SPECIAL NOTE: Yes, we are open for the rest of the year, but you may run into the message: Quota Met! This project has met its submission quota. Please check back on or after December 1st.
That's a throttling message because Duosuma allows us to set monthly limits so our team isn't overwhelmed. Yes, even with 20 volunteer readers, we can get overwhelmed, and the editor is a bottleneck, because return and acceptance decisions are made by only by the editor.
If you see the throttling message, just check back at the beginning of December.
DreamForge pays $0.08/word for original fiction up to 7,000 words. Payment on acceptance. Speculative Poetry is also welcome.
Open for Submissions
DreamForge is open for Submissions from October 1 through until December 31st, 2025.
PLEASE, no multiple submissions. If we return something, and there is time remaining in the reading period, you may submit again. Just send us the best thing you have right now that fits our guidelines. We appreciate it!
For this call we will be especially but NOT exclusively looking for tales that fit our current year theme: Open Channel: The Art of Connection.” In a world divided by algorithms and "us versus them" narratives, we want to explore connection as the ultimate form of resistance. Rather than fighting division with more division, the stories focus on opening hearts and minds through unexpected forms of communication. (Advice: don’t self-reject. If you have a tale you believe to be in line with our core theme, send it along.)
Follow this link to submit your work: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/dreamforge-magazine-dreamforge-anvil-6jgJM , or click the Submit button in the Right column.
DreamForge Anvil
In DreamForge Anvil Issue 22, we dive into the exciting conclusion of Wulf Moon’s “Muzik Man,” then fight demonic attacks with diplomacy, learn that good luck is never granted without a cost, that non-transactional encounters can bring good fortune, and that the next generation may be paying more attention than we think.
The mix of science fiction and fantasy Includes, stories, poems, essays and articles to improve your writing by Wulf Moon and Editor Scot Noel. Read Free online, buy an Epub, or Subscribe.
DreamForge Magazine
In DreamForge 17, we bring together the stories from Anvil 21 and Anvil 22 into a one volume celebrating the many ways people reach out to one another. You’ll find tales of connection in all its forms—through music, through meaningful gifts, and even through a quiet compromise over a cup of tea.
Stories by Bruce Golden, David Hankins, Robert E. Harpold, Douglas Kolacki, Jane Lindskold, Hugh McCormack, Wulf Moon, Colm O'Shea, and Christopher Pasetto
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DreamCasters
Learn about our DreamCasters Discussion Group and how to join. It’s all in support of writers and helping us buy more stories for DreamForge Anvil.
Each month we meet on Zoom for great discussions and guests. Past guests have included Jonathan Maberry, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jane Lindskold, Bruce McAllister, Scott Edelman, Scott Andrews, and more.
DREAMFORGE, its values and its mission are a breath of fresh air—something to be celebrated—and I’m looking forward to seeing the impact Scot and Jane Noel’s project will inevitably have on the science fiction and fantasy world.
Mesmerizing stories with heart and hope, dazzlingly illustrated. And DreamCasters is a comforting haven of support for every aspiring writer
The DreamCasters community is one of the most supportive and inspiring spaces for speculative fiction writers. The monthly meetings, group challenges, and critique exchanges have pushed me to grow as a writer and create stories I never would have written otherwise. Thanks for all you do!
I enjoy reading Dreamforge, even the issues that don’t include my stories. ;) The editors find a great mix of voices every time. The artwork is consistently amazing, too.
If you read for fun, for wonder, for kind characters and hopeful worlds, DreamForge is packed with stories to fit. I'm addicted to reading, with a taste for stories with hope and wonder and kindness, the type of stories DreamForge publishes. DreamForge lets you find hopeful stories without opening up the rest of Pandora's box.
DreamForge to me is the best sf magazine that I know of today, combining the Gosh Wow of the old sf with the so-called "New Wave" of the 60s and the literary styles of today's sf. The only thing wrong with the magazine is that they don't have a big enough audience.
This Hopepunk market is my absolute favorite in the short story world. Scot Noel and Jane Noel truly believe in giving back to the writing community and helping new authors find their voice. Scot was one of the first editors to take the time to help me learn the craft of short story writing. His seminars and foundational work with structure have helped make me the writer I am today. Through his writing group, the DreamCasters, I’ve made some lifelong friends, and found a supportive critique group. He brings in the most fabulous guests (Bruce McAllister! Jane Lindskold! Jonathan Maberry!) I’ve sold THREE stories to this market, and I absolutely love working with this husband and wife team. Scot Noel’s edits are transformative.
As a DreamForge supporter since the beginning, I can attest to the quality and care in every issue. Each brings new and unique stories, with fantastic illustrations. DreamForge is truly one of the best speculative fiction magazines out there today.
DreamForge’s positive fiction is like sunshine for my soul. Every time I start a DF story, I know I’ll end it with a smile.
The best value-for-money writing workshops and support group. Through DreamCasters I have found encouragement, critique partners, and inspiration.
Why subscribe to DreamForge Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction? Certainly because of the unique speculative fiction stories that take you to realms and worlds you've never seen before. And every story is beautifully illustrated in full color to bring these visionary tales to life. If you're a writer, you'll also get innovative articles to enhance your abilities and open doors into the world of professional publication. But best of all, you'll discover hopeful wonder between these pages. That, my friends, will feed your hungry soul.
Support Us & Join the DreamForge Adventure!
At DreamForge Magazine, we welcome readers with a passion for positive fantasy and science fiction. Here you will find stories where characters endure, overcome, and embrace a spirit of wonder and discovery.
In all worlds and times, our tales revolve around those individuals and groups who bring meaning and value to the world, whose actions are of consequence, and whose dreams are the vanguard of things to come.
How Can You Support Our Mission?
- Subscribe! Your subscription is what helps us buy stories. We use all of the money from our subscriptions to pay authors and artists for their creative works. Learn various ways you can help support us.
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- Join our DreamCasters Writers Group. If you're interested in improving your writing, join our group. Any funds raised help us buy more stories.
Please consider supporting DreamForge Magazine.
DreamForge is a volunteer effort supported by Dreamers like you. Every small donation helps us to buy hopeful stories and help new authors learn how to bring hope into this crazy world.
Hope is not an illusion; it's a perspective backed by engagement with the world, whatever the condition of the world may be. Like the crew of the Enterprise, we don't expect everyone to share our values, only that we will engage them with ours, and in the course of doing so, possibly, just possibly, win a better future.
Thank you for your support!
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