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From its earliest days in 1977 under the editorial direction of Isaac Asimov, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing the best stories, unsurpassed in modern science fiction, from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike.

Thoughts on a Definition of Science Fiction – March/April 2020 Happy Birthday, Isaac Asimov! – January/February 2020. 2019 A Sadder and a Wiser Woman – November/December 2019 Thirty-Third Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results – September/October 2019 The 2019 Dell Magazines Award – July/August 2019 Anthology News! – May/June 2019

What magazine was home to the first professional fiction publications of Jonathan Lethem, Kelly Link, and Allen M. Steele? Well, these and many other significant milestones can all be found in the pages of Asimov’s Science Fiction. Asimov’s was …

Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine is an established market for science fiction stories. Asimov’s pays 8-10 cents per word for short stories up to 7,500 words, and 8 cents for each word over 7,500.

Come along and enjoy the same excitement we feel when reading each new issue of Asimov’s. See you there! – Sheila Williams. About the Editor. Sheila Williams is the two-time Hugo Award winning Editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, which has won the prestigious Locus Award for Best Magazine multiple times.

Robert Reed returns with a Great Ship tale about “A Girl from Hong Kong”; Jendayi Brooks-Flemister offers us a situation that is anything but “Completely Normal”; Siobhan Carroll takes us on a journey in which birds spy, humans and aliens are unreliable, and “In the Splinterlands the Crows Fly Blind”; new author Nikki Braziel uses ...

Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine has published outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by today’s leading authors for over 35 years. We continue to showcase stories that are innovative, entertaining, and have won numerous Hugos and Nebula Awards.

Take a walk through time and browse historical listings of your favorite Asimov’s columns. You’ll find an extensive list of classic Asimov’s Editorials, Reflections, and Thought Experiments from an outstanding roster of notable authors through the years.

Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine has published outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by today’s leading authors for over 35 years, continuously showcasing stories that are innovative, entertaining, and have won numerous Hugos and Nebula Awards.