Contact Realms of Fantasy Magazine

Realms of Fantasy is currently closed to fiction submissions. When we reopen, we will begin accepting fiction submissions (and poetry submissions) electronically. Submission guidelines will be updated accordingly when this happens. Until then, any fiction or poetry submissions sent to us via postal mail or email will be discarded unread. Please note that we remain open to art submissions. Guidelines can be found at the bottom of this page. Thanks so much for your cooperation in making this a smooth transition.

Submission Guidelines: Fiction

Realms of Fantasy, a bimonthly magazine, is a professional market for the best in fantastic short fiction. Stories should be no longer than 10,000 words, and can address any area in the realms of fantasy: heroic, contemporary, traditional, feminist, dark, light, and the ever-popular “unclassifiable.” What we do not want to see is standard SF (this means no alien worlds, no hard-edged technology, no FTL drives, etc.)  Additionally, ROF is not a market for poetry.  What we do want to see is the very best in the field—Realms of Fantasy is a highly competitive market.

For stories under 7,500 words, rates begin at 6 cents per word for new writers and move upward as a writer gains recognition. For stories over 7,500 words, the rates break at 7,500 to 4 cents a word. Thus, a 10,000-word story by a newcomer would pay $550. Again, for established writers, the rates will be proportionally higher.

Should we choose to publish your story, Realms of Fantasy seeks worldwide electronic/digital, 1st North American serial rights, 1st UK serial rights, 1st Australian serial rights, and nonexclusive anthology print and electronic rights for a five year period.

All submissions must be typed in a 12 pt. serif font such as Courier or Times Roman, double-spaced, and accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope large enough to hold your manuscript.  Manuscripts not typed and double-spaced will not be considered.  Manuscripts without return postage will not be returned.  If you wish us to discard the ms. and reply only by letter, you need only enclose a letter-size (#10) envelope and mark your ms. DISPOSABLE.  Your name, address, email address and phone number should appear on the first page of the text, not on a cover sheet, as cover sheets can easily get separated from the rest of the ms.

International authors must still submit hardcopies of their stories but we will respond via email rather than regular mail, assuming that you do not require your ms. to be returned to you.  We do not accept multiple or simultaneous submissions.  Response time is ordinarily 8 to 12 weeks.  Please wait at least three months before querying about the status of your submission. You do not need to query beforehand to see whether we are interested in reading your manuscripts. If you are following our submission guidelines, you should feel free to submit. We regret that the majority of our responses must be in the form of pretyped letters.  This in no way reflects on your work, only on our time and work load.

Thank you for your interest in Realms of Fantasy, and we look forward to seeing your work in our pages.

Shawna McCarthy

Please address queries with regard to all written submissions to: RealmsofFantasy@aol.com

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Submission Guidelines: Art

Realms of Fantasy pays $450.00 for interior color illustrations and $250.00 for interior black and white illustrations. Each issue, we will attempt to choose one of the interior color illustrations for the cover. Artists who have an interior illustration appearing on the cover will receive an additional $200.00. In other words, if your interior illustration is chosen to appear on the cover, you will receive $650.00 total, your illustration will appear on the cover, and it will also appear inside the magazine with the story you were originally hired to illustrate. Remember, to be considered for the cover, your artwork must leave enough space at the top for the magazine’s logo and enough room for cover text. Also, please be advised that on occasion we may decide none of the art for a given issue is quite right for the cover. Should this happen, we will acquire cover art elsewhere.

Realms of Fantasy pays within ninety days of receipt of signed contract. We ask for the following rights: 1st North American Serial Rights, 1st UK serial rights and 1st Australian serial rights, nonexclusive worldwide electronic rights, nonexclusive Trade Paperback and nonexclusive Hardcover rights for the piece of art being contracted.

You may submit samples of your work electronically by contacting us at the following email address: RealmsofFantasyart@gmail.com. Simply provide a link to your professional website and we’ll consider it at our earliest possible convenience. You will receive a response to your submission via email.

You may also submit samples of your work via postal mail. Submit your work in the form of tear sheets or color printouts. Please make sure samples will fit in a standard file folder. Indicate which samples should be returned and include a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope. If you don’t require any samples returned to you but would still like a response, please enclose a business-sized SASE. Submissions lacking return postage will go unanswered if we pass on your work.

Please allow up to twelve weeks for a response to your submissions.

Please note that postal submissions will lead to a longer response time.

If you’re just starting to break into the illustration field, please remember that Realms of Fantasy is a professional magazine that receives submissions from experienced professionals and it can be very hard to break in here.

Good luck!

Douglas Cohen

 

Please address queries with regard to all art submissions to: RealmsofFantasyart@gmail.com