Submit Your Story
Submit Your Story
Submit Your Story
Submit Your Story

Have a novel to promote?

Be discovered by a legion of new fans

Pitch yourself to sci-fi & fantasy readers by publishing a short story on Not Your Sky

We’ll place an eye-catching link to your novel’s Amazon page at the end of your story

Surprise, delight, and/or dazzle our readers so they’ll check out your novel

We'll share you short story via....

  • Our social media
  • Facebook Ads
  • Our email newsletter

... so you know it'll be read by lots of potential new fans

We'll share you short story via....

  • Our social media
  • Facebook Ads
  • Our email newsletter

... so you know it'll be read by lots of potential new fans

We're looking for stories that are...

Science fiction & fantasy — all sub-genres welcome

Quick to read — 250 to 1,000 words (1,250 at most)

Complete — not an excerpt from a longer story

High quality — stories our readers will remember

Read to submit?

  • Start with an attention-grabbing opening
  • Shorter paragraphs are easier to read online
  • Conflict is king — what does your character want, and what is stopping them from getting it?
  • Use your closing image to show how things have changed (or not changed) from the start of the story
  • Watch this lecture on writing short stories by Mary Robinette Kowal for some excellent advice: