Gwyllion: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Wales

This project is on indefinite hiatus. Check their site to find out whether this is a submission and/or publication hiatus. (May 2025)

About

Gwyllion is a non-profit, bi-annual genre fiction semiprozine which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and horror from Wales.
We want low fantasy, space opera, pulp fiction, swords-and-sorcery tales of mystery and adventure. We want your weird fiction, your eldritch horror, your wuxia, and your steampunk. Give us cryptids, give us aliens, give us vampires. If you think ‘lowbrow’ is an insult then we are not the right magazine for you. We also accept high fantasy, literary fiction, and ‘hard’ science fiction.
We want to publish:
Writers living in Wales,
Writers who identify (fully, in part, or by ancestry) as Welsh,
Stories with Welsh themes.
We take it on good faith that anyone submitting to us has read these guidelines and understands that some link to Wales, however small, is required. You do not need to disclose how you qualify.

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 2 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 2 x per year

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Retrofuturism, Sword & Sorcery, Vampire, Weird/New Weird
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Retrofuturism, Weird/New Weird
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Retrofuturism, Space Opera, Weird/New Weird

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words; Up to 3 pieces.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words; Up to 3 pieces.
Novelette: 7,500 - 10,000 words; Up to 3 pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream, Pulp.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Details: GBP £15.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: Up to 200 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism, See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Details: GBP £15.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 30 lines; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream, Pulp.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under US$5 per poem) to Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem) Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Details: GBP £15.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026