Interstellar Flight Press is currently open for the following submission calls:
Also on this page: View our previous submission calls
Also on this page: View our previous submission calls
Nonfiction Essay Submissions - OPEN
Interstellar Flight Magazine is seeking essays and nonfiction on pop culture, movies, geekery, and scifi/fantasy related topics. Submissions are open year-round. (Please note: We close to submissions briefly at the end of each year from 12/15-1/15 to work on our anthology. Submissions sent during this time will be read after the break.)
We want essays on popular culture, movies, books, video games, SFF culture, conventions, and anything else geeky. We love essays on the craft of writing, the publishing industry, and advice for new writers by published authors as well as personal essays/creative nonfiction about speculative genres. We are interested in coverage of major awards (Hugos, Nebulas, Bram Stoker, etc.) We love reviews but believe that the goal of criticism should be to know and understand not to like or dislike. The tone of our essays are conversational and accessible, but we do enjoy a good academic debate (for more on book reviews, check out this article by our Managing Editor). We're always interested in hearing from underrepresented and marginalized voices. How you define that is up to you.
Please check out some of our favorite articles that illustrate what we are looking for:
Guidelines:
We want essays on popular culture, movies, books, video games, SFF culture, conventions, and anything else geeky. We love essays on the craft of writing, the publishing industry, and advice for new writers by published authors as well as personal essays/creative nonfiction about speculative genres. We are interested in coverage of major awards (Hugos, Nebulas, Bram Stoker, etc.) We love reviews but believe that the goal of criticism should be to know and understand not to like or dislike. The tone of our essays are conversational and accessible, but we do enjoy a good academic debate (for more on book reviews, check out this article by our Managing Editor). We're always interested in hearing from underrepresented and marginalized voices. How you define that is up to you.
Please check out some of our favorite articles that illustrate what we are looking for:
- Unknown Number: Interview with Hugo-Nominated Author Blue Neustifter (Interview)
- I Don't Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales (Horror)
Guidelines:
- Essays should be 800-1500 words. (Longer is fine, but please pitch us first.)
- Please submit in .doc, .docx, or .rtf form.
- Essays should be timely, i.e., about media published in the last year.
- Essays should be about speculative genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and anything in-between)
- Essays should be substantive, i.e., adding to a larger conversation, more than simply opinion, well-researched, about a significant topic in SFF, etc.
- We do not publish fiction or poetry unless it is part of a separate submissions call.
- Please include links as hyperlinks in your submission. Please do not include images (Tweet embeds are fine).
- You may also submit pitches (a summary of your article idea that is around 100 words). Send us several ideas at once if you like.
- We prefer not to publish articles that only work as a series (we are not a "monthly" or "quarterly" publication, so series columns don't really work for us.) Instead, focus on one thing and dive deep into it.
- Reprint essays are fine if they are relevant, but we regret that we cannot pay for reprints at this time.
Book Submissions
Call for Nonfiction Proposals - Open
Interstellar Flight Press is accepting submissions of book-length nonfiction manuscripts. We invite scholars of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres to submit proposals via our submission form. Our areas of focus are: Books about SFF genres, writing speculative fiction, poetry, film, comics, pop culture, diverse and marginalized voices, feminism, and disability, as long as these topics intersect with speculative genres. We are very interested in books from researchers outside the U.S. We also welcome collections of essays. Authors should be experienced in the field of SFF research.
Guidelines:
Interstellar Flight Press is accepting submissions of book-length nonfiction manuscripts. We invite scholars of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres to submit proposals via our submission form. Our areas of focus are: Books about SFF genres, writing speculative fiction, poetry, film, comics, pop culture, diverse and marginalized voices, feminism, and disability, as long as these topics intersect with speculative genres. We are very interested in books from researchers outside the U.S. We also welcome collections of essays. Authors should be experienced in the field of SFF research.
Guidelines:
- Full-length books 30,000-125,000 words.
- Please use our Proposal Format to prepare your submission.
- Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Multiple submissions are allowed.
- If your book is in-progress, please include a delivery schedule in your proposal.
We are keen to publish new authors as well as to hear from more established authors. As always, we love hearing from authors from underrepresented backgrounds and marginalized communities.
All of our books receive a full marketing plan and are printed in paperback formats, as well as distribution as eBook. We consider publishing a collaboration and pay 30-40% of all Publisher’s Net Receipts to the author as royalties. Depending on the project, we may also offer an advance. We ask for exclusive world English rights and audio rights (for novellas). We believe in transparency. If you would like to see a sample of our contract, we encourage you to email us at contact (at) interstellarflightpress (dot) com.
Our turnaround time around three months, although it may vary depending on the call. You may query if you haven't heard from us after 90 days.
All of our books receive a full marketing plan and are printed in paperback formats, as well as distribution as eBook. We consider publishing a collaboration and pay 30-40% of all Publisher’s Net Receipts to the author as royalties. Depending on the project, we may also offer an advance. We ask for exclusive world English rights and audio rights (for novellas). We believe in transparency. If you would like to see a sample of our contract, we encourage you to email us at contact (at) interstellarflightpress (dot) com.
Our turnaround time around three months, although it may vary depending on the call. You may query if you haven't heard from us after 90 days.
Previous Submission Calls
Call for Infinite Branches: Queer, Speculative Disability Poetry in Conversation - Closed
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Toby MacNutt.
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Toby MacNutt.
Call for Flash Fiction - Closed
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Annika Barranti Klein.
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Annika Barranti Klein.
Call for Horror Novellas - Closed
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Lee Murray.
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Lee Murray.
Call for Short Story Collections - Closed
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
Call for BIPOC Novellas - Closed
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Premee Mohamed.
This submission call is now closed. All submissions have been responded to. Our guest editor for this call was Premee Mohamed.
Call for Flash Fiction from BIPOC - Closed
Our 2020 Alternate Endings Submission call has closed. You can read the accepted pieces for this call on our website. Our Guest Editor for this call was Jamileh Jemison.
Our 2020 Alternate Endings Submission call has closed. You can read the accepted pieces for this call on our website. Our Guest Editor for this call was Jamileh Jemison.
Chapbooks & Poetry Collections - Closed
Interstellar Flight Press is currently closed to poetry book submissions. Our Guest Editor for this call was Saba Razvi. All submissions from our 2019 call have been responded to.
Interstellar Flight Press is currently closed to poetry book submissions. Our Guest Editor for this call was Saba Razvi. All submissions from our 2019 call have been responded to.
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