October! The month of wonderful wind and spirits and costumes. Plenty of deadlines it looks like. Hope this helps. Also take a look at the bottom of the list for more resources.
Quick self-promo: I have two stories coming out in November! One story in Clamour and Mischief available for pre-order now. Includes a bunch of great stories about corvids; my story's another entry into my near future fantastical world (Japan's displaced and humans are only one of many other animals doing alive and well and with plenty of odd powers to boot). Main characters are cyberpunk azure-winged magpies, so enjoy that.
I also have a story coming out in Tales and Feathers Issue 1. They already have three stories out for Issue 1. Go take look!
And now on to the updated lists for October 2022 and beyond. Updates I add to the list will be noted here for those who check back throughout the month.
Strange Horizons already closed after reaching their 1000-story cap (opened 10/3-10/5)
Thanks for reading and good luck with your creative work. Enjoy the season!
RJK LEE
Table of Contents
1. Deadlines/Windows after 10/1/2022 paying 5¢/word or more
2. Open Publications with no deadline paying 5¢/word or more
3. Deadlines/Windows after 10/1/2022 paying up to 4¢/word
4. Open Publications with no deadline paying up to 4¢/word
5. Publications paying royalties/advance only
6. Search for More Markets Here
7. Browse Links to Advice/Lists/Workshops
1. Deadlines/Windows after 10/1/2022 paying 5¢/word or more
10/1 (opened w/ no specified closing date), Uncanny Magazine, 750-10,000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: speculative, Reprints NO, Poetry OK (any length), $40/poem), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Link: https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
8/31-10/7, Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep (Ed. by Kevin J. Anderson and Allyson Longueira), ~5000 words, 6 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/H / Humor / Romance (PG-13 audience), Theme: “dark mermaids” (mermaids must be integral to the story), Poetry OK, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submission guidelines here: https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/merciless-mermaids-tails-from-the-deep/guidelines
8/8-10/8, Dream Foundry Contest, ~10,000 words, prize money (1st = $1000, 2nd = $500, 3rd = $100), Genre: any speculative, Limited to new writers (published less than 4000 words of paid speculative writing, earned less than USD320, never nominated for a major speculative award, not a previous winner of this contest), anonymous submissions, writing contest judges are Vajra Chandrasekera and Premee Mohamed, Simultaneous OK (and winning stories are not published in any form), Art OK (separate contest but same deadline), Writers Contest Details: https://dreamfoundry.org/writing-contest/, Artists Contest Details: https://dreamfoundry.org/art-contest/
9/26-10/8 (11:59 PM PST), Nightmare Magazine (general window), 1500-7500 words (not open to flash at this time), 8¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy, Poetry OK (up to 5 poems; $40), Creative Nonfiction OK (~1000 words), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but can submit one piece for each category during open periods), Link: https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/
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, Link: https://www.cossmass.com/submit/
9/22-10/15, DreamForge Anvil, 200-4,500 words, 7¢/word, Genre: SF/F (no horror/dark outcomes), Theme: especially interested in more solarpunk and hopepunk stories this submission period, Reprints OK (3¢/word), Poetry OK (up to 900 words, $25-100), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, Link: https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/
10/16, Flame Tree (Monthly Flash Fiction Contest), 700-1000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Horror & Supernatural, Theme: Haunted Circus, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit entry to the Newsletter Editor Zoë Seabourne at zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, must subscribe to newsletter which states the new month's genre/prompt (https://www.flametreepress.com/reader-exclusives/), Link: https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
9/19-10/19 (11:59 PM PST), Nightmare Magazine (BIPOC-only window), 1500-7500 words (not open to flash at this time), 8¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy, Poetry OK (up to 5 poems; $40), Creative Nonfiction OK (~1000 words), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but can submit one piece for each category during open periods), Link: https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/nightmare/
10/1-10/21 (midnight 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), open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December; may close earlier if reaches submissions limit), details at the link: http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
10/21, Endless Ink Publishing House Short Story Horror Comedy Contest, 5000-8000 words, prize money (1st: $750, 2nd-4th: $150), Genre: horror comedy, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, submit to nextpagejulian@yahoo.com, Link: https://www.endlessinkbooks.com/blogs/news/short-story-contest-2022-horror-comedy
10/22, Drabblecast, 500-4000 words (also: 100-word & 100-character), 6¢/word ($300 cap), Genre: weird speculative (range of SF/F/H that includes humorous, bizarre, gross, disturbing, badass, interesting, and original; stories that work well in audio format), Reprints OK (3¢/word), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit stories to submissions@drabblecast.org with name and title in subject, Link: https://www.drabblecast.org/submissions/
10/21-10/26 (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 (also the general submissions windows is tentative; check their website and Twitter @fantasymagazine for updates), Link: https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy
10/28, Nowhere Fast (anthology, edited by Janine Pipe with Clash Books), 3000-5000 words, 6¢/word, Genre: Horror, Theme: coming of age with a horror twist (think tribute to classics of 80s-90s like The Goonies, Stand By Me, ET, Jurassic Park, etc. with plenty of horror), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK, sub to Nowherefastcoa@gmail.com with subject line of NowherefastCOA – Story title – author name, Link: https://www.clashbooks.com/clash/2021/10/29/nowhere-fast
10/30 (11 PM AEDT), Our Ocean’d Earth (Stormbird Press), 1,000-3,000 words, paying €200, Genre/Theme: nonfiction or fiction on how important it is to fight for our oceans, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, send submissions to editor@stormbirdpress.com (attach essay/story; include an author bio of 300 words or less, contact details with mailing address and phone number, and in subject line write: ‘Ocean Anthology Submission’, the title of the submission and the country in which your story is set), More details at the link: https://www.stormbirdpress.com/news/our-oceand-earth/
7/1-10/31 (extended), There’s No Place (Renaissance Press), 500-3500 words, CAD8¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: Home (not limited to physical spaces; home can be a person, an item, a memory, a sensation), Limited: those who experienced homelessness, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, details at the link: https://pressesrenaissancepress.ca/2022/06/29/call-for-submissions/
10/31, Elegant Literature, 500-2000 words, 10¢/word, Genre: any, Theme: haunted hideaway (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), Link: https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/
10/31, Metastellar, under 1200 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/H, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, use submission form on website (asks for bio, story image, and author photo), Link: https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/
10/31, Apex Magazine Asian and Pacific Islanders, open to writers of any Asian or Pacific Islander heritage regardless of location/origin, ~7500 words, 8 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/H, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, guest editor Iori Kusano, Link: https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/apex-magazine-asian-and-pacific-islanders
11/1 (tentative opening date; closing date unknown), The Maul (Issue One), 100-3000 words, 8¢/word, Genre: Horror (prefer horror mixed with other speculative; accepts literary horror though it's a harder sell), Theme/Audience: stories that initiate new readers to horror and enjoys pulp fiction (encourages over-the-top and "exaggeration, melodrama, impossibly imaginative settings, and vivid imagery"; skews toward a younger audience but doesn't want to dumb language down and accepts swear words), Art OK ($100, color or black and white, especially monsters--grotesque, minimalist, large, small, gothic, modern, etc.), Comics OK ($100, three-panel horror, black and white okay), Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but accepts 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 (paste story below the cover letter in the body of your email), Link: https://themaulmag.com/?page_id=31
9/15-11/14 (11:59 PM EDT), Mighty: An Anthology of Disable Superheroes, 500-3500 words, 8¢CAD, Limited: seeking stories written by and about people who can identify as disabled, Genre: any speculative (SF is good, but also welcomes cross-genre and encourages telling superhero stories in other settings such as fantasy or weird west), Theme: Disabled characters being empowered and living full lives while still being disabled (welcomes stories that play around with tired cliches/tropes about disability, humor, stories about and by people at the intersection of disability and other identities that have been traditionally excluded from publishing including but not limited to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, religious minorities, women, older adults), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but if your story is rejected before the deadline, you are welcome to submit another), anonymous submissions, prefers receiving submissions via this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUSO4eL3wsN0c64IDxFm34zivtCX-qE8lVQDVbtD6G1dDFtg/viewform, more details at the link: https://pressesrenaissancepress.ca/2022/06/29/call-for-submissions-mighty/
9/15-11/14 (11:59 PM EDT), Mighty: An Anthology of Disable Superheroes, 500-3500 words, 8¢CAD, Limited: seeking stories written by and about people who can identify as disabled, Genre: any speculative (SF is good, but also welcomes cross-genre and encourages telling superhero stories in other settings such as fantasy or weird west), Theme: Disabled characters being empowered and living full lives while still being disabled (welcomes stories that play around with tired cliches/tropes about disability, humor, stories about and by people at the intersection of disability and other identities that have been traditionally excluded from publishing including but not limited to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, religious minorities, women, older adults), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO (but if your story is rejected before the deadline, you are welcome to submit another), anonymous submissions, prefers receiving submissions via this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUSO4eL3wsN0c64IDxFm34zivtCX-qE8lVQDVbtD6G1dDFtg/viewform, more details at the link: https://pressesrenaissancepress.ca/2022/06/29/call-for-submissions-mighty/
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 at zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, must subscribe to newsletter (https://www.flametreepress.com/reader-exclusives/), the monthly newsletter states the new month's genre and prompt, More details at the link: https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
8/15-11/15, Dark Recesses (Winter Issue), 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark fiction, four submission windows (8/15-11/15, 11/16-2/15, 2/16-5/15, 5/16-8/15), differs from standard manuscript format (single-spaced, no indents), Nonfiction OK (specifics on their site), details at the link: http://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/
8/15-11/15, Dark Recesses (Winter Issue), 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: horror/dark fiction, four submission windows (8/15-11/15, 11/16-2/15, 2/16-5/15, 5/16-8/15), differs from standard manuscript format (single-spaced, no indents), Nonfiction OK (specifics on their site), details at the link: http://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/
11/1-11/21 (midnight 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), open 1st-21st almost every month (closed in December; may close earlier if reaches submissions limit), details at the link: http://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
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, details at the link: https://podcastle.org/guidelines/
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, details at the link: https://darkvoidmagazine.com/submissionguidelines
11/30, Fable: An Anthology of Horror, Suspense & the Supernatural, 1000-39,999 words, 8¢/word for the first 1,000 words (1¢/word thereafter), Genre: horror / mystery / crime / thriller / suspense (supernatural elements encouraged but not required), Reprints OK (1¢/word), Translations OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (only one original story and one reprint), more at the link: https://pridebookcafe.com/fable-an-anthology-of-horror-suspense-the-supernatural/?v=24d22e03afb2
11/30, This World Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Horror Stories about Bugs, 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror, Theme: stories about bugs ("terrify us with your best stories about the creepy-crawlies that outnumber us, outweigh us, and scare the bejesus out of us"; a little humor is okay but should primarily frighten readers), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, currently running a Kickstarter, send stories to submit@frombeyondpress.com with a short ~50-word bio, Link: http://frombeyondpress.com/submissions/
11/30, This World Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Horror Stories about Bugs, 500-5000 words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror, Theme: stories about bugs ("terrify us with your best stories about the creepy-crawlies that outnumber us, outweigh us, and scare the bejesus out of us"; a little humor is okay but should primarily frighten readers), Reprints OK, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, currently running a Kickstarter, send stories to submit@frombeyondpress.com with a short ~50-word bio, Link: http://frombeyondpress.com/submissions/
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 at zoe.seabourne@flametreepublishing.com w/ theme as subject heading and author details/bio at end of story, must subscribe to newsletter (https://www.flametreepress.com/reader-exclusives/), the monthly newsletter states the new month's genre and prompt, More details at the link: https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
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, more details at the link: https://zooscape-zine.com/guidelines/
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, Link: https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
10/1-12/31, 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, details at the link: https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
12/1-1/31, Gargantua (air and nothingness press), exactly 1000 words, Genre: any (may typically fall into hard SF but welcomes any genre), Theme: stories of massive engineering megastructures that reshape stellar systems (Shellworlds, Alderson disks, Dyson spheres and swarms, O'Neill cylinders, Matrioshka brains, wormhole networks - these megastructures reshape stellar systems, are evidence of the engineering prowess of advanced civilizations, and are just darn cool concepts; tales of advanced civilizations, personal stories of the people who live in these spaces, the mythology that is created as these projects are born, to the time they crumble to stellar dust), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, email your submission to info@aanpress.com with a one paragraph bio, wants standard manuscript format in doc/docx/rtf (and prefers Page Size: Letter; Margins: .5”; Font: Calibri 11 point, single spaced), Website Details: http://aanpress.com/submissions.html, PDF Submission Details: http://aanpress.com/Gargantua_2023_submission.pdf
12/1-1/31, Gargantua (air and nothingness press), exactly 1000 words, Genre: any (may typically fall into hard SF but welcomes any genre), Theme: stories of massive engineering megastructures that reshape stellar systems (Shellworlds, Alderson disks, Dyson spheres and swarms, O'Neill cylinders, Matrioshka brains, wormhole networks - these megastructures reshape stellar systems, are evidence of the engineering prowess of advanced civilizations, and are just darn cool concepts; tales of advanced civilizations, personal stories of the people who live in these spaces, the mythology that is created as these projects are born, to the time they crumble to stellar dust), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, email your submission to info@aanpress.com with a one paragraph bio, wants standard manuscript format in doc/docx/rtf (and prefers Page Size: Letter; Margins: .5”; Font: Calibri 11 point, single spaced), Website Details: http://aanpress.com/submissions.html, PDF Submission Details: http://aanpress.com/Gargantua_2023_submission.pdf
9/14-12/31, Artifice & Craft (Zombies Need Brains), ~7500 words (average of 6000 words/story), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Theme: magical arts and crafts (stories that revolve around some type of artistic object that has been enchanted, cursed, hexed, or imbued with magical properties; wants a wide variety of genre settings, not just secondary world fantasy, and wants a range of tones, humorous to dark), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 3, submitted separately), info on website here: http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/, submit stories here: https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/
9/14-12/31, Dragonesque (Zombies Need Brains), ~7500 words (average of 6000 words/story), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Theme: dragon POV (stories where a significant portion of the story is written from the dragon’s point of view; wants a wide variety of genre settings, not just secondary world fantasy, and wants a range of tones, humorous to dark), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 3, submitted separately), info on website here: http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/, submit stories here: https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/
9/14-12/31, Game On! (Zombies Need Brains), ~7500 words (average of 6000 words/story), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Theme: games (stories where the story revolves around some type of game--be it board game, video game, or RPG; they do not want sports-related stories; they do want a wide variety of genre settings, not just secondary world fantasy, and wants a range of tones, humorous to dark), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 3, submitted separately), info on website here: http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/, submit stories here: https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/
9/14-12/31, Solar Flare (Zombies Need Brains),~7500 words (average of 6000 words/story), 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Theme: solarpunk (stories that satisfy the "solar punk" subgenre ideals; wants a wide variety of genre settings, not just secondary world fantasy, and wants a range of tones, humorous to dark), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to 3, submitted separately), info on website here: http://www.zombiesneedbrains.com/, submit stories here: https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/
12/1-12/31 (may close early so sub early), 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), details at the link: https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021/
12/31, Path of Absolute Power (anthology), 3000-7000 words, 5-12¢/word, Genre: superhero, Theme: stories set in the Absolute Power tabletop roleplaying game, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, email stories to info@dyskami.ca, Link: http://dyskami.ca/news.html
12/31, Path of Absolute Power (anthology), 3000-7000 words, 5-12¢/word, Genre: superhero, Theme: stories set in the Absolute Power tabletop roleplaying game, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, email stories to info@dyskami.ca, Link: http://dyskami.ca/news.html
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, details at the link: https://cosmic-horror.net/submissions/
12/1-2/28 (11:59 GMT), The Welkin Writing Prize, ~400 words, prize money (1st: £100, 2nd: £50, 3rd: £25, several additional prizes of £25). Genre: any form of narrative prose aimed at adults (welcomes narrative prose fiction and non-fiction, including flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem etc.; the following forms are unlikely to be successful: traditional poems, stories aimed at children, and essays), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, must be anonymous submissions (no personal info), Times New Roman/12pt font/single-spaced, filename: first five words of title, Link: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize
12/1-2/28 (11:59 GMT), The Welkin Writing Prize, ~400 words, prize money (1st: £100, 2nd: £50, 3rd: £25, several additional prizes of £25). Genre: any form of narrative prose aimed at adults (welcomes narrative prose fiction and non-fiction, including flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem etc.; the following forms are unlikely to be successful: traditional poems, stories aimed at children, and essays), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, must be anonymous submissions (no personal info), Times New Roman/12pt font/single-spaced, filename: first five words of title, Link: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize
9/15 (12:01am ET)-5/31/2023, 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, submit via moksha (https://escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/escape-pod), details at the link: https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/?fbclid=IwAR1Ma0nS3KVh9Y2IJCjFFaKfaqcd0Qm5HfEhkbFA_LnHVc4D4LzO-UNHf1c
2. Open Publications with no deadline paying 5¢/word or more
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, ~12k words, 5-8¢/word, Genre: Mystery/Crime/Suspense /Thriller, details at the link: https://www.alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
Amazing Stories, 1k-10k words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF, details at the link: https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/guidelines/
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 OK, details at the link: https://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
Anathema: Spec from the Margins, 1500-6k words (if 1500-2k words pays 5¢/word), $100 CAD/story ($50/poem), Genre/Theme: any speculative (encourages SF/F/H/weird/slipstream/surrealism/fabulism but not limited to those genres; also interested in work that's been difficult to place because of content or perspective), Simultaneous OK, Poetry OK (under 100 lines), Non-Fiction OK (1500-3000 words), Limited: queer/two-spirit person of colour/Indigenous/Aboriginal, details at the link: https://www.anathemamag.com/submissions/
Apparition Literature, 1000-5000 words, 5¢/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, $50/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), details at the link: https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Apex Magazine, ~7500 words, 8 cents/word, Genre: F/SF/H, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple No, Link: https://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
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), details at the link: https://www.abyssapexzine.com/submissions/?fbclid=IwAR2He4p0eHWu1HVWy-vlIZ8q0YSedpLcljxbRbGcnQnowL-cUZrY07H-V8k -->Closed for all of 2022
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"), details at the link: https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts
Asimov's, 1k-20k words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F, details at the link: https://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
Baffling Magazine, ~1200 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/Horror (especially interested in queer/trans/aro/ace; welcomes weird/slipstream/interstitial), Simultaneous OK, details at the link: https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ~15k words, 8¢/word, Genre: literary adventure fantasy (no urban fantasy and nothing modern), details at the link: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
Boneyard Soup Magazine, 2k-6k words, 5¢/word, Genre: Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reprints OK, Non-Fiction OK, Art OK, details at the link: https://www.boneyardsoup.com/submit
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, details at the link: https://www.cclitmag.org/submissions
Clarkesworld Magazine, 1k-22k words, 12¢/word, Genre: SF/F, Reprints NO, Nonfiction OK (~2500 words, 10¢/word), Art OK ($350), Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Link: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
Cloud Lake Literary, ~3500 words, $50 CAD/per page to a maximum of $150 CAD, Genre: fiction/creative nonfiction/poetry/child lit/YA, Limited: Canadian Writers only, details at the link: https://www.cloudlakeliterary.ca/submit
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 before submitting here: some authors have found the feedback, editing, and publication process very rude and disrespectful, and so, I've left them off the monthly deadlines list), details at the link: https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
Craft Literary, ~1000 word flash ($100), ~6000 word short fiction or nonfiction ($200), Genre: general/literary, Simultaneous OK, details at the link: https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/
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, details at the link: https://cricketmag.submittable.com/submit?inf_contact_key=d1cd58e4d992d4364eefcbb9541418ff680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1
Closed :-( Daily Science Fiction, 100-1500 words, 8¢/word, Genre: SF/F/slipstream, will consider flash series, details at the link: http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit/story/guidelines
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), details at the link: http://darkrecessespress.com/submissions/
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, details at the link: https://decodedpride.com/submit/
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 250-20,000 (2500-8000 best), 5-8¢/word, Genre: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller, details at the link: https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/
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://escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/escape-pod), details at the link: https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/?fbclid=IwAR1Ma0nS3KVh9Y2IJCjFFaKfaqcd0Qm5HfEhkbFA_LnHVc4D4LzO-UNHf1c
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, submit stories here: https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy
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, info here: https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
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, info here: http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/
Focus on the Family Clubhouse, 500-2000 words, 15¢/word, Genre: SF/Fantasy/Humor/General, Age/Theme: 8-12 year old and Christian values, info here: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/clubhouse-magazine/about/submission-guidelines/
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, info here: https://fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/
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, info here: http://future-sf.com/submissions/
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, info here: http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/2015/04/19/how-to-write-for-nature-futures/
Galaxy's Edge, (only opens briefly every Tuesday at midday 12 pm EST/EDT) , ~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, Link: http://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/
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), Link: 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), info here: https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs
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), Link: 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), info here: https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs
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), info here: https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs
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, https://nanoism.net/submit/
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, currently closed (will open 3/1/2023), Link: https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
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), Link: https://www.planetscumm.space/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), Link: https://www.planetscumm.space/submit
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
Strange Horizons, ~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, http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/, will reopen in 2023 (last opened on 10/3-10/5)
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 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 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 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
3. Deadlines/Windows after 10/1/2022 paying up to 4¢/word)
10/6, Bright Wall/Dark Room: Recovery, 2500-4000 words, $50, Genre: essays on films, Theme: Recovery (stories of people who faced immense challenges and found a way to come out the other side; recoveries can be successful, or valiant in the mere attempt; they can be noble, or they can be attempted for all the wrong reasons; can be little better narrative material than stories of recovery, and we can’t wait to see all the ways you interpret the theme; see guidelines for examples on addiction narratives, stories of overcoming physical setbacks, wartime experiences, abuse; stories taking on supernatural notes, psychological horror, or those that are abstract, realistic, stylized, or eerie), Link: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/submissions/ and https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/the-bright-wall-dark-room-guide-to-pitching-submitting/
10/1-10/14, Apparition Lit, under 1000 words, $30, Genre: speculative, Theme: story based on the monthly photo prompt, Link: https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
10/15, Wandering Wave Press: Tumbled Tales 1 – Stories that Upend Genre Conventions, 1000-10,000 words, $25, Genre/Theme: any mixed genre (genre authors who cross boundaries; stories that twist the tropes; stories that you can’t classify, that can’t be pigeon-holed into a single subgenre or that pushes against your genre’s boundaries; examples include witches in space, romances that flip gender roles, alternate histories set in the near-future, and fairy tales that start after the ‘happily ever after’, Link: https://wanderingwavepress.com/submissions
10/15, Sasee: In the Spirit!, 500-1000 words, pay varies, Genre: first-person nonfiction material that is for or about women (essays, humor, satire, personal experience, and features on topics relating to women are their focus areas; no fiction or poetry), Theme: next upcoming theme is ‘In the Spirit!’ to be published in December, Link: https://sasee.com/submissions/#writer-guidelines
10/1-10/15, Dose of Dread (Dread Stone Press), 500-1000 words, 2¢/word, Genre: Horror (dread-inducing), Link: https://dreadstonepress.com/submissions/
10/14-10/23, Fusion Fragment, 2,000-15,000 words, 3.5¢/word, Genre/Theme: any SF (especially likes slipstream/cyberpunk/post-apocalypse/a little bizarre; likes character-driven; likes quiet, reflective pieces; tends to dislike high adventure and humor; quality more important than genre though so send anything resembling SF), Link here: http://www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/
10/1-10/31, Solarpunk Creatures, ~7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: solarpunk, Theme: stories and artwork that put human-nonhuman or even nonhuman-nonhuman relations in the spotlight (defining “creature” broadly: wild animals, domesticated ones, intelligent fungi, plastic-eating bacteria, lakes and rivers granted personhood, reconsider traditional tropes of alien first contact and sentient AI and don't replicate the same old oppressions and assumptions of human dominance), Art OK ($100/$50), Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, send story (doc/docx/rtf) to publisher@worldweaverpress.com with subject line SOLARPUNK CREATURES: [STORY TITLE] and brief cover letter in the body of the email, Link: https://www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/call-for-submissions-solarpunk-creatures
10/31, Rituals & Grimoires | Quill & Crow, 5000-8000 words, $45, Genre: Horror /Fantasy / Dark Fantasy (seeking mature fiction, magical/historical/literary horror, Gothic elements, fantasy/horror blends, dark magical fantasy and dark academia), Theme: gothic tales of dark magic & wizardry, Reprints NO, Simultaneous Maybe (not state), Multiple NO, Link: https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/rituals-and-grimoires
10/31 (11:59 PM PST), Manor of Frights (Horror Addicts), 2000-3500 words, $10, Theme: must be third person horror taking place in the Manor of Fright, Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK (up to two stories), blind subs (remove personal info from submission), Link: https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/current-submission-calls/
10/31, Under the Stairs: An Anthology of Homebound Horror, ~3000 words, 3 cents/word, Genre: Horror (supernatural and strictly human horrors), Theme: stories about what happens when you lose your sense of home, Reprints NO, Simultaneous OK, Multiple NO, submit to underthestairsmag@gmail.com, Link: https://www.underthestairsmag.com/
11/2, ~350 words, 5th Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest, ~350 words (excluding title), cash prize (1st: $75, prompt prize x3: $50, honorable mentions: $5), winners read on podcast (by author or other), Genre/Theme: weird Christmas-themed fiction (three categories: stocking stuffer, christmas cryptids, weird cards), Reprints NO, Simultaneous NO, Multiple OK, submit to weirdxmascontest@gmail.com, Link: https://weirdchristmas.com/2022/07/19/2022-weird-christmas-flash-fiction-contest-5th-annual/
4. Open Publications with no deadline paying up to 4¢/word or more
Allegory, any word count (sweet spot: 500-5000 words), $15/story, Genre: SF/F/H, submit stories to submissions@allegoryezine.com (see link for specific subject heading and email content), Note: the first readers often give helpful feedback, editor Ty Drago, details at the link: 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, include in email real name, pseudonym, ~100 word bio w/ ~4 social links, 40-word blurb, ~500-word synopsis, details at the link: 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, more details here: https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Bullet Points, 100-5,000 words, $30 flat ($20 flat for reprints), 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), details at the link: https://www.nathantoronto.com/bulletpoints/submissions
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), details at the link: https://www.crowtoesquarterly.org/submit
Dark Moon Digest, 1500-7000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: Horror (complex/creepy like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror), Simultaneous OK, opens on the 1st every month and closes when full, Link: https://darkmoondigest.submittable.com/submit
Dream of Shadows, ~1500 words, £20, Genre: Horror/Fantasy, Link: https://www.dreamofshadows.co.uk/submission-guidelines
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, Link: http://giganotosaurus.org/submission-guidelines/?fbclid=IwAR3ejADSawz5Ty5xAOKTEn8hQ42yuOkFNheUS2JViZ0PWsHi_ps1YkcmXZ4
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
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/
Lady Churchill 's Rosebud Wristlet, any word count, Genre: F/SF/general (trends toward but not limited to speculative), 3¢/word, only accepts paper submissions (no email), Poetry OK ($10/poem), Art OK, details at the link: https://smallbeerpress.com/about/submission-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
Perpetual Motion Machine, ~1500 words, $25/story, Genre: Horror (complex/creepy like Twilight Zone or Black Mirror), Link: https://pmmpublishing.submittable.com/submit/34164/perpetual-flash-fiction
Pressfuls, 2000-5000 words (3¢/word), 20,000-45,000 words (35% royalties), Genre: F/SF/H/Crime/Mystery, Simultaneous NO, Multiple NO, Reprints NO, submit to submissions@pressfuls.com, Editor-in-Chief: Roban Bandojo, Link: https://pressfuls.com/about/
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, Link: http://www.starshipsofa.com/submissions/
Sci-Fi Lampoon, ~7500 words, $5, Genre/Theme: humorous speculative, Simultaneous OK, also seeking art and lampoon ads, Multiple OK, Link: http://scifilampoon.com/submissions/
Scrawl Place, ~900 words, $35/piece, Genre: any content/style/form (fiction, poetry, hybrids, creative nonfiction), Theme: pieces about or connected to a specific physical place that someone could visit, Simultaneous OK, Multiple OK (1-3 pieces at a time), Reprints OK, Link: https://scrawlplace.submittable.com/submit
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), Link: https://spacecowboybooks.blogspot.com/p/writer-submissions.html?view=sidebar
Tales to Terrify, 2,000-10,000 words, 1¢/word, Genre: Horror, Link: https://talestoterrify.com/submissions/
The Colored Lens, ~20,000 words, 1-2¢/word, Genre: speculative, Link: http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=137752
The Colored Lens, ~20,000 words, 1-2¢/word, Genre: speculative, Link: http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=137752
The Common Tongue Magazine, 600-6000 words, 3¢/word, Genre: high fantasy with a dark tone (dark fantasy, grimdark, sword & sorcery), Languages: English or Spanish, Translation OK, Poetry OK (~40 lines), Note: seeking original stories or stories set in their Arthuruin Shared Universe, Nonfiction OK (~2500 words, 3¢/word), Art OK ($200-400), Link: https://www.commontonguezine.com/submission-guidelines/
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/
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/
Three-Lobed Burning Eye, 500-1000 words ($30), 1001-7500 words ($100), Genre: speculative (esp. horror/dark fantasy; also prefers hybrid/weird), Link: https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
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
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
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, Submission periods: March/ July/ October/ January (open to flash fiction year-round), Link: https://welkinmag.com/submit/?fbclid=IwAR1jImN0wwLpkOcmsKEDe4GuL7ScXwa3rGrCNcf-8Q3k8CqAk7hLjoFIUvM
5. Publications paying royalties/advance only
open until end of 2022 (maybe longer), Crystal Lake Publishing, 30,000-95,000 words, 40% royalties for net eBook sales (20% on paperback sales; four years exclusivity), Genre: Dark / Horror / Speculative / Suspense / Fantasy / Thriller, website: https://www.crystallakepub.com/authorcentral/, guidelines: https://www.crystallakepub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Open-subs-2022.pdf
6. Search for More Markets Here
S. Kalekar (authorspublish.com) lists lots of places to submit stories such as this October 2022 post: https://authorspublish.com/37-themed-submission-calls-for-writers-for-october-2022/
Angelique Fawns regularly lists places to submit stories, such as this October 2022 post
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
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 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 Christie
