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An online magazine of short science fiction and fantasy by emerging writers and illustrators, Planet Magazine has been publishing since 1994.

n Pay: No payment

n Word count (maximum): No maximum given

n Seeks: Hard SF, retro SF, weird SF, sword-and-sorcery, and weird fantasy

n Doesn’t want: Horror stories, fairy tales, magical realism, science fantasy, pornographic, gory, ultra-violent, perverse, or in violation of any copyrights.

n E-mail to: Send as plain, unformatted text-only file

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A biannual print magazine, The Martian Wave primarily publishes stories about colonization of our solar system.

n Pay: ½ cent per word

n Word count (maximum): 7,500 words

n Seeks: “…works that center around the exploration and colonization of outer space, with an emphasis on our solar system” according to the magazine’s Web site.

n E-mail to: Send as .rtf or Word doc

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A tri-annual e-zine, Electric Spec publishes science fiction, fantasy and macabre short stories.

n Pay: $20 per story (via Pay Pal)

n Word count (maximum): 250- 7000 words

n Seeks: Science fiction, fantasy, the macabre.

n Doesn’t want: Over-the-top sex or violence, serials, novels, fan fiction.

n E-mail to: Send .rtf submissions only

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Published since 1980, the semiannual Leading Edge is produced at Brigham Young University.

n Pay: 1 cent per word, $10 minimum

n Word count (maximum): 10,000 words preferred (but up to 15,000 considered)

n Doesn’t want: “Stories with sex, profanity, excessive violence, or that belittle traditional family values or religion”

n Mail to: Leading Edge Magazine, Attn: Fiction Director, 4087 JKB, Provo, UT 84602

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