This page is meant to assist you and your creative work. In order to attain
my goals of achieving one hundred or more rejections each year (and some
acceptances along the way--yay!), I research as many places to submit my own
writing as possible then send my work out. I decided to share these lists
and expand them to help as many other creatives as I can.
Below
you'll find lists of deadlines, windows, and open publications for
submitting creative work. The primary, default focus is prose fiction
(flash, short stories, novelettes) novellas), but these lists include
mention of novellas, novel excerpts, poetry, nonfiction, art, comics, and
more. The first two sections focus on those paying higher rates (5 cents a
word, or above, the HWA pro rate). The third and fourth sections contain
those only paying lower rates (1-4 cents a word). After that you'll find
those paying royalties or advances (you'll find more novel opportunities
there), a section for any no pay opportunities I’ve decided to include, and
then the final sections offer links where you can pursue further market
research and links to general writing advice as well as workshops.
My listings generally follow this format:
deadline/window date (time, if known), name (of publication/contest/story
call), word count, pay, genre(s), theme(s), reprint (NO/OK), simultaneous
(NO/OK), Multiple (NO/OK), any other types welcome (poetry, comics,
nonfiction), limited (if the listing is restricted to specific
authors/identities/groups), details for submitting (if anonymous sub
needed, editor name, submission formats, email for submitting, etc.),
clickable link to website or submission portal
Note: I've slowly started adding "AI OK" or "AI NO" in the entries below, as there are a few publications out there who allow AI and there are some good authors out there who work with AI, so trying to accept both sides of the coin in that political aspect (I'm leaning toward no AI myself until it is very fair to all workers, since I don't like the thought of fellow creatives being forced out of work).
I hope it all helps you!
Feel free to leave a comment or send me
a message with any feedback.
Now I'm off for another coffee. Maybe I should open up a donation can for
those, yeah?
-RJK LEE
Latest update: 6/4/2023 3:33 PM JST)*
*Lots updated in sections 1 and 3. A bunch of recurring monthly opportunities were previously added through to December. Will continue adding more throughout the month.
Table of Contents
1.
Deadlines or windows that pay 5¢/word or more
2.
Publications that are generally open and pay 5¢/word or more
3. Deadlines and windows that pay 1-4¢/word
4.
Publications that are generally open and pay 1-4¢/word
5.
Publications that only pay royalties/advance
6. Publications that offer no pay
7. Search for more markets
8.
Writing-related links
1. Deadlines or windows that pay 5¢/word or more
5/8-6/4, Havok (Season 10: Legendary), 300-1000 words, $50 (only for winners selected for themed anthologies; no pay for online publication), Genre: mystery/SF/humor/thriller/fantasy (pro tip mentioned on their site states that they receive less in the mystery, humor, and thriller categories so subbing in these genres will increase publication chances; also PG-13, i.e. no profanity, erotica, excessive violence), Theme: Legendary People (details here: https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (submit each entry separately), submit via google form as doc/docx (template provided on their site but it's Modern Shunn formatting with all contact details included), https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/
6/1-6/7, Lightspeed (all, flash SF), ~1500, 8¢/word, Genre: SF, Reprints
NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Art OK (send inquiry with link), https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines
6/13 (11:59 PM PST), Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, 3000-5000 words, prize money (1st: $3000, 2nd = $2000, 3rd = $1000; nine finalists = $300 each; all winners and finalists published on Grist's website), Genre: primarily positive climate fiction inspired by solarpunk and hopepunk (however they welcome approaching the primary focus through other genres, including comedy, romance, and speculative; welcomes "magical realism, spiritual elements, and supernatural twists, especially where they’re culturally significant"), Theme: positive climate progress (stories "that envision the next 180 years of climate progress" and "imagining intersectional worlds of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope"; looking for core elements of creative climate solutions, hope in action, vivid characters, compelling story, and decolonized futures), panel of judges (including Paolo Bacigalupi, Nalo Hopkinson, and Sam J. Miller), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Co-authored stories OK, submit via submissions portal, https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/
6/1-6/14, Cast of Wonders: Banned Books, ~6000 (best: 3000-4500), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H (an audio market aimed at the 12-17 age range), Theme: Banned Books (fiction that show how stories can be a guiding light and help us understand the world around us and dismantle our misconceptions), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, https://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/
6/1-6/14 (11:59 pm PST), Solarpunk Magazine, 1500-7500 words, 8¢/word ($100 min), Genre: Solarpunk, Theme: any or the Issue 11 theme of Solarpunk Myths (include #SolarPunk Myths in cover letter if subbing for that), Poetry OK ($40/poem, send up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems), Nonfiction OK ($75/essay, 1000-2000 words, always open to submissions), Art OK (cover: $200 original/$100 reprint; interior: $100 original/$50 reprint), submit via Moksha portal, https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
6/1-6/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows House Hunters/Love it or List It/Extreme Home Makeover/Flippers, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
6/1-6/15 (11:59 PM EST), Augur Magazine (limited window for Canadian authors identifying as BIPOC/trans/disabled; Issue 6.2: Fancy & Fantasy), ~5000 words, CAD11¢/word (for short fiction; a flat CAD$110 for flash of ~1000 words), Genre/Theme: any fantasy ("Give us your most gorgeous fairy tale retellings, your most earnest and subversive fables. Introduce us to your beloved mythical creatures; your trans mages and gay knights; your deeply immersive worlds and dreamworlds and underworlds"; wants fantasy that "reflects the reality of our world", that "reject or subvert the colonial or Western lens" especially own voices; other wants include "secondary world and/or high fantasy, including Non-Western court/imperial/political fantasy; fairy tales, fables, myth, and folklore-inspired stories; historical fantasy, steampunk, silkpunk, and gaslamp; wuxia; eco-fantasy, earth fantasy, and swampcore; silkpunk; portal fantasy; dark fantasy), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (indicate upon submission), Multiple OK (up to 2 stories/submission period), Poetry (CAD$60/poem, submit no more than 5 poems to a max of 10 pages total), Limited: only Canadian authors identifying as BIPOC/trans/disabled, submit in standard manuscript format as doc/docx to online portal (anonymize submissions; include content warnings under title; must indicate citizenship, welcome to indicate intersections), https://www.augurmag.com/submissions/
6/1-6/15, Baffling Magazine, under 1200 words (under 500 preferred), 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: speculative stories that explore SF/F/H with a queer bent (welcomes weird / slipstream / interstitial writing), reading both "quiet" theme stories and unthemed for this window, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, send doc/docx in standard manuscript via website form, https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
6/16, The Saltbush Review, ~3000 words, about 3-6¢/word (ficton/non-fiction: AUD$150; flash/poetry: AUD$100), Genre: literary (especially wants South Australia-based authors, but any writers are welcome), Theme: fracture, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, Poetry OK, Non-fiction OK, sub doc file in standard format but 1.5 line spacing (include 50-word bio and specify connections to South Australia, if any), https://saltbushreview.com/submissions/
4/17-6/18, Dream Foundry Contest, ~10,000 words, prize money (1st = $1000, 2nd = $500, 3rd = $100), Genre: any speculative, only open to new writers (published less than 4000 words of paid speculative writing, earned less than USD320 from that, never nominated for a major speculative award, not a previous winner of this contest), Art OK (separate contest but same deadline), anonymous submissions, writing contest judges are John Wiswell and Suzan Palumbo, also note that winners are not published, https://dreamfoundry.org/writing-contest/
6/5-6/19, Sylvia Magazine, ~1500 words, £0.25/word (about USD 30¢/word), Genre: literary (fiction, creative nonfiction, essays), Theme: nature-inspired works (sylvan vibes, forest poems, tales of fairies, moments in nature), Poetry OK (up to 5 poems of 40 lines each; £1.75/line, about $2.10, not including titles/line breaks), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 2 prose pieces and 5 poems), https://www.sylviamagazine.com/submissions/
6/1-6/21 (may close early if reaches cap), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original and 1 reprint), anonymous submissions, https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
6/25, The Ex-Puritan, CAD$100 - $200, 1000-10,000 words, general/literary/experimental, Poetry OK, Nonfiction OK (reviews, interviews, essays), https://puritan-magazine.submittable.com/submit
6/7-6/30, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
6/30, Dracula Beyond Stoker (Issue 3: Lucy Westenra/Bloofer Lady), 1500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre/Theme: fiction that reimagines and expands upon the world of Dracula (Issue 3's theme is Lucy Westenra: "What’s your take on Miss Lucy? Innocent and pure? Promiscuous Tease? How about her time as the Bloofer Lady? You can romance us or scare us, just be sure to intrigue us"), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, Poetry OK, email doc/docx/pdf in Shunn classic to submissions@draculabeyondstoker.com (include short 3rd-person bio; filename and subject should adhere to “lastname_title_lucy”), https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
6/1-6/30 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
6/23-6/30, Lightspeed (BIPOC-only, flash fantasy), ~1500, 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Art OK (send inquiry with link), https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines
6/1-6/30, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
4/1-6/30, WotF Q3, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
7/1-open until cap (closes fast), The Paris Review (poetry window), ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
7/1 (midnight EST), The Pleasure in Pain, 3000-6000 words (~1000 for flash), 5¢/word (for short story; $15 for flash), Genre/Theme: queer erotic horror ("all horror tropes are welcomed. Genre-blending is highly encouraged. Queer retellings, historical horror, scifi horror, cults, and cannibalism are a few of Roxie’s favorites. Writers should have a diverse representation of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, gender identities, disability, fat positivity, and neurodivergence."), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, Poetry OK (~50words/~50 lines; $5), Limited to queer authors ("any and all queer writers, both new and established. If you do not identify on the queer spectrum, we kindly ask that you do not submit. Queer is an umbrella term to include all sexual and gender identities that are deviations of societal norm (cisgender heterosexual) as well as intersex individuals."), send submissions to thepleasureinpain@gmail.com (includ one-line pitch, trigger warnings, 100-word bio w/ pronouns and socials, and only self-identify if you'd like to; subject line: Last, First – Title – Word count), https://thedragonsroost.biz/submissions-2/
6/1-7/2, Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy anthologies (two themes), 2000-4000 (will accept stories "slightly outside this range"), 8¢/word, Genre: any(?), Theme 1: Learning to be Human ("examine the interplay between automation, humankind, and what it is to be human. The stories encourage us to think of human and machine development in the same terms: what is it like to emerge from childhood as an adult? What was it like to be at the mercy of elemental forces in ancient times? Are we truly in control of our climate now? Are machines the future, or a dangerous distraction? Are thinking machines inevitable?"), Theme 2: Shadow on Water ("The mysteries of the rivers, the secrets of the lochs, the whispers across the vast stretches of the ocean, there are so many stories from the beginnings of civilisation, through myth and folklore, to the dark fantasies, and supernatural tales of the modern storyteller. The treasures under the sea, the siren call of the mermaid, the liberating spirits of the fountains and waterfalls, all feature here alongside iconic stories of creation, ancestor worship and the seductive shadows across the waters of life"), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, sub doc/docx/rtf in standard manuscript via email specific to the theme (see link for specifics on file naming and such), email for Learning to be Human: learninghuman@flametreepublishing.com (details at: https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/learning-to-be-human-open-submissions-call-0), email for Shadow on Water: shadowswater@flametreepublishing.com (details at: https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/shadows-on-the-water-open-submissions-0)
5/4-7/4, Havok (Season 10: Legendary), 300-1000 words, $50 (only for winners selected for themed anthologies; no pay for online publication), Genre: mystery/SF/humor/thriller/fantasy (pro tip mentioned on their site states that they receive less in the mystery, humor, and thriller categories so subbing in these genres will increase publication chances; also PG-13, i.e. no profanity, erotica, excessive violence), Theme: Legendary Locations (details here: https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (submit each entry separately), submit via google form as doc/docx (template provided on their site but it's Modern Shunn formatting with all contact details included), https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/
7/1-7/7, Lightspeed (all, flash fantasy), ~1500, 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Art OK (send inquiry with link), https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed/guidelines
7/1-7/7, Cosmic Horror Monthly, 1000-6000 (3000-5000 preferred), 6¢/word,
Genre/Theme: SF/F/H (seeks Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird), Art OK ($50
interior art; $200 cover art), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO,
submit work to submissions@cosmic-horror.net, include word count and brief
synopsis (see more on website), opens for submissions in July and January
only, https://cosmic-horror.net/submissions/
7/1-7/14 (11:59 pm PST), Solarpunk Magazine, 1500-7500 words, 8¢/word ($100 min), Genre: Solarpunk, Theme: any or the Issue 11 theme of Solarpunk Myths (include #SolarPunk Myths in cover letter if subbing for that), Poetry OK ($40/poem, send up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems), Nonfiction OK ($75/essay, 1000-2000 words, always open to submissions), Art OK (cover: $200 original/$100 reprint; interior: $100 original/$50 reprint), submit via Moksha portal, https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
7/1-7/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Eurovision/Singing and Talent Competitions, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
7/15, Fairy Tale Review, ~6000 words, $50 (only 5 cents/word if ~1000 words), Genre: general/literary/fabulism/fairy tale, Theme: unthemed, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (disclose in cover letter), Multiple OK (only one per category, though can send 3 stories if each is under 1000 words and combined in same doc/docx file), Poetry OK, Nonfiction OK, Art OK, send submissions via Submittable portal, https://www.fairytalereview.com/submit/
7/15, If There's Anyone Left, ~1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/speculative (mixed with other genres is fine), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 3 pieces), Limited: marginalized members of the sci-fi/spec community (includes "people of color, the LGBTQ2S+ community, members marginalized genders, and disabled and neurodiverse people"), email submissions to iftheresanyoneleft@gmail.com as doc/docx in standard format (no address/phone needed, but include a short bio and PayPal email address; subject line of SUBMISSION: [story title here] AUTHOR [your name here]), no confirmation email will be sent (*sigh*), https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines
7/1-7/15 (general window), It Was All A Dream (An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right - Volume 2), 1500-3000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark/weird, Theme: weird horror fiction that reworks an old trope, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, AI NO, sub in standard format (or close to) via website form, also 7/16-7/22 limited window (only for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and marginalized writers), https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/it-was-all-a-dream-2
7/1-7/21 (may close early if reaches cap), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original and 1 reprint), anonymous submissions, https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
7/16-7/22 (limited: LGBTQIA+/BIPOC/marginalized), It Was All A Dream (An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right - Volume 2), 1500-3000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark/weird, Theme: weird horror fiction that reworks an old trope ("Take a trope that’s well-worn, overused, predictable, tough to swallow, and scare the hell out of us with it. Turn it on its head, or make it bizarre enough to still surprise. Really take some time to understand why your chosen trope often fails and how you can make it into a successful (read: scary, surprising, weird, shocking, heartwrenching, maybe even funny, horror story."), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, sub in standard format (or close to) via website form, https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/it-was-all-a-dream-2
7/7-7/31, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
7/15-7/31, Cast of Wonders: General Submissions, ~6000 (best: 3000-4500), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H (an audio market aimed at the 12-17 age range), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, https://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/
7/1-7/31, Diabolical Plots (unthemed), ~3500 words, 10¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H (must have a speculative element), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple (only one per submission window even if first sub is rejected; past policy of two subs was changed), anonymous submissions, submit via online portal, https://submissions.diabolicalplots.com/
7/1-7/31 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
6/1-7/31, Fiyah Lit Magazine (October 2023: Belonging), 8¢/word, 2000-15,000 words, Theme: belonging ("stories highlighting why, where, and how Black folks belong across the diaspora and multiverse. Imagine a moment in time or another universe where Black people aren’t forced to question our right to be ourselves. We want to see courageous narratives about forging new relationships for the betterment of all, including the planet/land, whether among the diverse peoples of our global community or with beings from faraway worlds. We are looking for fun and dynamic adventures that give rise to a sense of belonging and showcase the importance of community."), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Poetry OK (no more than a total of 1000 words; up to four poems; $50), Nonfiction OK (10¢/word), https://fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
7/1-7/31 (closes on 8/1 at 9:00 UTC), khōréō, ~5000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any as long as there is an integral speculative element, Theme: any ("but is especially interested in work that explores the impact of human or cultural migration"), limited: submit if you identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (notify in cover letter), Multiple OK (one flash of up to 1500 words and one short of 1500-5000 words), https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions-fiction/
4/1-7/31 (11:59 PM EDT), Pseudopod: Anthologies and Collections from 2023, 1500-6000 words (prefer about 4500; also flash under 1500 welcome), 8¢/word (reprints of flash at $20), Genre/Theme: any horror for audio, Simultaneous OK (but with disclosure!), Multiple OK (one original and one reprint), Open 3/1-8/31 for Anthologies and Collections, Open 8/10-8/31 for Flash Fiction Contest, currently closed until 2/28/2022, https://pseudopod.org/submissions/
7/1-7/31, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
7/31, Taco Bell Quarterly (TBQ7: Genre is a Headache / Just Publish Me Daddy), 500-1500 words ("Write what it takes to tell your story. But seriously, people’s attention spans are like 500-1500 words."), $100, Genre/Theme: any/literary linked to Taco Bell in whatever vague or specific way you like "undefinable auras, experiments, and completely ordinary shit" ("innovative ways to lower the bar. We are looking for ways to degrade ourselves with flair. We are looking for universes that could be extremely traumatizing if the writers weren’t cowards. We are looking for ways to address the nightmares more directly."), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, Poetry/Nonfiction/Any OK ("literary/creative essays, short stories, fiction/prose, poems, comics, art, one act plays, fever dreams, multimedia, stupid status updates, criticisms, manifestos, recipes and anything else that explore any and all elements of Taco Bell"), submit via Submittable portal, https://tacobellquarterly.submittable.com/submit
7/31 (midnight your time; opened in early April), Written Backwards, 3000-10,000, 10 cents/word (capped at 3000-word cap for short fiction paying $300, 5000-word cap for long fiction paying $500 for up to 10,000 words), Genre: dark SF and all blended sub-genres of SF (SF-fantasy, SF-horror; no to hard SF, romance, erotica, YA, gratuitous violence/gore, nonfiction, etc.), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (one manuscript at a time, poetry or prose, and wait until rejected to submit another manuscript, with a maximum of two submissions for this window), Poetry OK (up to 100 lines, $50 for short and $100 for long), email submission to QN@nettirw.com with the story attached (.docx, .doc, .rtf only) and welcome to include a short bio and information about your particular demographic, https://nettirw.com/submissions/
6/6-8/6, Havok (Season 10: Legendary), 300-1000 words, $50 (only for winners selected for themed anthologies; no pay for online publication), Genre: mystery/SF/humor/thriller/fantasy (pro tip mentioned on their site states that they receive less in the mystery, humor, and thriller categories so subbing in these genres will increase publication chances; also PG-13, i.e. no profanity, erotica, excessive violence), Theme: Legendary Things (details here: https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (submit each entry separately), submit via google form as doc/docx (template provided on their site but it's Modern Shunn formatting with all contact details included), https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/
7/31-8/6, The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird edited by Marissa van Uden (marginalized authors only window), 2000-4000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: "disquieting and disturbing New Weird horror set in landscapes and communities on the edge of the sea" (wants "uncanny ecology, uneasy atmosphere, and strange characters who are either transcending their environment or subsiding into it"), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OKish (one at a time; if rejected, can send another story), submit in doc/docx (prefers proper manuscript format) via online submissions portal, https://darkmattermagazine.shop/pages/the-off-season-submission-guidelines
8/1-8/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Alone/Survivor/Naked and Afraid/The Nature of Things, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
8/1-8/21 (may close early if reaches cap), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original and 1 reprint), anonymous submissions, https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
8/11-8/21 (11:59 PM EDT), Pseudopod, ~6000 words (prefers 4500; welcomes flash under 1500), 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any horror for audio, Reprints OK ($20 for under 1500, $100 for above), Simultaneous OK (but with disclosure, and not to another Escape Artists podcast), Multiple OK (one original and one reprint), submit via Moksha portal with only name and email in header, https://pseudopod.org/submissions/
8/7- 8/26, The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird edited by Marissa van Uden (window for all authors), 2000-4000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: "disquieting and disturbing New Weird horror set in landscapes and communities on the edge of the sea" (wants "uncanny ecology, uneasy atmosphere, and strange characters who are either transcending their environment or subsiding into it"), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OKish (one at a time; if rejected, can send another story), submit in doc/docx (prefers proper manuscript format) via online submissions portal, https://darkmattermagazine.shop/pages/the-off-season-submission-guidelines
8/15-8/31, Apparition Literature (Reclamation Theme), 1000-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: speculative / F / SF / Horror / Literary (wants strange, heart-breaking emotion, pro-active characters, style), Theme: Reclamation, Poetry OK (~2 pages/poem; sub ~5 poems/submission, $50/poem), submit to submissions@apparitionlit.com, https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
8/7-8/31, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
8/31, Dyson Sphere Science Fiction Writing Contest 2023 (The SciFidea Award), 30,000-100,000 words, $20,000 award (plus 50% of net income from subsequent royalties and 30% of other net income; 10 winners to be selected 11/1-12/31), Genre: SF, Theme: Dyson Sphere scientific theory, judges (include Dr. Phoenix Alexander, Derek Kunsken, Robert J. Sawyer / Michael Swanwick, Liza Groen Trombi, Neil Clarke, and Patrick Nielsen Hayden), https://www.facebook.com/SciFideaWritingCenter/posts/pfbid02n5x4tuXYqaUhAvQfRhJZPnMyHM6y4HtxJmopEqC3nkGH6e36hg4KK2LNTxqvN88Rl
8/1-8/31 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
8/1-8/31, Why Didn't You Just Leave (anthology edited by Nadia Bulkin and Julia RIos), 500-5000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: horror, Theme: stories that focus on all the possible reasons why people don’t just leave haunted places – including finances, family, legal restrictions, health, etc. ("There are a lot of reasons why people don’t just leave scary situations, and we’d like to see smart, spooky stories that reflect the complexity behind that question"; stories about “ordinary” people and places (including apartments, workplaces, schools, military bases, hospitals, churches, etc.) as well as extraordinary situations), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 3/author), anthology to be funded by Kickstarter in summer 2023, https://cursedmorsels.com/submission-calls/
8/1-8/31, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
3/1-9/1, Orion's Belt, ~1200 words, 8 cents/word, Genre: speculative,
Poetry OK, Art OK, submit to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com with subject
Submission - Story Name (Author Name, Fiction/Poetry), https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
7/3-9/3, Havok (Season 10: Legendary), 300-1000 words, $50 (only for winners selected for themed anthologies; no pay for online publication), Genre: mystery/SF/humor/thriller/fantasy (pro tip mentioned on their site states that they receive less in the mystery, humor, and thriller categories so subbing in these genres will increase publication chances; also PG-13, i.e. no profanity, erotica, excessive violence), Theme: Legendary Events (details here: https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (submit each entry separately), submit via google form as doc/docx (template provided on their site but it's Modern Shunn formatting with all contact details included), https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/
9/1-9/14 (11:59 pm PST), Solarpunk Magazine, 1500-7500 words, 8¢/word ($100 min), Genre: Solarpunk, Theme: any, Poetry OK ($40/poem, send up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems), Nonfiction OK ($75/essay, 1000-2000 words, always open to submissions), Art OK (cover: $200 original/$100 reprint; interior: $100 original/$50 reprint), submit via Moksha portal, https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
9/1-9/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Takeshi’s Castle/Hole in the Wall/Wipeout, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
9/1-9/21 (may close early if reaches cap), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original and 1 reprint), anonymous submissions, https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
9/22, Reckoning 8 (edited by Knar Gavin and Waverly SM), ~20,000 words, 10¢/word ($30/page for poems), Genre: SF/F/general creative writing and art about environmental justice ("the fiction we publish is mostly, but not exclusively, speculative; the nonfiction is more creative than journalistic, the poetry tends towards the narrative, preferably with some thematic heft, the visual art leans away from the pulpy towards the surreal, subversive, political"), Theme: for this issue they want "thinking, writing and art about … this. All of this, right now" (writing/art about "active resistance to the patriarchofascist, corporate-captured extractive state" with more details here: https://reckoning.press/reckoning-8-submission-call/), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Poetry OK (prefers multiple 3-5 poems of <10 pages, but send only one if longer; $50), Art OK ($50), https://reckoning.press/submit/
9/7-9/30, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
9/1-9/30 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
9/1-9/30, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
9/1-9/30, The Paris Review (prose window), ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
7/1-9/30, WotF Q4, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
10/1-open until cap (closes fast), The Paris Review (poetry window), ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
10/1-10/14 (under-represented authors) and 10/8-10/14 (all authors),
Cossmass Infinities, 1000-7500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Reprints NO,
Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, https://www.cossmass.com/submit/
10/1-10/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Paranormal Investigators/Ghost Hunters, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
10/1-10/21 (may close early if reaches cap), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original and 1 reprint), anonymous submissions, https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
10/7-10/31, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
10/1-10/31 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
10/1-10/31 (closes on 11/1 at 9:00 UTC), khōréō, ~5000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any as long as there is an integral speculative element, Theme: any ("but is especially interested in work that explores the impact of human or cultural migration"), limited: submit if you identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (notify in cover letter), Multiple OK (one flash of up to 1500 words and one short of 1500-5000 words), https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions-fiction/
10/1-10/31, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
11/1-11/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Do your worst month (Canada’s Worst Handyman, America’s Ugliest House, Nailed It), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
11/7-11/30, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
11/1-11/30 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
11/1-11/30, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
12/1-12/15 (4:00 UTC), Apparition Lit: Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, ~1000 words, $30 (i.e. 600 words = 5¢/word; 1000 words = 3¢/word), Genre/Theme: speculative fiction in the vein of the tv shows Terrace House/Big Brother/The Real World, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, rejections will not be sent (only winner notified), https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
12/1-12/15, Baffling Magazine, ~1200 words (especially wants under 500), 8¢/word, Genre: speculative (SF/F/Horror, especially wants stories with a queer bent; also wants indefinable stories, weird/slipstream/interstitial welcome), Theme: performance (but also accepts unthemed), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit via website form, https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
12/7-12/31, Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word (or $10, whichever is larger), Genre: SF/F/H, Theme: to be announced on the Apex Patreon (on the 1st for Patreon subscribers, who can submit from the 1st, and on the 7th for the general public), Reprints No, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-flash-fiction
12/1-12/31 (11:59 PM EST), Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: (theme changes each month), Reprints NO, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, also hosts a monthly contest ($10 monthly to join as member and submit to contest, but can submit to magazine without membership fee), must be a new or unpublished author to submit (considered a new author if you have not a) traditionally published a novel of greater than 40,000 words, b) self-published a novel of greater than 40,000 words and sold 100+ copies, c) sold four or more works of short fiction to markets paying 8c/word or greater, d) self-published short fiction work totalling 10,000 words or more, with profits in excess of $500), e) won a fiction contest with a prize greater than $2,500), https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
12/1-12/31, Short Story Substack, 6000-10,000 words, $100 (+50% of subscription revenue), Genre: any, Reprints OK, accepts one story/month, email submissions to shortstorystack@gmail.com, winner announced on the 15th, https://shortstory.substack.com/
10/1-12/31, WotF Q1, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
1/1/2024-1/31/2024 (closes on 2/1 at 9:00 UTC), khōréō, ~5000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any as long as there is an integral speculative element, Theme: any ("but is especially interested in work that explores the impact of human or cultural migration"), limited: submit if you identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (notify in cover letter), Multiple OK (one flash of up to 1500 words and one short of 1500-5000 words), https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions-fiction/
3/1/2024-3/31/2024, The Paris Review (prose window), ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
1/1/2024-3/31/2024, WotF Q2, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
1/9/2024-3/31/2024, WSFA Small Press Award, ~17,500 words, award (a small acrylic trophy & $500 presented at the Capclave convention in the fall; finalists receive certificates), Genre/Theme: any imaginative (SF/F/H/speculative) short stories published for the first time by a small press in 2022, nominated stories (a rep of the small press can nominate 3 stories, an author may nominate 1 story published by themself or another, and a WSFA member may nominate 1 story), send nominations to the Awards Administrator at admin@wsfasmallpressaward.org, manuscripts should be anonymized without DRM in text/doc/rtf/pdf, include specified details in email (publication date, publisher, author, url, and other requirements listed on website), https://wsfasmallpressaward.org/The_Rules.php
4/1/2024-open until cap (closes fast), The Paris Review (poetry window), ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
9/1/2023-5/31/2024, Escape Pod, 1500-6000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any SF (prefers high clarity/pacing to match their audio format; prefers a ray of hope even in darker stories), Reprints OK (1500-7500 words, $100), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, anonymous submissions, https://escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/escape-pod/guidelines
4/1/2024-6/30/2024, WotF Q3, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
8/1/2024-unknown (tentative opening date), Pseudopod, ~6000 words (prefers 4500; welcomes flash under 1500), 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any horror for audio, Reprints OK ($20 for under 1500, $100 for above), Simultaneous OK (but with disclosure, and not to another Escape Artists podcast), Multiple OK (one original and one reprint), submit via Moksha portal with only name and email in header, https://pseudopod.org/submissions/
7/1/2024-9/30/2024, WotF Q4, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1st $1000, 2nd $750, 3rd $500, annual grand $5000, plus Hollywood workshop; semi-finalists get feedback), Genre: F/SF, Note: contest for new writers w/o 4+ pro-level publications (8¢/word pro rates); the forum is very helpful, especially the Super Secrets thread; free workshop available on website, also check out Wulf Moon's workshops for extra help on crafting winning stories and mindset, https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
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Assemble Artifacts Magazine, ~40,000 words (prefers 5000 words or more), 8-10¢/words, Genre/Theme: wonder and suspense, Poetry NO, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, will no respond in the case of rejections (assumed rejected after 3 months), submit via form with a 1-3 sentence pitch of the story and author bio, note that the contract is aimed at allowing them to produce film adaptations ("license exclusive worldwide all language first print/electronic publication, audio and media adaptation shopping rights for a term"), https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts
Escape Pod (opens from 9/15 (12:01am ET)-5/31/2023), 1500-6000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any SF (prefers high clarity/pacing to match their audio format; prefers a ray of hope even in darker stories), Reprints OK (1500-7500 words, $100), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Anonymous Submissions, submit via moksha, https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/
Fantasy Magazine (general submissions), ~7500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: fantasy/dark fantasy, Poetry ($40/poem, up to 6), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (one in each category: short, flash, poetry), anonymous submissions, always open to BIPOC authors (specific windows open occasionally for general submissions from all authors), https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy
GrendelPress, 3000-7000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: Dark Fantasy/Horror/Romance, Theme: themed anthologies will be developed as submissions are collected (current themes: Paramnesia, Monsters as MCs, Supernatural Stories, The Devil Who Loves Me; first antho launch planned for August 2023), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, check site for formatting specifics (12pt Georgia/Times New Roman, normal margins, double spaced, no headers, use three asterisks to indicate scene breaks and story end), https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Infinite Horrors, 1500-5000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Horror, Art OK ($75-$150 for commissioned, $30 for non-commissioned), Comics OK (seeking new, unpublished comic or graphic novel shorts of 4–10 pages at rates negotiated with the artist), Reprints NO, Multiple NO, Simultaneous NO, send submissions to info@infinitehorrorsmagazine.com (note that they may not send a rejection notice; if 90 days have passed, consider the submission rejected), https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs
Mangoprism, 1000-3000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: general, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO (one pitch/submission per month), Nonfiction and other (personal essays, cultural criticism, long-form interviews with interesting people, album, book, movie and product reviews, original reporting, radical political screeds, unexpected recipes), https://mangoprism.com/submissions/
Nashville Review, ~8000 words, $100/story (1-10¢/word), Genre: general/literary, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1 story/novel excerpt; 1-3 flash pieces in of 1000 words each in one document), Creative Nonfiction OK (~8000 words), Poetry OK (1-3 poems in one document/submission; $25/poem), Art OK, opens September/January/May, https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/contact/submit
Planet Scumm, 5000 words, 6¢/word, Genre: SF and other (Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream), Note: currently closed (might open to subs in early 2023), https://www.planetscumm.space/submit
Rattle, any length of poem, $100/$200 (online/print), Genre/Theme: any poetry, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to four poems at a time), anonymous (no contact info on submitted file), https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
Shrapnel: The BattleTech Magazine, 3000-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: primarily military SF, Theme: character-oriented stories set in any era of BattleTech, Reprints NO (will not accept anything publicly available), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, owned universe (i.e. "you retain no rights to any of the characters, settings, or “ideas” detailed in your story"), https://pulsepublishingsubmissions.moksha.io/publication/shrapnel-the-battletech-magazine-fiction/guidelines
The Antihumanist, ~1000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: any genre that fits the theme, Theme: fiction that "challenges human centred narratives" and "forces us to confront our place in the universe," Simultaneous OK, https://theantihumanists.com/fiction-submissions/
The Cincinnati Review, ~10,000 words, about 10¢/word (specifically $25/page), Genre: general/literary, Poetry OK ($30/page), Simultaneous OK, three submissions windows (opening the 1st of September, December, and May and closing at the end of the month or when they reach a cap on submissions), https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021/
The Deadlands, ~5000 words (best: 3k-4k), 10¢/word, Genre/Theme: speculative (that "concerns itself with death–but also everything death may involve"), Reprints OK (~5000 words, 1¢/word), Poetry OK (up to 3 poems; $50), Nonfiction OK (1-4k words, $100/essay), Art OK ($100/cover art), https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
The Paris Review, ~40000 words, payment unknown (sources suggest up to $1000, though others list as non-paying), Genre: general/literary, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO ("do not submit more twice/year"; open March and September), Poetry OK (no more than six/submission, sub no more than twice/year; open until cap in January, April, July, October), Translations OK, https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
3. Deadlines or windows that pay 1-4¢/word
6/15, Eye to the Telescope (Issue 49: Trauma, edited by Tony Daly), 4¢/word ($4 min; $25 max), Genre/Theme: speculative poetry on the theme of trauma ("I am interested in poems that enter the screams, give voice to the pain, but don’t take the easy way out by wallowing in despair. Show me hope beyond trauma so that another on the path may follow your light out. Send me poems on the last survivor of an alien race, healing by preserving their peoples’ culture; soldiers freeing their PTSD-ravaged minds with an inhibitor chip; the priest who finds a way to contact God via a spaceship he built or a hallucinogenic tincture made by a witch because his wife passed."), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO(?), Multiple OK (send 1-3 poems), submit via webform, http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
6/15 (or until reaches cap), Grain Magazine, CAD50/page up to CAD250, Genre: general/literary, Poetry OK, Nonfiction OK, Art OK (up to CAD500), https://grainmagazine.ca/submit
6/20, Thank You for Joining the Algorithm, 3¢/word, Genre/Theme: dark speculative at the meeting point between humanity and technology, Reprints OK ($25), Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, Poetry/Haiku OK ($25/poem), Nonfiction ($50), Comics/Illustrations ($70/page), OK, http://tenebrouspress.com/blog/2023/5/17/submissions-for-thank-you-for-joining-the-algorithm-are-open
6/24, Hawk and Cleaver: The Other Stories Podcast (Artificial Intelligence theme), ~2000 words, £15, Genre: horror / SF / thriller (for podcast; want stories that "terrify, scar and haunt"), Theme: Artificial Intelligence (themes later this year include Rituals, Masks, Fame, Crime, Infestation, and The End), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK (inform upon submission), Multiple OK (2/theme), submit via google form in doc/docx in standard Shunn (include name and email; include a 1-2 sentence log line at the end of the document and call-out to author's own work), https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
6/25, Antithesis (Volume 33: Cosmos), ~3000 words, AU$50, Genre: general/literary, Theme: cosmos ("Do you embrace the idea of the cosmos, wanting to seek out the unknown? Or does it spark reflection within yourself as you are faced with its endless expanse? Can the cosmos be discovered through rigorous scientific methodology or careful spiritual reflection? How do the cultures that define us see the cosmos? Or will you reject this idea entirely as the human instinct to defy even in the face of the encompassing unknown?"), Nonfiction OK (CNF/personal essays ~3000 words; research articles ~7500 words), Poetry OK (~100 lines), Art OK, https://www.antithesisjournal.com.au/submit
6/25, Off Topic Publishing (Poetry Box), Genre: Poetry, CAD$30, Multiple OK (1-3 poems, each of no more than 15 lines included blank lines), rolling deadline (25th of each month), https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/#poetrybox
6/30, Atomic Carnival anthologies, ~10,000 words (prefers 3000-6000), 3 cents/word (unfortunately, their Kickstarter didn't meet goals for 6-8¢/word), Genre/Theme: Greater Than His Nature anthology is seeking stories around the theme of mad science and the Open All Night anthology is seeking horror and fantasy (any combination of subgenres; especially interested in retail/service industry-based stories), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (one story per anthology at a time; send another if rejected), submit stories to electricalsweater@gmail.com with subject line of Submission, [Name of Anthology], http://www.atomiccarnivalbooks.com/submissions/
5/1-6/30, B Cubed Press (Alternative Truths, Southern Edition: Bless Their Hearts), 100-7500 words (under 5k is best), 3¢/word (plus share of profits), Genre: any (not specified), Theme: stories that examine the South ("a place where politicians and their followers compete to peg the outrage meter. Why—and how—are they turning the United States into a cauldron of bigotry and hate? This book will look at the mindset behind these and other efforts to bring back the Old South, a mythical place and time when everyone knew their place. We want stories that speak to the consequences of such a mindset and where it may be taking us as individuals and as a culture. What, if left unfettered, would these efforts make of America, the world, and the future? And more importantly, how will we fight to stop them?"), Poetry OK, Essays OK, https://bcubedpress.wordpress.com/open-for-submissions/
6/1-6/30, Make Your Presence Known: Stories of Seances, Conjuring, and Mediumship, 1500-5000 words, 4¢/word, Genre/Theme: spiritualism / contact / ouija boards / spirit conjuring (and more: loves Victorian settings, spooky mansions, and creepy cemeteries “but we love stories that celebrate diverse voices and ideas even more. Show us something new. Take us somewhere we’ve never been. Show us a new way of speaking to the dead”), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, AI NO, sub stories in standard format as doc/doc/PDF with cover letter and brief bio in body of email to offlimitspressllc@gmail.com (mention name, pen name, word count; subject line: MYPK: Title, Author Name), https://www.offlimitspress.com/submit
12/19/2022-7/1/2023 (11:59 PM EST), The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood, 2500-6000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: horror, Theme: stories set inside the world ot the novel The Perfectly Fine House ("What if ghosts were real? What if they were a part of everyday life? What if they were, in fact, kind of banal? Could you still tell a horror story about them?"), https://frenchpresspub.blogspot.com/2022/12/open-call-perfectly-fine-neighborhood.html
7/15, Electric Spec, 250-7000 words, $20/flat, Genre: speculative fiction, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, AI NO, email subs in standard format as an rtf to submissions@electricspec.com with subject line of SUBMISSION: Story Title by Author's Name (Word Count), http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
7/1-7/15, 34 Orchard, 1000-5000 words, $50 flat, Reprints NO, Genre/Theme: any genre but wants dark and intense pieces that speak to a deeper truth (likes scary, disturbing, unsettling, and sad), https://34orchard.com/guidelines/
7/22, Hawk and Cleaver: The Other Stories Podcast (Rituals theme), ~2000 words, £15, Genre: horror / SF / thriller (for podcast; want stories that "terrify, scar and haunt"), Theme: Rituals (themes later this year include Masks, Fame, Crime, Infestation, and The End), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK (inform upon submission), Multiple OK (2/theme), submit via google form in doc/docx in standard Shunn (include name and email; include a 1-2 sentence log line at the end of the document and call-out to author's own work), https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
7/25, Off Topic Publishing (Poetry Box), Genre: Poetry, CAD$30, Multiple OK (1-3 poems, each of no more than 15 lines included blank lines), rolling deadline (25th of each month), https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/#poetrybox
6/1-7/31, New Myths, ~10,000 words, 3¢/word (min $50), Genre/Theme: speculative ("We like to balance each quarterly issue between science fiction and fantasy, dark and light, serious and humorous, hard and soft science fiction, and longer and shorter works. Our readers are not fixated on a single style or tone or genre, but prefer a quality sample of the field. Think tapas or dim sum."), Poetry / Nonfiction / Art OK (same pay; $50 book reviews; $80 art), AI OK ("NewMyths will accept AI-generated content if you label it as such. Please use the honor system. If you used an AI tool to create a draft of your work, no matter how many times you rewrote it, please label it as an AI-generated story. NewMyths will attach the "AI-generated" label to the published story."), send submissions as word/pdf to editor@newmyths.com, https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths-com-home/submissions
6/1-8/1, B Cubed Press (Alternative Leadership), 100-7500 words (under 5k is best), 3¢/word (plus share of profits), Genre: any (not specified), Theme: leadership that breaks barriers (”leadership by the under-represented, by those too often forced to watch as those less qualified, less capable rise in a system that cannot see the value of diversity and change”; interested in comedy, satire, fantasy, stories that make you think; interested in social justice and redemption), Poetry OK (sub each poem separately; format as you wish it to appear), Essays OK, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, AI NO, submit in standard manuscript via Moksha, https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/alternative-leadership/guidelines
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4. Publications that are generally open and pay
1-4¢/word
Allegory, any word count (best: 500-5000 words), $15/story, Genre:
SF/F/H, submit to submissions@allegoryezine.com (check specific subject
heading and email content), Note: first readers often give feedback,
editor Ty Drago, https://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions
Black Hare Press, 5000-17,000 words, $25 (5k-10k), $50 (10k-17k), Genre: anything dark, anonymous submissions, wants British spellings, anthology in print and digital formats, email submissions (include name, pseudonym, ~100 word bio w/ ~4 social links, 40-word blurb, ~500-word synopsis), https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/
Bourbon Penn, 2000-7500 words, 2¢/word, Genre: speculative
(odd/imaginative ones), especially slipstream/cross-genre/magic
realism/absurdist/surreal, https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Bullet Points, 100-5,000 words, $30, Genre/Theme: speculative
military fiction sensitive to the complexity/tragedy/hope of
warfare/violence in human/nonhuman society,
Reprints OK ($20, longer word count okay),
https://www.nathantoronto.com/bulletpoints/submissions
Dark Moon Digest, 1500-7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Horror (complex/creepy like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror), Simultaneous OK, opens the 1st every month (closes when full), https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit
Dream of Shadows, ~1500 words, £20, Genre: Horror/Fantasy, Link: https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines
The Fiddlehead, $60 CAD per published page, Genre: fiction (including excerpts from novels), Creative nonfiction OK, Art OK, Limited: Canadians, https://thefiddlehead.ca/submit *CLOSED temporarily to most submissions
Flash Point Science Fiction, 100-1000 words, $15/story, Genre: speculative (F/SF, slipstream, other), details at the link: https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/
GigaNotoSaurus, 5,000-25,000 words, $100, Genre: F/SF (any combination of the genres), English Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit via Moksha submissions portal, https://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/
Guilty Crime Story Magazine, 1000-6000 words (sweet spot = 3k-4k), $10/story, Non-Fiction OK (~1500 words w/ 500-750 preferred, $5/article, pitch first), Art OK ($15/cover art; $10/interior art), submit to guiltycrimemag@gmail.com, Link: https://www.guiltycrimemag.com/submissions.html?fbclid=IwAR0FDEJzyTifZgXC9TBjnrDZNzVc06eEOuIyFR8LB1NG_ftgEEDQkuGX2_o
Habitats Magazine, 1000-6000 words, 10/word, Genre/Theme: optimistic and uplifting SF, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samuelcooke/habitats-magazine-optimistic-science-fiction/posts/3701085, CLOSED 1/4/2023
Hexagon Magazine, ~7500 words, CAD 1¢/word, Genre: speculative, Limited submission windows (open in January, March, May, July, September, November), Reprints NO, Translation OK, Poetry OK (~30 lines, $5/poem), Art OK ($5/cartoon, $50/page for comics, $150 cover art), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO (one pending submission at a time; poems can be sent in batches of 3), details and submission portal at the link: https://hexagonmagazine.ca/submit/
Interzone, 2,000-17,500 words, EUR 1.5¢/word. Genre: fantastika (including horror), Theme: stories that find new ways to recognise the world and change it (stories that trespass genre lines; stories that are fantastic). Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO. submit to submissions@interzone.press, Link: https://interzone.press/submissions/
Interzone Digital, ~7,000 words, EUR 1.5¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Reprints NO, Multiple NO, Simultaneous OK, submit w/ attached Word document to submissions@interzone.digital, don’t sub to IZ Digital if rejected for print edition (will already have considered that option), Link: https://interzone.digital/story-submissions/
Metaphorosis Magazine, 1000-10,000 words, 1¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, https://metaphorosis.moksha.io/publication/2/guidelines
Mythic, 2000-6000 words, 4¢/word, F/SF, general submissions open 6/1-7/31 and 12/1-1/31, Link: https://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html
Seize the Press, ~3500 words, 3 pence(GBP)word, Genre: bleak SF/dark fantasy/Horror, Theme: seeking dark, transgressive speculative (no moralizing and no happy endings), Reprints NO, Multiple OK, Simultaneous OK, Nonfiction pitches (£50.00 GBP ), https://www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
The Colored Lens, ~20,000 words, 1-2¢/word, Genre: speculative, Link: http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=137752
The Great Void Books, 4,000-15,000 words (website/anthologies), $5 or royalties (whichever is greater; royalties = 40% net profit divided equally among the contributors of that anthology), Genre: F/SF/H/Crime/ Mystery/Romance, Theme: varies by anthology, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 3 at a time), see deadlines for semi-pro for current anthology windows, Link: https://www.tgvb.in/submissions/
Utopia, 100-5000 words, 4¢/words, Genre/Theme: different theme each issue (accepts stories that do not match theme; matching theme increases chances of selection), Reprints NO, Poetry OK ($5/short poem; $10/long poem), Nonfiction OK, Art OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit to Editor-in-Chief Tristan Everts, Fiction Editor: Angie, Link: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit
4/30, Dragon Soul Press: Pirate Gold, Genre/Theme: stories featuring pirates ("from Pirates of the Caribbean to Treasure Planet and everything in between"), https://dragonsoulpress.com/shortstorycalls/
4/30, Psychopomp, 20,000-40,000 words, $750 advance against royalties and 25% of net receipts, Genre: literary/speculative, https://psychopomp.com/novella-guidelines/
5/1 (opens), Cemetery Gates, novels and novellas, $500-$2000 advance and 60% royalties to author, Genre: horror (not dystopian science fiction or dark fantasy), https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/
6. Publications that offer no pay
Angelique Fawns posts open calls every month here
Horror Tree: recent markets with a calendar to help keep track, interviews, and more
S. Kalekar (authorspublish.com) lists plenty of places to submit stories, such as this March 2023 post
Duotrope: a submission tracker and market database that requires a paid subscription for full usage; it does go into more depth than Grinder though not by much based on my brief trial subscription
Where to Submit Short Stories: 30 Magazines and Websites That Want Your Work: a decent list with a literary focus
SFWA Market Report: reports on changes to the speculative market compiled by David Steffen, such as this March 2023 report and these archives from previous months; only includes publication opportunities that "pay $0.08/word in at least one category of fiction"
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8. Writing-related
links
M. Todd Gallowglas does some fun and engaging classes that really inspire you to produce meaningful new work, including a monthly reading group; check out his live streams and workshops
Wulf Moon also has great workshops at Fyrecon, and is available as a professional editor and voice actor; check out his website for more info
Cat Rambo's Website: lots of good resources and classes
Grants to apply for with the Speculative Literature Foundation
A listing at critter.org that shows general response times of various
publications
Publisher's Pick Free Ebook of the Month (Maintained by Arc Manor of Galaxy's Edge)
On writing cover letters for submissions to the short fiction market by
Christiehttps://arcmanorpublishers.moksha.io/publication/the-mike-resnick-memorial-award
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