SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN

READING FOR ISSUE #16 UNTIL OCTOBER 2ND

Planet Scumm accepts submissions from writers across the world. (Our HQ is a roving meteor-sized space station—Earth’s borders mean nothing to us. We want to hear from writers of every race, nationality, and gender identity.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

• Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain

• Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream

• Basically anything that pleases Scummy, our megaphone-toting slime buddy, will be considered for entry to the interstellar archive aboard Scummy’s saucer

HOW TO SUBMIT

• Include submissions as a .doc or .docx attachment to [email protected] along with a brief cover letter in the email body. Please attach only your story (no images, do not put your story in the body text of the email).

• Stories, or collections of flash fiction, should be no more than 5,000 words in length, and submitted in standard manuscript format.

• Submit only one previously unpublished short story or flash collection. We do not accept multiple submissions from the same author in one reading period.

• Simultaneous submissions are okay, as long as you promptly withdraw a story accepted elsewhere.

SCHEDULE, RIGHTS, AND PAYMENT

• Accepted authors receive 6 cents a word and one contributor copy.

• Our publication operates in print, e-book, and audiobook. Some accepted stories will also be published on our website. We purchase exclusive English language print, audio, and electronic publishing rights for six months, with non-exclusive rights thereafter.

• Authors will receive payment within 3 months of signing their contract.