Luna Station Quarterly

Luna Station Quarterly publishes speculative fiction written by women-identified authors. We think women write awesome characters and really cool stories and we want to show it to the world. We will consider stories submitted by any woman writer, regardless of experience or writing resume. If you consider yourself on the woman end of the gender spectrum in any significant capacity, you're welcome here!

BASIC GUIDELINES

• Word limit: 500 - 7000, no exceptions
• Payment: $10 USD, via Paypal
• Genre: Science fiction and fantasy short fiction. No horror, but dark SF/F is permitted.
• Language: English, translations accepted
• Simultaneous submissions: None accepted
• Multiple submissions: None accepted. One submission per period.
• Reprints: None accepted

Rights

First electronic rights, prefer 3 month exclusivity. Non-exclusive anthology rights for future "Best of Luna Station Quarterly" anthologies.

Our response time varies, but you will hear from us no later then one month before publication.

Deadlines

Luna Station Quarterly is published once a quarter, and has the following schedule:

Publication Date | Submission Dates

March 1st | September 15th - November 15th

June 1st | December 15th - February 15th

September 1st | March 15th - May 15th

December 1st | June 15th - August 15th

FULL GUIDELINES

Stuff we want:

• Fantasy
• Science Fiction
• Space Opera
• New Fairy Tales (not retellings)
• Some creepiness
• Stories that explore the nooks and crannies of an original world
• Big events from the everyman perspective
• Unique settings and storytelling forms
• Well written stories with strong characters

Stuff we don't want:

• Extreme gore or sexual content, in particular no explicit rape or sexual assault. (everything in moderation)
• The first chapter of a novel
• Bizarro fiction
• Poetry
• Plays
• Fan Fiction (original stories only, please)
• Bad grammar/punctuation (please proofread and watch your sentence structure!)
• Plagiarism

A further note about sex and violence in submissions.

• Science fiction has a long-standing tradition of pushing boundaries and asking difficult questions. It is meant to challenge us and ask us to look at ourselves and how we treat each other and the world around us. That said, LSQ is centered on uplift and so any story that contains explicit sexual situations or violence especially toward women will be considered more carefully than other stories and the content must be justified within the story's plot.

Reprints & Multiple submissions

• Reprints are not considered.
• Multiple submissions are not considered. One submission per period.

Response Time

• Our response time varies, but you will hear from us no later then one month before publication.

Rights

• Copyright remains yours at all times. We simply ask for the right to publish your story in the ebook (epub, mobi, pdf) and print editions of Luna Station Quarterly, as well as permission to reprint it in any future "best of" anthologies.

Final Notes

• We reserve the right to change the submission process between issues. If you have any futher questions regarding this process, please use the contact form on our website to get in touch.