Strange Horizons will open to general fiction submissions on January 19th, 2026, at 3 p.m. UTC! This window will remain open for 48 hours, closing at 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st, 2026. There will be no submissions cap as there has been in previous years. All authors can submit to this window.

Separately, we will be closing our Indigenous fiction submission window on January 2nd, 2026, at 3 p.m. UTC. If you are an Indigenous author and would like to submit work to us, please do so before then! We will consider all stories from Indigenous authors submitted before this date. (To be clear, Indigenous authors are also welcome to submit to us during our general submissions window opening January 19th.)

Please see our fiction submission guidelines for more details on how to submit once we open and what we publish. We look forward to reading your work!