UtahSF Annual Best is an annual anthology of the best short science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and light horror published in a given year by Utah speculative fiction writers. If you know of a story that should be considered for inclusion, point the author at this page and encourage them to submit it for consideration. The series editor is to be determined.
The first anthology will include stories first published in 2023.
Eligibility
To be eligible for consideration, a story must meet the following criteria:
- Length must be no more than 17,000 words.
- Must be science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, or light horror.
- Flash fiction is acceptable, as is poetry if it tells a story.
- Must have been first published (or published in a magazine with a cover date) between January 1 and December 31 of the eligible year.
- Story content must be no more than a soft PG-13. In other words, keep expletives, sexual content, and graphic violence to a minimum.
- The story should be generally respectful regarding ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, and other such groups.
- The author of the story must live in Utah, or have lived in Utah when the story was published.
- The story must be submitted via the submission form between 12:01am Mountain Time on January 1 of the year of eligibility and 11:59pm Mountain Time on the last day of February of the year following the eligible year. For example, if a story was published in January 2023 (or in a magazine with a cover date of January 2023), it may be submitted for consideration for inclusion in the UtahSF Annual Best 2023 anthology anytime between January 1, 2023 and February 29, 2024.
Final authority regarding eligibility lies with the editor(s). The authors of the stories chosen for inclusion in the anthology will be notified by
Eligible stories may be submitted for consideration here.
