Fantasy, Sci-fi, Humor, & Bizarro

Sci-Fi Ads

Want to Share Something With the Sci-Fi Community?

How ’bout you advertise in Space Squid? It guarantees that your core audience (sci-fi and humor fans who are careless with their money) will see it, our circ is comparable to many magazines and journals, and it’ll probably be the cheapest ad you’ll ever buy (starting at $35).

Want to contact us about other crap, like events, performances, or contributing art, jokes, writing, and slave labor? Hit up our contact form.

why buy a sci-fi ad?

We’re carried at Book People (“The Powell’s of Austin”), Dragon’s Lair, and Monkey Wrench Books, and we distribute free issues aggressively online and at sci-fi events and conventions. We’re well-known in the Central Texas convention scene. Current distribution is at 1000-2000 copies, with hundreds distributed via free PDF, all over the world.

As you probably know, the ‘zine itself is a “Onion for nerds,” which parodies and yet celebrates speculative fiction. Our celeb contributors include Nebula award nominee Jennifer Pelland, Bruce Sterling (“father of cyberpunk”), and Jay Lake (editor of Polyphany and winner of the 2004 Campbell Award). We’re weird, we’re naughty, and we’re sometimes even funny.

• Interior quarter-page ads: $35.
• Four back cover quarter-pages per issue: $50 each.
• Ads are 4 1/4 tall by 3 1/2 wide.
• Discounts for bulk purchases.

Past advertisers include:

• The Long Center, Austin’s hotspot for the performing arts
• Videogame publisher Gamecock
• Barsuk Records, the record label for Deathcab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism
• Cafe Caffeine
• Quack’s coffeeshop and bakery
• Misra Records
• Secretly Canadian records
• Authors Derek J. Goodman and Patrice Sarath

We’d be happy to help you build an ad or size it to fit. We like PDF, PSD, AI, EPS, PNG, and JPG formats, at least 300 dpi.

Sometimes we accept payment in trade or store credit.

contact space squid

Let us know if you have any questions or would like to reserve a spot!