LIGHTSPEED : __ARCHIVED SF (Reprint)
Lightspeed is a digital science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.
Submissions are closed for LIGHTSPEED : __ARCHIVED SF (Reprint)
Note: LIGHTSPEED is currently CLOSED to unsolicited submissions.
Instructions: To submit a story to Lightspeed, fill out the form below. If one of the Submission Type options is grayed out, that means we are currently closed to that Submission Type. You may submit one science fiction story and one fantasy story once every seven days.
Guidelines: Lightspeed is seeking original science fiction and fantasy stories. All types of science fiction and fantasy are welcome. No subject should be considered off-limits, and we encourage writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope. Please read our full guidelines before submitting a story.
Word Count: We are open to stories of 1500-10,000 words. Stories of 5000 words or less are preferred.
Pay Rate: Lightspeed pays 8 cents per word for original fiction, or 2 cents per word for reprints.
Format: Submissions should generally follow standard manuscript format, though we prefer single-spaced instead of double-spaced. Your manuscript may be submitted in either .RTF or .DOC/.DOCX format.
Cover Letters: Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history, and any other relevant information (e.g, if you send us a hard sf story about black hole clusters and your doctoral dissertation was on black hole clusters, mention that). If you're not sure what else should go in your cover letter, this article on cover letters might help. 