Submissions

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY HORROR ~ FLASH FICTION MICRO FICTION ~		June/July 2009
		Vol. VII No. 6	ISSN: 1545-3650

AlienSkin Magazine_®
Published Bi-Monthly Online

~ Women of the Future Weep ~ by Deborah Walker, Oregon

All men love the star-girdled alien queen with her fake Aphroditian allure.

~ Preserving Arthur ~ by K. A. Patterson, Pennsylvania

Poor dead Arthur, abandoned. Life's juices pumped out. Embalmed fresh for eternal rest.

Featured Fiction
Guidelines

Current Publishing Needs: We Are SEEKING Flash Fiction, 150 word Micro-Fiction & Fibonacci Sequence Poetry Submissions.

AlienSkin Magazine_® publishes science fiction, fantasy, and horror tales that possess a speculative element We ONLY accepts Email submissions. Submissions can be made 3 ways:

	1. Copying and Pasting the story into the body of an email to us;
	2. As a Plain Text Format (.txt) attachment;
	3. As a Rich Text Format (.rtf) attachment.

Submissions are to be made via email to: Submit@AlienSkinMag.com or through our new Ecostamps page.

We DO NOT accept Simultaneous Submission, Reprints, Novel Excerpts, Serialized Stories, Snail Mail Submissions. We are not interested in stories that contain excessive blood, gore, vulgarity, erotic elements or child abuse. Nor are we interested in inflammatory hate pieces. Do not send us Flash stories under 500 words or over 1,000 words.

Our word limits are firm.

Limit your submissions to the following:

Up to 2 Flash or Micro Fiction submissions per month;
Up to 6 Fibonacci sequence poetry submissions per month.

Yes, you can send a mix of submissions between Flash and Micro fiction if you want.

All submissions MUST include the following information:

Your Name (First and Last)

Mailing Address

Email Address

Estimated Word Count

Preferred Byline (ex. Story by John E. Smith) only
if your byline is different than your name.

Response time on submissions is about 2 months. Payments for accepted stories are sent out about 8 weeks after publication. We No longer publish poetry or fiction over 1,000 words.

AlienSkin seeks First Electronic/Web Rights on all accepted stories for the 2 month period in which the story appears online.

Payments for accepted stories are made in US$ via mailed Check or to a valid Paypal account.

We Accept Submissions
For The Following Categories:

Fibonacci Sequence Poetry ~ Submissions are OPEN
We are seeking 6 Line Poetry Submissions based on the Fibonacci Sequence. Each poem should be six lines long, comprised a total of 20 syllables, with a syllable per line count of 1/1/2/3/5/8.

Example:
My
Love,
Crying.
Broken, Torn.
His divorce fresh pain
With succubus lips I soothe him.

Payment is in exposure only.
(you may submit up to 6 poems at a time per month)
We publish 8 - 10 poems per issue.

NOTE: Read more on Fibonacci Sequence Poetry check out Kay's Blog:

Fibonacci Poetry Infects Alien Queen

Flash Fiction ~ Submissions are OPEN
We pay $5.00US/story of 500 - 1,000 words.
Our word counts are firm.
(you may submit up to 2 submissions at a time per month)
We publish 11 - 15 Flash Fiction pieces per issue.

Micro-Fiction ~ Submissions are OPEN
We are seeking stories of exactly 150 words (NOT including title).
Payment is in exposure only.
(you may send up to 3 submission at a time per month)
Our word counts are firm.
You may submit up to 3 micro tales at a time.
We will be publishing 10 Micro-Fiction pieces per issue.
*NOTE: Micro Fiction submissions are not eligible for the Zap Room.

Contests ~ Submissions are CURRENTLY CLOSED
We are not sponsoring a contest at this time.