Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (February 2019). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show is an online fantasy and science fiction magazine. We are a publication featuring content from both established as well as talented new authors. In addition to our bi-monthly issues, we offer weekly columns and reviews on books, movies, video games and writing advice.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2005

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 6 x per year

Fiction Closed

We are looking for stories of any length in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. "Science fiction" includes hard sf, sf adventure, alternate history, near-future, far-future, psi, alien, and any other kind of sf you can think of. "Fantasy" includes heroic fantasy (based on any culture's mythology), fairy tales, contemporary fantasy, and "horror" in the sense of supernatural suspense (not gory bloodfests, thanks). Within these genres, we like to see well-developed milieus and believable, engaging characters. We also look for clear, unaffected writing. Asimov, Niven, Tolkien, Yolen, and Hobb are more likely to be our literary exemplars than James Joyce.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Contemporary, Heroic Fantasy
Horror Subgenre: Supernatural
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Alternate History, Contemporary/Near Future, Hard Science Fiction

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 15,000 words.
Novella: 15,000 - 17,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026