Escape Pod is pleased to announce a new special project for 2021: Black Future Month, a month-long celebration of Black voices in science fiction, guest edited by Brent Lambert of FIYAH Magazine. Episodes will air in the month of October and feature two original works of short fiction as well as two reprints.

NOTE: For this special event, we are only accepting submission from authors of the African diaspora and the African continent. This is an intersectional definition of Blackness, and we strongly encourage submissions from women, members of the LGBTQIA community, and members from other underrepresented communities within the African diaspora.

Pay rate, format, and content will follow Escape Pod’s regular guidelines, with two exceptions:

• Manuscripts do not need to be anonymized for this submissions portal. 
• Stories must be between 1,500 – 5,000 words.

Please fill out the following form after reviewing our full guidelines, which you can find here: http://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/

All queries should be directed to ansible @ escapeartists.net.