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Submission Window: August 5th - 18th, 2024 Payment: $40 CAD per story and $40 CAD for cover art Theme: Original science fiction or SF-tinged literary stories between 2,000 and 15,000 words. Fiction IMPORTANT NOTE: THE GUIDELINES FOR FICTION BELOW ARE FOR SAROS #1 ONLY! EACH ISSUE’S GUEST EDITOR WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF GUIDELINES, SO BE SURE TO READ THIS SECTION CLOSELY EVEN IF YOU’VE SUBMITTED IN THE PAST! Original science fiction or SF-tinged literary stories between 2,000 and 15,000 words. (We will not be accepting reprints for this issue.) We are happy to see science fiction from all subgenres, though we do appreciate a touch of the bizarre. Our preference is for personal stories that are weird, dark, thoughtful, mythic, or wondrous. Blended genres and bleak stories are welcome and encouraged! We love well-realized settings, strong narrative voices, and a focus on character. Stories that feature time travel, high action, zombies, children, or narration by inanimate objects will be harder to place. That said, we’re looking for quality above all else. Please send us your stories and do not self-reject! We’re always interested in publishing work by marginalized voices. If that’s you, and you feel comfortable doing so, please call this out in your cover letter. Absolutely no AI written stories. All work must be created by humans. Art Original cover art should include science fiction elements. We would love to see pieces that are strange or wonderful, but are open to anything as long as it fits the genre. As with fiction, we absolutely do not accept artwork created by AI. Any art should be able to be comfortably formatted as cover art for a 5″x8″ paperback. Payment and Rights Payment is $40 CAD per story and $40 CAD for cover art Our preferred method of payment...