Beneath Ceaseless Skies

About

Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a non-profit, SFWA-qualifying pro-rate online magazine dedicated to publishing literary adventure fantasy: fantasy set in secondary-world or historical paranormal settings, written with a literary focus on the characters.
We love traditional adventure fantasy, but we also love how the influence of literary writing on fantasy short fiction has expanded the genre, encouraging writers to use literary devices such as tight points-of-view and discontinuous narratives; to feature conflicts that are internal as well as external. We want stories that combine the best of both these styles—set in vivid fantasy or historical paranormal worlds but written with all the flair and impact of modern literary-influenced fantasy.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2008

Publication Media & Frequency

Audio Publication Audio Publication: Published 26 x per year
Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 26 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Beneath Ceaseless Skies's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Challenging: Beneath Ceaseless Skies's overall acceptance rate is lower than most magazines.
More Responsive: Beneath Ceaseless Skies's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Heroic Fantasy, Historical, Retrofuturism, Sword & Sorcery, Weird Western, excluding Contemporary, Urban Fantasy

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 15,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $0.08/word.

Submissions:

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

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Submission Statistics

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We have received 140 reports from 100 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 14.0 mean avg | 10.0 median | 151 max days (37.8 std dev)

Responses

100.00 %

Acceptances:

0.71 % of submissions accepted (151.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 1.00 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

99.29 % (13.3 avg. days per rejection) | 84.9 % personal, 10.1 % form, 5.0 % unspecified | 0.7 % shortlisted

Non-Responses

0.00 %

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Pending

6 responses are pending (1 min | 58.0 mean avg | 55.0 median | 111 max days waiting | 802.7 std dev) from 6 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 49 days. (2.9 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 49 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged within one day.
Most recent response reported was received on 09 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 08 Sep 2026.
Date compiled: 10 Sep 2026 00:35 UTC (less than a minute ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2026

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