We are open for submissions. We are always, despite the cautioning of our friends and psychiatrists, open for submissions.
A word of advice: as with any magazine, there’s generally certain types of stories we’re looking for and love, and certain types that we will not, under any circumstances, publish. We could give you a long list of likes and dislikes, but the easiest way to figure out if your story or poem has a good shot is looking at previous issues. They’re free!
Poetry
Send One to five poems in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf attachment to basementstoriesmag@gmail.com, with the subject line POETRY: YOUR LAST NAME. There’s no length limit here: we at Basement Stories are huge fans of epic poetry, so if you’ve got it, send it. We pay a flat rate of $30 per poem.
Short Stories
We’re primarily looking for science fiction or fantasy stories, but will take anything that’s good, so if you have a more conventional story you think would fit Basement Stories, send it our way. We prefer short stories under 6,000 words, because after that our minds tend to drift a bit (and stories start getting expensive), but if you have longer pieces that you feel are exceptional enough to merit a longer word count, we’ll take a look at them. Send your stories in in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf files to basementstoriesmag@gmail.com with FICTION: YOUR LAST NAME in the subject line. Pay rate is three cents a word.
Non Fiction
We’re accepting all kinds of non fiction – articles, interviews, reviews,academic papers, or essays – as long as they’re somehow related to science fiction and fantasy. If you have an article you think would fit our magazine, please send it our way. We prefer articles 3,000 words or less. Send an email with your article attached in .doc, .docx, or .rtf to basementstoriesmag@gmail.com, with the subject line NONFICTION: YOUR LAST NAME. You NO LONGER need query for articles – just send the whole thing along, we’ll read it. Pay rate is, like for fiction, three cents a word.
Reviews
If you’re a publisher and would like the staff to review something for the next issue, email (you guessed it!) basementstories@gmail.com, and we’ll get back to you shortly. As mentioned above, we also accept reviews for consideration, though most reviews will probably be written by staff.
Interviews
We’re also interested in doing more interviews in the future – with publishers, editors, writers, artists, and scientists – pretty much anybody involved with science fiction, fantasy, or science. If you think that an interview with you would fit in an issue of Basement Stories, let us know, we’ll consider it. Especially if you’re a scientist. Man, we love scientists.
Response Time
If we haven’t sent you a response to your submission within a month, feel free to send us an email telling us to get our act together. Never fear! If we have received your work, you will receive a response.
Rights
We want first-printing world exclusive rights for two months, after which you’re free to reprint the story anywhere (though we’d appreciate it if you mentioned it was here first.) We’ll also keep the story online here on the website, unless for any reason you’d like it removed. Fair warning: in the future we may want to make a print version or podcasted version of an issue, which might involve us buying some more rights, but we’ll make sure to tell you if that’s the case before you sign anything.
More information here.
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