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Have your TTRPG sessions ever created fertile ground for a fictional universe, story, or even novel? Maybe turn your write-up into a short story. If you are worldbuilding an entire universe, why not set a story in it?
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>>97787350
Don’t waste your stories; send them to magazines!

SCIENCE FICTION

>Clarkesworld
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
>1000-22000 words, no exceptions
>12c (USD) per word. No horror but dark SF/F permitted.

>Asimov's
https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
>Up to 7500 words, at 10c per word (USD)

>Fantasy & Science Fiction
https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm
>Up to 25,000 words in length. 8-12 c (USD) per word. You must read a sample of the magazine before sending.

>Interzone Digital
https://interzone.digital/submissions/
>Maximum of 5000 words. 1.5c (EURO) per word. Double-spaced and emailed.

>Lightspeed
https://lightspeedmagazine.com/submissions/
>8–10¢ per word
>Hard SF, soft SF, and character-based stories.

>Analog
https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
>8–10¢ per word
>Prefers scientific accuracy and innovation

>Uncanny Magazine
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
>10¢ USD per word
>SF with emotional depth and diverse perspectives

FANTASY

>Beneath Ceaseless Skies
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
>Up to 15,000 words, 8c per word (USD)
>Provides feedback on rejections

>Podcastle
https://podcastle.org/guidelines/
>Up to 6,000 words, 8c per word (USD)

>Factor Four Magazine
https://factor4magazine.com/index.php
>Only publishes flash fiction (less than 1000 words), 11c per word (USD); focus on fantasy and superhero fiction

>Strange Horizons
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/
>Up to 10,000 words, under 5000 words preferred; 10c per word
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>>97787356
HORROR

>The Dark Magazine
https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines/
>We pay 5 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words...

>Deadlands
https://psychopomp.com/the-deadlands-guidelines/
>The Deadlands seeks stories about death... they pay pro rates, at 10¢/word for original fiction.

>Nightmare Magazine
http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
>Dark fiction, from psychological horror to traditional supernatural tales. A top-tier pro-rate market.
>Pay: $0.08 (USD) per word for original fiction.

>Apex Magazine
https://test.apex-magazine.com/submissions/
>Payment for original fiction is $.08 per word up to 7,500 words. Minimum of $50.

>Pseudopod (audio but professional payment)
https://pseudopod.org/submissions/
>8¢/word
>Excellent exposure due to audio format
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>>97787356
>selling your stories instead of just dumping them on /tg/ for free
Do I look like a whore.
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>>97787350
I'm not worldbuilding an entire universe. Why would I?
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>>97787356
>https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
I can feel this editor's pain.
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>>97787378
damn imagine having taste this bad
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>>97787378
>stories about the stuff we all read in Scientific American three months ago
damn, sounds like boomers have been clogging the submission pipeline with trend-chasing slop before AI even became a thing
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>>97787350
Try playing games for once.
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>>97788034
But I do play games, I just write on the side.
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>>97787356
>>97787363
Based, I'mma copy these into a notepad dock and get scribblin'.
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>>97788034
Give me a recipe for sushi
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>>97787356
I always liked to imagine myself as a 20th century writer for some kind of magazine
I've never written anything btw
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>>97787356
Fantasy & Science Fiction may be a dead magazine, so I wouldn't suggest it.
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>>97787350
Is that Der Coomer?



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