Lightspeed Magazine submission guidelines and market information
Lightspeed Submission Guidelines
Submission Address
All fiction must be submitted through an online submission system. See guidelines for details.
Editor: John Joseph Adams
Submitting Your Work to Lightspeed
Before submitting to Lightspeed
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From the Lightspeed guidelines:
Lightspeed is seeking original science fiction stories of 1500-7500 words. Stories of 5000 words or less are preferred. All types of science fiction are welcome, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between. No subject should be considered off-limits, and we encourage writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.
Submission Guidelines Details for Lightspeed
Market Type:Magazine, Professional Market
Contact: John Joseph Adams, Editor
Accepts: Science Fiction
Simultaneous Submissions: No
Multiple Submissions: No
Reprints: Yes
Web Address: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/