Why Submit to Electric Spec?

At Electric Spec, we encourage authors to do their market research before submitting work . Lots of great magazines are out there, but there are also lots of, well, not so great magazines. Electric Spec stands out from other markets because:

• We pay for stories and artwork.
• We've been around for more than six years - and we've never missed an issue, deadline, or author payment.
• We actually edit the stories we publish. Our experienced editors work with authors to make their stories the best they can possibly be. Many magazines out there don't do that - and it shows.
• We have a quick turn-around time. We generally send out rejections in 30-40 days. Acceptances take longer, but we will let you know if your story is in the running (i.e. held for voting) in that same 30-40 day time frame.
• We love authors because we're authors, too. All of the editors are published speculative fiction authors.