Call for Submissions: Icarus Gay Speculative Fiction Magazine

About literary contributions—stories, poems, essays, interviews, etc.—for Icarus

Icarus publishes speculative fiction stories up to 9000 words that feature gay male protagonists. We publish all stories that feature the fantastic: from magical realism to hard SF to horror. (Query for longer). We have published work by Tanith Lee, Lee Thomas, Sandra McDonald, and Tom Cardamone. We also feature interviews with authors who write gay male characters (Lynn Flewelling, Geoff Ryman).

For an original, substantive story or article, we pay $50 by check or by PayPal; payment for short pieces, reprinted stories or interviews will be negotiated individually. All contributors will receive a 1 year subscription.

We buy first-printing world exclusive English-language rights for two months.

Please submit the story in Standard Manuscript Format to icarus.spec.mag@gmail.com as a RTF or Word (.doc) attachment with SUBMISSION: (Title of Story) in the subject line and a brief bio (1 paragraph or less) and a photo. If sent separately, the bio should be named The photo should be B&W, sized 1.5 inch wide and 2 inch tall, formatted as a 300 dpi jpg, and named . (Please don't name submissions of any type things like "for icarus" or "to lethepress" or the location the photo was taken; these are meaningless for layout use.)

Response Time and Response Status

Response time is up to 3 months.

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