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We are looking for short stories up to 6,000 words, however we are much more likely to accept work within the 1,000-4,500w range.

We are looking for a good science fiction or fantasy story. Something that gives reality a tweak on the nose, an idea that makes us stop and think. But most of all, we like a good story.

Broaden our horizons – look beyond the Shoreline.

Full details on the Submission Page.

Due to the legal and copyright ramifications, we ask that you do not submit writing that was created with the use of machine-learning or "AI" tools such as ChatGPT. Any work found to have been created with the use of machine-learning will be rejected out of hand, and may result in us requesting that the author in question not submit to us again in future.

Submission instructions

Please use modern standard manuscript format, minus your name and address. We accept simultaneous submissions, but do tell us immediately if you want to withdraw a submission. Submit a neatly formatted manuscript set in Times 12 point and double spaced in Microsoft Word format ( doc/docx). Please use the submission process here – emailed manuscripts will be ignored.

Submit only one story, maximum of 6,000 words.

Submission guidelines update as of 10/2023: if your work has been accepted for publication or appeared in Shoreline of Infinity within the previous calendar year, we request that you wait until the next calendar year to submit again, as we would like to prioritise voices we haven't published before! Thank you!

Shoreline of Infinity

The Climate Issue - Issue 36Temp Closed

THE CLIMATE ISSUE - SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

For our full submissions guidelines please see https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/ and https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/the-climate-change-issue-shoreline-of-infinity-special-issue/.

For this issue we will be looking for CLIMATE- AND ECOFICTION ONLY, though our definition of these genres is expansive.

Here’s a non-exhaustive story wishlist for this special issue:

  • Solutions driven – potential for new technologies or natural solutions to climate change (but bear in mind unintended consequences)
  • Disruption – a challenge to the status quo or reimagining of a new system, one that embraces the importance of climate justice, and has fairness at the centre. Societies that exist on mutual respect for people and the natural world, that embrace sustainable living, where rampant capitalism and corruption is becoming a thing of the past.
  • Solarpunk or utopian visions – what would our world look like if climate change is being addressed and reversed or a climate and nature-centred society has become a reality? How would communities cooperate? What values would people live by?
  • The power of nature – stories that imagine how we can work in harmony with, not against the natural world, to build biodiversity, resilience, and tackle climate change.
  • Surprise us! I’m open to seeing approaches we’ve not seen before, or even some genre blends – as long as there is a science fictional element present in the story, send it our way.
  • We’d like to especially encourage authors from backgrounds disproportionately affected by climate change to submit, and we encourage you to let us know if that describes you, though it isn’t mandatory.
  • We’d also love to see stories from those with expertise in science or policy around climate, nature, new technology, or sustainability.

While I’m looking more for hopeful and utopian visions, I’m not strictly against narratives that focus more on the consequences of climate change. However, darker or dystopian stories should still be centred around themes and commentary on the impacts, rather than just a world where climate change is present or climate collapse inevitable. I’d also prefer all stories in this issue to hint at hope, or solution, even if it’s not come to fruition in the story’s world yet.

A reading list:

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WE WILL BE CROWDFUNDING IN MAY AND JUNE FOR THIS ISSUE!

The Shoreline Climate issue will be published in September of 2023, and, we will be running a Kickstarter campaign to allow us to create a bigger and better issue! Any funds we raise on Kickstarter will go towards things like:

  • Sustaining our new, higher rate of pay (4p per word)
  • Creating a longer issue - more stories means more acceptances!
  • A live-streamed launch event for the issue in Autumn
  • A larger print run
  • Commissioning more art inside the issue

Along with digital and print copies of the issue, we will be offering Kickstarter supporters goodies such as art prints and bookmarks, early access to the issue, and bonus materials such as copies of Shoreline's other special issues and copies of our books and pamphlets.

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The Climate Issue - Marginalized AuthorsTemp Closed

THE CLIMATE ISSUE - EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR MARGINALIZED AUTHORS

Once general submissions for Shoreline of Infinity's Climate Issue - issue 36 - close, we will be open for an additional 3 days ONLY to submissions from authors from backgrounds who are disproportionately affected by climate change.

By this we mean primarily authors from regions that are currently experiencing adverse affects of manmade climate change, for example extreme weather conditions, food shortages, etc., but if you consider yourself to be part of that group in a different way, feel free to submit! If you would like to briefly describe in your cover letter how you qualify for the extended deadline, you are free to do so, but it is not mandatory. We are not here to gatekeep you.

For our full submissions guidelines please see https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/ and https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/the-climate-change-issue-shoreline-of-infinity-special-issue/.

For this issue we will be looking for CLIMATE- AND ECOFICTION ONLY, though our definition of these genres is expansive.

Here’s a non-exhaustive story wishlist for this special issue:

  • Solutions driven – potential for new technologies or natural solutions to climate change (but bear in mind unintended consequences)
  • Disruption – a challenge to the status quo or reimagining of a new system, one that embraces the importance of climate justice, and has fairness at the centre. Societies that exist on mutual respect for people and the natural world, that embrace sustainable living, where rampant capitalism and corruption is becoming a thing of the past.
  • Solarpunk or utopian visions – what would our world look like if climate change is being addressed and reversed or a climate and nature-centred society has become a reality? How would communities cooperate? What values would people live by?
  • The power of nature – stories that imagine how we can work in harmony with, not against the natural world, to build biodiversity, resilience, and tackle climate change.
  • Surprise us! I’m open to seeing approaches we’ve not seen before, or even some genre blends – as long as there is a science fictional element present in the story, send it our way.
  • We’d like to especially encourage authors from backgrounds disproportionately affected by climate change to submit, and we encourage you to let us know if that describes you, though it isn’t mandatory.
  • We’d also love to see stories from those with expertise in science or policy around climate, nature, new technology, or sustainability.

While I’m looking more for hopeful and utopian visions, I’m not strictly against narratives that focus more on the consequences of climate change. However, darker or dystopian stories should still be centred around themes and commentary on the impacts, rather than just a world where climate change is present or climate collapse inevitable. I’d also prefer all stories in this issue to hint at hope, or solution, even if it’s not come to fruition in the story’s world yet.

A reading list:

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WE WILL BE CROWDFUNDING IN MAY AND JUNE FOR THIS ISSUE!

The Shoreline Climate issue will be published in September of 2023, and, we will be running a Kickstarter campaign to allow us to create a bigger and better issue! Any funds we raise on Kickstarter will go towards things like:

  • Sustaining our new, higher rate of pay (4p per word)
  • Creating a longer issue - more stories means more acceptances!
  • A live-streamed launch event for the issue in Autumn
  • A larger print run
  • Commissioning more art inside the issue

Along with digital and print copies of the issue, we will be offering Kickstarter supporters goodies such as art prints and bookmarks, early access to the issue, and bonus materials such as copies of Shoreline's other special issues and copies of our books and pamphlets.

Not Open