Taking Submissions: Translunar Travelers Lounge First 2025 Window (Early)
Submission Window: March 15th – 21st for POC, March 22nd – April 15th is open to all
Payment: 3 cents per word
Theme: Speculative Fiction in the science fiction or fantasy variety
We are open annually for submissions from March 15th through April 15th for our August issue, and from September 15th through October 15th for our February issue.
The first week of submissions (March 15-21 and Sept 15-21) is reserved for writers of color. The remainder of the window will be for general submissions. If you’re a writer of color who submits during that first week and you hear back from us before the general window closes, you’re welcome to send a second submission during that time.
We are not interested in machine-generated (AI/LLM) characters, plots, or text of any kind. Spellcheckers and grammar checkers that run off machine learning are absolutely fine by us (though we also don’t want you to let a machine strip out your natural writing voice in the name of someone else’s idealized grammar!)
HOW TO SUBMIT
WHAT TO SUBMIT
The short version:
- We pay $0.03 per word with a minimum of $20 in exchange for first world electronic rights in English. We ask for an exclusivity period of 3 months from date of publication.
- Maximum 5,000 words.
- Your story must contain speculative elements: that means science fiction or fantasy.
- We do not accept nonfiction.
- No simultaneous submissions.
- Only one submission per writer per open period.
- We aim to make our final decisions within a month and a half of the close of submissions (i.e. by May 31st for the spring period, and by November 30th for the fall period). You will often receive a response much sooner. If you haven’t heard from us by that time, please query at the above address.