Guidelines

We Are Currently OPEN to FLASH FICTION,  MICRO FICTION & FIBONACCI SEQUENCE POETRY Submissions.

AlienSkin Magazine_® is a bi-monthly magazine, publishing science fiction, fantasy, and horror tales that possess a speculative element  New issues are published on the 5th of the month.  We ONLY accepts Email submissions.  Submissions can be made 3 ways:

Submissions are to be made via email to: Submit@AlienSkinMag.com. 

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 up to 2 Flash Fiction submissions per author per month;
Up to 3 Micro Fiction submission per author per month;
Up to 6 Fibonacci Sequence poetry submissions per author per month.

Yes, you can send a mix of submissions fitting these categories.

All submissions MUST include the following information:

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. 

PLEASE NOTE:   AlienSkin offers a few sentences of critique on rejected stories, if you are a writer who can not accept honest criticism of your work (as to what we felt didn't work for us in regards to your story), then please note so in your cover letter that you prefer a form rejection.  AlienSkin is not a market that attempts to thwart anyone's desire to write, we are working writers who attempt to offer honest comments on the stories you send us.  Such comments are meant to be informative, offering insight into areas within your story that caused us to reject your submission.

If you are over protective of your work and can't bear to hear that your characterization within a tale needs work, or that you plotline was weak, then we prefer you tell us so upfront.  By doing so you will save us the time of writing a critique and spare us from receiving a nasty email from you if you don't like or agree with what we say.

Our critique comments are just the opinions of our staff members.  There is a whole world of people beyond us who may have a different opinion about your story.  Other markets may be willing to publish your story even if we did not.

To Avoid Receiving An Auto-Rejection & Avoid Having Your Name Appear on Our Hall of Shame Page Follow Our Submission Guidelines.  Please Use A Normal 12pt font, such as, Times New Roman or Wow us & use Verdana 10pt.

We Accept Submissions
For The Following Categories:

Fibonacci Sequence Poetry ~ OPEN to Submissions
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 poems per issue. 

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

Fibonacci Poetry Infects Alien Queen

Flash Fiction ~ OPEN to Submissions
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 ~ OPEN to Submissions
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.