Submissions

Issue 20, Spring 2024 will be published March 15th.

Submissions for issue 21, Summer 2024, are open!

Prismatica Magazine is an LGBTQ fantasy and science-fiction magazine that publishes short stories, poetry, reviews, interviews, and articles. We publish on a quarterly schedule. All of our fiction is published on our website for free. At this time, we are unable to pay but this will hopefully change in the future.

Fiction Guidelines

Word Limit: 500 - 10,000 words

Genres: Anything lies within the confines of fantasy or science-fiction are accepted, even “light” genres such as contemporary or urban fantasy with low-magic settings.

Rights: Upon acceptance of your work, Prismatica Press claims non-exclusive rights for print publication, online archival rights to showcase the Work indefinitely (text and audio) on their website, non-exclusive anthology rights, and for promotional purposes, including but not limited to promotion on Prismatica Press's website prismaticapress.com.

We gladly accept work that has been printed elsewhere and do not claim First Rights. By submitting your work to magazine@prismaticapress.com, you are agreeing to these terms. Additionally:

  • The editorial team reserves the right to accept or reject any article submitted for publication.

  • The editorial team reserves the right to edit articles for typographical, spelling, grammatical errors, and conformity with selected style guides.

  • Any other edits will be requested of the author and agreed upon between the author and editor prior to preparation for publication.

Story Content:

All submissions must be from self-identified LGBTQ+ members. If your story does not feature characters that identify somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, your story likely isn’t for us. This includes instances of “oh, they were gay the whole time, it just didn’t come up”. Stories from diverse perspectives and under-represented groups, settings, and cultures are gladly accepted, as are stories that discuss political and social issues.

We are looking for character-oriented stories. While Prismatica Magazine does not immediately deny stories with adult themes, works with excessive explicit material will need to be edited to the satisfaction of our editorial staff.

Fiction Submission Process

Submit all stories to magazine@prismaticapress.com. You should receive an email from us with 24 hours to confirm your submission. Our general response time is within 3-4 weeks.

Be sure to include your name, email address, story title, word count, genre and story.

Please submit stories in standard manuscript format and in .RTF, .DOC, or .DOCX format.

Please include any trigger warnings in the body of your email.

You are under no obligation to provide your legal name. This goes doubly to trans authors.

poetry guidelines

In addition to the general content, genre, and rights guidelines for fiction please take in to consideration the following when submitting poetry:

  • Original works written in the English language as well as translations into English will be considered.

  • Poems in both metered and non-metered styles are accepted. Additionally, there are no restrictions on poetry form.

  • Poetry submissions should not exceed 1,000 words.

  • Poems should be sent in single spaced with the exception of those pieces that make use of stylistic spacing for visual impact.

Article / Essay / Reviews Guidelines

In addition to the general content, genre, and rights guidelines for fiction please take in to consideration the following when submitting articles:

  • Articles, essays, and reviews pertaining to anything in the realm of LGBTQ sci-fi and fantasy. Have an article on the LGBTQ portrayals in your favorite fantasy tabletop game? A review of a new or old piece of queer SFF media? We want it all!!

For the Terms and Conditions of fiction and poetry submissions, click here.

Art Guidelines

Prismatica Magazine features artwork as the cover of the month. Our rights are restricted to the cover or in the online archive of previous artwork. All other rights remain with the artist. Artists' bio and links to their gallery will be posted to our website.

We have a strict no AI policy.

Art submission process

Art submissions must be 8.5 x 11 inches at a minimum of 72 dpi. Traditional artwork must be 300dpi or greater. Please submit artwork in .png, .tiff, .pdf, or .psds file types. Submit all artwork to magazine@prismaticapress.com. You should receive an email from us with 24 hours to confirm your submission. Our general response time is within 7 days.

Be sure to include your name, email address, and piece title.

You are under no obligation to provide your legal name. This goes doubly to trans authors.

For the Terms and Conditions of art submissions, click here. 

Confidentiality

All personal information will never be shared with anyone outside of the editorial staff, except:

  • if compelled by law

  • if threats are made against staff

  • if narrators need assistance with pronunciation (email only)

  • if instructed by the author