submissions. Uncanny Magazine seeks original, unpublished speculative fiction stories between 750-6000 words from writers from every conceivable background. It wants intricate, experimental stories with gorgeous prose, verve, and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs. It believes there’s still plenty of room in the genre for tales that make you feel.
Payment is $.08 per word (including audio rights). It will reject any story that doesn’t follow its guidelines and procedures. You may not resubmit a rejected story. If you aren’t sure if your story counts as unpublished, please query Uncanny Magazine at uncannymagazine@gmail.com.
Uncanny Magazine Submission guidelines:
- Email your submission to uncannymagazine@gmail.com. Make sure to put Fiction Submission: Short Story Title in the subject line.
- All stories should be in Standard Manuscript Format and attached in .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX formats.
- Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your significant publishing history and awards, and information that might be relevant to that specific submission.
- Please do not send multiple submissions at once, or submissions simultaneously submitted at another market or anthology.
- Uncanny Magazine tries to respond to all submissions in 30 days. Please feel free to query uncannymagazine@gmail.com if we’ve had your submission for over 45 days.
For more information, contact uncannymagazine@gmail.com.