Guidelines

Original Short Story Submissions

We are temporarily closed to fiction submissions.
We are still interested in reprint submissions that were published in quality print magazines or anthologies, but are not available online.

Our Accessible Future Contest is still open and will close to submissions after August 15th. The field is wide open in our contest and the prize is $300. Submit!

We publish science fiction,
anything from post-cyberpunk to new space opera.
We do not want supernatural horror, urban or heroic fantasy.
No vampires, sparkly or otherwise.

We discussed the type of stories we prefer in interviews at:
Diabolical Plots and Market Scoops.

We do not accept multiple or simultaneous submissions.

We will consider stories of between 750  and 4000 words. 
Maximum story length is 4,000 words, firm.
Payment is .05 per word, on publication.

Use the manuscript formatting as outlined by William Shunn:
- Double spaced
- 12 pt. Courier or Times New Roman
- 1″ borders
- Name, contact info, and word count at the top of page one
- Name, title, page number in header for the rest of the story

The email:
- in the subject line include: your full name and story title
- in the body include: your name, contact info, word count, and a short cover letter listing your publication history
- attach your story to the email in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word (.doc) format

Send the email to: submissions@redstonesciencefiction.com

We expect to respond to each submission within one month.
If you have not heard from us in two months, please query.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Accessible Future Contest
Our Contest is now closed to submissions.

Reprint Short Story Submissions
We are currently open to reprint submissions.

The story must have been sold to a highly respected semi-professional (Electric Velocipede, etc.) or professional (F&SF, Analog, Asimov’s, etc.) print publication and not be available elsewhere free online.

The email subject line of a reprint submission should include:
The Story Title, Author’s Name, Publication Name, and Publication Date.

Format guidelines are the same as for Original Short Fiction.

Maximum word length for reprints is negotiable.
Reprint payment is 1 cent per word.

Email reprint submissions to:
reprints@redstonesciencefiction.com

We expect to respond to each submission within four weeks.
If you have not heard from us in eight weeks, please query.

Poetry
We are not currently accepting poetry submissions.
We will, however, consider it in the coming months.

We look forward to hearing from you.