We believe that good science fiction and fantasy reflects the incredible diversity and potential of the human species, and hope our catalog will reflect that.'įor additional information: Tor.The magazine was established in July 2008 and, as of 2014, reported having 1.5 million readers each month. This includes, but is not limited to, writers of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class and physical or mental ability. To qualify, novellas should center the experiences of characters from non-European-inspired cultures.īoth Lee Harris and Carl Engle-Laird actively request submissions from writers from underrepresented populations.

We are seeking worlds that take their influences from African, Asian, indigenous American, or Pacific cultures, or any diasporic culture from one of those sources. However, we will only be considering novellas that inhabit worlds that are not modeled on European cultures.

Until the end of this open period, Tor.com will only be considering novellas of between 20,000 and 40,000 words that fit the epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, high fantasy, or quest fantasy genres, whether set on Earth or on an original fantasy world. We may extend this period depending on how many submissions we receive over the course of the open period.

We will be open for three months, beginning on October 12th around 9:00 AM EDT (UTC-4:00) and ending on January 12th around 9:00 AM EST (UTC-5:00). You can find full guidelines here, and we highly recommend you read the guidelines before submitting.

'Tor.com Publishing will soon be reopening to unsolicited novella submissions! Starting October 12, Lee Harris and Carl Engle-Laird will be reading and evaluating original novellas submitted by hopeful authors to Tor.com Novella Program Submissions.

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