Firefox News is looking for high-quality speculative fiction for publication on our website. We're interested in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and cross-genre material such as romantic fantasy or comedy-horror. We are not looking for religious-themed works or any story whose summary is "prophesied hero saves the day." The payment is $25 per accepted story, minimum length of 100 words, no maximum. Approximately one story will be selected per month for publication.

The fine print:

- Reprints are acceptable, but must be from print sources and you must have the right to republish electronically. We will not accept submissions of stories available elsewhere online.

- Firefox News will have one year exclusive rights for electronic publication of your story (you cannot post it elsewhere during this time, though feel free to link). We will also retain five year publication rights to the story, after which time you have the option of requesting we take it down. Stories will not be removed automatically.

- All submissions should be sent attached in .RTF format or pasted in plain text in the body of your email. Any submissions sent in other formats will be deleted unread. (Malicious code is nobody's friend.)

- Please include a header at the top of your story with your name, your pen name (if different), current contact information, and a one to two sentence bio (optional).

- Email your submissions to Melissa@firefox.org with the subject line: "Firefox Story Submission: [Story Title]."

- Due to the expected high volume of submissions, we do not have the time to respond with an individual critique to each story that is not accepted. If your story is not accepted, you will receive a form letter in response within 30 days.

- Please do not resubmit the same story once it has been rejected. Please do feel free to submit new stories as you write them.

- To increase your chances of being accepted, please spell-check your work and have at least one other person beta read your story prior to submission. Everyone makes typos, but we don't have the time to fix yours.