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what to send:
Complete MS
looking for:
Short Story
specifically:
Religious/Inspirational
About This Market
PanGaia is a magazine dedicated to the Pagan/Wiccan/Gaian community. Readership includes Gaians, Pagans, Scientific Pantheists, Quakers, Christians, atheists, and others; but most (90%) of readers self-identify as being part of the Pagan movement. PanGaia accepts contributions of essays, factual articles, fiction, poetry, rituals, interviews, artwork, and photographs relevant to subject matter and goals.
PanGaia is dedicated to helping explore our spiritual, emotional, and practical lives in a way that respects all persons, creatures, and the Earth while offering immediate application to everyday lives. Folks of all paths may send their work, but focus falls on material expressing an Earth-centered spirituality. Editors refuse to accept material that demeans persons or practices; does not publish personal attacks, gossip, or diatribes.
Fiction: Exercise your imagination. Show Editors the kind of world you’d like to live in, or the kind that scares you silly. Stories may deal with any aspect of nature, sustainable technology, magic, Earth-centered spirituality, etc. They may take place in consensus reality, or they may add speculative elements. For a good example of realistic fiction Editors like, see Patricia Snodgrass’ “The Karma of Wasps” in issue #42; for speculative fiction, see M. Turville Heitz’s “Garden of Souls” in issue #43. Especially interested in stories which depict science solving problems, people using their own talents to make a difference, what it means to live as a Gaian/Pagan in today’s world, hopeful but not gooey futures, potential drawbacks of shortsighted actions, or a healthy respect for diversity.
Please, no “fantasy” or “Dungeons and Dragons” material about ancient matriarchal warriors or large-breasted sorceresses; if it is appropriate for Fantasy and Science Fiction, send it there; PanGaia’s forte is magic in the modern world. (Editors have been known to make exceptions to this rule, but not often!) Retellings of myths or fairy tales are also unlikely to succeed. The story you send needs to link closely to the magazine’s overall field of interest.
