After the Fire Anthology

A project of Ray Bradbury Center (see other related projects).

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Inspired by Ray Bradbury, After the Fire (working title) honors the legacy of one of America’s most celebrated speculative fiction writers by inviting a new generation of authors to engage with the spirit and social urgency of Bradbury’s work.
This isn’t a tribute collection or pastiche. We’re inviting contemporary writers to use Bradbury’s legacy as a launching point–to reimagine, reinterpret, and ask new questions of the world we live in now.
We’re looking for stories that grapple with the kinds of big, human questions Bradbury wrote about: censorship, surveillance, climate, otherness, wonder, and what it means to remain human in inhumane systems. But these stories should be firmly rooted in the present, engaging with the issues and possibilities of our own time–from police violence, reproductive justice, and border politics to AI, mutual aid, climate anxiety, speculative kinship, and beyond.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2026

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: One-time publication
Print Publication Print Publication: One-time publication

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Fiction Open

Deadline:

31 January 2027* (approx. 100 days from now).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 5,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Theme:

Censorship, surveillance, climate, otherness, wonder, and what it means to remain human in inhumane systems (31 Jan 2027*)

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $0.10/word.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 23 Oct 2026

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