Future Fiction is an independent small press and its main mission is to scout and promote the best Science Fiction authors on the international scene.

We could define this research as the “preservation of the narrative biodiversity of the future”, as for decades Science Fiction proposals have had a single origin, typically Anglophone, white, and male. For this reason, we focus on all those neglected and marginalized voices (including Italian ones of course) that have not enjoyed the same opportunities and visibility as their English-speaking counterparts. We, therefore, try to offer our readers a vision of tomorrow that represents the maximum cultural, linguistic, and speculative wealth of our planet.

We are also reluctant to publish unpublished works (given the huge number of seasoned and experienced writers that have never been translated just because they don’t write in English) and, thus, we leave this task to other professionals (literary agents and specialized agencies, or publishing houses larger than ours), capable of guiding new or emerging authors, with resources that a small press like Future Fiction doesn’t possess.

If you want to submit your manuscript to us, please follow a few simple steps.

First, ask yourself why did you choose Future Fiction? Do you know who and what we published over the years? Have you read some of our books or comics?

Usually, if an author/writer wants to put their stories in the hands of a publisher, it is good practice to know where those works will go and how they will be handled.

Who publishes with us: we like the stories by authors Ian McDonald, Clelia Farris, James Patrick Kelly, Ken Liu, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan and Vandana Singh. Stories like Black Mirror, Mr. Robot and Humans or films like Her, Blade Runner and Brasil. Stories about the near future set on Earth, that deal with issues related to technological and social innovations capable of changing the destiny of humanity. If this sounds new or too strange for you, the invitation is to try to read or see some of these stories first.

What we are looking for: narratives about climate change , Artificial Intelligence, Solarpunk, 3D printing, the ethics of cloning, bioengineering, future jobs, Big Data, Augmented Reality, New Media, Posthumanism, and Biopolitics. If you’ve written something that fits this list (certainly not exhaustive), then your story might interest us.

It’s hard, if not really difficult, for Future Fiction to publish stories on the following themes: military science fiction, space opera, time travel, encounters with aliens, space exploration and colonization, parallel worlds, urban fantasy, planetary romance, magical realism, and superpowers. Obviously, we do not publish horror or fantasy. And if you haven’t done so yet, we invite you again to read something we have already published, to understand how our editorial proposal is structured.

If you’ve read this far, here’s what you need to do if Future Fiction is the right place for you: send a synopsis to info@futurefiction.org of one or two pages where you clearly indicate:

1. The theme of your story/novel: the topic in general and what your story is about;
2. The plot of your story/novel: the summary of what is happening including the end, because we’re not afraid of spoilers, indeed we want to know how things will finish;
3. The genre and the length of the text: enter keywords, such as “coming-of-age”, “biotech”, “virtual reality” or “solarpunk”. The length of the text must be between a minimum of 10 pages (or 5K words) and a maximum of 300 pages (or 80K words);
4. A short bio with your experiences and publications.

That said, we don’t have the resources to write about or comment on each submitted work. However, in case of interest, we will contact you.

We remind you again to send the synopsis to info@futurefiction.org

Good work and good future!