My Publication News and Updated Deadlines for July 2022 and Beyond

Hi everyone,

Life's been busy and I haven't kept up on this blog. But I do have some good writing news.

I had my story Don't Trust Molters published online at DreamForge Anvil Issue 8 and in their print collection DreamForge Magazine Issue 10. I absolutely loved what the artist did for my story. I also highly recommend checking out the other wonderful fiction within, as well as the articles available on the website.

Another of my short stories will be published this August in Clamour and Mischief (read the official announcement here). This story is a loose sequel to my tale in Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Blue).

Also, I recently signed a contract for another publication, so more news soon.

Feel free to browse the updated lists below (only sections 1 and 2 are being updated). They are not complete and I will try to update them further later this week. (EDIT: as of July 5th 7AM JST, I've added several more entries; enjoy)

Happy writing and subbing.

R.J.K. Lee

Table of Contents (only sections 1 and 2 are updated)

1. Deadlines/Windows (7/4/2022 and beyond; paying 5¢/word or more)
2. Open Publications (no deadline; paying 5¢/word or more)
3. Deadlines/Windows (7/4/2022 and beyond; paying up to 4¢/word)
4. Open Publications (no deadline; paying up to 4¢/word)
5. Deadlines/Windows (7/4/2022 and beyond; advance/royalties)
6. Search for More Markets Here
7. Browse Links to Advice/Lists/Workshops

1. Deadlines/Windows (7/4/2022 and beyond; paying 5¢/word or more)

6/20-7/4, 500-7500 words, 8¢/word, Solarpunk Magazine (At Work Theme), Genre: solarpunk speculative ("speculative elements should be apparent but not dominating; our disbelief suspended not by necessity, but immersion"; "any genre of science fiction, interstitial fiction, magic realism, or fantasy has potential as a solarpunk forum"), Theme: At Work, Poetry OK (up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems, whichever is shorter; $40/poem), Nonfiction OK (1000-2000 words; $75/essay or article), Art OK (cover art: $100 for reprints, $300 for original unpublished; interior art: $50 for reprints, $150 for original unpublished), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO (but 1 submission per category per period okay), submit via moksha portal

7/1-7/6, Augur Magazine (limited window for underrepresented Canadian writers), up to 5000 words, about 8¢/word (CAD0.11/word; flat $110 for 1-1000 words; CAD$60/poem),  Genre/Theme: speculative and literary (especially likes pieces that could be “too speculative” for literary magazines or “not speculative enough” for speculative magazines; also enjoys a good "genre romp"; seeks various genres: Fantasy / softer SF / Dystopia & Utopia / Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse / Slipstream / Fairytales / Fables / Fabulism / Magical Realism / Dreamy realism), Poetry OK (up to 5 poems; max of 10 pages of poetry), Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (state in cover letter), Multiple OK (send up to two stories), click here for more details and submissions portal shared with their sister publication Tales & Feather, anonymous submissions and place content warnings on manuscript, in cover letter note whether resident of Canada/Turtle Island (CND/TI) / not a resident (INT) / or have a less clear relationship to Canada (OTH), can also note intersection that you identify with

7/1-7/7, ZNB Presents, 2500-7500 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: seeking stories of SF / Fantasy / Horror (including all subgenres), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 3 per submission period)

7/1-7/7, Cosmic Horror Monthly, 1000-6000 (3000-5000 preferred), 6¢/word, Genre/Theme: SF/F/H (seeks Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird), Nonfiction OK (explore the state of horror as well as the philosophies that are often found in Cosmic Horror, existentialism, nihilism, etc.), Art OK ($50 interior art; $200 cover art), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit as doc/docx attachment with cover letter including brief background/word count/brief synopsis to submissions@cosmic-horror.net, opens for submissions in July and January only

7/11, two Gothic Fantasy anthologies (Flame Tree Fiction), 8¢/word (reprints: 6¢/word), 2000-4000 words (sweet spot; will accept slightly outside range), Genre/Theme 1: Alternate History (SF), Genre/Theme 2: Hidden Realms (Fantasy), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK. Send stories to shortstories@flametreepublishing.com

7/1-7/14, Diabolical Plots (General Submissions), Word Count: up to 3500 words (firm), 10¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H (must have speculative element; welcomes mixing in other genres such as fantasy mystery or science fiction romance), Theme: none (see editor tastes detailed on website), Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (1 submission/window), submit stories without identifying information via submissions portal on website, selections made by the editor David Steffen

2/7-7/16 (flexible), Sovereign: An Anthology of Black Fantasy Fiction (Limited: authors from Africa & the African Diaspora), 1000-39,999 words, 8¢/word for first 1000 words (1¢/word after first 1000 words), Genre: Fantasy (subgenres detailed on website), Translations OK, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1 original & 1 reprint), submit stories to https://forms.gle/trPS6GCZaaY3bU6RA

CLOSED: 2/7-7/16 (flexible), From the Ashes: An Anthology of Elemental Urban Fantasy (For Burn Survivors), 1000-39,999 words, 8¢/word for first 1000 words (1¢/word after first 1000 words), Genre: urban fantasy, Theme: must contain fire-based elemental magic in an urban fantasy setting (see more on their website), Translations OK, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (one original and one reprint), submit stories to https://forms.gle/SxRKcYMgAFpCg7nv7

7/17, Flame Tree Monthly Flash Fiction Contest, 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Horror Theme: Vanishing Village, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

7/1-7/21 (midnight EST/EDT), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 original & 1 reprint), Open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December)

7/21-7/27 (General Submissions), Fantasy Magazine, ~7500 words (5000 or less preferred; flash = up to 1500), 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy, Poetry ($40/poem, send up to 6), anonymous submissions, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (1 short, 1 flash, 1 poetry), open to BIPOC authors throughout 2022, opens for general submissions again 10/1-10/7

7/30, Midnight & Indigo, note: Black women writers only, minimum word counts: 1500 for fiction and 1200 for nonfiction (no maximum?), 7¢/word for short fiction ($100 for speculative published online and $200 for speculative published in other formats; $100 for essays), Genre/Theme: seeking short character-driven fiction in all genres and first-person POV narrative and personal essays, Reprints NO, not sure about simultaneous and multiple (I assume NO), submit via link: https://midnightindigo.submittable.com/submit

7/1-7/31, Tales & Feathers Magazine, up to 2500 words, about 8¢/word (CAD0.11/word),  Genre: cozy slice-of-life fantasy (any fantasy genres; can blur genre lines; especially interested in high fantasy, fairy tales, and myth; welcome stories engaging in non-Western fantasy genre traditions), Theme: cozy slice-of-life (quiet character-driven storytelling, gentle moments, rich fantastical worldbuilding, everyday moments, stories that take place before or between or after the epic conflicts, and stories that offer warmth, comfort, and possibility), Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (send up to three stories), click here for more details and submissions portal shared with their sister publication Augur, anonymous submissions and place content warnings on manuscript, in cover letter note whether resident of Canada/Turtle Island (CND/TI) / not a resident (INT) / or have a less clear relationship to Canada (OTH), can also note intersection that you identify with

7/7-7/31, Augur Magazine (general submissions window for all creators), up to 5000 words, about 8¢/word (CAD0.11/word; flat $110 for 1-1000 words; CAD$60/poem),  Genre/Theme: speculative and literary (especially likes pieces that could be “too speculative” for literary magazines or “not speculative enough” for speculative magazines; also enjoys a good "genre romp"; seeks various genres: Fantasy / softer SF / Dystopia & Utopia / Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse / Slipstream / Fairytales / Fables / Fabulism / Magical Realism / Dreamy realism), Poetry OK (up to 5 poems; max of 10 pages of poetry), Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (state in cover letter), Multiple OK (send up to two stories), click here for more details and submissions portal shared with their sister publication Tales & Feather, anonymous submissions and place content warnings on manuscript, in cover letter note whether resident of Canada/Turtle Island (CND/TI) / not a resident (INT) / or have a less clear relationship to Canada (OTH), can also note intersection that you identify with

7/31, khōréō: Music (limited: immigrant and diaspora authors), up to 5000 words (prefers under 3500 words), 10¢/word, Genre: any speculative, Theme: music and "associated forms (sound, noise, song, instruments, etc. etc. etc.) as a vehicle for identity, culture, discovery, change, and any other facets of migration or diaspora.” Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK (note in cover letter), Multiple NO, note genre in cover letter, include content warning below story title and in cover letter, read further submissions details here, submit stories via Moksha link here

7/31, Little Blue Marble, ~2000 words, CAD 10¢/word (will match USD 8¢/word if CAD/USD rates drop), Genre/Theme: speculative (fiction that examines humanity’s possible futures living with anthropogenic climate change; prefers hopeful outlook, but the occasional dystopia might fit; "while science is an important piece for solving the climate change puzzle, we challenge writers to also examine our existing social, cultural, political, and economic frameworks and envision new ones to help see us through to a better, more sustainable world"), Reprints OK (~5000 words, 1¢/word), Poetry OK, Non-fiction OK (1000-2000 words), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, send submissions to submissions@littlebluemarble.ca

7/1-7/31, Mysterion, up to 9000 words, 8¢/word (4¢/word for reprints), Genre: speculative (SF/F/H), Theme: must engaage with Christian themes/characters/cosmology (see website for details), Reprints OK, Translations OK, Art OK (open year-round for art submissions), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit work via moksha here: https://mysterion.moksha.io/publication/mysterion, also opens to subs in January

7/1-7/31, Podcastle (Limited: members of Black, Brown, and Indigenous cultures), 2,000-6,000 words at 8¢/word, Reprints OK (2,000-7,000 words at a flat $100), Genre: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Theme: Indigenous Magic,  Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1 original & 1 reprint), Editors: Eleanor R. Wood and Shingai Njeri Kagunda, submit via submissions portal at website, Standard Manuscript Format (except without street address & telephone number at the top of the file), does not require anonymous submissions

3/1-7/31, Pseudopod (reprints from 2022 Anthologies and Collections), ~6000 words (1500-6000 for original short fiction; sweet spot = 4500 words; welcomes flash under 1500 words), $100 for short fiction reprints ($20 for flash fiction under 1500 words; 8¢/word for original fiction w/ window opening in August), Genre/Theme: any horror for audio (dark, weird fiction; dark humor; any subgenres from grim realism and crime drama to magic-realism and supernatural dark fantasy), Simultaneous OK (must provide disclosure), Multiple OK (1 original & 1 reprint) publishers send collections / anthologies published in 2022 (highlight stories original to that publication), authors ask their publisher to send the book (if they're not interested, still submit story, include collection/anthology title in cover letter), submit via moksha portal

7/1-7/31, The Maul (Issue Zero), 100-3000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: horror (but they prefer horror mixed with other speculative genres; will also accept literary horror though it's a harder sell), Theme/Audience: wants stories that initiate new readers to horror and enjoys pulp fiction (encourages over-the-top and "exaggeration, melodrama, impossibly imaginative settings, and vivid imagery", Audience: generally skews toward a younger audience but doesn't want to dumb language down and accepts swear words, Art OK (pays $100, color or black and white, especially wants pictures of monsters--grotesque, minimalist, large, small, gothic, modern, etc.), Comics OK (pays $100, seeks three-panel horror, black and white okay), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but will accept 2-3 microfiction pieces of around 400 words or less each), submit stories to themaulmagazine@gmail.com with subject line including "Query" and Shunn Format, cover letter in the body of your email, do not attach story to email (instead, copy and paste the story below the cover letter in the body of your email, find more submissions details here

7/31, Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror, note: only open to writers who identify as Transgender and Non-Binary, 3000-5000 words, 5¢/word, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 2 stories/author), Genre/Theme: body horror ("stories relating body dysphoria to horror are fine, but get creative with it! We’d also like to see funny, silly, wacky body horror"), note: wants to uplift Trans/NB voices and new writers are encouraged to submit! Editor: Lor Gislason. Details here: https://perpetualpublishing.com/2022/04/13/announcing-bound-in-flesh-an-anthology-of-trans-body-horror-now-open-for-submissions/

7/31, ShortStory Substack (deadline at the end of every month), 6-10,000 words, Pay: $100 + 50% (you'd have to send them a story of 2000 words or less to make 5¢/word or more), Genre: any, publishes one story a month, winner announced on the 15th. Reprints OK, Simultaneous NO (I assume), Multiple NO. Send submissions in Word or Google Doc form to shortstorystack@gmail.com. Guidelines here: https://shortstory.substack.com/p/coming-soon?s=r. Their June stats are here: https://shortstory.substack.com/p/june-statistics

7/31, FIYAH: Hauntings & Horrors, only open to submissions by and about Black writers from Africa and the African Diaspora, 2,000-15,000 words, (poetry: up to 1,000 words; nonfiction: 800-1,200 words), 8¢/word for fiction (poetry: $50; nonfiction: 10¢/word), For nonfiction: queries only, Theme: haunting and horrors ("We’re turning October into Black Horror Month. Give us your night terrors, your blood-thirsty urban legends, your ancestral ghosts haunting plantation weddings. We want stories that linger in dark corners and aren’t afraid to follow us into daylight”), Poetry OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, more details here: https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

7/31, SLF $500 Diverse Writers and $500 Diverse Worlds Grants: apply by providing description of project (up to 500 words, must be a book-length project of speculative fiction), a cover letter with short bio (up to 500 words) and bibliography (you do not have to be previously published to apply), and a writing sample (up to 5000 words; more info here: https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/slf-diverse-writers-and-diverse-worlds-grants/; submit via form: https://airtable.com/shrHGAASA1ma7EkLG. Note: the Diverse Writers grant supports "speculative fiction writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups" while the Diverse Worlds grant is open to any work "that best presents a diverse world, regardless of the author's background"

7/31, Nosetouch Press: Fiends in the Furrows III – Final Harvest, 3,500-7,000 words, 6¢/word, Genre/Theme: folk horror (“visions of terror bound up in twisted morality forged in isolation within unforgiving landscapes that summon forth great evils at the fervent hands of human beings held captive by forces they can neither entirely comprehend nor fully control," and "explore the wanton wilderness of Folk Horror, while honoring the elemental essence of this subgenre’s tangled, grasping roots”), Reprints NO, Poetry NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit via email to submissions@nosetouchpress.com in .doc or .rtf format with “FIENDS 3” in the subject line, details here: https://www.nosetouchpress.com/call/

Opening late July: Unidentified Funny Objects 4,500-6,000 words, 10¢/word, Genre/Theme: seeking all style and sub-genres of speculative humor, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, https://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/, Kickstarter funded: https://bit.ly/3aZ8sy8

7/24-8/1, Diabolical Plots (Diabolical Thoughts Theme), Word Count: up to 3500 words (firm), 10¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H (must have speculative element), Theme: telepathy stories of every shape and style (see details on website), Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (1 submission/window), submit stories without identifying information via submissions portal on website, selections made by assistant editor Ziv Wities

8/1, Brute: Raunch, Scares, and Rough Trade (Lethe Press; edited by Lambda Literary Award winner Steve Berman), 2500-9000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy/Weirdness, Theme: dark and speculative short stories that address gay sexuality, desire, masculinity, and the aesthetics of "rough trade", Reprints OK (1¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Note that you must query concept details first before submission

8/3, The Suburban Review: Weeds, 500-2500 words, AUD150-275 for prose (AUD 125-275 for poetry), Genre: fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Theme: weeds. Poetry OK, Art OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (only one submission of any kind from each person; up to 3 poems at a time though), more details and submission form here: https://thesuburbanreview.com/submit/

8/1-8/7, Abyss & Apex, ~1000 words (8¢/word), 1001-10,000 words ($80), Genre: any speculative but no horror, wants good flash fiction of 1250 words or less, poetry welcome but has a different submissions window (Nov and May, listed under semi-pro)

8/15 (tentative), Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: to be announced in newsletter, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

6/1-8/15, Campfire Macabre Anthology Series from Cemetery Gates Media, 500-1500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Horror, Theme: 5 themes (1: When We Were Getting High; 2: My Last Trick ‘r Treat, 3: Body Grotesquerie; 4: Ominous Visitors From Deep Space; 5: Out in the Fields, Forests, and Lakes), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only 1 story/theme and submit all stories at one time in the same email, submit stories to cemeterygatesmedia@gmail.com and include title/theme/wordcount in the subject line, Warning: might not notify if rejected

5/16-8/15, Dark Recesses (window for Fall Issue), 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark fiction, note variants from standard manuscript format (single-spaced, no indents), Nonfiction OK (but read specifics on their site)

8/1-8/21 (assume: midnight EST/EDT), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one original and one reprint concurrently), Note: open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December)

8/12-8/21, Pseudopod (general submissions), 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 (with disclosure!), Multiple OK (one original and one reprint)

7/22-8/21, Shakespeare Unleashed (Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing), 1500-6000 words or 14-line sonnets, 6¢/word ($35 for poems), Genre: horror (seeks horror, "no parodies or humor pieces"), Theme (Fiction): stories based on Shakespeare’s plays and characters (can be set in other time periods / updated / reimagined / merely based on), Theme (poetry): Shakespearean horror sonnets can be based on Shakespeare sonnets / plays / characters (note in submission) or they can be totally original (should evoke Shakespeare), Reprint NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Kickstarter was successfully funded and is still live at the link here, find submissions details and submissions portal when open here

7/22-8/21 (tentative dates; opens for 30 days as soon as Kickstarter funds), Unidentified Funny Objects 9, 500-6000 words, 10¢/word, Genre/Theme: seeking humorous SF/Fs, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Editor: Alex Shvartsman, Link to the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufopublishing/unidentified-funny-objects-9/description

8/1-8/30, Cast of Wonders (an Escape Artists Podcast): Flash Fiction Contest, ~1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: generally should be YA, 12-17 age range, include a sense of wonder, have deep emotional resonance, and have something unreal about them, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK (notify if accepted elsewhere and may consider as reprint), Multiple NO, Editor:  Katherine Inskip, send submissions to Moksha link

6/1-8/31 (11:59 PM EDT), Hidden Villains Anthology Series (Inkd Publishing), less than 7000 words, Genre: SF / Fantasy / Horror, Theme: Hidden Villains Arise ("Bold, imaginative fantasy, horror, and sci-fi sculpted to thrill and entertain readers with the bizarre or delve into the shadows"), submit via Duosuma link

7/1-8/31, Les Petites Morts (Ghost Orchid Press), 1000-5000 words (ideal: 2000-4000), 6¢/word, Genre/Theme: seeks erotic horror stories inspired by fairy tales/mythologies/folklore from around the world, anonymous submissions, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit stories to lespetitesmortssubs@gmail.com

6/24-8/31, Our Beautiful Reward (a special online issue of Reckoning Magazine by Catherine Rockwood), up to 20,000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF / F / General Fiction, Theme: environmental justice and bodily autonomy (a response to the fall of Roe; seeks stories, poems and nonfiction focusing on the intersection of bodily autonomy and environmental justice; hopes to "serve as a creative outlet for the anger and grief the collective loss of safety and self-determination this hideous decision entails for millions of people of all genders, now, and what further fascist regression it threatens for the future”), submit work at the moksha link here: https://reckoning.press/special-submission-call-our-beautiful-reward/, find further submission details here: https://reckoning.press/submit/ 

9/1, Orion's Belt, under 1200 words (not including title and byline), 8¢/word, Genre: literary speculative (must contain significant speculative elements), Poetry OK, Art OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 2 times/month, submitted separately; poetry up to 3/month), submit work to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com

9/1-9/14, 500-7500 words, 8¢/word, Solarpunk Magazine (General Subs for 2023 Issues), Genre/Theme: solarpunk speculative ("speculative elements should be apparent but not dominating; our disbelief suspended not by necessity, but immersion"; "any genre of science fiction, interstitial fiction, magic realism, or fantasy has potential as a solarpunk forum"), Poetry OK (up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems, whichever is shorter; $40/poem), Nonfiction OK (1000-2000 words; $75/essay or article), Art OK (cover art: $100 for reprints, $300 for original unpublished; interior art: $50 for reprints, $150 for original unpublished), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO (but 1 submission per category per period okay), submit via moksha portal 

9/15 (tentative), Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: to be announced in newsletter, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

9/1-9/21 (assume: midnight EST/EDT), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one original and one reprint concurrently), Note: open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December)

7/1-9/30, WotF Q2, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1^st $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

9/1-9/30 (may close earlier if reach submissions cap), 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) 

10/1-10/7 (general submissions), Fantasy Magazine, ~7500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy, Poetry ($40/poem, send up to 6), anonymous submissions, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one in each category of short, flash, and poetry), Note: open to BIPOC authors throughout all of 2022

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

10/15 (tentative), Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: to be announced in newsletter, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

10/1-10/21 (assume: midnight EST/EDT), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one original and one reprint concurrently), Note: open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December)

11/15 (tentative), Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: to be announced in newsletter, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

11/1-11/21 (assume: midnight EST/EDT), Flash Fiction Online, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Anonymous submissions, Reprints OK (2¢/word), Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one original and one reprint concurrently), Note: open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December)

11/1-11/30, Podcastle, ~6000 words at 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Reprints OK ($100 for over 1,500 words & $20 for under; may accept reprints at longer lengths up to 17,000 but must query first), Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1 original & 1 reprint), Editors: Eleanor R. Wood and Shingai Njeri Kagunda, submit via submissions portal at website, Standard Manuscript Format (except without street address & telephone number at the top of the file), Does not require anonymous submissions

11/1-11/30, Dark Void Magazine (Spring Issue), 3000-4000 words, 5¢/word, Genre/Theme: SF Horror stories that do not take place on Earth, send stories to darkvoidmagazine@gmail.com, also opens to subs in May

12/15 (tentative), Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: to be announced in newsletter, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne, zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, Note: must subscribe to newsletter to submit; the monthly newsletter will state the new month's genre/prompt

12/15~ (re-opens), Zooscape, ~5,000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any furry SF/F (must feature an anthropomorphic animal figure), Reprints OK (~10,000 words, $20), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (query), submit to zooscape.zine@gmail.com with subject line of “SUBMISSION:  Title, Word Count", currently closed 4/1/2022-8/14/2022

10/1-12/31, WotF Q2, ~17000 words (generally should aim for 3000-10,000), 8¢/word, prize money (1^st $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

1/1-1/14, 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

2. Open Publications (no deadline; paying 5¢/word or more)

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, ~12k words, 5-8¢/word, Genre: Mystery/Crime/Suspense /Thriller

Amazing Stories, 1k-10k words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, ~20k (8-10 cents/word), 40k-80k serials (6 cents/word), poetry ($1/line), 4k-word fact articles (9¢/word), Genre: SF, Multiple Yes

Anathema: Spec from the Margins, 1500-6k words (if 1500-2k words pays 5¢/word), $100 CAD/story ($50/poem), Genre: SF/F/H, Simultaneous OK, Poetry OK (under 100 lines, Non-Fiction OK (1500-3000 words), Limited demographic: queer/two-spirit person of colour/Indigenous/Aboriginal, Note on Genre/Theme: "We are open to any form of genre or speculative content. We talk about what we do as "SF/F/H, the weird, slipstream, surrealism, fabulism, and more," elsewhere on the site. But we are not limited to those genres. Use them as a starting point and send whatever you want: as long as it's got some kind of speculative content we'll consider it. And we are also interested in seeing work that has been difficult to place because of content or perspective."

Apex Magazine, ~7500 words, 8 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/Horror

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")

Asimov's, 1k-20k words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F

Baffling Magazine, ~1200 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/Horror (especially interested in queer/trans/aro/ace; welcomes weird/slipstream/interstitial), Simultaneous OK

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ~15k words, 8¢/word, Genre: literary adventure fantasy (no urban fantasy and nothing modern)

Boneyard Soup Magazine, 2k-6k words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reprints OK, Non-Fiction OK, Art OK

Cathedral Canyon Review, ~5500 words for fiction and nonfiction (~1000 words flash fiction), 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: literary, Poetry OK (3-5 submitted in the same document; $20/poem), Art OK ($25/image), Simultaneous OK, email submissions, Limited to an author or artist living in the Southwest (generally California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah) and especially interested in BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ writers 

Clarkesworld Magazine, 1k-22k words, 10¢/word, Genre: SF/F

Cloud Lake Literary, ~3500 words, $50 CAD/per page to a maximum of $150 CAD, Genre: fiction/creative nonfiction/poetry/child lit/YA, Note: Canadian Writers only

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, open 1st-2nd every month, 1000-40000 words (shorter preferred), 8¢/word (reprints 2¢/word), Genre: F/SF, Poetry ($1/line, ~40 lines, reprints 50¢/word), Articles (2-8¢/word, reprints 1-4¢/word), unedited feedback provided if requested in cover letter (fair warning: some have found their feedback, editing, and publication process rude or unhelpful, and so, I've left them off the monthly deadlines list. Personally, I'll still be subbing to them but some writers have been, to put it mildly, turned off by their approach, so keep this in mind)

Craft Literary, ~1000 word flash ($100), ~6000 word short fiction or nonfiction ($200), Genre: general/literary, Simultaneous OK

Cricket, ~6000 words (best = 1200-1800 & 600-900), 25 cents/word, Genre/Theme: middle grade readers (realistic contemporary fiction, historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy, folk tales, myths and legends, and humor), also seeking poetry / nonfiction / puzzles / activities / art, Note: other magazines at the link include Babybug, Ladybug, Spider, Ask, Muse

Daily Science Fiction, 100-1500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/slipstream, will consider flash series

Dark Recesses, 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark fiction, four submission windows (9/1-11/30, 12/1-2/28 or 29, 3/1-5/31, 6/1-8/31, note variants from standard manuscript format (single-spaced, no indents), Nonfiction OK (but read specifics on their site)

Decoded, ~7500 words, 1-5¢/word ($25/flash, $100/short, $200/long, $75/comic, Genre/Theme: any queer SF/Fantasy/Horror, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (submit up to two pieces), Note: must be a queer identifying writer

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 250-20,000 (2500-8000 best), 5-8¢/word, Genre: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller

Escape Pod, 1500-6000 (reprints 1500-18000), 8¢/word (reprints $100), Genre/Theme: any SF (prefer high clarity and pacing to match their audio format; prefer to see a ray of hope even in darker stories), opens from 9/1/2021-5/31/2022

Fantasy Magazine, ~7500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy, Poetry ($40/poem, send up to 6), anonymous submissions, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (only one in each category of short, flash, and poetry), Note: open to BIPOC authors throughout all of 2022; opens for general submissions again on 7/1-7/7 and 10/1-10/7

Flame Tree Press, seeks 70k-120k word novels (SF/F/H/Crime), often announces short story anthologies (8¢/word), runs a monthly flash fiction contest (700-1000 words, 8¢/word, reprints 6¢/word, two categories of SF or Horror), sign up for newsletter to receive notice of monthly flash fiction contest prompts and upcoming anthology calls 

Flash Fiction Online, submission window open from the 1st to the 21st each month, 500-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: any, Multiple OK (up to 3 submitted at a time), Reprints OK (2¢/word), note: remove all author identifying info from submitted files

Focus on the Family Clubhouse, 500-2000 words, 15¢/word, Genre: SF/Fantasy/Humor/General, Age/Theme: 8-12 year old and Christian values

Fractured Lit, 401-1000 words ($75), ~400 words ($50), Genre: general/literary, Multiple OK (up to 2 in same document), submit via Submittable with brief bio and optional cover letter 

Future Science Fiction Digest (UFO Publishing), 500-10,000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF, Note: only open to translated submissions or stories by writers for whom English is not their first language and who reside outside of primarily English-speaking countries

Futures (at Nature.com), 850-950 words, $130, Genre: near future/hard SF, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, submit as a Microsoft Word attachment to futures@nature.com

Galaxy's Edge, ~10,000 words (novelettes a harder sale), 7¢/word, Genre: SF/F (subgenres welcome, such as space opera, steampunk, urban fantasy, africanfuturism, magical realism, dark fantasy, dystopian SF, etc.), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit via the Moksha portal

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)

Infinite Worlds, 1500-5000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF, 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 submissions@infiniteworldsmagazine.com (note that they may not send a rejection notice; if 90 days have passed, consider the submission rejected)

Nanoism, ~140 characters (including spaces), $1.50/story, Genre/Theme: any (but most interested in literary stories with staying power), also open to serials (see details on site), submit one story/week 

Nashville Review, ~8000 words, a flat $100/story (so about 1-10¢/word), Genre: general/literary, may submit short stories and novel excerpts up to 8000 words or submit three flash pieces in one document up to 1000 words each, Simultaneous OK, Creative Non-fiction OK (~8000 words), Poetry OK (1-3 poems within one document per submission; $25/poem), Art OK (see site for details), three submissions windows (9/1-9/30, 1/1-1/31, 5/1-5/31)

Neon Hemlock Press (anthology), Opulent Syntax: Irish Speculative Fiction, ~6000 words (best: 1000-4000), 8¢/word, any speculative (SF/F/H/hybrid/alt-history/weird/slipstream/utopian/dystopian/less definable) exploring Irish identity (including immigrant, Irish Traveler/Minceir, queer/trans), submissions open to anyone resident on the island of Ireland and to Irish people living anywhere

Orion's Belt, under 1200 words (not including title and byline), 8¢/word, Genre: literary speculative (must contain significant speculative elements), Poetry OK, Art OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 2 times/month, submitted separately; poetry up to 3/month), submit work to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com, open until September 2022

Plenitude Magazine, ~5000 words, $80 CAD/story (so about 5¢/word for ~1000 words), Genre/Theme: queer literary, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, Poetry OK (up to five pages; $35 CAD/poem), limited to LGBTQ2S+ writers, also from May 1 until October 1 limited to Canadian writers

PodCastle, ~6000 words (3000-4500 best), 8¢/word, Genre: Fantasy, Simultaneous & Multiple OK, Reprints ($100 for >1500 words, $20/flash), open 11/1-11/31 and closed from December 2021

Pseudopod, 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

Pulp Literature, ~40000 (~5000 best), 5-8¢/word (up to 7000 words), Seeking: any genre or between-genre, poetry, comics, illustration, and open to novel queries in Jan/July, Poetry (up to 3 poems or 5 pages w/ $25-$50)

Reckoning, ~20,000 words, 8¢/word ($30/page for poems), Genre: SF/F/General, Theme: enivironmental justic, Simultaneous OK, Poetry OK (prefer multiple 3-5 poems <10 pages, but send only one if longer)

Seize the Press, ~2000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: bleak SF/dark fantasy/Horror, Theme: seeking dark, transgressive speculative (no moralizing and no happy endings), Reprints NO, Multiple OK, Simultaneous OK, email submissions to submissions@seizethepress.com

Smokelong Quarterly, ~1000 words, $50/piece, Genre: Literary, Simultaneous OK, Notes on what they want: language that surprises and excites, narratives that strive toward something other than a final punch line or twist, pieces that add up to something, often (but not necessarily always) something profound or emotionally resonant honest work that feels as if it has far more purpose than a writer wanting to write a story

Solarpunk Magazine, 500-7500 words, 8¢/word ($80 min), Genre: any (prefers solarpunk / SF/F / slipstream / magical realism / urban fantasy; not strict about genre), Theme: solarpunk (specifically any work that "speculates about a better world in an equitable future where humanity and technology have either achieved a healthy balance with nature, or have adapted to climate change in creative ways"), (Poetry OK (up to 5 poems or 5 pages of poems, whichever is shorter; $40/poem), Simultaneous OK, Multiple (one submission per category of flash, short story, and poetry), Nonfiction OK (1000-1500 words, $75/piece), Art OK ($100/reprint cover, $300 original cover, $50 reprint inside, $150 original inside), Submission window for Issue 1 is 11/1/1-11/14,  Note: this window depends on their September/October Kickstarter success

Split Lip Magazine, ~3000 words, flat rate of $50 for flash/short stories/poetry/memoirs/art (so 5¢/word for ~1000 word stories; longer than that and the rate isn't as good), Simultaneous OK, Poetry OK (only send one per sub period), free submissions months include the following: January, March, May, August, September, November

Strange Horizons (; open to poetry), ~10,000 words (~5000 best), 10¢/word, Genre: speculative (broadly defined), Poetry (up to 6 poems at a time, in same file OK, $50/poem), Art OK (email, see website), Nonfiction OK (email, see website), Simultaneous NO, will reopen to fiction subs in 2022

Terraform, ~2000 words, 20¢/word, Genre: SF, Theme: nearer future fiction any form welcome ("classic-style SF short stories, social media posts from beyond the horizon, fictive data dumps, experimental graphic narratives, and so on"), Note: send submissions to terraform.motherboard@gmail.com

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

The Arcanist, ~1000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: Fantasy/SF/Horror, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (sub up to three at a time), Note: seeking great characters with complete stories

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) 

The Dark, 2000-6000 words, 6¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy/Experimental

The Deadlands, ~5000 words (sweet spot = 3-4k), 10¢/word,Genre/Theme: speculative fiction that concerns itself with death–but also everything death may involve, Reprints OK (~5000 words, 1¢/word), Poetry OK during open periods (currently closed since June 14th; when open: 3 poems/submission, $50/poem), Nonfiction OK (1-4k words, $100/essay), Art OK ($100/cover art), closing 12/19/2021-1/19/2022

The Dread Machine, ~5,500 words, 5¢/word, Genre/Theme: dark future / SF / cyberpunk / slipstream (wants: magical realism, literary SF, alternative realities, diverse protagonists, unique dystopias/utopias, unconventional societies), Reprints OK (~7,000 words, 1¢/word, will not accept if available online for free), Poetry OK (~50 lines, $10/poem), Anonymous Submissions, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 3 submissions sent separately), submit here after creating free account

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, ~25,000 words, 8-12 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/H (speculative element may be slight but should be present), send to Sheree Renée Thomas, Poetry OK (send 3-5 poems/submission), Art & Cartoons OK (send sample/queries to Gordon Van Gelder), note: do not submit another story or set of poems before 21-days after your last submission

The No Sleep Podcast, 1200-2000 words at 5¢/word (1200-2499 = $100; 2500+ words = $150), Genre/Theme: must be horror and generally prefer first person, should be written with audio format in mind

The Razor, ~2000 words, $100/story, Genre: general/literary, Simultaneous OK, anonymous submissions, Nonfiction OK

The Strand Magazine, 1000-2000 words at 5¢/word (1000-6000 words at $100-150), Genre/Theme: mysteries/detective/terror/supernatural

Thirteen, any word count, 1-5¢/word (~1000 words = 5¢/word; 1000-40,000 words = 1-2¢/word), Genre: horror (an audio-drama podcast specializing in "slow-burn atmospheric horror and ghost stories"), submissions formatted as a script have a better chance of selection, first person central narrator with supporting characters works best for their format, see more advice on the website

Three-Lobed Burning Eye, 500-1000 words or 1001-7500 (1000-2000=5¢/word), Genre: any spec especially horror/dark fantasy (prefers hybrid/weird), $100/short story or $30/flash

Triangle House Review, ~40,000 words, flat rate of $50 (so around 5¢/word for ~1000 words), Genre: general/literary, limited to "pieces by writers who have never been published in any capacity before"

Uncharted Magazine, 1000-5000 words, 4-10¢/word ($200/story), Genres: SF/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller, Simultaneous OK, Note: debuting on August 2021

Unreal Magazine / Unfit Magazine, ~5000 words, 20 cents/word up to 1000 words (1 cent/word over 1000), seeking imaginative/emotional/metaphors/original ideas, Simultaneous OK, SFWA members not eligible, Note: also see their Unfit Magazine (seeking same as Unreal), Note: this was delisted at Submissions Grinder (sub at your own risk)

upstreet, ~5000 words, $50-$250 for short stories or essays (generally 5¢/word for ~1000 words), Genre: general/literary, Simultaneous OK, submissions window is September to March

Raven Canticle Press (Valravn and other anthologies; novellas and novels), 3000-10,000 words paid at 10¢/word (w/ bonus payouts based on crowdfunding/sales; also seeking 15,000-80,000 word novellas/novels paid through advances/royalties), Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Espionage/Thriller/SF (they strongly prefer horror/dark/gothic set in any genre), Theme: the annual anthology Valravn is horror themed but contains other genres (they also release themed anthologies which they will announce; horror/dark/gothic themes must carry the story for novellas/novels), Reprints NO, Multiple NO (only one sub per quarter), submit via website form

Vector, 1000-6000 words, Genre: non-fiction only, seeks: non-academic articles (1000-3500 words), academic articles (3500-6000 words), interviews/roundtables, conference reports, reviews, and queries from prospective guest editors and advertisers, Query: vector.submissions@gmail.com

Voyage, ~6000 words, $200/story, Genre: YA/General, Simultaneous OK

Zooscape, ~5,000 words, 8¢/word, Genre/Theme: any furry SF/F (must feature an anthropomorphic animal figure), Reprints OK (~10,000 words, $20), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (query), submit to zooscape.zine@gmail.com with subject line of “SUBMISSION:  Title, Word Count", currently closed 4/1/2022-8/14/2022 (opens8/15)

3. Deadlines/Windows (4/20/2022 and beyond; paying up to 4¢/word)

8/15-8/31 (all authors) and 9/1-9/7 (BIPOC only), Apparition Literature (Nostalgia theme), 1000-5100 words, 3¢/word, Genre: any speculative (F/SF/Horror/Literary; wants strange, heart-breaking emotion, pro-active characters, and style; see more details on website), Theme: Nostalgia, Poetry OK (~2 pages/poem; sub ~5 poems/submission, $30/poem), submit stories to submissions@apparitionlit.com (use Shunn manuscript format, Times New Roman or Arial font, title file using story title and last name, attach to email as RTF file, email subject line of SUBMISSION: title of story)

4. Open Publications (no deadline; paying up to 4¢/word or more)

Apparition Literature, 1000-5100 words, 3¢/word, Genre: any speculative (F/SF/Horror/Literary; wants strange, heart-breaking emotion, pro-active characters, and style; see more details on website), Theme: Charm theme open to BIPOC until 12/7/2021 (upcoming themes are Wanderlust in February 2022, Omen in May, and Nostalgia in August), Poetry OK (~2 pages/poem; sub ~5 poems/submission, $30/poem), submission windows include February 15-28 (March 1-7 BIPOC creators only), May 15-31 (June 1-7 BIPOC creators only), August 15-31 (September 1-7 BIPOC creators only), November 15-30, (December 1-7 BIPOC creators only), submit stories to submissions@apparitionlit.com (use Shunn manuscript format, Times New Roman or Arial font, title file using story title and last name, attach to email as RTF file, email subject line of SUBMISSION: title of story) 

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, include in email real name, pseudonym, ~100 word bio w/ ~4 social links, 40-word blurb, ~500-word synopsis

Bourbon Penn, 2000-7500 words, 2¢/word, Genre: speculative (odd/imaginative ones), especially slipstream/cross-genre/magic realism/absurdist/surreal

Crow Toes Quarterly, ~3000 words, $25 (1-1500 words) or $50 (1501-3000 words), Genre: playfully dark fiction for children ages 8-13, Poetry OK (1-5 pieces in a single doc/pdf; $20/poem), Art OK (1-5 pieces; $20-60), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit to ctqsubmissions@gmail.com with brief bio (include type of submission, title of submission, and name of artist/author in the subject line)

Dark Moon Digest, opens on the 1st every month and closes when full 1500-7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Horror (complex, creepy, like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, Simultaneous OK

D.L. Russell Books: The Noise of a Quiet House (anthology), 2500-5000 words, $50, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy, Theme: our worst childhood fears (unique things that can terrorize a child), submit to dlrussellbooks@gmail.com

Flash Point Science Fiction, 100-1000 words, $15/story, Genre: any speculative (SF, Fantasy, Slipstream, other spec)

GigaNotoSaurus, 5,000-25,000 words, $100, Genre: SF/Fantasy (or any combination of the genres), English Translations OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit stories via Moksha submissions portal

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

Hexagon Magazine, ~7500 words (poetry: ~30 lines), $10 CAD/story ($5/poem or art, $30/graphic story, $100/cover art), Genre: any speculative

Lady Churchill 's Rosebud Wristlet, any word counts, Genre: F/SF/general (tends toward but not limited to speculative), 3¢/word, only accepts paper submissions (no email), Poetry OK ($10/poem), Art OK

Mythic, 2000-6000 words, 4¢/word, SF/F, open to general submissions (6/1-7/31; 12/1-1/31)

Perpetual Motion Machine, ~1500 words, $25/story, Genre: Horror (same as Dark Moon above)

Pressfuls, 2000-5000 words (3¢/word), 20,000-45,000 words (35% royalties), Genre: Horror/Fantasy/SF/Crime/Mystery, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Reprints NO, send subs to submissions@pressfuls.com, Editor-in-Chief: Roban Bandojo

Star Ship Sofa (District of Wonders), 3000-9000, 1¢/word (less if 7500-9000 words), Genre: SF, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Note: buying audio rights only

Sci-Fi Lampoon, ~7500 words, $5, Genre/Theme: humorous speculative, Simultaneous OK, also seeking art and lampoon ads, Multiple OK

Scrawl Place, ~900 words, $35/piece, Genre/Theme: pieces about, connected to, or associated with a specific, physical place that someone could visit (any content/style/form), Seeking fiction, poetry, hybrids, creative nonfiction, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1-3 pieces at a time), Reprints OK

Simultaneous Times Podcast (from Space Cowboy Books), $10/story, submit a high quality wav. file via wetransfer.com (or follow guidelines on their page if you cannot record your story)

The Colored Lens, ~20,000 words, 1-2¢/word, Genre: any speculative

The Common Tongue Magazine, 600-6000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: only high fantasy with a dark tone (dark fantasy, grimdark, sword & sorcery), Languages: English or Spanish (translations also accepted),  Poetry OK (up to 40 lines), Note: seeking original stories or stories set in their Arthuruin Shared Universe, Nonfiction OK (~2500 words, 3¢/word), Art OK ($200-400)

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: Horror/SF/Crime/Mystery/Fantasy/Romance, Themes vary depending on anthology, Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (up to 3 at a time), more details on their website, see deadlines for semi-pro for current anthology windows

Three-Lobed Burning Eye, 500-1000 words ($30), 1001-7500 words ($100), Genre: any speculative (especially horror/dark fantasy; also prefers hybrid/weird)

Welkin: A Magazine of Fantastic Literature, any word count, 1¢/word (~1500 words unpaid, Reprints OK (flash only but no pay), Art OK ($50/issue), Simultaneous OK, Note: submission periods are March/July/October/January (open to flash fiction year-round)

5. Deadlines/Windows (4/20/2022 and beyond; advance/royalties)

opening from 5/1 (no deadline), Debut Horror Novel Series (Cemetery Media Gates), 40k+ words (complete, original, and unpublished manuscripts from authors who’ve never published a novel), Pay: $500 signing bonus + $500 advance upon publication and a 60% (author) royalty share on physical and electronic editions, Genre: Horror (in vein of what they’ve previously published; not interested in dystopian SF/dark fantasy/YA), Limited (welcome to submit if you have at least (2) paid horror writing credits and have never published a novel; if you have novellas and short story collections in print, you’re still eligible), submit to cemeterygatesmedia@gmail.com (include a synopsis of your story, your Twitter, author website, two of your writing credits, and a brief bio with your manuscript)

6. Search for More Markets Here

Publishing...and Other Forms of Insanity offers plenty of updated lists of agents, calls for submission, contests, conferences, recipes, and more

S. Kalekar (authorspublish.com) lists lots of places to submit stories, such as this January 2022 post 

Angelique Fawns often lists some places to submit stories, such as this February 2022 post

The Submission Grinder: a submission tracker and market database that is free to use for all, helps provide data on publications and submission windows

Duotrope, same as above, a submission tracker and market database that requires a paid subscription for full usage, may go into a bit more depth than Grinder though not by much based on my brief trial subscription

Ralan.com: up-to-date listings for the speculative market and advice

Publisher's Marketplace

Locus Magazine: Resources

Moksha Listing of Open Publications

Horror Tree: recent markets, articles, interviews, and fiction

Literarium (login/sign-up)

Literarium flash fiction listing

Horror Writers Association: Markets for Horror Writers and Poets

Speculative Poetry Markets

Write Jobs: good and bad jobs, markets, contests, etc.

50 Magazines and Anthologies That Pay for Horror Fiction, a decent list with speculative focus

Where to Submit Short Stories: 30 Magazines and Websites That Want Your Work, a decent list with a literary focus

SFWA Market Report—April 2022

7. Browse Links to Advice/Lists/Workshops

Shadowspinners often has a wonderful assortment of blog posts from various writers, such as Eric M. Witchey.

M. Todd Gallowglas does some fun and engaging classes that really inspire you to produce meaningful new work; check out his shows on Twitch or his workshops

Wulf Moon's Super Secrets: a ton of great advice on writing short stories that win (he runs a workshop that you can peek in on and learn from as it goes)

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

Charlie Jane Anders' advice: chapters from her forthcoming non-fiction book Never Say You Can't Survive with new chapters released every Tuesday

Delilah S. Dawson's page of links, including her advice on how to get published

Cat Rambo's Website: lots of good resources and classes

Submitting Short Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Genre Edition by Holly Lyn Walrath, a useful guide on playing the submission game written in 2019

Submission Tetris: An Analytic Approach by Laurence Raphael Brothers, a brief but useful consideration of what and where to submit in the submissions game from SFWA

A listing of speculative award winners. Go read, study, and improve yourself.

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 Christie