Nowa Fantastyka

What Nowa Fantastyka does

Nowa Fantastyka is a Polish speculative fiction publishing operation owned and operated by Prószyński Media Sp. z o.o., headquartered in Warsaw. The business centers on the historic "Fantastyka" magazine brand, founded in 1982, which now publishes a monthly print magazine alongside a digital emagazyn edition, a Special Edition (Wydanie Specjalne) sub-brand, and a related Czas Fantastyki title. Distribution channels include subscription (Prenumerata) in both paper and electronic formats.

The company's online platform at fantastyka.pl, relaunched in its modern form in 2014, functions as a community-driven publishing ecosystem. It hosts a library of 13,040+ user-submitted stories categorized by genre (fantasy, horror, science-fiction), a beta-reading service (Betalista) with 907 works currently in queue, a Piórka award system (456 awarded stories) administered by an editorial group called the Loża, and regular themed writing contests. Annual print and e-book anthologies under the Fantastyczne Piory brand compile award-winning community submissions, with e-books distributed free in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF formats worldwide and paperbacks sold through an external store.

Revenue is generated through three primary streams: recurring magazine subscriptions (print and electronic), third-party advertising on the portal and in print, and one-time anthology paperback sales. The registered user base stands at approximately 8,360 community members. The company is privately held, with no venture capital or private equity involvement indicated.

Name

Nowa Fantastyka

Legal name

Pró­szyń­ski Media Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://nowafantastyka.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Nowa Fantastyka is a Warsaw-based Polish speculative fiction publisher operating the historic Fantastyka magazine, a community web portal at fantastyka.pl with 8,360 registered users, and an annual anthology series, monetized via subscriptions, advertising, and anthology sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speculative Fiction Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Book Publishers (513130), Other Publishers (51319)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.) (MPAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN), Fiction Writing Workshops (Short Story, Novel) (EDAMAMAA), Author Website, Storefront & Direct-to-Reader Commerce (D2C Sales) (MPAJAJAE)

Keywords

• Science fiction magazine
• Fantasy literature publishing
• Speculative fiction community
• Amateur fiction writing
• Anthology publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Warszawa

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscription (Prenumerata): Subscription services for the Nowa Fantastyka magazine in both paper and electronic formats. Also includes Fantastyka Wydanie Specjalne (Special Edition).
2. Advertising: Third-party advertising within the magazine and on the website. The service offers advertising space for external entities.
3. Anthology Sales: Annual anthologies 'Fantastyczne Pióra' are sold in paperback format. Free e-book versions are available for download in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF formats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nowa Fantastyka publishes a long-running Polish-language science fiction and fantasy magazine in both print and digital editions. The company also operates an online community portal where readers and amateur writers publish fiction, participate in writing contests, and engage with speculative fiction content. Editorial magazine content is paired with a user-generated fiction platform and anthology publishing.

Product overview

Nowa Fantastyka is a Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine published monthly by Próśyński Media Sp. z o.o., accompanied by an online community portal (fantastyka.pl). The product ecosystem consists of the core Nowa Fantastyka magazine (available in print, emagazyn digital, and special editions like Wydanie Specjalne and Czas Fantastyki), the fantastyka.pl online platform offering user-generated fiction through its Biblioteka (library), Opowiadania (stories) sections, writing competitions, and beta reading services. The Fantastyczne Pióra anthology series publishes the best community stories annually in ebook and print formats. Additional modules include a books database with reviews, editorial publicystyka (articles, essays, interviews), and subscription services for print and digital magazine delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fantastyczne Pióra: Annual anthology series featuring selected works from the portal's community, published since 2018

Products and services

• Nowa Fantastyka Magazine

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 8,000 registered community members actively participating in reading and writing activities
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Asimov's Science Fiction: Long-running American science fiction magazine publishing original short fiction, novellas, and articles. Comparable as an established genre periodical with subscription model and editorial curation of speculative fiction.
• Royal Road: Web fiction platform for serialized fantasy and science fiction with community commenting, ratings, and content discovery. Comparable as a community-led online platform where amateur authors publish speculative fiction with reader feedback loops.
• Lightspeed Magazine: Online science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing original fiction and podcast editions. Comparable as a digitally-native genre fiction publication serving speculative fiction readers with subscription and single-issue monetization.
• Clarkesworld Magazine: English-language science fiction and fantasy magazine with online community, pay-what-you-can model, and active reader engagement. Directly comparable as a genre fiction magazine combining print/digital content with a participatory web platform.
• Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Historic American science fiction magazine (formerly Astounding) featuring short fiction and non-fiction. Directly comparable as a heritage genre fiction magazine with subscription and digital distribution.
• Fabryka Słów: Major Polish science fiction and fantasy book publisher. Comparable as a domestic Polish genre fiction publisher operating in the same Polish-language speculative fiction market Nowa Fantastyka serves.

Broad incumbents

• Wattpad: Massive global user-generated fiction platform (now owned by Naver/Webtoon) with hundreds of millions of users. Comparable as a community fiction publishing platform but vastly larger scale, multilingual, and offering adjacent publishing and entertainment verticals.
• Archive of Our Own (AO3): Non-profit fan fiction and original fiction archive with millions of registered users. Comparable as a community-driven fiction publishing platform with tagging, commenting, and curated collections.
• Tor.com (Macmillan Publishers): Major science fiction and fantasy publisher and online magazine operated by Macmillan. Comparable as a genre fiction publisher with active online community, original short fiction, and editorial content for sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts.

Regional players

• Magazyn Literacki Książki: Polish online literary magazine and book review portal. Comparable as a Polish-language literary publication serving genre readers with editorial content, reviews, and reader community features.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NowaFantastyka
• Instagraminstagram.com/fantastyczne.piora

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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