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Join us for a virtual reading TONIGHT, Thursday, March 21st.

HWA Colorado presents “Frightening Femmes” a WHIM reading with myself as one of the guest readers.

I plan to read from my short story “Carnival Ride” recently published in the Dismember the Coop anthology.



Carnival Ride” by L. V. Gaudet, has made its worldwide debut in the anthology Dismember the Coop, edited by Bert Edens.

Dismember the Coop is a charity horror anthology based on the music of Alice Cooper, the king of shock rock and pioneer of gothic-drenched heavy metal. It contains horror short stories from authors based in four countries and two continents. All proceeds from the sales of this anthology go to support Alice and Sheryl Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers in the Phoenix, Arizona, area.

Dismember the Coop is available for sale here.

Carnival Ride” is inspired by Welcome to My Nightmare and other albums, and is based on Steven’s saga.

For kicks, you can listen to this Spotify playlist created just for the story “Carnival Ride“, to be played while reading it.

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

My first, and possibly most important, tip for new writers is: All that sage writing advice out there is not one size fits all. Neither is mine.

The simple reality is that nobody knows everything, and everything they know does not fit every writer. The writing and publishing world is also an ever-evolving beast. There is a wide range of advice out there from poor to superb, and dated to current, that you have to pick through and judge which fits you. I have seen some quite passionate about their advice, and the necessity that every writer follow it without question, while silently agreeing to disagree. Other times, I nod and am grateful I learned something new.

Here are a few of my tips for new writers:

  1. Think big but start small. You are set on starting out with a full-length manuscript, or even bigger than that – a trilogy or series. There is nothing wrong with that desire, but it is a lot of hard work and can become quickly overwhelming. Break it down into smaller bites. Write one scene at a time, focusing only on that scene. A narrower focus also improves your concentration on the scene.
  2. For tighter, cleaner, prose, go smaller. Whether you want to write an epic piece or something very short, practice writing short pieces to make your prose better.
  3. You can fix it later. Don’t edit as you write, just let yourself write. Stopping to edit takes you out of the flow of the piece you are writing. You can edit it all later.
  4. Go even smaller. After you write it, cut the word count. Find the extraneous words that you really don’t need and delete them. Delete repetitive sentences. If you said it once, you don’t need to say it again. Rewrite sentences to shorten them up and make them less clunky. Rewrite sentences to make them cleaner.
  5. Plot is important, and I mean that in both ways. Without a plot, your prose or poem falls flat. Everything has a start, middle, and end – a series of events unfolding start to finish. Plotting is as important as having a plot.
  6. Plotting – to plan or design, usually by premeditation (aka being a ‘plotter’), your story events out. I happen to be a ‘pantser’. Writing ‘by the seat of my pants’, I have no idea what is going to happen until it happens. That makes me a plot-as-you-go plotter, and it’s just as important to note those events down as you write them as it is for those who carefully plot their prose ahead. I also note ideas that pop in for things to come. That plot list is a valuable resource to keep events and characters from becoming muddied or confused as you fall deeper into the world of your prose. It will also help you write a synopsis later.
  7. Write for you and for no one else. Writing is a solitary enjoyment. Nobody else has to approve. The worst thing I’ve heard is someone being told they are wasting their time because they are writing, because the other person doesn’t understand what they are getting out of it. Do you hate writing? Then maybe you are wasting your time and should find something more pleasurable or fun to do. Do you enjoy it? Then what is it to someone else if you are writing, reading, watching T.V., playing a video game, knitting, or anything else you enjoy?
  8. Choose your critics wisely. Just because you know someone, they are friend or family, does not make them the best choice to critique your work. Will they give an honest opinion? Will it be constructive or destructive criticism? How much do they know about writing and the genre?
  9. Read! To be a better writer, read. Read good writing and pay attention to why you liked it. Read poor writing and pay attention to what makes you cringe.
  10. If you get stuck, move on. The more frequently you write, the easier it is to write, and the better you get. When I am stuck, it always turns out to be something I’m missing in the story and don’t know what yet. It will come to me eventually if I don’t stop myself there to fixate on it. Move on to write another scene, take a break from writing to edit, work on your plotting, or switch gears and write some other piece.

Here’s a bonus piece of advice: Nobody starts out being great at anything. Like anything else, writing is a learned skill. It’s okay if you are not good when you start out, because through learning and practice, you will get better.

Keep writing, my friends.

Grins and giggles. Here are a few markets sneaking up on us.

Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash

Loose the fuzzy creatures, these submission deadlines are ready to play – children’s markets:


 

Cardinal Rule Press

                              Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 28/23)

Children’s picture books that empower children through meaningful stories for readers, age 4-11 up to 1,000 words. They also publish non-fiction books for parents (word count up to 70k). Payment: Royalties.

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Cast of Wonders

                                Deadline: February 14, 2024; opens February 1,2024

(checked Jan 3/24)

Halloween stories. Cast of Wonders is a young adult short fiction market, open to stories up to 6,000 words in length: 3,000-4,500 preferred. Flash fiction up to 1,000 words. “We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending stories with wide appeal, and without gratuitous or explicit sex, violence or pervasive obscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.” Payment: $0.08/word for first rights, reprints at $100 flat for short fiction and $20 flat for flash fiction.

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The Paul Cave Prize for Children’s Literature

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens November 30, 2023

(checked Dec  2/23)

There are three categories: Poems, flash fiction, short stories. Prizes: Short Story – £75, Poem – £20, Flash Fiction – £10.

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Cast of Wonders

                                Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 16,2024

(checked Jan 3/24)

Banned Books Week. Cast of Wonders is a young adult short fiction market, open to stories up to 6,000 words in length: 3,000-4,500 preferred. Flash fiction up to 1,000 words. “We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending stories with wide appeal, and without gratuitous or explicit sex, violence or pervasive obscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.” Payment: $0.08/word for first rights, reprints at $100 flat for short fiction and $20 flat for flash fiction.

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Annick Press

                              Deadline: ongoing.

(checked Sep 28/23)

Currently accepting submissions of picture books, middle grade fiction, YA fiction, and non-fiction for kids of all ages. Our stories feature contemporary themes (even if the setting is historical) and aim to instill kids with the joy of reading.

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Kids Can Press

                              Deadline: Rolling

(checked Sep 28/23)

Non-rhyming picture books for ages 3–5 / 3–7 / 4–8. Nonfiction for ages 5–8 / 7–10 / 8–12 / 10–14. Fiction for ages 6–9 / 7–10 / 8–12 /10–14. Graphic novels (fiction and nonfiction) for all age categories.

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Lorimer Press

                              Deadline: Rolling

(checked Sep 28/23)

James Lorimer & Company is seeking manuscripts for its children’s and teens’ imprint. We are looking for fiction, non-fiction and graphic novel manuscripts by Canadian creators. The goal of our publishing program is to provide engaging, accessible books for young people that address social-justice and human-rights issues as they uniquely affect Canadian society or individual Canadians. We aim to reflect a diverse range of cultural, regional and socio-economic experiences and issues in the books we publish.

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Spaceports & Spidersilk (Hiraeth Publishing)

                              Deadline: Rolling

(checked Sep 28/23)

Stories about kids for kids 8-14 years old. “Short stories, poems, and art, as well as brief essays on science and the environment, interviews, quizzes, contests, [and, quite frankly, anything else that is genre-oriented and will help encourage the younger generation to read…and to dream, especially about going to the stars]. We at Spaceports & Spidersilk hope that younger writers and artists, as well as adults, will submit their work. NOTE: We prefer to see stories that have young protagonists—someone the younger readers can connect with.”

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Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

Photo by BSD on Unsplash

Darkness is Closing In. These Crime & Horror Submission Deadlines Are Imminent:

Crime, Mystery, etc. jump to:


 

Stone’s Throw

Deadline: January 7, 2024, opens January 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Kelp Journal: The Amber Waves of Autumn – Surf Noir Anthology

Deadline: January 16, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction 3k-6k words. “We are looking for noir/neo-noir. Crime, capers, detective stories, and mysteries are all a good fit. Literary stories work as well provided it contain the requisite subject matter.” Payment: $35 plus share of royalties. 

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: February 7, 2024, opens February 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline: February 15, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Is your shortest fiction soft and appealing with a hidden sting?  Send us your short, sweet, and sassy fiction up to 750 words for a chance to win $300 and publication in Pulp Literature.  Get an editorial critique for $25.

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Crimeucopia 

Deadline: February 29, 2024, opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Crime Fiction up to 10,000 words. Payment: £2.00/1,000 words for new work, maximum  £7.00 for reprints.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: March 7, 2024, opens March 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? Anthology

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Crime fiction 3,000-5,000 words inspired by the music of Boy George and Culture Club. “Culture Club secured a spot in music history and produced a music legacy still loved today. And, what better way to celebrate them than with outstanding crime fiction inspired by their music?” Payment: $25. 

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: April 7, 2024, opens April 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Deadly Yellowstone: A Collection of Mystery Shorts (Thalia Press)

Deadline: April 30, 2024. 

(checked Mar 1/24)

Mystery short stories set in Yellowstone National Park. Up to 10,000 words. 3,000 to 7,000 words preferred. Payment: $25. 

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Wolfsbane—Best New England Crime Stories

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Restrictions: Open to all writers who currently live in one of the six New England states. Crime stories: mystery, thriller, suspense, caper, historical, and horror. Length: 1,000 and 5,000 words. Payment: $25 per story.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: May 7, 2024, opens May 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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A Killing at the Copa Anthology

Deadline: May 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Crime fiction 3000-5000 words inspired by the songs of Barry Manilow. “Barry Manilow created a crime story of his own in his hit song Copacabana, and now we look to provide the same treatment to his many other hits.” Payment: $25. 

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Black Orchid Novella Award Contest

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (annual/date varies).

(checked Jan 3/24)

AHMM and The Wolfe Pack, the official Nero Wolfe appreciation society, team up each year to sponsor an annual writing contest that seeks to honor an unpublished work of fiction written in the tradition of the Nero Wolfe mystery stories by Rex Stout. Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: June 7, 2024, opens June 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Dragon Soul Press: Malice (R)

Deadline: June 30, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All crime (mystery, noir, suspense) stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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The Third Black Beacon Book of Mystery (Black Beacon Books)

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Short stories 3000-9000 words with an unforgettable protagonist and a clever puzzle to solve. Standard anthology conditions apply as per the Submissions Page. Payment: $25 USD for original stories and $10 USD for reprints regardless of length, plus one print copy. Accepts reprints.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: July 7, 2024, opens July 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: August 7, 2024, opens August 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Close My Eyes Forever

Deadline: August 31, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Crime fiction 3000-5000 words inspired by Heavy Metal Hits. Payment: $25. 

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: September 7, 2024, opens September 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Crimeucopia 

Deadline: September 30, 2024, opens September 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Crime Fiction up to 10,000 words. Payment: £2.00/1,000 words for new work, maximum  £7.00 for reprints.

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Santa Rage: 12 Tales of Murder and Mayhem

Deadline: September 30, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Crime fiction 3000-5000 words. “This anthology is based on the idea that one night, while out making deliveries, Santa snaps thanks to the holiday stress and goes on a killing spree. Bonus points awarded for story elements involving meth or drug dealing, strippers, and the best dose of karma Santa ever dealt that did not involve coal.” Payment: $25. 

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: October 7, 2024, opens October 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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The Raven Short Story Contest

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Jan 3/24)

We Pulp Literature editors collect stories like ravens in the woods, swooping down on what catches our eye and bringing the treasures — sometimes sparkling, sometimes grisly, but always fascinating — home to our nests.  Show us your most scintillating treasures in the form of short fiction 250 to 2500 words in length and you could be the one bringing home $300 to line your nest!

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Steampunk Sleuths (Black Beacon Books)

Deadline: October 31, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

“The genre of mystery is designed to get the cogs cranking, but let’s not forget that steampunk is all about cogs too! Why not bring them together? Steampunk Sleuths will be an anthology of four or five novellas (20 – 25,000 words) featuring detectives in a steampunk setting solving peculiar crimes. The only requirements for submission will be that the means of committing the crime (murder, theft, kidnapping…) must be clearly steampunk and the reader must be given the tools to crack the case before the solution is revealed. Think Agatha Christie and Jules Verne getting kinky together… um, actually, please don’t. ;)” Payment: $50 USD.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: November 7, 2024, opens November 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: December 7, 2024, opens December 1, 2024 (1st week monthly).

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Stone’s Throw

Deadline: 1st week monthly.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ezine. Dark fiction, crime, and noir stories 1,000 and 2,000 words. See monthly themes. Payment: $25.

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Black Beacon Books

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Full length manuscripts (50K-90K words is standard). “Fair-play Mystery featuring a private investigator or other non-police protagonist. We love traditional mystery puzzles, which means you need to make the reader play along. There will be an original protagonist, a gripping mystery, a limited range of suspects, clues and red herrings and foreshadowing, and we won’t know who the culprit is until the final chapter/s.” Payment: Royalties

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Close to the Bone

Deadline: Rolling/Closed to short submissions.

(checked Jan 3/24)

“…gritty and interesting short fiction across multiple genres from a range of talented writers. We are looking for bank robberies gone bad, double-crossing bastards going at it, serial killers with a heart (maybe literally), redemption and revenge. We like it thoughtful and well written. We publish work that is gritty, graphic and disturbing and stress readers err on the side of caution when reading certain themes.” 500 to 5,000 words.

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Cozy Cat Press – Cozy Mysteries

Deadline: Rolling – currently not accepting new submissions until some time in 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

We only publish cozy mysteries–that is, light, gentle mysteries, with little or no blood, violence, or sex. The main character should be an amateur sleuth, not a professional. We like manuscripts of about 50,000 to 70,000 words, and are looking primarily for books that are in or will be part of a series.

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Ellery Queen

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine welcomes submissions from both new and established writers. We publish every kind of mystery short story: the psychological suspense tale, the deductive puzzle, the private eye case—the gamut of crime and detection from the realistic (including the policeman’s lot and stories of police procedure) to the more imaginative (including “locked rooms” and “impossible crimes”). We need hard-boiled stories as well as “cozies,” but we are not interested in explicit sex or violence. We do not want true detective or crime stories.

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Guilty Crime Mag

Deadline: Ongoing.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Flash Crime fiction 500-1,000 words (cozies, police procedurals; private eye stories only when asked for, no serial killers). Payment: none. Query only for nonfiction.

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Mystery Magazine

Deadline: rolling

(checked Jan 3/24)

“If your story is accepted, a digital agreement must be signed and payment will be sent by PayPal to the email address you specify below. Your story may appear in our monthly print and digital magazine, on our website, in audio format, in our App, as social media excerpts, and possibly in printed collections of our monthly issues. We require first-publication and archival rights with an exclusivity period of 2 years.”

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Mystery Tribune

Deadline: rolling

(checked Apr 4/24)

Fiction, non-fiction, art and photography, as well as Flash Fiction. Accepts translations. 3000-6000 words preferred for prose, less than 1000 words for flash fiction.

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Noir Nation

Deadline: No set reading periods. Sign up to newsletter to find when they are.

(checked Jan 3/24)

We have no regular reading periods. Much depends on available editorial resources. But if you want updates on the reading period and what we may be needing for a particular issue, please subscribe to our newsletter. The newsletter provides subscribers advance notice of open calls and pay and official announcements of Golden Fedora winners and publication releases. Additionally, editors rely on subscribers for ideas and referrals when working on special by-invite-only issues.

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Red Dog Press Crime Fiction

Deadline:  CLOSED/DEFUNCT.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Crime fiction within all sub-genres of crime fiction 70,000+ words.

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Suspense Magazine

Deadline: Rolling – appears to be defunct.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Suspense Publishing only accepts manuscripts in the suspense, thriller, mystery, and horror genres. Up to 5,000 words.

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The Dark City

Deadline: rolling. *CLOSED/DEFUNCT

(checked Sep 27/23)

The Dark City is dedicated to the love of story, and in particular, the rough and tumble of the world of crime and violence. We are fans of story that has roots in reality but we do consider humorous situations and characters to be part of reality. We hope to acquire stories that leave readers thinking about the characters and their dilemma. 1,000 to 7,500 words. Pays: $25.

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Unnerving Books

Deadline: All submissions CLOSED. No return date listed.

(checked Jan 3/24)

Horror, crime, mystery, & dark general fiction novel & novella submissions. See themes on site. Stories written using AI tech will not be considered. Query finished project first. See preferred query letter format. 20,000 to 110,000 words.

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HORROR MARKETS:


 

Three Ravens Publishing: Cryptid Horror

Deadline: January 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 27/23)

Title TBD. Cryptid Horror / Fantasy 5,000–10,000 words. “We’re looking for tales of heroes overcoming the odds in the face of these Cryptid horrors.” Payment: Royalties.

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Cosmic Horror Monthly

Deadline: January 7, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Sep 27/23)

Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird stories, fiction and nonfiction, art. 1,000 to 6,000 words (3,000-5,000 preferred). Payment: 3 cents/word. $20 for artwork chosen as interior content. $100 for cover art.

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Flickers of Fear

Deadline: January 7, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Horror. See theme. Payment: $10 for poetry up to 30 lines and flash fiction up to 300 words. $25 – $50 for art. 

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Yankee Scares

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Oct 23/23)

Restrictions: All stories must be set in Connecticut. Preference will be given to writers who: Live in Connecticut — Have some connection to Connecticut — Live in New England. Other writers may apply and will be offered space as available. 80s and 90s nostalgia horror 1000 – 8000 words. Payment: $20. 

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Dark Recesses Press

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens November 1, 2023 (quarterly).  CLOSED/ALL PENDING SUBMISSIONS RELEASED.

(checked Sep 27/23)

Quarterly print magazine. Winter issue. Horror/dark fiction pieces between 500-5000 words. Payment: 5 cents/word.

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Heathen

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Horror, dark fantasy up to 7500 words (less than 5k preferred) reminiscent of the likes of Lovecraft, Poe, and Chambers. “Though humanity finds itself at the root of all stories, tales told in Heathen should heavily involve monsters, beasts, the supernatural, or fantastical world-building.” Payment: 5 cents/word. 

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Inkdpub: Noncorporeal II – our spooky anthology

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens November 1, 2023.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction 2000-8000 words. “Theme: Noncoporeal II – we’re searching for the spooky stories. This is not horror, though there may be suspense and even a dash of horror. A spooky, haunting, incorporeal element is certainly expected. Humor and mystery beats are welcome. Incorporeal – Not composed of matter; having no material existence. At least one paranormal entity must fit this criteria.” Payment: $20 or share of D2D royalties. 

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Nightmares Before Bed

Deadline: January 31, 2024

(checked May 22/23)

Underdog Press.

Horror 3,500 – 12,000 words. “No sexual violence, abuse of children, overly disturbing images and ideas, or gore will be published.  We want horror, we want to be scared, but let’s do it in a way that is respectful. We’d love to see fantasy horror or sci-fi horror here. We are looking for polished manuscripts of about .” Payment: 3 cents per word.

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The Cellar Door: Marshland Horrors

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 1, 2023.

(checked May 31/23)

Creature feature, serial killer, undead/zombies, voodoo/witchcraft, suspense/thriller, cosmic horror 2,000 – 10,000 words. Looking for horror/suspense stories that take place in swamps, bayous, and marshlands. Special preference for stories with backwater cults/legends, cryptid monsters, and other slimy creatures lurking just below the water. Payment: $25.00 + digital & paperback copy.

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Last Girls Club

Deadline: February 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Feminist horror: short stories and poems – see themes. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine.

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Split Scream

Deadline: February 14, 2024; opens after January 31, 2024? (Unable to verify dates) – SUBMISSIONS STILL CLOSED AT FEB 3/24.

(checked Feb 3/23)

Dreadstone Press closed, Split Scream now published by Tenebrous Press. Novelette length horror stories, 10,000 – 20,000 words. Payment: “Modest advance + Industry standard royalties”. 

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Nightlight (Podcast)

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.*This project is not active on Duosuma.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Horror. Fiction (3,000-6,000 words) Payment: 5 cents per word.  Reprints accepted.

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Little Ghost Books

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens December 1, 2023.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Restrictions: “We are looking for transgressive horror fiction, queer fiction, and Canadian writers. LGBTQA+ folks, POC writers, and first time submitters are encouraged!” HORROR NOVELLAS 17,500 to 50, 000 words. Pitch only. Payment: Royalties

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Shotgun Honey: At the Edge of Darkness

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 154/24)

“…stories on that dark, half-lit space where crime and horror simultaneously reside.” 1000 to 5000 words. This will be a charity anthology. Payment: $25, 

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Slay and Slay Again! An Anthology of Queer Horror (Sliced Up Press)

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Restrictions: Preference will be given to submissions from LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC authors. Horror short fiction 1000-4000 words and poetry. Bizarro, splatterpunk and extreme horror are welcome. AI/machine generated submissions will result in blacklisting by Sliced Up Press. Payment: $30. 

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Eerie River

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Horror and dark romance stand alone novels and novellas, novel and novella series submission. Novels should be under 100,000 words, and novellas 25,000-60,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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Monstrous Magazine

Deadline: March 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Horror flash fiction 1000-1500 words dealing with time travel. No Morlock stories. Also pitches for articles and finished black-and-white comics 1-4 pages. Payment: 6 cents a word for fiction, 3 cents a word for articles. 

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Weird Horror Magazine

Deadline: March 15, 2024; opens March 2, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: no stories written, co-written, created, or assisted by AI. Horror and weird fiction 500 to 6,000 words. No extreme horror. Payment: 1.5 cents/word.

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Ghoulish Tales

Deadline: March 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

“Fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky” up to 5,000 for short stories or 3,000 for non-fiction. Payment: 10 cents/word. 

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Book Slayer Press: Under the Pink

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: OPEN to any and everyone that identifies (now or in the past) as femme in the most inclusive of definitions. Adult horror 3,000-5,000 words, including genre-chimeras inspired by the music of Tori Amos. Payment: $100 USD.

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Dark Moments Monthly Challenge (Black Hare Press)

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Drabble (exactly 100 words). Theme: Cannibalism. Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Death’s Head Press

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Horror short stories 2,500-10,000 words on theme: Cold. Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Denver Horror Collective: Frontiers of Fright – A Southwestern Horror Anthology

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Horror 1,000-6,000 words set in the Southwest. Payment: $10 for the first 1,000 words, then a half cent per word up to 6,000 words. 

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Sentinel Creatives: Nordic Horror

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Weird tales 3,000-6,000 words set in the Nordic Region that explore the human (and inhuman) experience through the lens of the weird and the horrific. Payment: $125 – $200. 

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Kangas Kahn – Fear of Clowns

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Horror short stories 1000-4000 words on theme of Clowns Payment: 8 cents/word. 

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Vault of Shadows

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

*New magazine. Short horror, weird, dark fiction 3000-7500 words (not really a firm limit – the final product will be the comics script, not the short story), that can be adapted into a comic book script of 12 pages or less. Payment: $35 per page of the adapted script, up to 12 pages, paid via PayPal, and a print copy of the issue. 

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Flash Fiction Online

Deadline: April 21, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Weird Horror flash fiction 500-1000 words. Payment: $100. 

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Book Slayer Press: Hentai Ectoplasm

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Adult horror 3,000-6,000 words, including genre-chimeras. Payment: $100 USD.

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Book Worms: Rock n Roll

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Horror: fiction and essays up to 1,500 words. See theme. Payment: 8 cents/word. 

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Cursed Cooking: A Horror Community Cookbook and Food Horror Anthology

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 15, 2024. 

(checked Apr 2/24)

Horror on theme: Food. Submission limits depend on category. Payment: 5 cents per word for original fiction works and 1 cent per word for reprints. Accepted recipe submissions will receive $5.  Reprints accepted.

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Dark Moments Monthly Challenge (Black Hare Press)

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Drabble (exactly 100 words). Theme: You Pick Your Family. Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

LGBTQ+ horror anthology loosely related to military life/service. 2000-5000 words. Payment: $0.03/word (USD) for short stories with potential for increase based on Kickstarter success. 

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Vault of Shadows

Deadline: May 1, 2024; opens April 16, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

*New magazine. Restrictions: exclusively for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, and other marginalized writers. Short horror, weird, dark fiction 3000-7500 words (not really a firm limit – the final product will be the comics script, not the short story), that can be adapted into a comic book script of 12 pages or less. Payment: $35 per page of the adapted script, up to 12 pages, paid via PayPal, and a print copy of the issue. 

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Cursed Cooking: A Horror Community Cookbook and Food Horror Anthology

Deadline: May 10, 2024; opens May 1, 2024. 

(checked Apr 2/24)

Restrictions: Extended submission window exclusively for writers of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and other underrepresented groups. Horror on theme: Food. Submission limits depend on category. Payment: 5 cents per word for original fiction works and 1 cent per word for reprints. Accepted recipe submissions will receive $5.  Reprints accepted.

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Skin (Bag of Bones Press)

Deadline: May 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Speculative stories 2-5k words on the theme of skin. “We tend to prefer speculative, surreal, supernatural, dark fiction with creeping, poetic, dread-inducing prose, and endings we can’t predict, but we’re open to all subgenres of dark fiction.” No violent, bloody, etc. Payment: £0.005 per word. 

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Touchpoint Press: Nightmares of Strangers Anthology

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (annual). – CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS EXCEPT TPP AUTHORS AND ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS

(checked Mar 1/24)

Horror 3000-7000 words. “We’re looking for stories that send a chill down your spine and send your imagination into overdrive, that keep you up at night and leave you shaking.” Payment: $50 on publication ($25 for reprints). Reprints accepted.

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Shivering Timbers!

Deadline: June 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Pirate themed horror fiction 2k-7k words. “Avast ye, scurvy seadogs! Within these pages there be swashbuckling zombies, petrifying privateers and bloodthirsty buccaneers hunting for cursed treasure in darkened coves. Come aboard and join our crew as we set sail on a chilling voyage across the kraken infested seven seas.” Payment: £20. 

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Unleashed (Skywatcher Press)

Deadline: June 5, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Horror up to 10,000 words themed around slasher horror stories. “Our goal is to terrify readers, make their skin crawl, and keep them on the edge of their seats.” Payment: $25 per piece. 

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It Came from the Trailer Park

Deadline: July 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Horror-comedy 5,000-10,000 words with the same feel as The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Shaun of the Dead, or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Payment: Royalties. 

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Three Ravens Press: It Came from the Trailer Park

Deadline: July 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Creature Feature Horror Comedy. Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: Royalties.

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Cosmic Horror Monthly

Deadline: July 7, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Sep 27/23)

Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird stories, fiction and nonfiction, art. 1,000 to 6,000 words (3,000-5,000 preferred). Payment: 3 cents/word. $20 for artwork chosen as interior content. $100 for cover art.

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Dragon Soul Press: Beautiful Darkness 3 (BD3) (R)

Deadline: July 31, 2024

(checked Sep 27/23)

Theme: In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. This series replaces All Dark Places. 3,000-15,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Spooky

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens May 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 4/24)

Horror up to 5000 words. “Cozy horror. Fun horror. Classy horror. Dare we say, wholesome horror?” Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Last Girls Club

Deadline: August 1, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Feminist horror: short stories and poems – see themes. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine.

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Weird Horror Magazine

Deadline: September 15, 2024; opens September 2, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Restrictions: no stories written, co-written, created, or assisted by AI. Horror and weird fiction 500 to 6,000 words. No extreme horror. Payment: 1.5 cents/word.

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Last Girls Club

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Feminist horror: short stories and poems – see themes. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine.

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Spooky

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 4/24)

Horror up to 5000 words. “Cozy horror. Fun horror. Classy horror. Dare we say, wholesome horror?” Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Cosmic Horror Monthly

Deadline: January 7, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Sep 27/23)

Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird stories, fiction and nonfiction, art. 1,000 to 6,000 words (3,000-5,000 preferred). Payment: 3 cents/word. $20 for artwork chosen as interior content. $100 for cover art.

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Black Hare Press: Dark Moments Monthly Challenge

Deadline: 1st to last day monthly.

(checked May 21/23)

Drabble (exactly 100 words). See themes. Payment: 4 cents USD/word.

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Black Hare Press: Patreon Monthly Challenge

Deadline: 1st to last day monthly.

(checked May 21/23)

Dark stories 100 to 2000 words. Payment: 4 cents USD/word for first 100 words, 1 cent USD per word thereafter, or a paperback copy of the annual publication and print discounts.

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Dark Moments Monthly Challenge (Black Hare Press)

Deadline: 1st to last day of month (monthly).

(checked Mar 15/24)

Drabble (exactly 100 words). Monthly theme announced each month. Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Snake Bite Books Monthly Drabble Competition

Deadline: 1st to last day monthly.

(checked Mar 10/24)

100 word horror. On the first of every month, we send out our email newsletter. The newsletter contains a short spooky prompt for all of our amazing subscribers who wish to enter. 

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The Other Stories (Audio/Podcast)

Deadline: monthly deadline date varies (monthly).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Horror 2,000 words (10% tolerance +/-) on theme of The End. Payment: 15 GBT. See monthly themes.

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The Theatre Phantasmagoria (Night Terror Novels Publishing)

Deadline: 1-last day each month (monthly). 

(checked Sep 27/23)

Horror flash fiction up to 2,000 words. This is a monthly call. See themes. Payment: £10.

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Dark Recesses Press

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (quarterly). *CLOSED/ALL PENDING SUBMISSIONS RELEASED

(checked Sep 27/23)

Quarterly print magazine. Winter issue. Horror/dark fiction pieces between 500-5000 words. Payment: 5 cents/word.

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Dose of Dread

Deadline: 1st-15th Ja, Apr, Jul & Oct (quarterly) – CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

(checked Aug 3/23)

Horror flash fiction 500 – 1,000 words. Payment: 2c/word.

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Otoroshi Journal

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (quarterly). – CLOSED/DEFUNCT

(checked Sep 28/23)

Horrorku, horror tanka, and horror haibun, art. Payment: Poetry, $1. Art, $10.

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Last Girls Club

Deadline: Jan 1-Feb 1, Apr 1-May 1, Jul 1-Aug1, Oct 1-Nov 1 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Feminist horror: short stories and poems – see themes. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine.

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Nightlight (Podcast)

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (bi-monthly) – OCT CLOSED / NO LONGER BI-MONTHLY.

(checked Aug 3/23)

Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Horror. Flash fiction (3,000-6,000 words) Payment: 5 cents per word.  Reprints accepted.

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Archive of the Odd

Deadline: December 15, 2023; opens September 15, 2023 (biannual).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Speculative fiction, horror preferred. “Archive of the Odd is a biannual magazine of found fiction—stories told in the style of found footage, also known epistolary, neo-epistolary, found file, or found document fiction. Essentially, stories told in the form of other documents.” Submissions do not have to be entirely in text. Payment: $15-25 for fiction of 500-5,000+ words. 

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Cosmic Horror Monthly

Deadline: January 1-7 & July 1-7 (biannually).

(checked Sep 27/23)

Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird stories, fiction and nonfiction, art. 1,000 to 6,000 words (3,000-5,000 preferred). Payment: 3 cents/word. $20 for artwork chosen as interior content. $100 for cover art.

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Ghoulish Tales

Deadline: August 31, 2023 (bi-annually)

(checked Aug 2/23)

Horror fiction up to 5,000 words; non-fiction up to 3,000 words. “Fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky.” Payment: 10 cents/word. 

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Spooky

Deadline: December 31, 2023 (biannual).

(checked Oct 23/23)

Horror up to 5000 words. “Cozy horror. Fun horror. Classy horror. Dare we say, wholesome horror?” “All stories must be written by a human being. if we suspect a story or any part of a story was written using artificial intelligence, it will be automatically rejected.” Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Weird Horror Magazine

Deadline: Mar 2-15 & Sep 2-15 (biannually).

(checked Sep 28/23)

Restrictions: no stories written, co-written, created, or assisted by AI. Horror and weird fiction 500 to 6,000 words. No extreme horror. Payment: 1.5 cents/word.

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Black Beacon Books

Deadline: Rolling/no date.

(checked Sep 27/23)

Full length manuscripts (50K-90K words is standard). Post-apocalyptic thrillers and ghost stories / Folk Horror. Payment: Royalties

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Black Hare Press: Novellas

Deadline: rolling. *Temporarily closed “to catch up”.

(checked Sep 27/23)

Dark stories 5000+ words. Payment: 5,000-1,000 words $20 USD, 10,000-17,000 words $30 USD, plus digital copy.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Speculative/Horror short stories and Book Reviews focused on works by Black women authors are accepted year-round. Payment: $200 for published in annual Speculative issue, $100 for published online on mignightandindigo.com.

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Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Snap your friends, these submission deadlines are coming – markets for young writers only:


 

Quantum Shorts

Deadline: January 8, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Ages 13+. Short Stories up to 1000 words. “Entries must take inspiration from quantum physics and be no longer than 1000 words.” Alternates between sci-fi and sci films each year.

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VSA Playwright Discovery Competition

Deadline: January 10, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Grades 6-12 / Ages 11-18. Ten-minute play, screenplay, or music theater exploring the disability experience Written by young writers with disabilities and collaborative groups that include students with disabilities.

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Ringling College of Art and Design

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens October 15, 2023

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Storytellers of Tomorrow Writing Contest. Stories up to 2000 words, micro-roleplaying games under 600 words. High School Creative Writing Contest for high school age writers.

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Columbus State University

Deadline: January 19, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Restriction: Georgia and Alabama high school students only. The Carson McCullars Literary Award for fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, expository essay, playwriting, and screenwriting. High School Age Category for Georgia and Alabama High School Students.

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Outdoor Writers Association of America Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens November 1, 2023 (annually).

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Restrictions: must attend school in North America. Grades 6-8 or 9-12. For outdoor-oriented works. Prizes $200, $100, and $50.

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Polyphony Lit Volume

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens November 1, 2023 (quarterly).

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Saint Mary’s College River of Words Poetry and Art Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens early October 2023 (annually)

(Checked Sep 26/23)

International youth poetry and art contest. Students in grades K-12 (Ages 5-19)

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Arizona Mystery Writers

Deadline: February 1, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annual)

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Mary Ann Hutchison Memorial Story Contest for Youths ages 9-13; 14-17. Both age groups are awarded prizes.

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Bluefire 1000-word Story Contest

Deadline: February 1, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation. Grades 6-12. 1,000 word story.

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Gannon University

Deadline: February 1, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

High School Poetry Contest. Grades 9-12.

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Narrative High School Writing Contest

Deadline: February 1, 2024; opens January 3, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Students from the US and internationally in grades 9-12. Prompt provided in guidelines.

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Paterson Prize for Books for Young People

Deadline: February 1, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Open to books published in the previous year FOR young readers. Categories: Pre-K to Grade 3; Grades 4-6; Grades 7-12.

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U.S. Kids Annual Cover Art Contest

Deadline: February 1, 2024

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Restrictions: US Residents aged 2-12 only. Theme of Make My Dreams Come True.

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Holocaust Art and Writing Contest

Deadline: Postmark February 2, 2024 or by February 5, 2024 for digital submissions (annually)

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Chapman University. Grades Middle and High School. Participating schools may submit a total of 3 entries, 1 per student.

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North Carolina Poetry Society

Deadline: February 2, 2024; opens November 1, 2023.

(Checked Dec 1/23)

Restrictions: North Carolina Residents Only.Student Poetry Contest for grades 3 to college undergraduate. One poem per category, up to 32 lines.

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Korean Spirit & Culture Promotion Project

Deadline: February 15, 2024

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Nationwide essay contest for 6-13 years old on required reading ‘King Sejong the Great: The Everlasting Light of Korea”. Topic reading provided on website.

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NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing

Deadline: February 15, 2024

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Schools in the United States, Canada, Virgin Islands and American Schools Abroad are eligible to nominate juniors, and beginning with the 2023 contest, sophomores. Nominating schools must be US accredited. See website for link to writing prompt.

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NCTE Promising Young Writers Program

Deadline: February 15, 2024

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Schools in the United States, Canada, Virgin Islands and American Schools Abroad are eligible to nominate eighth-grade students. Nominating schools must be US accredited. See website for link to writing prompt.

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Curieux Research Scholarship Award

Deadline: February 20, 2024

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Middle or High School Students. Applicants are expected to submit a project proposal detailing a project that they would like to pursue including its financial cost. The Journal will then support three individuals who have demonstrated significant academic or extracurricular interest  with the sum of $500 each

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Polyphony Black History Month Contest

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.
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Polyphony Winter Contest

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (annually)

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Middle and high school on reading assignment: The Yearling, South Moon Under, Cross Creek, The Sojourner, Golden Apples, or any of Rawlings’s poems or short stories. writing contest. Story, poem, or essay.

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Taradiddle Youth Writing Contests

Deadline: March 14, 2024; opens March 14, 2024 (biannually/biannual dates vary year to year)

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Age Categories: Elementary under 13; High School 14-18. Animal-themed prompt-based fiction. Sign up to get hints on the writing prompt. Prizes: $150/1st place. $100/2nd place, $50/3rd place.

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#USvsHate

Deadline: April 5, 2024

(Checked Sep 2/23)

All-Media Public Anti-Hate Message Contest. Grade Categories: K12; 7-12 Grade; Higher Education. Individual and Class Group Submissions.

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Polyphony Lit Volume

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (quarterly)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Polyphony Asian and Pacific Heritage Month Contest

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.
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Polyphony Pride Month Contest

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 1, 2024.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.
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Polyphony Summer Contest

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 1, 2024.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.
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Taradiddle Youth Writing Contests

Deadline: September 23, 2024; opens September 19, 2024 (biannually/biannual dates vary year to year)

(Checked Dec 2/23)

Age Categories: Elementary under 13; High School 14-18. Animal-themed prompt-based fiction. Sign up to get hints on the writing prompt. Prizes: $150/1st place. $100/2nd place, $50/3rd place.

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Bennington College

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annual)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Young Writers Competition. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. Grades 9-12. Prizes: $1,000, $500, $250.



 

National Youth Foundation Amazing Women Writing Contest

Deadline: January 9, 2025 (biannually/every two years?)

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Restrictions: US residents. Grades K-8. Theme: Local Heroines.



Stone Soup

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Restrictions: 14 years old or under. Monthly Flash Fiction Contest Deadline: First week every month. Flash fiction following the prompt given. Check after it opens monthly for that month’s prompt. Length varies with the theme. No entry fee.



Polyphony Lit Volume

Deadline: Jul 1-Sep 30/23, Nov 1-Jan 31/24, Mar 1-Apr/24 (quarterly)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Open to High School Students Globally. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction.



Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose

Deadline: May 1, 2023(annually).

(checked Sep 25/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Awarded annually to two students of secondary or undergraduate status. Prizes: $200 plus publication in Adroit Journal.

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Creators of Justice Literary Awards

Deadline: September 30, 2023; opens June 1, 2023 (annually)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

International Human Rights Art Festival. Poetry, Short Story, Essay 2500 words or less on Human Rights theme. Youth Age Category 18 and under. Prizes: $150, $100, & $50.

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Bennington College

Deadline: November 1, 2023; opens September 1, 2023 (annual)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Young Writers Competition. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. Grades 9-12. Prizes: $1,000, $500, $250.

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Rachel Carson Sense of the Wild Contest

Deadline: November 16, 2023 (annually)

(Checked Sep 2/23)

Poetry and Prose (essay) w/ or w/o Photograph. See themes and categories. Intergenerational Team of two or more only. “Winners will receive a certificate from RCLA. Their first names and ages (optional) along with the title of their winning entry will be posted on the RCLA website. A portion or all of the winning entry may be posted on the RCLA website.”

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Radiant Peace Education Awards

Deadline: March 23, 2023.

(checked Sep 26/23)

Essay, Art. All students in grades 1-12 — from public and private schools, home schools, youth and after-school groups, and abroad

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Stone Soup Annual Book Contest

Deadline: August 15, 2023 (annually)

(checked Sep 25/23)

Restrictions: age 14 or under. Fiction (novel, novella, short story collection) or Poetry. $18 entry fee. Prize: publication in Stone Soup.

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Saint Mary’s College River of Words Poetry and Art Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens early October 2023 (annually)

(Checked Sep 26/23)

International youth poetry and art contest. Students in grades K-12 (Ages 5-19)



Kings River Review Call for 2-Year College Student Submissions

Deadline: Rolling; March 15 spring issue & October 15 fall issue (rolling).

(Checked Dec 24/23)

Artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of current 2-year community college students. Submissions accepted year-round. Payment: Copies.

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Poet2Poet

Deadline: rolling.

(Checked Sep 26/23)

Poetry. “You can submit your own poem and have it published on our website as well as have other passionate youth read to learn from your writing. We are a youth-oriented organization and our mission is to focus on the process of writing in order to help others understand your thought-process and gain valuable knowledge on poetry. To submit a poem, click the button below for a form and fill out all the details. Once you have submitted, we will send you a confirmation email within 1-2 days to inform you that your poem was posted. There is no word limit and you can submit poems on any topic!”


Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash

Time to wax poetic. These poetry submission deadlines are coming upon us:


June Road Press

Deadline: January 1, 2024; opens November 23, 2023.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Poetry collection, full-length, 40 to 60 poems, preferably the author’s first or second book. “We’re particularly interested in work with strong ecological/environmental themes, or that engages in meaningful ways with nature or place, by writers who identify as women.” Payment: Royalties. 

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The Body’s Experience of Religion

Deadline: January 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 23/23)

Poetry on The Body’s Experience of Religion. In what ways do we experience religion, or the loss of religion, in our bodies? Payment: $10. 

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Poet Lore

Deadline: January 5, 2024; opens December 15, 2023.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Guest edited call: Love poems by LGBTQ poets. Payment: $50. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: January 7, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (free reading period).

(checked Dec 23/23)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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Driftwood Press In-House Poem Contest

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens September 1, 2023.

(checked Dec 26/23)

Fiction 1000-5000 words (soft limit). The winner will also have the opportunity to be interviewed about their work; the interview will be published alongside the story. Prize: $300 USD; $50 USD for runner ups.

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Rattle: Tribute to the Ghazal

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Aug 27/23)

Poetry. The poems may be any subject or length, but must be ghazals. Payment: $100. 

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Women Artists Datebook

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: Open to Women and Femmes (LGBTQIAA+). Poems up to 4, and art. Theme: Peace and Justice. Payment: $200 for cover art $70 for inside art and poetry. 

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Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box

Deadline: January 25, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Submit 1-3 poems up to 15 lines (including blank lines) of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. Payment $30 CAD. 

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Terrain.org

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2023.

(checked Sep 25/23)

Poetry on place, climate, and justice. Also considers poem/image combinations, as well as online chapbooks. Payment: $50. 

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Plumwood Mountain: An Australian and International Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics

Deadline: February 1, 2024; opens December 7, 2023.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Ecopoetry. Theme: ‘Queering Ecopoet(h)ics’ Payment: $80. 

Cordite

Deadline: February 4, 2024.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Poetry, up to 3 poems. Payment: Not specified. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: February 7, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (free reading period).

(checked Dec 23/23)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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Fallen Tree Press

Deadline: February 15, 2024; opens January 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers from the U.S. and Canada only. “We are looking for poets that are BIPOC and/or age 50 and over.” Poetry chapbooks 16-40 pages. Payment: Royalties. 

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Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box

Deadline: February 25, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Submit 1-3 poems up to 15 lines (including blank lines) of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. Payment $30 CAD. 

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2 River View

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens December 1, 2023 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 23/23)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period.

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bath magg

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (triannual).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Poetry up to three poems. Payment: £20.

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Malahat Review

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 23/23)

Poetry. Payment: CAD $70/page. Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.

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Mariscat Press

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry pamphlets. 20-24 poems (maximum 24 pages).

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Southword

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry up to 4 poems. Payment: €50 per poem. 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: February 29, 2024, opens February 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Inside the Castle

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually). *possibly defunct.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Last publication dated Dec 2022. Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties.

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Middle West Press LLC

Deadline: March 4, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Poetry manuscripts comprising 50 to 100 poems. “We are particularly seeking manuscripts that intersect in some way with military experience or service, especially those stemming from the lived experiences of women veterans, poets of color, poets who identify as LGBTQ+, and other marginalized voices. Past and present military service members, family members, and others are invited to submit work.” Payment: $100 advance and royalties. 

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Middle West Press LLC

Deadline: March 4, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Poetry manuscripts comprising 50 to 100 poems. “We are particularly seeking manuscripts that intersect in some way with the people, places, nature, and history of the American Middle West, especially those stemming from the lived experiences of women, poets of color, poets who identify as LGBTQ+, military veterans, and other marginalized voices.” Payment: $100 advance and royalties. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: March 7, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (monthly free reading period, always open to submissions).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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Gordon Square Review: 2024 Eclipse Blackout Poetry Contest

Deadline: March 8, 2024; opens January 8, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Gordon Square Review is holding a special Blackout Poetry Contest in connection with the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Cleveland is in the path of totality, and we are looking for blackout poetry that uses erasure of an existing text to reveal something new. Prize: $500 plus publication. 

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Poetry Wales

Deadline: March 12, 2024.

(checked Mar 2/24)

Poetry, reviews, articles. One submission per window. See theme. Payment: Poems £20/page. Reviews £67.50/1500-word review. Articles £200/3000 word, or in that proportion, depending on number of published words. *Check out their writing resources!

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Woman, Life, Freedom— Iran Poetry Anthology

Deadline: March 12, 2024.

(checked Mar 27/23)

Poems in English or translated into English (accompanied by the original text). Maximum 3 poems and a total of 6 pages.

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Eye to the Telescope

Deadline: March 15, 2024. 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative poetry, 1-3 poems. Payment: $0.04/word, up to $25.  See theme.

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Carcanet Press

Deadline: March 21, 2024; opens March 1, 2024. 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Full-length poetry collections: Classics. Payment: Royalties. 

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Small Harbor Publishing: The Marginalia Series

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry chapbooks 20-40 pages. See theme. Payment: Honorarium. 

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Tiger Bark Press

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Restrictions: American poets who identify as Black, as indigenous, or as people of color. Poetry: full-length book manuscripts. Payment: Standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication within one year of acceptance. 

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Propel

Deadline: April 3, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions; Open to poets based in the UK or Ireland who have yet to publish their first full-length poetry collection. Poetry up to 6 poems. Payment: £20. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: April 7, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (monthly free reading period, always open to submissions).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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berlin lit

Deadline: April 10, 2024; opens March 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 5/24)

Poetry up to 5 poems. Payment: 20 euros per poem. 

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Rattle: Tribute to Musicians

Deadline: April 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry. “We want to explore how music in the air in forms poems on the page. The poems may be any style or subject, but must be written who have been professional musicians at some point in their lives.” Payment: $100. 

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Island Online

Deadline: April 18, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Restrictions: Open to Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents only. Poetry up to five poems. Payment: $175 per poe. 

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CV2 2-Day Poem Contest

Deadline for entries: April 21, 2024. Contest starts: April 19, 2024 (annual).

(checked Mar 29/24)

The Contemporary Verse 2 annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words that we provide. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday, April 21st, 2023 (when Friday becomes Saturday), leaving you 48 hours to use each of them at least once in an original poetry composition. Prizes include cash, publication, and a copy of the issue containing the winners, not to mention a whole weekend of wordy entertainment. Prizes: $150-$500 plus one year subscription, or subscription only.

Book Slayer Press: Hemorrhaging Flowers: a Collection of 100% Femme Rage

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: OPEN to any and everyone that identifies (now or in the past) as femme in the most inclusive of definitions. Adult speculative poetry under 50 lines. Payment: $10 USD.

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Dragon Soul Press: Soul Ink: Volume 2

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 22/23)

Poetry. 1,000 word count minimum (not line count). All poetry pieces are welcome. There is no theme Payment: Royalties.

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Harbor Review

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, art on theme of “Wondrous & Miraculous.” Payment: $10. 

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Only Poems Prize

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

As we do with our Poet of the Week series, we will publish 3-10 poems of all 3 winners alongside an extensive interview. The winners will also be published in our first end of year print anthology. Prize: $3000 1st place, $300 for two runner-ups. 

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Shenandoah

Deadline: When capacity reached (500 submissions); opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Nov 23/23)

Poetry up to 5 pieces, 10 pages total. Payment: $100. 

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Small Harbor Publishing

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, art. Multiple themes. Payment: Honorarium. 

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Soul Ink: Volume 2 (Dragon Soul Press)

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry. 1,000 word count minimum (not line count). All poetry pieces are welcome. There is no theme Payment: Royalties.

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the other side of hope

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry by refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants only. They accept submissions in English for this reading period. Payment: £50. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: April 30, 2024; Opens April 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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Verve Poetry Press

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Pamphlets, chapbooks and full-length poetry manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Backwaters Prize in Poetry (U of Nebraska Press)

Deadline: May 1, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint, The Backwaters Press.  *2024 contest judge not announced yet.

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Only Poems

Deadline: May 7, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (monthly free reading period, always open to submissions).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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2River View

Deadline: April 14, 2024; opens February 12, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Cordite

Deadline: May 12, 2024. 

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry. Also accepts poetry in translation. Payment is available for Australian contributors only. 

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Fourteen Poems

Deadline: May 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poems. “We want to represent all that’s thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round. To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com.” Payment: £25 per poem. 

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Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry and art on theme of form poetry. Payment: $7 per poem, $12 for cover art and $7 for inside art.  See themes.

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The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize: Georgia Review

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens February 7, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Each year one winner gets $1,500, publication, and an expenses-paid trip to read in Athens, Georgia, with the judge. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200. All entries will be considered for publication.

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Shooter: 2024 Poetry Contest

Deadline: May 26, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Poetry any style up to 100 lines. Payment: £150 per poem.

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Abyss and Apex.

Deadline: May 30, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative poetry. No horror. Payment: $5.50 per poem. 

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Plenitude Magazine

Deadline: May 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Restrictions: Canadian writers. “Plenitude Magazine aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature through an online publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, book reviews and short film by both emerging and established LGBTTQI writers. We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTTQI people, rather than works which feature queer content alone.” Poetry. Payment: $50 per poem.

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  May 31, 2024, opens April 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry collections (40+ pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Oct 23/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: May 31, 2024, opens May 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: June 7, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (monthly free reading period, always open to submissions).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award

Deadline: June 27, 2024 (annually, on the Mon if date falls on Sun).

(checked Mar 29/24)

“…given to the best previously unpublished (self-publications and publications online are considered “published work”) original poem written in English (of any length, in any style, typed, single spaced but with breaks for stanzas on one side only), which best relates  LGBTQ life by a poet who is 18 or older.” Prize: $500 USD, reading fee: $20 USD.

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The Hudson Review

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Poetry only this period. Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: July 7, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (free reading period).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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Only Poems

Deadline: August 7, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (free reading period).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” *Tip jar submissions always open. Payment: $55. 

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Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

Deadline: August 15, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry and art on theme of form poetry. Payment: $7 per poem, $12 for cover art and $7 for inside art.  See themes.

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2River View

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens April 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Variant Lit

Deadline: August 31, 2024, opens August 1, 2024 ).

(checked Mar 2924)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Kissing Dynamite

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry microchap manuscripts. “We’re happy to consider a diverse range of poetic styles and themes, so send us work that represents you!” Payment: $50. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

Deadline: November 15, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry and art on theme of form poetry. Payment: $7 per poem, $12 for cover art and $7 for inside art.  See themes.

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2River View

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Abyss and Apex.

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative poetry. No horror. Payment: $5.50 per poem. 

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  November 30, 2024, opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry pamphlets (up to 40 pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Oct 23/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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2River View

Deadline: February 11, 2025; opens December 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Variant Lit

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens February 1, 2025.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Carcanet Press

Deadline: March 14, 2025; opens March 1, 2025. 

(checked Feb 3/24)

New Collections. Full-length poetry manuscripts in English or translation.  Payment: Royalties. 

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2River View

Deadline: April 14, 2025; opens February 12, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Soul Chaser (Dragon Soul Press)

Deadline: April 30, 2025.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry. Minimum of five poems. All poetry pieces are welcome. There is no theme Payment: Royalties.

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The Paris Review

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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The Backwaters Prize in Poetry (U of Nebraska Press)

Deadline: May 1, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint, The Backwaters Press.  *2025 contest judge not announced yet.

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The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize: Georgia Review

Deadline: May 15, 2025; opens February 7, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Each year one winner gets $1,500, publication, and an expenses-paid trip to read in Athens, Georgia, with the judge. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200. All entries will be considered for publication.

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  May 31, 2025, opens April 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry collections (40+ pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award

Deadline: June 27, 2025 (annually, on the Mon if date falls on Sun).

(checked Mar 29/24)

“…given to the best previously unpublished (self-publications and publications online are considered “published work”) original poem written in English (of any length, in any style, typed, single spaced but with breaks for stanzas on one side only), which best relates  LGBTQ life by a poet who is 18 or older.” Prize: $500 USD, reading fee: $20 USD.

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The Hudson Review

Deadline: June 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Poetry only this period. Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: July 31, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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2River View

Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens April 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Variant Lit

Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens August 1, 2025.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Kissing Dynamite

Deadline: October 31, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry microchap manuscripts. “We’re happy to consider a diverse range of poetic styles and themes, so send us work that represents you!” Payment: $50. 

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The Paris Review

Deadline: October 31, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry. Closes when they reach capacity. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Payment: Not specified.

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2River View

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period. Payment: none.

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  November 30, 2025, opens October 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Poetry pamphlets (up to 40 pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box

Deadline: monthly by the 25th.

(checked Aug 27/23)

Submit 1-3 poems up to 15 lines (including blank lines) of any style and theme by the 25th of each month. Poems received after the 25th will be considered in the next batch. Payment $30 CAD. 

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Only Poems

Deadline: 1st to 7th (monthly free reading period, always open to submissions).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Poetry up 10 pages. “We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” Payment: $55 per contribution. 

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2 River View

Deadline: June 1-Aug 31, Sep 1-Nov 30, Dec 1-Feb 28, Mar 1-May 8 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 23/23)

Poetry, no more than five poems, once per reading period.

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Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

Deadline: November 15, 2023; opens November 1, 2023 (quarterly).

(checked Aug 3/23) *check for 2024 dates.

Poetry and art on theme of form poetry. Payment: $7 per poem, $12 for cover art and $7 for inside art.  See themes.

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The Paris Review

Deadline: January, April, July, and October (quarterly).

(checked Aug 27/23)

Poetry, poetry translations. Closes when capacity reached. 

Payment: Not specified. 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: Feb, May, Aug, Nov (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, art. Payment: $10. 

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Malahat Review

Deadline: Tri annually Jan 1-Feb 29, May 1-Jul 31, Nov 1-Nov 30.

(checked May 23/23)

Poetry. Payment: CAD $70/page. Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.

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Poetry Ireland Review

Deadline: November 30, 2023; opens July 1, 2023 (tri-annually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Poetry. Payment: €50 for poetry, €100 for articles. 



Abyss and Apex

Deadline: May & Nov (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Speculative poetry. No horror. Payment: $5.50 per poem. 

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Arc Poetry Magazine

Deadline: Apr 1-Jul 31 & Sep 1-Dec 31 (biannually).

(checked Jun 25/23)

Poetry up to 3 poems / 360 lines. Payment: $50 per page. *ALSO CHECK FOR CONTESTS.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: Feb 1-May 31 & Sep 1 to Nov 30 (biannually).

(checked Aug 4/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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Gival Press Poetry Award

Deadline: December 15, 2025 (biennial, odd years).

(checked Mar 21/23)

“Original work, not a translation of someone else’s poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry.” Prize: $1,000 USD, reading fee: $20 USD.

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Poet Lore

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Up to 5 English translations of poems. Payment: $50.

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Poet Lore

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Up to 5 poems (max. 10 pages). Payment: $50.



Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  May 31, 2024, opens April 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Poetry collections (40+ pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  November 30, 2024, opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Poetry pamphlets (up to 40 pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award

Deadline: June 27, 2024 (annually, on the Mon if date falls on Sun).

(checked Mar 21/23)

“…given to the best previously unpublished (self-publications and publications online are considered “published work”) original poem written in English (of any length, in any style, typed, single spaced but with breaks for stanzas on one side only), which best relates  LGBTQ life by a poet who is 18 or older.” Prize: $500 USD, reading fee: $20 USD.

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Kissing Dynamite

Deadline: Oct 1-31 (annually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry microchap manuscripts. “We’re happy to consider a diverse range of poetic styles and themes, so send us work that represents you!” Payment: $50. 

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The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence – Poetry 2023

Deadline: November 1, 2023 (annually)

(checked Sep 23/23)

We want to encourage our readers and writers to think through what it means to rebuke the Canadian cultural establishment. We want our writers to continue Clarke’s legacy by reimagining the boundaries of Canadian literature. Equally important to this, however, is a focus on style. We actively encourage submissions that are experimental with form and unrelentingly demand an attention to their style. We believe that Austin Clarke would’ve wanted nothing less. Prizes: $1,000 first $200 runner up.

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The Hudson Review

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (annually, poetry  only).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified.

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The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize: Georgia Review

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Each year one winner gets $1,500, publication, and an expenses-paid trip to read in Athens, Georgia, with the judge. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200. All entries will be considered for publication.

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Tinderbox Poetry Journal annual contest

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Sep 23/23)

Poetry.  Two prizes of: $500. 



32 Poems

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 23/23)

As a rule, we publish shorter poems that fit on a single page, but we sometimes make exceptions to accommodate remarkable work that runs a little longer. Payment: $25.

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Poetry Substack

Deadline: Rolling. *DEFUNCT

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poem. Must have a rhyme scheme or a rhythm scheme. No blank verse or free verse. Payment: Base Pay of $10 for the chosen poem + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Accepts one poem every month.  Reprints accepted.


Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

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Dust the writing cogs, these submission deadlines are coming up – nonfiction markets:


 

Griffith Review: Attachment Styles

Deadline: January 14, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Dec 23/23)

Non-fiction up to 4,000 words on theme: Attachment Styles. Full submission only, no pitches. Payment: Negotiated. 

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just femme & dandy

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Fashion for the LGBTQIA+ community. Theme: Time Travel. “We want to hear about the historical figures that informed your developing queer/trans styles, what you imagine for our queer future. Think Queerasures & Queertopias: Past, Present, and In Futurity! We’re particularly interested in receiving submissions that considers queer fashion, past, present, or future in terms of climate change and fashion’s role in (un)sustainability. We would love to hear from up and coming drag artists and independent fashion designers.” Payment: 50 USD per text-based submission and 150 USD per multimedia submission (video, photography, image + text, fashion spread + interview, etc.). 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Ploughshares Look2 Series

Deadline: January 15, 2024. 

(checked Jun 25/23)

Emerson College. Queries only. Essays about underappreciated or overlooked writers. The Look2 essay should take stock of a writer’s entire oeuvre with the goal of bringing critical attention to the neglected writer and his or her relevance to a contemporary audience. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author.

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Toxic Workplaces

Deadline: January 30, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to women writers. CNF up to 5,000 words on theme Toxic Workplaces. Payment: 2 cents/word. 

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This Magazine

Deadline: February 7, 2024 (quarterly, check for dates). 

(checked Feb 3/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadians. News, arts and ideas stories, and features.  Payment: $60 – $300.  Pitches only.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Messages From Heaven, Angels

Deadline: February 28, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

True stories and poems. “Stories about miracles, angels, messages from heaven, premonitions, amazing coincidences and other unexplainable but good events! We are looking for powerful, astounding, stories that will make people say “wow” or give them chills. This book is for everyone, whether religious or non-religious.” Payment: $250.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Thinking Positive

Deadline: February 28, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

True stories and poems. “We know that using the power of thinking positive helps you to achieve your goals and lead a happy, purposeful, and productive life. Almost anything is possible if you think you can. You can dream big, overcome challenges, create the best life possible for yourself, and turn adversity into opportunity. What do you do to think positive and how did it change your life? Tell us your success story about using the power of thinking positive!” Payment: $250.

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The Rumpus

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (Triannually).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Essays. Payment: $300 divided among all contributors.

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Midstory Magazine

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Personal essays 750-2000 words written by women about life, love, loss, and friendship at midlife. Payment: $50. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: March 15, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Cat Stories

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

True stories and poems. “Our readers love our cat titles. They are so very popular, and you have so many great stories to share with us, that we do a new cat title every eighteen months or so. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Cat has been completed and will be released in April 2024. But here is another chance for you to share a story or two about the member of your family who just happens to walk on four feet! This book will be published in 2025.” Payment: $250.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dog Stories

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

True stories and poems. “Our readers love our dog titles. They are so very popular, and you have so many great stories to share with us, that we do a new dog title every eighteen months or so. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog has been completed and will be released early in February 2024. But here is another chance for you to share a story or two about the member of your family who just happens to walk on four feet! This book will be published in 2025.” Payment: $250.

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How2Conquer

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Mar 15/24)

Nonfiction books 40,000-70,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Hudson Review

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually, Nonfiction only).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified.

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Griffith Review

Deadline: April 14, 2024; opens March 4, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Non-fiction up to 4,000 words on theme. Full submission only, no pitches. Payment: Negotiated. 

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Island Nonfiction Prize 2024.

Deadline: April 22, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Restrictions: Open to Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents only. Nonfiction up to 4000 words. Prize: $3000 plus publication.

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Brick

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Essays, reviews, interviews, belle lettres, memoir, translations, and all manner of incidental literary ephemera. 1000-5000 words preferred. Payment: $55–660, depending on the length of accepted work, plus two copies of the issue the work appears in and a one-year subscription to the magazine.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, New Year’s

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Jan 3/24)

True stories and poems. “How do you celebrate the holidays? Are your celebrations very traditional or are they very spontaneous and never the same? We want to hear how you celebrate your holidays. How do you gather with family and friends to share the special spirit of the season? How do you brighten those long winter days?” Payment: $250.

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Engen Books

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens February 28, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Restrictions: “As part of its mandate, Engen Non-fiction is committed to sharing diverse narratives as well as shining a light on unique and unexplored stories from the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.” When submitting a non-fiction work for consideration, it is not essential that the work be completed. Instead, we will consider a non-fiction work based on a book proposal. 

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Seventh Annual Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction

Deadline: April 30, 2024 (annually).

(checked Feb 13/23)

For the seventh annual prize, Pottersfield Press is again looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript of 30,000 to 150,000 words in any of the following categories: history, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary journalism, political or social commentary, travel writing or virtually any existing or new category that uses the nonfiction medium to tell a story or put forward an idea. The First Prize winner will receive a contract for the publication of the winning book along with a $1000 advance on 10% royalty for all sales. The Second Prize winner will also see the publication of the book and a $800 advance on 10% royalties.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room

Deadline: May 1, 2024. 

(checked Mar 25/24)

Essay 2,000-4,000 words on theme: Spike Lee. “For our month of Lee, we’re seeking essays and voices tackling any and all of his films, his performances, his writings, his impact on cinema and culture.” Payment: $100. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Mar 25/24)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Root Quarterly

Deadline: May 15, 2024. 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: RQ is a quarterly print-only journal of art and ideas from Philadelphia. Nonfiction, art. See theme. Payment: $25 – $100 depending on the piece and its length.  Pitches only. 

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Room Magazine: Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Deadline: June 1, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Creative non-fiction up to 3500 words. Prizes: $1000 1st, $250 2nd, $100 honourable mention.

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Fulcrum Publishing

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Nonfiction works that explore conservation and stewardship, American culture, civics, and the American West. Pieces from the manuscript may have been published previously, but collection as a whole must be unpublished. Query only. Payment: Royalties.  

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Shenandoah

Deadline: When capacity reached (300 submissions); opens July 1, 2024.

(checked Nov 23/23)

Creative nonfiction up to 8000 words. Payment: $80/100 words, up to $400. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: July 15, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Root Quarterly

Deadline: August 15, 2024. 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: RQ is a quarterly print-only journal of art and ideas from Philadelphia. Nonfiction, art. See theme. Payment: $25 – $100 depending on the piece and its length.  Pitches only. 

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  August 31, 2024, opens July 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Nonfiction prose pamphlets (up to 70 pages). Payment: Royalties.

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: September 15, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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The Writer’s Chronicle

Deadline: September 30, 2024, opens February 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Nonfiction articles on writing: Essays on the craft of writing, interviews with well-known and up-and-coming authors, profiles and appreciations of contemporary writers. Payment: $18 per 100 words for accepted manuscripts.

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How2Conquer

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Mar 15/24)

Nonfiction books 40,000-70,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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Hub City Press

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 16, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.) Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.  Nonfiction only.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Nonfiction. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: November 15, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: January 15, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: March 15, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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How2Conquer

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Mar 15/24)

Nonfiction books 40,000-70,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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Hub City Press

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens March 16, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.) Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.  Nonfiction only.

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: May 15, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Fulcrum Publishing

Deadline: June 30, 2025; opens June 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Nonfiction works that explore conservation and stewardship, American culture, civics, and the American West. Pieces from the manuscript may have been published previously, but collection as a whole must be unpublished. Query only. Payment: Royalties.  

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: July 15, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: September 15, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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How2Conquer

Deadline: October 31, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Mar 15/24)

Nonfiction books 40,000-70,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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Hub City Press

Deadline: October 31, 2025; opens October 16, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: Writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.) Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.  Nonfiction only.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: November 1, 2025; opens August 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Nonfiction. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: November 15, 2025; opens November 1, 2025 (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Black Ink Books

Deadline: Open to submissions the first week of every month.

(checked Oct 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to Australian writers. Genre: Full-length general, literary and commercial non-fiction – including history, current affairs, memoir and biography. Full manuscripts. Queries only. Payment: Royalties. 

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

Deadline: 1st-15th Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, 7 Nov (every two months). 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. 

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Fulcrum Publishing

Deadline: June 30; opens June 1 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Nonfiction works that explore conservation and stewardship, American culture, civics, and the American West. Pieces from the manuscript may have been published previously, but collection as a whole must be unpublished. Query only. Payment: Royalties.  

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Room Magazine: Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Deadline: July 1; opens May 1 (annually).

(checked Sep 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Creative non-fiction up to 3500 words. Prizes: $1000 1st, $250 2nd, $100 honourable mention.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: November 1; opens August 1 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Nonfiction. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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Alien Magazine

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Oct 30/23)

All types of nonfiction and visual art. Payment: $20. 

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Malahat Review

Deadline: rolling.

(checked May 22/23)

Creative nonfiction up to 5,000 words or three up to 1,000 words each.

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Write or Die

Deadline: always open.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Nonfiction up to 3000 words and pitches for interviews with  authors with forthcoming or recently published books. “We are interested in essays that focus on the writing life and especially love work where the personal intersects with the critical. We love essays that examine how publishing, reading, teaching, spirituality, sexuality, identity, obsession, labor, and family shape writing.” Payment: $50 USD for nonfiction, $25 USD for interviews. 

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Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

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Here are a few fast approaching submission deadlines for you – general fiction:


 

Three Ravens Publishing: Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light

Deadline: TBD.

(checked Sep 24/23)

Dark Fantasy 5,000–10,000 words. “Do you love dark and gritty fantasy settings? What about situations of overwhelming odds? Then you may want to submit to Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light. A Dark Fantasy anthology where the situation can be as grim as you want it to be, even ending in personal tragedy (Death of the heroes), but they need to succeed in the end.” Payment: Royalties.

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Cafe Irreal

Deadline: January 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Magical realism up to 2,000 words. Translations are welcome. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Totally Entwined: Oh, Baby!

Deadline: January 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 1/23)

Novellas, 30,000 – 50,000 words. Theme: Surprise Babies or Children. Payment: Royalties. 

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Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals

Deadline: January 7, 2024. 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Speculative fiction 3,000-4,000 words. Accepts reprints. “Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales.” Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. 

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Bell Press: Stasis

Deadline: January 10, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: International submissions will be considered, but priority will be given to Canadian work to align with Canadian granting-body requirements. Science fiction, in particular, retrofuturistic short fiction 500-10,000 words with a modern lens. Stasis invites submissions that bend the rules of temporality: blending past, present, and future. Payment: $15 CAD plus royalties. 

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Waystation

Deadline: January 14, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Space opera 1500-2500 words. Payment: $10. 

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Apex: Strange Locations

Deadline: January 15, 2024. 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Speculative microfiction up to 250 words in the form of tourist brochures, travel blogs, and travel guides to the strangest, darkest places you can imagine. Payment: $10. 

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Driftwood Press In-House Short Story Contest

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens September 1, 2023.

(checked Dec 26/23)

Fiction 1000-5000 words (soft limit). The winner will also have the opportunity to be interviewed about their work; the interview will be published alongside the story. Prize: $400 USD; $150 USD for runner ups, plus accompanying interview.

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Electric Spec

Deadline: January 15, 2024 (quarterly reading periods).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Speculative fiction 250-7000 words. Submissions never close, but has reading period Deadlines per issue. “We do not consider stories or art created, or partially created, by A.I.” Payment: $20 per piece.

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Hansen House

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Hansen House is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Great Void

Deadline: January 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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And One Day We Will Die (Hungry Shadow Press)

Deadline: January 16, 2024; opens December 5, 2023. 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Short weird fiction 2000 to 5000 words (firm limit) using a song from the Neutral Milk Hotel song catalog for inspiration. Payment: 5¢ per word, paid via PayPal, and an ebook copy of the anthology.  Extended submission window exclusively for writers from marginalized communities January 16, 2024 – January 23, 2024.

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Flash Fiction Online

Deadline: January 21, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (open 1st to 21st monthly, except Dec, unless cap reached).

(checked Mar 20/23)

Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction 500-1000 words. Payment: $80.

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Mythaxis

Deadline: January 30, 2024; opens January 23, 2024. Quarterly.

(checked Jan 19/23)

Speculative fiction 1,000-7,500 words. Under 5,000 preferred. Payment: $20.

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Alien Dimensions

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

Science Fiction, 5000-7000 words on theme of Mars Colonization. Payment: $20. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dragon Soul Press: The Hunt (R)

Deadline: January 31, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All monster hunter stories. From dragons and dinosaurs, to Cthulhu and sirens, to the usual vampires and werewolves. Gore, horror, and originality are appreciated. All genres accepted. 3,000-15,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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JMS Books: With The Band

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

LGBT romance long fiction minimum 12k words (ebook), over 60k words for print books. “We’re looking for stories about musicians or bands (any genre) and the people who love them. It can be a hookup between band mates, or a one nighter with a fan or groupie, or maybe a roadie keeps a singer’s bunk warm as they travel to their next gig.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Space and Time

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism with a speculative element up to 5000 words preferred, max. 10,000. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Stonehouse Publishing

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 15, 2023.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Full-length literary and trade fiction. Query. Payment: Royalties. 

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Tales & Feathers Magazine

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 15, 2023.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Cozy slice-of-life fantasy short fiction. Translations accepted.   Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under. 

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Bigfoot Country

Deadline: February 1, 2024.

(checked Nov 19/23)

Celtic Frog Publishing. Stories about Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti up to 4000 words. The genre is open. Payment: $100 CAD. 

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Contested Landing Anthology (Three Ravens Publishing)

Deadline: February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Military Science Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Payment: Royalties, “…a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors.” 

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Contested Landing Anthology

Deadline: February 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 1/23)

Three Ravens Publishing. Military Science Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Payment: a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors. 

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Havok

Deadline: February 2, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi

Deadline: February 4, 2024. 

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction3,000-4,000 words. “Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales.” Theme: Anansi. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.  Accepts reprints.

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Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals: Medusa

Deadline: February 4, 2024. 

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction 3,000-4,000 words. “Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales.” Theme: Medusa. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.  Accepts reprints.

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Abyss and Apex

Deadline: February 7, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (1st week of Feb).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words. No horror. Payment: USD $.08/word (eight cents a word) up to 1,000 words, and a flat payment of $80.00 for longer stories. 

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Speculation Publications Utter Speculation Novella Series

Deadline: February 7, 2024; opens November 7, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Queries only: novellas 20k-35k words. “The Collection of Utter Speculation series speculates about what is behind real mysteries and legends. The stories must start with the known facts. They can be rooted in real world explanations or supernatural causes, but they need to answer the question, what causes this? Then they can go wherever you want them to go regarding genre, style and explanation.” See restrictions of what they do not want. Payment: royalties.

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Cast of Wonders

Deadline: February 14, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 31/23)

YA Speculative fiction: likes all forms of fantasy and sci-fi, horror (psychological, comedic, or spiritual – not visceral). Podcast. See theme. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. 

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Crimson Quill Quarterly

Deadline: February 14, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/23)

New publication: 1st issue published Jan 2024. Fantasy up to 10,000 words: sword & sorcery, dark fantasy, and grimdark subgenres of fantasy. Payment: $30 USD/$25 per issue for longer works serialized over multiple issues. 

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Tales & Feathers Magazine

Deadline: February 14, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled from around the world. Cozy slice-of-life fantasy short fiction. Translations accepted.   Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under. 

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Dudes Rock! 

Deadline: February 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 10/24)

Speculative fiction (however vague) under 600 words that highlights “queer masculinity.” Payment: $15. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: February 15, 2024; opens December 15, 2023 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Omenana Magazine

Deadline: February 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 10/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: $20. 

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STREET MAGIC II

Deadline: February 15, 2024. 

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction 6,000-9,000 words. “Magic. Hiding right under our unsuspecting noses, or swirling around all around us. When we’re talking about Street Magic, it’s probably closer than you think.” Payment: Royalty sharing.  Reprints published prior to 2019 accepted.

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The Great Void

Deadline: February 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Dave Williamson National Short Story Competition

Deadline: February 22, 2024; opens December 1, 2023. *DEADLINE EXTENDED

(checked Jan 25/24)

Restrictions: Canadian citizens and permanent or academic residents. Fiction 2500-5000 words in any genre. Prizes: $1,000 CAD, $600 CAD, $400 CAD.

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Fission 

Deadline: February 26, 2024; opens February 13, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Fission is the British Science Fiction Association’s annual anthology of SFF fiction. You don’t need to be a BSFA member to submit. Science fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: 2 pence per word. 

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Jewish Futures II

Deadline: February 26, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Science fiction and fantasy stories up to 5,000 words that will speculate on the past, present, and future of the Jewish people. What will Jews be up to many years from now? How do Jews deal with magic, sorcery, and demons? Payment: five cents a word (for a maximum total payment of $250). 

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Fanatical

Deadline: February 28, 2024 (rolling).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories 2,000 to 6,000 words inspired by/based on tabletop games – roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames. Payment: £20. 

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Inked in Gray: Affection

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens December 1, 2023.

(checked Feb 18/24)

Short stories up to 8,000 words by women of color that talk about the affection and show us a fresh, unique view on the topic. Payment: $45. 

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Adaptive Press

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 2/24)

NEW! Wedding themed short stories 15k to 20k. Must be romantic in nature, containing a HEA theme. All genres of romance and all heat levels are welcome. Payment: $25 – $50. 

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Adi: Disobedience

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

“We’re looking for short fiction about the past, present, and future of disobedience to orthodoxies of all kinds – from political doctrines to religious creeds to artistic or intellectual frameworks. We want stories of the rebellions, heresies, theoretical revolutions, and moments of civil disobedience that catalyze this world and alternative worlds.” Payment: $200 for flash fiction up to 1,000 words; $500 for longer stories, up to 5,000 words. 

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Anvil Magazine

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Fantasy, sci-fi, western, and many other sub-genres 2,000-8,000 words. Comics 5-20 pages. Payment: 2 cents/word for short fiction, $30/page for comics previews or $60/page for complete comics. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens February 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Conium Press

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Chapbooks (20 pages): Magical realist, surrealist, and experimental fiction. Payment

Ten copies and a small honorarium. 

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Dragon Soul Press: Rogue Waves (R)

Deadline: February 29, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All mermaids (and their kin), kraken (sea monsters), underwater civilizations, etc. stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Epic Echoes Magazine

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens January 1, 2024. 

(checked Sep 24/23)

Action/Adventure, SFF, Horror, Mystery 1000-3000 words PG-13. Payment: $10. 

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JMS Books: Silver Foxes or Vixens

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

LGBT romance long fiction minimum 12k words (ebook), over 60k words for print books. “Give us stories about sexy older men and women! While we will consider May/December romances, this subs call is aimed at older adults finding love with each other.” Payment: Royalties. 

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A Touch of Aether

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Three Ravens Publishing. Urban fantasy 5,000-10,000 words. Are you a fan of authors like Jim Butcher and Faith Hunter? Do you love writing in the magical streets of an Urban Fantasy universe like the Dresden Files or the Jane Yellowrock series? Payment: Royalties.

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Fission

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens February 13, 2024 (annual).

(checked Feb 22/23) *NEED TO CHECK DATES CLOSER TO SUBMISSION WINDOW

British Science Fiction Association’s annual anthology of SFF fiction. You don’t need to be a BSFA member to submit. Science fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: 2 pence per word.

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Havok

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Shadowtouched (Ardent Pawn Publishing)

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Speculative short fiction on theme: Thieves, assassins, vigilantes, agents of darkness, etc. 3,500 – 10,000 words. Payment: Royalties. 

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Intrepidus Ink

Deadline: March 3, 2024; opens February 3, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Fiction. See theme. Payment: $.02/word for flash fiction 300 – 1,000 words. $30 flat rate for short stories 1,500 – 2,500 words. 

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A Coup of Owls

Deadline: March 7, 2024; March 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Only submit if you are aged 18 or over and belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community. These include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled people. Fiction 100 – 8000 words (hard limits), all genres. Payment: £5 – 15.

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Empyreal Tree Magazine

Deadline: March 12, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (triannual). Magazine is closed.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fantasy, science fiction, horror fiction 1000-15000 words. Payment $25.  See themes.

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Stranger

Deadline: March 12, 2024; opens February 8, 2024. 

(checked Feb 28/23)

Short stories. “Stranger is an anthology for stories that look into unexpected places. We want real or magical, lyrical or experimental, as long as it finds that truth wasn’t as simple as once thought.” Payment: €175. Closes when cap is reached. 

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Grimdark Magazine

Deadline: March 14, 2024. 

(checked Feb 15/24)

Grimdark fantasy and sci-fi short stories up to 4,000 words. Payment: AUD$0.07 per word. Reprints: AUD$0.01 per word.  Accepts reprints.

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Archive of the Odd

Deadline: Open March 15, 2024 – 1 day only!

(checked Feb 4/24)

Speculative fiction 500-8,000 words preferred for magazine. Will consider 5,000-12,000 for a standalone chapbook. “Archive of the Odd is a zine of uncanny occurrences, told in even stranger ways.” They’d like a variety of time periods. Stories can be in any format, except traditional prose: “…stories told in the style of found footage, also known epistolary, neo-epistolary, found file, or found document fiction. Essentially, stories told in the form of other documents.” Payment: 1 cent/word USD + share of royalties. 

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The Great Void

Deadline: March 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Luna Press

Deadline: March 16, 2024.

(checked Feb 20/24)

Novellas only, standalone, original and not previously published. Speculative fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and their sub-genres. Word Count between 20,000 and 40,000. Payment: Royalties. 

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Cloaked Press: Kaleidoscope – A Queer Anthology

Deadline: March 21, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 19/23) *Check 2024 dates

Fantasy and Science Fiction short stories by Queer authors. “We are seeking fresh faces as well as seasoned Fantasy/SciFi pros for this yearly anthology to be released in June of each year.” Length: 10,000 words max. Payment: $15.

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Cloaked Press: Summer of Speculation

Deadline: March 21, 2024, opens February 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 19/23) *check 2024 dates & theme

Fantasy and Science Fiction short stories on theme: Sidekicks. “What we want are stories from the perspective of the superhero(or villians) top henchman/helper. For copyright purposes it would be best if we didn’t use real superheroes currently in production.” Length: 10,000 words max. Payment: $15.

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Roads Less Traveled

Deadline: March 29, 2024.

(checked Mar 3/24)

Short stories that have a mix of two or more of these genres:  horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi and slipstream, that explore original themes or traditional themes from an original perspective. Also accepts nonfiction, interviews and art. Payment: £40 per story regardless of length; £60 per interview regardless of length and including accompanying illustrations or photographs; £60 per nonfiction article. Art is negotiated. 

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Alien Dimensions: Mars Colonization 2033

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 3/24)

Speculative fiction 5,000-7,000 words set on Mars. Payment: $20. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Ashland Creek Press

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 2/24)

Fiction. Full-length novels 60,000 and 90,000 words. Vegan-themed literature, from animal protection to climate change. All submissions must be Payment: Royalties. 

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Aurealis

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 24/23)

Science fiction, fantasy, or horror short stories between 2000 and 8000 words. Payment: A$20 and A$60 per 1000 words. 

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Dragon Soul Press: Pirate Legends (R)

Deadline: March 31, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All stories featuring pirates are welcome. From Pirates of the Caribbean to Treasure Planet and everything in between. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Fanatical

Deadline: March 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Also “Tales from the Tabletop” stories inspired by/based on tabletop games (roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames). Payment: £20.

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Flash Point Science Fiction

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (triannual).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Speculative fiction stories 100 to 1,000 words in length. “Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short.” Payment: 2 cents/word. 

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Hearth Stories

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Speculative fiction. Flash to novella length, 1,500-5,000 preferred. “We publish fiction and poetry that explore connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world. The stories often fall into a fantasy, science-fiction, or magical realism sort of “slice of life.” Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length. 

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JMS Books: Single Parents

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

LGBT romance long fiction minimum 12k words (ebook), over 60k words for print books. “We want stories of single LGBTQ parents raising young children while looking for love. Pet parents count!” Payment: Royalties. 

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Lilac Arch Press: Hi-Lo Advent Book

Deadline: March 31, 2024

(checked Feb 13/23)

Holiday story 250-500 words for older adults. Hi-lo means high interest/ low reading level. Our hi-lo line can be enjoyed by anyone but is specially crafted for those experiencing cognitive impairments such as dementia. We are looking for sweet, heartwarming stories with older main characters. We are looking for stories that celebrate winter, the Christmas season, or the new year.

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MetaStellar

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Science fiction, fantasy or horror up to 1000 words. Payment: 8 cents per word. 

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Podcastle

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Fantasy podcast. Up to 6,000 words. Payment: $0.06/word for original; $100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction reprints. 

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Short Story, Long

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 10/24)

Short stories, 2k-8k words long (3,000-5,500 range preferred). Payment: $100. 

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Southword

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Fiction up to 5000 words. Payment: €300. 

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The Fables Next Door (Critical Blast Publishing)

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 2,000 – 10,000 words that involve characters from recognized fairy tales placed in a modern setting where normal people meet and interact. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.  Payment: $25. 

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Winter in the City: A Collection of Dark Urban Stories (House of Gamut)

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Speculative fiction 3000-7500 words that takes place in cities during winter. Payment: 10 cents/word. 

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WolfSinger Publications: The Dragon’s Hoard 2

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens November 1, 2023.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Speculative fiction 2,500-7,500 words about dragons, with a twist. Payment: $15 + royalties. 

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Cafe Irreal

Deadline: April 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Magical realism up to 2,000 words. Translations are welcome. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Creature Feature Classics #1: Lycanthropy (Snake Bite Books)

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 3,000-8,000 words on theme: Werewolves. “We’re looking for a variety of stories so feel free to go in any direction your brain might wander – tales set in the medieval ages, tales set in a dystopian nuclear fall-out, tales set in a robot-dominated 2050 where werewolves live underground in the sewers and hunt survivors of the robot revolution, almost any sub-genre and time goes.” Payment: £20 and 3 author copies. 

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The Beast Hunt

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Three Ravens Publishing. Speculative Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Theme: Monsters have feelings too, even if it’s used to rage against the machine. Payment: “a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors.” 

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Three Ravens Publishing: Aspects of the Tarot

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 24/23)

Speculative Fiction 5,000–10,000 words. “Have you ever wondered what fuels the magic of the cards? This is your chance dive into the aspects behind the cards and to tell us their meaning.” Payment: Royalties.

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Totally Entwined: Family Business

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

These heroes are mafia who’ll do anything to protect those they love. Novellas, 30,000 – 50,000 words. Theme: Mafia romance. Payment: Royalties. 

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Write or Die

Deadline: April 1, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (bi-annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Short fiction up to 4000 words. Payment: $200. 

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Zero Street (U of Nebraska Press)

Deadline: April 1, 2024; opens November 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ+ writers. Genre: Full-length literary fiction. “The series seeks LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from stories of modern life to innovations on traditions of genre and are particularly interested in BIPOC authors, trans authors, and queer authors over 50.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Havok

Deadline: April 5, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Flame Tree: Sun Rising Short Stories

Deadline: April 7, 2024. 

(checked Mar 15/24)

Speculative fiction 2000-4000 words on them: The Sun. “This will be a feast of modern fiction, folklore and mythology, and ancient tales of the looming, life-giving, eye-burning solar entity that dominates our sky.” Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.  Accepts reprints. 

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Flame Tree: Moon Falling Short Stories

Deadline: April 7, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Speculative fiction 2000-4000 words on theme: The Moon. “This collection will bring a potent mix of superstition and belief that reaches back to the gods of Babylon, Ancient Egypt and Greece. Khonsu, Innana, Artemis and Thoth are just a few of the deities who brought a mix of love, sensuality and war to the ancient perceptions of the world.” Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints.  Accepts reprints. 

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Laughs in Space

Deadline: April 7, 2024. 

(checked Mar 15/24)

Humorous science fiction 2000 – 9000 words. Payment: £10 per 500 words, up to £55. 

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Bikes in Space

Deadline: April 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Queer Halloween short fiction 500-6000 words (in written or comics form) about bicycling from a feminist perspective. Payment: $50 minimum. 

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Bourbon Penn

(checked Mar 29/24)

Deadline: April 15, 2024.

Fiction 2000-7500 words. “We are looking for highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.” Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Electric Spec

Deadline: April 15, 2024 (quarterly reading periods).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Speculative fiction 250-7000 words. Submissions never close, but has reading period Deadlines per issue. “We do not consider stories or art created, or partially created, by A.I.” Payment: $20 per piece.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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Room Magazine: Fiction Contest

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens February 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Sep 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Fiction up to 3500 words. Prizes: $1000 1st, $250 2nd, $100 honourable mention.

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The Great Void

Deadline: April 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens March 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: $0.03 per word with a minimum of $20.  (Note: first week of submissions is reserved for writers of color.)

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Super Canucks: An anthology of small-town Canadian superheroes

Deadline: April 21, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Superhero stories 500-3500 words. “We want stories set in and around the nation’s more often overlooked locales—isolated small towns, remote reservations, bedroom communities, and other underrepresented areas of Canada.” Payment: $200. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dragon Soul Press: Fairy Tales (R)

Deadline: April 30, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All Fae stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Engen Books

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens February 28, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Novel and novellas. “For the submission of novels, please supply the first three chapters of your work, including a brief synopsis, the genre you feel it would fall under, the total length of the work in word count, and a brief biography on the author. For fiction novels, please only submit completed works.”

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Mythaxis

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 23, 2024. Quarterly.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Speculative fiction 1,000-7,500 words. Under 5,000 preferred. Payment: $20.

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Psychopomp

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 23/23)

Speculative fiction or literary novellas 20k to 40k words, that fall under the umbrella of goth, death, funerary, grief, loss, alternative, otherworldly themes. See lists of what they do and do not want. Payment: $750 advance and 25% of net receipts.

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Red Deer Press

Deadline: April 30, 2024

(checked Feb 17/24)

Fiction under 4,000 words created for contemporary teen readers, on theme of “identity” in any genre. Payment $250 CAD

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Everyday Heroes

Deadline: May 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Contemporary Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. . “In Honor of Mark Christopher Wagner the 2nd, we are looking for compelling and heartfelt stories centered around those who serve their communities. Stories of Firefighters, First responders, Law Enforcement, etc. Those Everyday Heroes who make a difference in the lives of their communities.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Grumpy Old Gods Anthology: Grumpy Old Sherwood (Stormdance Publications)

Deadline: May 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction 3,000-4,000 words. Theme: Robin Hood. “It’s open season on storytelling.  It means you can take whatever bits you like best of thousands of available tales, and twist and turn them however you like.” Payment: A percentage of the profits. 

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Havok

Deadline: May 3, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Eggplant Emoji 

Deadline: May 6, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 29/24)

Annual comedy literary journal. “Eggplant Emoji Volume 3 will be a print and eBook collection of hilarious short stories that are character-driven and culturally striking.”  1,000 – 7,000 words. Payment: $25. 

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Abyss and Apex

Deadline: May 7, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (1st week of May).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words. No horror. Payment: USD $.08/word (eight cents a word) up to 1,000 words, and a flat payment of $80.00 for longer stories. 

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Brilliant Flash Fiction

Deadline: May 15, 2024. 

(checked Mar 1/24)

Flash fiction stories up to 300 words on the subject of Tenacity. Payment: $20. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens March 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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The Great Void

Deadline: May 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Gival Press Novel Award

Deadline: May 30, 2024 (biennial, even years).

(checked Mar 21/23)

Details not listed yet.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dragon Soul Press: Apocalypse (R)

Deadline: May 31, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All apocalyptic stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Escape Pod

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Science fiction (Audio and written format). Payment: $0.08 USD per word for original fiction. $100 USD per story for reprint fiction.  Reprints accepted. (Please visit PseudoPod for horror, Cast of Wonders for young adult, and PodCastle for fantasy fiction.)

Fanatical

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Also “Tales from the Tabletop” stories inspired by/based on tabletop games (roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames). Payment: £20.

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Havok

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners

Deadline: closes when cap is reached; opens on May 1, 2024

(checked Mar 1/24)

Stories up to 5000 words (firm) of transgression, of the mechanisms behind what’s fraying the bonds that bind us. Payment: 10c/word for original short fiction.

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Touchpoint Press: Christmas Anthology

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (annual)

(checked Mar 1/24)

Wholesome stories 3000 to 7000 words that inspire, instill kindness and hope, and contain a sense of togetherness and community. Deep conflict (and multiple conflicts) is good, but your story must be HEA or HFN. Payment: $50 on publication ($25 for reprints). Reprints accepted.

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Touchpoint Press: Haunting Tales of Romance Anthology

Deadline: May 31, 2024 (annual)

(checked Mar 1/24)

Stories (3-7k) must have a romantic element mixed with some type of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, SciFi or otherwise “hard-to explain” element. Payment: $50 on publication ($25 for reprints). Reprints accepted.

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Eternal Haunted Summer

Deadline: June 1, 2024; opens May 1, 2024.

(checked Aug 3/23)

Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Gardens. “Send us your best poems, short stories, and essays about gardens from a Pagan/polytheist, witchy, and mythological point of view.” Payment: $5. 

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Three Ravens Publishing: Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light

Deadline: June 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Dark Fantasy 5,000–10,000 words. “Do you love dark and gritty fantasy settings? What about situations of overwhelming odds? Then you may want to submit to Darkest Shadow, Brightest Light. A Dark Fantasy anthology where the situation can be as grim as you want it to be, even ending in personal tragedy (Death of the heroes), but they need to succeed in the end.” Payment: Royalties.

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Three Ravens Publishing: The Fires of Retribution Anthology

Deadline: June 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Theme: A collection of stories dealing with DRAGONS! Payment: Royalties. 

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Totally Entwined: Love at Second Sight

Deadline: June 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Novellas, 30,000 – 50,000 words. Theme: Second chance romance. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Great Void

Deadline: June 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Havok

Deadline: June 28, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Allegory

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (triannual)

(checked Sep 24/23)

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Payment: $15.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dancing Star Press

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Speculative fiction novellas. Payment: Royalties. 

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Far Futures 3 – An Anthology of Deep Space: Blue Planet Press 

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction 6,000-10,000 words. Submissions will involve space travel in some form to deep space. Stories may start or end planet-side, but the bulk of the tale must be in space. Military sci-fi is welcome. Payment: ½ cent per word to a maximum of $50. 

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Freeze Frame Fiction

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (semi-annually).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Flash fiction up to 1,000 words. Payment: $10.

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Gods & Services (Critical Blast Publishing)

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens May 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 2,000 – 10,000 words on theme. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.  Payment: $25. 

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Cafe Irreal

Deadline: July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Magical realism up to 2,000 words. Translations are welcome. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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A Coup of Owls

Deadline: July 7, 2024; July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Only submit if you are aged 18 or over and belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community. These include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled people. Fiction 100 – 8000 words (hard limits), all genres. Payment: £5 – 15.

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Empyreal Tree Magazine

Deadline: July 12, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (triannual). Magazine closed.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fantasy, science fiction, horror fiction 1000-15000 words. Payment $25.  See themes.

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Electric Spec

Deadline: July 15, 2024 (quarterly reading periods).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Speculative fiction 250-7000 words. Submissions never close, but has reading period Deadlines per issue. “We do not consider stories or art created, or partially created, by A.I.” Payment: $20 per piece.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: July 15, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Great Void

Deadline: July 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Mythaxis

Deadline: July 30, 2024; opens July 23, 2024. Quarterly.

(checked Jan 19/23)

Speculative fiction 1,000-7,500 words. Under 5,000 preferred. Payment: $20.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Cowboy Up (Wolfsinger Publications)

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

“We are looking for stories up to 7500 words in length that feature the sport of Rodeo. They can be in any genre as long as the sport of Rodeo is a key part of the story.” Payment: $20.

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Fanatical

Deadline: July 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Also “Tales from the Tabletop” stories inspired by/based on tabletop games (roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames). Payment: £20.

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Flash Point Science Fiction

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens May 15, 2024 (triannual).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Speculative fiction stories 100 to 1,000 words in length. “Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short.” Payment: 2 cents/word. 

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Broken Highways Anthology: Three Ravens Publishing

Deadline: August 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Car Wars GameLit Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Theme: Have you ever looked at someone, and just know that they have one hell of a tale to tell? First-hand accounts from the road, told by the bounty hunters, highwaymen, and Federal Marshals out there in the mix. Payment: Royalties. 

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Face the Storm Anthology: Three Ravens Publishing

Deadline: August 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction: Space Coast Guard stories 5,000-10,000 words. 

Theme: A collection of stories dealing with Space Coasties! Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: August 1, 2024.

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Havok

Deadline: August 2, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Abyss and Apex

Deadline: August 7, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (1st week of Aug).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words. No horror. Payment: USD $.08/word (eight cents a word) up to 1,000 words, and a flat payment of $80.00 for longer stories. 

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Gival Press Short Story Award

Deadline: August 8, 2024 (annually, on the Mon if date falls on Sun).

(checked Mar 21/23)

“previously unpublished original (not a translation) stand-alone short story in English must be approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words of high literary quality.” Prize: $1,000 USD, reading fee: $25 USD.

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Grumpy Old Gods Flash Fiction: Pesky Pestilence (Stormdance Publications)

Deadline: August 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative flash fiction 500-1500  words. “Short twisty tales with plenty of hijinks where the consequences are real but FUNNY.  Bonus points for stories stop a plague before it begins or the ‘sickness’ cartoonishly ridiculous.” Payment: A percentage of the profits. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: August 15, 2024; opens June 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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The Great Void

Deadline: August 15, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.

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Havok

Deadline: August 30, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dragon Soul Press: Magick & Malice (R)

Deadline: August 31, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All witch stories for all genres. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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More Monsters Next Door (Critical Blast Publishing)

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 2,000 – 10,000 on theme. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.  Payment: $25. 

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Seems a Little Crazy!: Three Ravens Publishing

Deadline: September 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction 5,000 – 10,000 words. Packed full of Aliens, Deep State government, Reptilian Overlords, and more! Show us your freakiest Conspiracy Theory! Payment: Royalties. 

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A Coup of Owls

Deadline: September 7, 2024; September 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Only submit if you are aged 18 or over and belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community. These include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled people. Fiction 100 – 8000 words (hard limits), all genres. Payment: £5 – 15.

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Shooter: Short Story Competition

Deadline: September 24, 2024; opens later in summer.

(checked Apr 2/24) *check dates closer to deadline.

Fiction up to 5000 words. Payment: £400 1st place, £100 runner-up. 

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Havok

Deadline: September 27, 2024 (monthly, date varies).

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens September 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Dragon Soul Press: A Winter Kiss (R)

Deadline: September 30, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All Christmas stories. As long as Christmas is involved, the story qualifies. All genres. Happily Ever After not required. 3,000-20,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Fanatical

Deadline: September 30, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Also “Tales from the Tabletop” stories inspired by/based on tabletop games (roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames). Payment: £20.

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Hearth Stories

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Speculative fiction. Flash to novella length, 1,500-5,000 preferred. “We publish fiction and poetry that explore connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world. The stories often fall into a fantasy, science-fiction, or magical realism sort of “slice of life.” Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length. 

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Small Harbor Publishing

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Chapbooks 20-40 pages of poetry or 20-50 pages of prose. Payment: Royalties.  All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers.

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Cafe Irreal

Deadline: October 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Magical realism up to 2,000 words. Translations are welcome. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Cogs and Cutlasses: Three Ravens Publishing

Deadline: October 1, 2024. 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Steampunk adventure fiction 5,000 – 10,000 words. Theme: A collection of piracy themed stories, set in a steampunk environment. Payment: Royalties. 

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Science Fiction Is a Drag!

Deadline: October 1, 2024. 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Science fiction stories up to 10,000 words that are, first and foremost, drag. Payment: $50. 

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Electric Spec

Deadline: October 15, 2024 (quarterly reading periods).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Speculative fiction 250-7000 words. Submissions never close, but has reading period Deadlines per issue. “We do not consider stories or art created, or partially created, by A.I.” Payment: $20 per piece.

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Hub City Press

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (biannually). 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia). Fiction only deadline. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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Translunar Travelers Lounge

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens September 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: $0.03 per word with a minimum of $20.  (Note: first week of submissions is reserved for writers of color.)

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Havok

Deadline: October ??, 2024 (monthly, date varies). TBA

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. Monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Mythaxis

Deadline: October 30, 2024; opens October 23, 2024. Quarterly.

(checked Jan 19/23)

Speculative fiction 1,000-7,500 words. Under 5,000 preferred. Payment: $20.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Diet Milk Minis

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction up to 1000 words, $20 for prose. See theme.

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Dragon Soul Press: Dragon Legends (R)

Deadline: October 31, 2024

(checked Mar 22/23)

Theme: All dragon stories. All genres accepted. 3,000-15,000 words. Payment:  Royalties.

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Empyreal Tree Magazine

Deadline: November 12, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (triannual). Magazine closed.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fantasy, science fiction, horror fiction 1000-15000 words. Payment $25.  See themes.

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Parallel Universe Publications: Swords & Sorceries

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024. 

(checked Mar 29/23)

Heroic fantasy. Payment: £25; and an additional £25 if a hardcover version is issued. `

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Time in a Bottle (Critical Blast Publishing)

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 2,000 – 10,000 words on theme. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.  Payment: $25. 

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WolfSinger Publications: Midnight Menagerie

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens June 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Speculative fiction 1,000-7,500 words that feature the strange and bizarre from around the cosmos and other dimensions. Payment: $15 + royalties. 

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Wyld Magick: Three Ravens Publishing 

Deadline: November 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Fantasy 5,000–10,000 words on theme: Forest Fae.  Payment: Royalties. 

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Grumpy Old Gods Anthology: Grumpy Old Dragons (Stormdance Publications)

Deadline: November 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction 3,000-4,000 words. “We’re looking for stories where the dragon takes center stage (or at least steals the show).” Payment: A percentage of the profits. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: November 15, 2024; opens September 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Flash Point Science Fiction

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 15, 2024 (triannual).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Speculative fiction stories 100 to 1,000 words in length. “Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short.” Payment: 2 cents/word. 

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Galactic Mindsea Empire Anthology

Deadline: November 30, 2024; January 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/23)

Stories up to 10,000 words set in the Galactic Mindsea Empire on theme Bioids. “The Empire has already suffered one war over the status of bioids, but will the matter ever truly be settled? Bioids mimic living beings so perfectly that, if their warning marks are removed, no one except a mindsea can spot one without sophisticated scientific testing. Bioids are designed to be without self-will, but a mutation or a shifty bioid-maker could change that…” Payment: 4 cents/word. 

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Mirror World

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Queries: Full-length speculative fiction. Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Children’s (please specify your target market in your query letter).  Novels (125,000 words maximum), novellas (25,000 words minimum), graphic novels, children’s books, or illustrated mixed media (art included). Payment: Royalties. 

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The Hudson Review

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annually, Fiction only).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified.

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Eternal Haunted Summer

Deadline: December 1, 2024; opens November 1, 2024.

(checked Aug 3/23)

Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Fortune and Luck. “Send us your best poems, short stories, and essays about fortune and luck — good and bad — from a Pagan/polytheist, witchy, or mythological point of view.” Payment: $5. 

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Tales From the Nightside Anthology: Three Ravens Publishing

Deadline: December 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Car Wars GameLit Fiction 5,000-10,000 words. Theme: Ride along with illegal street teams and see the criminal underbelly of the Autoduelling world. Payment: Royalties. 

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Write or Die

Deadline: December 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (bi-annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Short fiction up to 4000 words. Payment: $200. 

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A Coup of Owls

Deadline: December 7, 2024; December 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Restrictions: Only submit if you are aged 18 or over and belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community. These include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled people. Fiction 100 – 8000 words (hard limits), all genres. Payment: £5 – 15.

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: December 31, 2024; opens December 7, 2024 (monthly 7th to last day of month).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Freeze Frame Fiction

Deadline: December 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (semi-annually).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Flash fiction up to 1,000 words. Payment: $10.



 

What If… Skunk Wurks Edition: Three Ravens Publishing 

Deadline: January 1, 2025.

(checked Mar 29/24)

Speculative fiction 5,000-10,000 words. “Who doesn’t know the black projects that rolled out of the Skunk Works like the famous SR-71, U-2, or F-117 stealth fighter? What do you think they aren’t telling us about? This anthology dives into the concept of other black projects, their uses, and outcomes. Maybe the crazies are right. What If… the UFO’s are actually ours… Anything from discovery and design to use in application of the Aircraft, Heavy Weapons, Power Armor, Sea Vessels, and more are welcome.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Electric Spec

Deadline: January 15, 2025 (quarterly reading periods).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Speculative fiction 250-7000 words. Submissions never close, but has reading period Deadlines per issue. “We do not consider stories or art created, or partially created, by A.I.” Payment: $20 per piece.

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: January 15, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Aliens Next Door (Critical Blast Publishing)

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens December 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Stories 2,000 – 10,000 words on theme. All genres welcome as long as the theme is met.  Payment: $25. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: February 15, 2025; opens December 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Fission

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens February 13, 2025 (annual).

(checked Feb 22/23) *NEED TO CHECK DATES CLOSER TO SUBMISSION WINDOW

British Science Fiction Association’s annual anthology of SFF fiction. You don’t need to be a BSFA member to submit. Science fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: 2 pence per word.

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Hub City Press

Deadline: March 15, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (biannually). 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia). Fiction only deadline. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Fanatical

Deadline: March 31, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 22/23)

Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Also “Tales from the Tabletop” stories inspired by/based on tabletop games (roleplaying games, board games, miniature wargames). Payment: £20.

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Hearth Stories

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (bi-annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Speculative fiction. Flash to novella length, 1,500-5,000 preferred. “We publish fiction and poetry that explore connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world. The stories often fall into a fantasy, science-fiction, or magical realism sort of “slice of life.” Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length. 

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WolfSinger Publications: Spirit of the Wolf

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens November 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 10/24)

Speculative fiction 2,500-7,500 words where wolves play a major role. The only thing we do not want to see is Wolves as evil. Payment: $20. 

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Write or Die

Deadline: April 1, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (bi-annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Short fiction up to 4000 words. Payment: $200. 

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: April 15, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: May 15, 2025; opens March 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Escape Pod

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Science fiction (Audio and written format). Payment: $0.08 USD per word for original fiction. $100 USD per story for reprint fiction.  Reprints accepted. (Please visit PseudoPod for horror, Cast of Wonders for young adult, and PodCastle for fantasy fiction.)

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Eternal Haunted Summer

Deadline: June 1, 2025; opens May 1, 2025.

(checked Aug 3/23)

Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Music. “Send us your best poems, short stories, and essays about music — in all its forms — from a Pagan/polytheist, witchy, and mythological point of view.” Payment: $5. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: August 15, 2025; opens June 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Small Harbor Publishing

Deadline: September 30, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Chapbooks 20-40 pages of poetry or 20-50 pages of prose. Payment: Royalties.  All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers.

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Hub City Press

Deadline: October 15, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (biannually). 

(checked Mar 29/24)

Restrictions: writers living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia). Fiction only deadline. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: October 15, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: November 15, 2025; opens September 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Write or Die

Deadline: December 1, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (bi-annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Short fiction up to 4000 words. Payment: $200. 

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Apex Magazine

Deadline: monthly 7th to last day of month.

(checked Mar 29/23)

Flash fiction up to 1000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word up to $10.

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Apparition Lit

Deadline: Monthly 1-15, 2024 (monthly). 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Monthly flash fiction contest. Flash fiction up to 1,000 words inspired or based on theme. Payment: $0.05/word.

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Black Hare Press: Dark Moments Monthly Challenge

Deadline: 1st to last day monthly.

(checked May 21/23)

Drabble (exactly 100 words). See themes. Payment: 4 cents USD/word.

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Dark Moments Monthly Challenge (Black Hare Press)

Deadline: September 30, 2023, opens September 1, 2023 (monthly). 

(checked Sep 24/23)

Drabble (100 words) See Themes. Payment: $1.  Reprints accepted.

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Flash Fiction Online

Deadline: 1st to 21st monthly, except Dec, unless cap reached.

(checked Mar 20/23)

Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction 500-1000 words. Payment: $80.

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Havok

Deadline: Month / day varies, 2024 (monthly). TBA

(checked Feb 1/24)

Flash fiction 300-1,000 words. “Remember when” monthly theme. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. 

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Short Story Substack 

Deadline: End of month (monthly). 

(checked Feb 2/24)

Accepts one short story every month. All genres short stories 6,000 – 10,000 words. Payment: Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check.  Reprints accepted.

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The Forge Literary Magazine

Deadline: Monthly. They open to fee-free submissions on the first of each month and close when they reach their quota.

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction. Under 3,000 words preferred, will consider up to 5000 words. Payment: $75. 

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The Great Void

Deadline: 15th monthly.

(checked Apr 21/23)

Speculative fiction: Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller. 4,000–15,000 words for website and anthologies; 500–2000 for flash fiction anthologies. Payment: Revenue sharing. Pays for anthologies only.



 

A Coup of Owls

Deadline: 1st to 7th of March, July, September, December (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Restrictions: Only submit if you are aged 18 or over and belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community. These include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and disabled people. Fiction 100 – 8000 words (hard limits), all genres. Payment: £5 – 15.

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Cafe Irreal

Deadline: Jan 1, Apr 1, Jul 1, Oct 1 (quarterly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Magical realism up to 2,000 words. Translations are welcome. Payment: 1 cent/word. 

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Cast of Wonders

Deadline: Jun 1-14/23, Aug 14-Sep 7/23, Feb 1-14/24 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 31/23)

YA Speculative fiction: likes all forms of fantasy and sci-fi, horror (psychological, comedic, or spiritual – not visceral). Podcast. See theme. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. 

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Midnight Meadow Publishing (formerly Hansen House)

Deadline: Jan 1-15, Apr 1-15, Jul 1-15, Oct 1-15 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 1/24)

“As a general rule, Midnight Meadow Publishing is looking for anything with queer protagonists or by queer authors so long as the story does not fall into the “bury your gays” trope.” See list of genres/categories on their wish list. Payment: Royalties. 

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Luna Station Quarterly.

Deadline: Dec 15-Feb 15, Mar 15-May 15, June 15-Aug 15, Sep 15-Nov 15 every year (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction 500-7,000 words. Payment: $5.  Some reprints accepted.

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Malahat Review

Deadline: 1st to last day March, April, Sept, & Oct (quarterly).

(checked Aug 28/23)

Fiction up to 8,000 words or three stories up to 750 words each. Payment: CAD $70/page. Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.

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The First Line

Deadline: Feb 1, 2023, May 1, 2023, Aug 1, 2023, Nov 1, 2023 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 24/22)

Fiction that starts with the first line provided. Payment: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction (U.S. dollars).  Reduced rates for international writers.



 

Allegory

Deadline: May 1-jun 30/23, Nov 1-Dec 31/23, May 1-Jun 30/24 (triannual)

(checked Sep 24/23)

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Payment: $15.

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Empyreal Tree Magazine

Deadline: Jan 1-Mar 12, May 1-Jul 12, Sep 1-Nov 12 (triannual). Magazine closed. Says they hope to reopen one day.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fantasy, science fiction, horror fiction 1000-15000 words. Payment $25.  See themes.

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Flash Point Science Fiction

Deadline: Jan 15-Mar 31, May 15-Jul 31, Sep 15-Nov 30 (triannual).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Speculative fiction stories 100 to 1,000 words in length. “Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short.” Payment: 2 cents/word. 



Dancing Star Press

Deadline: April 1 to June 30, Oct to Dec 31 (biannually).

(checked May 31/23)

Speculative fiction novellas 17,500 to 40,000 words. Payment: Royalties.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge

Deadline: Mar 15-Apr 15 & Sep 15-Oct 15 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. Payment: $0.03 per word with a minimum of $20.  (Note: first week of submissions is reserved for writers of color.)



 

Mirror World

Deadline: October 1-November 30 (annually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Queries: Full-length speculative fiction. Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade, or Children’s (please specify your target market in your query letter).  Novels (125,000 words maximum), novellas (25,000 words minimum), graphic novels, children’s books, or illustrated mixed media (art included). Payment: Royalties. 

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Room Magazine: Fiction Contest

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens February 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Sep 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Fiction up to 3500 words. Prizes: $1000 1st, $250 2nd, $100 honourable mention.

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Small Harbor Publishing

Deadline: July 1 to September 30 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Chapbooks 20-40 pages of poetry or 20-50 pages of prose. Payment: Royalties.  All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers.

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The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence – Fiction 2023

Deadline: November 1, 2023 (annually)

(checked Sep 23/23)

The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence serves to honour the memory of Austin Clarke (1934-2016). We want our writers to continue Clarke’s legacy by reimagining the boundaries of Canadian literature. We actively encourage submissions that are experimental with form and unrelentingly demand an attention to their style. We believe that Austin Clarke would’ve wanted nothing less. Prizes: $1,000 first $200 runner up.

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Zero Street (U of Nebraska Press)

Deadline: Nov 1-Apr 1 (annually).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ+ writers. Genre: Full-length literary fiction. “The series seeks LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from stories of modern life to innovations on traditions of genre and are particularly interested in BIPOC authors, trans authors, and queer authors over 50.” Payment: Royalties. 



Apex Magazine

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Aug 31/23)

Publishes 1st Tuesday every other month. Short fiction up to 7,500 words flash fiction up to 1,000 words. Apex Magazine focuses on dark and spectacular science fiction, fantasy and horror. Payment: 8 cents/word short fiction, minimum of $50, plus $0.01/word if story is podcast; 8 cents/word flash fiction.

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Lethe Press

Deadline: Rolling, except closed for July & August.

(checked Aug 31/23)

Speculative fiction, especially queer speculative fiction, historical fiction. Full-length manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Query first.

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Patreon Monthly Challenge (Black Hare Press)

Deadline: Rolling (monthly). 

(checked Sep 24/23)

100-2000 words. Publication : In Patreon, and in a single anthology in print and digital formats at a later date (but within one year of initial publication) Author compensation : Payment will be EITHER (author’s choice); ~A monetary award: 0.04 USD per word for the first 100 words, 0.01 USD per word thereafter. To be paid via PayPal in the month after publication on Patreon. ~Or a paperback copy of the annual publication.

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The Fabulist

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 24/23)

Fantastical and speculative fiction up to 3,000 words. Restrictions: No AI/LLM generated. Payment: $25.

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Tule Publishing

Opens: February 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 21/23)

Romance and mystery ebooks. We are currently not accepting un-agented manuscript submissions. We will reopen un-agented submissions February 1, 2024. We are still accepting agented submissions during this time. Payment: Royalties. 

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Sharpen your writing pencils. Here are a few markets whose deadlines are looming over us.

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash

Warm up the keyboard, these submission deadlines are closing fast – mixed/multi genre markets:


 

All My Relations Volume 6 

Deadline: Open until filled or until January 1, 2024, whichever comes first.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Art and lit, online and printed magazine, exploring the theme of “resistance.” This volume is open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only, in consideration of the theme. Own voices only, please. Payment: $10. 

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Anterior Skies (Strange Elf Press)

Deadline: January 1, 2024; opens December 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Dec 23/23)

Fiction (horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi, noir—anything macabre and weird, preferably with cosmic horror undertones), non-fiction (based on true story, investigative journalism, true crime), poetry, flash fiction. Anything and everything, as long as it fits. Payment: One cent per word; $15 minimum payment; up to $50 maximum payment. 

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Book Worms

Deadline: January 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Dark fiction and essays up to 1500 words, poetry. Theme is My Bloody Valentine: dark love stories, Tinder dates gone horribly wrong, bitter romance, a lover’s revenge, tragic love, etc. Dark humor is okay, but it should fit the themes of horror and romance. Specifically looking for original poetry (any length). Payment: $0.08/word for prose. $25 – $50 per poem. 

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Here There Be Dragons (Hiraeth Publishing)

Deadline: January 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2023.

(checked Sep 25/23)

Speculative fiction 3000-6000 words, poetry 10-24 lines, art. “Dragons are icons of fantasy and legends about them abound. Found in novels, poetry, and art, they stir the imagination as helpers, heroes, villains, and symbols of love, fear, and wealth. We are looking for renderings of dragons in writing and art that capture the essence of these fascinating creatures.” Payment: 8 cents/word up to 3000 words, 3 cents/word after for prose, $1/line for poetry, $30 for art. 

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PRISM international (Magazine)

Deadline: January 1, 2024 (rolling.)

Poetry, prose, and black & white illustrations. PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. Payment: 40/printed page for prose, $45/printed page for poetry.

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Tim Saunders Publications: Farming Anthology

Deadline: January 1, 2024

(checked Apr 24/23)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Wild Umbrella

Deadline: January 1, 2024.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Short stories and essays up to 3 prose/4k words total, and up to 6 poems. Payment: €10 per poem and €25 per fiction story or non-fiction essay. 

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Sourcing Ingredients: table/FEAST

Deadline: January 3, 2024; opens November 1, 2023.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Prose, poetry, CNF, art about food. Payment: $18 USD per poem, prose $35 USD, art $20 USD. 

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Bad Day Book

Deadline: January 5, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 – $75, depending on length. 

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Invisible City

Deadline: January 5, 2024; opens September 5, 2023.

(checked Sep 25/23)

Visual art. *other deadlines for other genres. Payment: $20. 

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Room Magazine

Deadline: January 5, 2024.

(checked Nov 19/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, and poems. See theme. Payment: $50 per page. 

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Hexagon

Deadline: January 7, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Jul 27/23)

Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD).

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Sine Theta Magazine

Deadline: January 7, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: Open to people of Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, or Macau heritage, who live anywhere away from the original ‘homeland’ of that heritage. Poetry, prose, visual art: all genres of visual and literary work as long as they relate to the current theme. See themes. Payment: $10. 

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Geist

Deadline: January 9, 2024. 

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: Canadian connection required. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, art, hybrid, findings. Payment: $100 – $1000.  No-fee submissions for Black writers, Indigenous writers, and writers of color.

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Full Bleed

Deadline: January 10, 2024.

(checked Sep 25/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who are also parents. Theme of Home. Criticism, belle lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and graphic essays. Payment: $50 US for poems, $100 US for prose and art portfolios.

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Daikaijuzine

Deadline: January 14, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 21/23)

Speculative fiction up to 6000 words, poetry, art. “We do not accept submissions written by AIs or assisted by AIs. We are a human-centric publication. By humans, for humans.” Payment: $10.00 for each short story, and $5.00 for each poem and flash fiction piece. 

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: January 14, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction up to 1,000 words, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Payment: £0.01 per word. 

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Bad Day Book

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 – $75, depending on length. 

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evOke

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (monthly). 

(checked Oct 19/23)

All things Pagan, polytheist, and witchy. Art, poetry, prose, etc. See monthly themes. Payment: $5.

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Great Weather for MEDIA: Annual Print Anthology

Deadline: January 15, 2024. 

(checked Oct 23/23)

Restrictions: Only pays US writers. Poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction. “Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and experimental but we do not have a set theme for our anthologies.” Payment: $10.

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Ploughshares.

Deadline: January 15, 2024

(checked Jun 25/23)

Emerson College. Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Translations welcome if permission has been granted. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. (Charges for online submissions. No charge for snail mail.)

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Ploughshares Solos

Deadline: January 15, 2024.

(checked Jun 25/23)

Emerson College. Fiction and nonfiction 7,000-20,000 words. Payment: $450 maximum per author.  (Charges for online submissions. No charge for snail mail.)

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: January 15, 2024; opens January 9, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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The Georgia Review Prose Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2024, opens November 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

The best short story and essay will both be published in The Georgia Review. This year the overall winner, will also receive $1,500 and an expenses-paid trip to read at the Smithsonian’s 2023 Asian American Literature Festival in Washington, D.C. The runner-up will receive $600.

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Astrolabe

Deadline: January 21, 2024; opens December 21, 2023.

(checked Jun 25/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. “We’re looking for work about how we seek out, discover, and grasp onto connection. Into the woods. Across a line. Beneath the ocean. Along a seam. Into the branches of an alternate present or the crevasse of an alternate future. Across the rifts between one another. And then, once we find one other, the myths we make.” Payment: $50.

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Corvid Queen Journal

Deadline: January 30, 2024; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked May 22/23)

Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. “Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales.” Payment: $5.

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Ampersand Review

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Restrictions: Priority is given to Canadians. Fiction and nonfiction up to 4000 words, reviews up to 2000 words, poetry up to 5 poems. Payment: Poetry: $50 per poem/page to a maximum of $100. Fiction: $100 per story. Non-fiction: $100 per piece. Reviews: $100 per piece. 

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Augur Magazine

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 15, 2023.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Speculative fiction short stories and poetry. Translations accepted.   Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under), $60 per poem. 

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Belmont Story Review

Deadline: January 31, 2024. 

(checked Dec 1/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: $100 for prose, $50 for poetry. 

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Brink

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). 

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Event

Deadline: January 31, 2024, opens December 1, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Dec 27/22)

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction and book reviews. Payment: $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500.

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FIYAH

Deadline: January 31, 2024, opens December 1, 2023 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Restrictions: Submissions are restricted to people of the African Diaspora. Speculative fiction, art, and poetry about African Diaspora. Short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words, and novelettes up to 15,000 words. Payment: $150 per story. $50 per poem. $300 per novelette. 

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: January 31, 2023; opens January 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Jan 29/23)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Many Worlds

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 1, 2023.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Genre: Everything. “We welcome submissions by those who identify with and as any of the following descriptors: trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, intersex. This is a space for the words, works, and worlds of and by those whose bodyminds defy social expectations and invite new ways of thinking and knowing.”  Payment: $10. 

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Nashville Review

Deadline:  January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 1/22)

Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. No fee to submit. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections.

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Nonbinary Review

Deadline: January 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Zoetic Pess. Speculative lit – experimental, interstitial, luminous. Poetry, fiction, essays, and art on theme: Old Friends. Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry.  Closes when cap is reached, so submit early.

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Paris Review

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23) *check again later, this call not on website.

Poetry, prose. Payment: Unspecified.  Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early. 

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Quarter Press: Quarter(ly)

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. Theme of In the Dark. Payment: $5. 

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Reservoir Road Literary Review.

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024. Note: Submit early in the month. (quarterly)

(checked Aug 3/23)

Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Submission window closes when their cap is reached.

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Silver Blade

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens December 1, 2023 (quarterly). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.  Reprints accepted.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Good Life Review

Deadline: January 31, 2024.

(checked Dec 22/23)

Flash fiction, CNF up to 5000 words, and poetry up to 5 poems/10 pages. Payment: $75 per piece ($100 for two). 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: January 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10. 

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Bad Day Book

Deadline: February 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 – $75, depending on length. 

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Tim Saunders Publications: Farming Anthology

Deadline: February 1, 2024

(checked Apr 24/23)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Alternative Milk

Deadline: February 28, 2024, closing early February 2, 2028; opens January 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/23)

Short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays and other text based submissions. Payment: Not specified. 

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Sci Phi Journal

Deadline: February 4, 2024; opens January 2, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/23)

Hard science fiction, fictional nonfiction, and speculative philosophy up to 2,000 words. Translations accepted. Payment: €0.03/word; €0.01/word for translations. 

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Mukoli

Deadline: February 5, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/23)

Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with peacebuilding. Payment: $75. 

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Headland

Deadline: February 7, 2024.

(checked Dec 1/23)

Restrictions: Open to Māori writers. Poetry, short fiction and nonfiction up to 5k words. Payment: Not specified. 

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The Suburban Review

Deadline: February 11, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, comics + art, poetry. See theme. Payment: AUD150-275 for prose; AUD125-275 for poetry; comics and art AUD100-300.  No submission fee for Australian residents.

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Puncher & Wattmann

Deadline: February 10, 2024; opens January 10, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Full-length fiction, memoir, and poetry. Queries. Payment: Royalties. 

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Falling Star Magazine

Deadline: February 11, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Short stories 2,000 – 5,000 words on the theme of having to move forward to, heading toward and eventually finding a new home, and poetry up to 50 words. Payment: Poetry $10. Fiction pays $20. 

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2024 Next Generation Indie Book Award

Deadline: February 14, 2024 – SEP 30, 2023 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

(checked Sep 12/23)

Sep 30 early bird special: enter and pay online by Sep 30 and your second category selection is free. 80+ categories in fiction and non-fiction. The 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors in the U.S., Canada or internationally who have a book, a manuscript, or a galley proof written in English and published in 2022, 2023 or 2024 or with a 2022, 2023 or 2024 copyright date. Prizes: $50 to $1500.

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Augur Magazine

Deadline: February 14, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Dec 23/23)

Restrictions: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled and Canadian citizens/permanent residents. Speculative fiction short stories and poetry. Translations accepted.   Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under), $60 per poem. 

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Carte Blanche (Canada)

Deadline: February 15, 2024; opens December 20, 2023.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, translations (French to English), poetry, comics, photography. Payment: $75. 

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khōréō

Deadline: February 15, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Lucent Dreaming

Deadline: February 15, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23)

Restrictions: Open to submissions from d/Deaf and Disabled writers aged 16+ who are Welsh and / or Wales based. Poetry, prose and creative non-fiction. 400-2000 words prose, 50 lines poetry. Payment: £50. 

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Omenana Magazine

Deadline: February 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, graphic fiction and visual art. Payment: $20. 

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Prairie Fire: 50 Over 50

Deadline: February 15, 2024

(checked Nov 23/23)

Fiction and creative non-fiction up to 8,000 words, poetry up to 3 poems. Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers fifty and over! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so. If you are a woman, aged fifty and over, have at least one published piece of writing… and live in Canada (or lived a substantial amount of your life in Canada) then we want to see your unpublished work, as we compile this mosaic of new writing to be released in fall of 2024. Payment: $0.10/word for prose, $40/poem.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: February 15, 2024, opens January 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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The Spectacle

Deadline: February 15, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art. Payment: $50. 

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Corvid Queen Journal

Deadline: February 22, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 18/24)

General submissions. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. “Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales.” Payment: $5. 

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Heduan Review

Deadline: February 25, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, prose poems, personal essays, reviews, art on theme, “Narratives of healing, reflection, and rebirth.” Payment: 5 cents/word. 

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Rough Cut Press

Deadline: February 27, 2024.

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to the LGBTQIA community. Experimental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry up to 650 words. “We seek personal, lyrical, critical, and experimental work in under 650 words.” Theme: Withhold. Payment: $25. 

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  February 28, 2024, opens January 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Wildcard books (books that don’t fit with our other submission windows). Payment: Royalties.

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (annually). – CLOSED UNTIL 2025

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Digital chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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Game Over Books

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 18/24)

Full-length fiction and poetry manuscripts. “We like manuscripts that tell a story and have an overall arc to them.” Payment: 30% royalties and 25 author copies. 

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Gwyllion

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words, poetry up to 30 lines, and book reviews up to 200 words. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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New Myths

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Speculative fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: 3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $30 for all submissions, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry; $50 for book reviews; $80 for art.

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Ninth Letter

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens Aug 15, 2024 (annually). 

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems, nonfiction, and short fiction. Payment: $25 for poetry, $100 for prose.  Dec. only is fee-free until they hit 300 submissions, so submit early in Dec.

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Pyre

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens January 17, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Horror, sci-fi, the weird, the macabre, fantasy, and magical realism: Flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos. Payment: $10.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The New Quarterly

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens September 1, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $275 for a short story or nonfiction entry, and $50 per poem or postscript story.

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Typehouse

Deadline: February 28, 2024; opens February 1, 2024. Closed pending staffing and financing.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Issue 28 pushed back to May 2024 publication. Restrictions: In honor of Black History Month, no-fee submissions are open for all Black creators, not limited to those in the US. Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25. 

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Alien Magazine

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens November 20, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Oct 30/23)

All types of fiction and poetry. Payment: $20. 

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Apparition Lit

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens February 15, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction and poetry on theme. See theme. Payment: $0.05/word min $50 for short stores, $50 flat/poem.  Submission periods are extended by a week for BIPOC creators only.

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Corvid Queen Journal

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens February 23, 2024.

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: BIPOC authors only. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. “Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales.” Payment: $5. 

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Nashville Review

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections. 

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New Orleans Review

Deadline: February 29, 2024. 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry.  In celebration of Black History Month, there are no submission fees for Black writers for the month of February.

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Triangulation—Hospitium

Deadline: February 29, 2024; opens December 1, 2023.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 5,000 words (3k preferred), poetry. See theme. Payment: 3 cents per word for short stories, 25 cents per line for poetry. 

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Utopia Science Fiction

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Fiction 100-5,00 words, poetry, non-fiction up to 6,000 words, and art. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. 

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Yellow Arrow Journal

Deadline: February 29, 2024.

(checked Feb 3/24)

Creative nonfiction, poetry, cover art by authors who identify as women. Theme: Elevate. Payment: $10 USD. 

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Bad Day Book

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 – $75, depending on length. 

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Block Party Press: Chapbook

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction chapbooks 15-24 pages not including title page and acknowledgements. Payment: Royalties. 

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Contrary

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Copper Nickel

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Nov 28/22)

Poetry, fiction, essays, and translation folios. Payment: $30 per printed page + two copies of the issue in which the author’s work appears + a one-year subscription.  Submit early in the month to avoid submission fees.

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Gully

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

New! Inaugural issue. Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and visual art. Payment: US$15 for poems and Gullets (flash fiction and non-fiction of less than 1,000 words) and US$30 for features and longer fiction (1,000 words and over). 

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Mukoli

Deadline: March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/23)

Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with peacebuilding. Payment: $75. 

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My Galvanized Friend

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 15/24)

*New magazine. Restrictions: Submissions must be LGBTQIA+ content created by LGBTQIA+ identified submitters. Prose 500-3500 words (fiction, nonfiction, and essays), as well as works of poetry and original works of art. Payment: $25 per fiction/nonfiction/essay and $10 per page of poetry. 

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Parabola

Deadline: March 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 15/24)

Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. 

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Solstitia: Pets in Space

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens February 1, 2024             .

(checked Feb 15/24)

All genres and all submission types (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art) up to 20,000 words. Payment: $50. 

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Teach. Write

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2023 (bi-annally).

(checked Feb 4/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. “I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning.” Payment: $15 for short stories, creative non-fiction, and essays; $10 for all other categories.

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The Woodward Review

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Poetry, prose, art, and digital media from anyone, anywhere. Payment: $50. 

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Thema

Deadline: March 1, 2024

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Bookmarks. “The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental.” Payment:  $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Accepts reprints.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: March 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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VA Press

Deadline: March 1, 2024; opens December 1, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Nonprofit “committed to the idea that books have the power to change lives. We print works by authors often overlooked by traditional outlets, authors whose words we believe will inspire and benefit those who read them. We invite you to read the future.” Poetry (24 pages min), prose (10,000 words min), art. Payment: Royalties.

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Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

Deadline: March 2, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 15/24)

Prose (nonfiction and speculative stories), and poetry from 1,000 words min. to 9000 max. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work, 2 cents/word for reprints, poetry at $1/line for new or 50 cents/line for reprints. 

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The Victorian Writer.

Deadline: March 4, 2024.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Fiction up to 1200 words, poetry, as well as pitches or completed articles up to 600 words about the craft of writing or the writing life. Payment: AUD70 for poems, AUD100-200 for prose. 

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Corvid Queen Journal

Deadline: March 7, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Patreon members only. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. “Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales.” Payment: $5. 

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Hexagon

Deadline: March 7, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Bennington Review

Deadline: March 8, 2024; opens November 15, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, film writing, and cross-genre work. Payment: $120 for prose of six typeset pages and under, $250 for prose of over six typeset pages, and $25 per poem. 

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Book XI

Deadline: March 8, 2024. Closes when cap is reached.

(checked Feb 15/24)

Personal essays, memoir, fiction, science fiction, humor, and poetry 2000-7000 words with philosophical themes. Payment: $200 for prose; $50 for poetry. 

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Samjoko Magazine 

Deadline: March 10, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Publishes, “…exemplary work from content creators around the world. Focusing mainly upon the written word, we hope to create an immersive digital and print platform that stands out for its honesty and desire to take risks for the sake of artistic expression. We have no set aesthetic, though different themes will be focused upon periodically.” Payment: $20. 

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Bad Day Book

Deadline: March 15, 2024.

(checked Oct 30/23)

Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 – $75, depending on length. 

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Iron Horse: Chapbook

Deadline: March 15, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (free submissions Mar 1st only). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, essays prose. “Each year, Iron Horse publishes one issue as a chapbook. In 2024, we’ll accept prose manuscripts, 40-56 pages in length. Entry fee: $18 (which includes a subscription). Winner receives $1,000 and 15 copies of their chapbook.” Payment: $100 per essay or story, and $50 per poem or flash piece.

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Iron Horse: Open Issue

Deadline: March 15, 2024; opens February 11, 2024 (free submissions Mar 1st only). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poems, stories, essays on any topic. Payment: $100 per essay or story, and $50 per poem or flash piece.

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Penumbric

Deadline:  March 15, 2024, opens December 15, 2023 (bi-annually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Speculative fiction and poetry up to 10,000 words, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10.

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: March 25, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Cunning Folk

Deadline: March 30, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: “Due to limited capacity, we are not open to fiction submissions from North America at this time.” Non-fiction pitches and short fiction and poetry on theme. Payment: £100 per article, interview or short story and £50 for poetry and rituals. 

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Adroit Journal

Deadline: March 31, 2024. 

(checked Feb 28/24)

Fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art. Payment: $50. 

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Air and Nothingness Press: Moving Across the Landscape in Search of an Idea

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

“We are looking for stories with 1500 words divided as follows: long titles (minimum 250 words [though we know this might be difficult so, as long as it is an obnoxiously long title, we’ll be ok]), concise narratives (minimum 250 words, maximum 800 words) and copious footnotes, endnotes, marginalia, indices and glossaries (minimum 250 words, maximum 800 words).” Payment: $0.08/word. 

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Arkana

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2023 (annual active reading period).

(checked Feb 26/23)

Poetry up to 10 lines, flash fiction, short CNF up to 500 words, illustrated narrative up to four panels. “We want work that celebrates its smallness, amplifies the tiniest voices with the most to say, and challenges society’s perceptions of the marginal, modest, and miniscule.” Payment: All entries will be considered for an editor’s choice payment of $50.

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Bethlehem Writers Roundtable

Deadline: March 31, 2024.

(checked Feb 4/24)

Short stories and poetry on theme, “Dog Days of Summer: Lazy stories… or dog stories.” Payment: $50.00 USD for featured authors, or $20.00 USD for stories published on their &More page and $10.00 USD for poems. 

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Lammergeier

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (trianually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. “Have a piece you think doesn’t quite fit into the previous three categories (or is a combination of said genres)? Feel free to send it in as hybrid. Submit either one piece of up to 5,000 words or less or up to three flash pieces of 1,000 words or less or equivalent audio/visual material. (Hybrids will be considered with nonfiction submissions for featured writer submissions until further notice).” Payment: $25. 

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Lilac Arch Press: All About Christmas

Deadline: March 31, 2024

(checked Feb 13/23)

Short stories, essays, poetry, artwork, and photography that show how different people find meaning in the Christmas season. In the quiet of your heart, what does Christmas mean to you? How do you find inspiration and contentment this time of year?

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: March 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Ninth Letter: Web Edition

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 22, 2024. 

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems, nonfiction, and short fiction on theme Caretaking. No fee for web edition. Payment: $25 for poetry, $75 for prose.

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parABnormal

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Terrain.org

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2023

(checked Sep 25/23)

Nonfiction, fiction, artwork, videos, and other contributions on place, climate, and justice. Payment: $50. 

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The Fiddlehead

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: Canadians only. Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $65 CAD per published page. 

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The Maine Review

Deadline: March 31, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (tri-annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Short fiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and Nonfiction writers receive a $25 honorarium per published flash (1,000 words or fewer) and a $50 honorarium for work 1,001 words or more. Poets receive a $25 honorarium per published poem.

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Gordon Square Review

Deadline: April 1, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works.  Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem. 

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Salamander

Deadline: April 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2023.

(checked Feb 28/24)

Poetry, flash and short fiction and nonfiction. Payment: Not disclosed prior to acceptance. 

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD). 

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: April 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Toronto Journal

Deadline: April 1, 2024. 

(checked Feb 28/24)

Short stories from anywhere in the world and non-fiction pieces that are either set locally or explore some local history (Toronto, GTA, and surrounding) up to 7500 words. Payment: $50 CAD per piece. All published writers will also receive two printed copies of the issue in which they appear. 

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West Branch

Deadline: April 1, 2024; opens August 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. Payment: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. 

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Island Online

Deadline: April 3, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Restrictions: Open to Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents only. Fiction, Nonfiction. Payment: $500. 

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Daikaijuzine

Deadline: April 7, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Speculative fiction up to 6000 words, poetry no longer than one page, art. Payment: $10.00 for each short story, and $5.00 for each poem and flash fiction piece. 

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Griffith Review: Emerging Voices

Deadline: April 8, 2024; opens January 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Fiction and creative nonfiction 3500-5000 words on any theme. Payment: shared prize pool of $20,000. 

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Mslexia

Deadline: April 8, 2024. 

(checked Feb 15/24)

Restrictions: Open to women. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. Payment: £25.  See themes.

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Terrain.org: Climate Stories in Action

Deadline: April 8, 2024. 

(checked Mar 15/24)

“The Climate Stories in Action series will expand our vision of climate activism and help people imagine meaningful ways to be involved. We are inviting storytellers to submit poetry, nonfiction, fiction, art and multimedia pieces that showcase climate activism in professional, civic and community life. We are interested in stories that help shift our cultural mindset from despair to creative possibility and from isolation to collective purpose.” Payment: $200. 

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Griffith Review: Status Anxiety

Deadline: April 14, 2024; opens March 4, 2024.

(checked Mar 15/24)

Fiction and creative nonfiction up to 4000 words on theme of “Status Anxiety”. Payment: AUD$0.75 per word. 

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: April 14, 2024; opens April 8, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 25/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. All content should reflect the three criteria that define seaside gothic literature (see link on website). Payment: £0.01 per word. 

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Solarpunk Magazine

Deadline: April 14, 2024; opens April 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. “Solarpunk Magazine publishes hopeful short stories and poetry that strive for a utopian ideal, that are set in futures where communities are optimistically struggling to solve or adapt to climate change, to create or maintain a world in which humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather than in conflict.” Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $40/poem, and $75/essay.  

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2024 Honeybee Prize (The Good Life Review)

Deadline: April 15, 2024.

(checked Dec 22/23)

Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Prose op to 5000 words, or 5 poems/10 pages. Prizes in each category: $500 1st, $75 runner up. 

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Bull City Press: Inch

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens March 15, 20024 (annually).

(checked Mar 25/24)

Small collections—a minimum of three stories or essays, or a constellation of poems, between 10-16 pages in length. Up to 75% of your collection can be previously published. Payment: Royalties. 

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Consequence Magazine: The Culture of War

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens January 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 26/23)

Short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and visual art mainly focused on the culture of war. “All submissions need to address in some manner the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.” Payment: $20 – $60 for prose and poetry, $150 for art.

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Epoch

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens August 15, 2023 (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Mail submissions only. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.  No fee for snail mail submissions.

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Mythulu Magazine: A.I. Special Issue

Deadline: April 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 25/24)

AI-assisted short stories, art, nonfiction. See prompts. Payment: $0.08/word. Comics pay $45/page. A.I. Art pays $10/page. 

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Radon

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens December 16, 2023 (tri-annually).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Short stories up to 3k words and poetry containing elements of anarchism, transhumanism, dystopia, and/or science fiction. Art. Payment: 2¢ per word for original work and 1¢ for reprints for fiction, $20/poem for original work and $10/poem for reprints, $20-$100 for art. 

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The Threepenny Review

Deadline: April 30 15, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually). *Closing early.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece.  (Nonreading period: May 1 through December 31.)

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: April 16, 2024; opens April 10, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Astrolabe

Deadline: April 20, 2024; opens March 20, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. Up to 3000 words for prose. Payment: $50. 

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Mudroom

Deadline: April 25, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Poetry, fiction, essays, and essays in translation. Payment: $15. 

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After Happy Hour

Deadline: April 30, 2024, opens March 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Mar 28/24)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics. Free general submissions cap at 300 per month. Payment: $10. 

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Agbowo

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 31, 2024 (biannually). *”Submissions closed at the moment.”

(checked Mar 28/24)

Restrictions: Open to African origin writers only. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, book reviews and art/photography. Payment: Single Poems – $25; Suites of poems (2-4) – $50; One act plays -$50; Essays/Nonfiction – $60; Fiction – $60; Visual Art – $35. 

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Chapbooks 15-25 poetry or 15-35 prose. Prose, poetry or hybrid. Payment: $120 plus royalties.

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FIYAH

Deadline: April 30, 2024, opens March 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Restrictions: Submissions are restricted to people of the African Diaspora. Speculative fiction, art, and poetry about African Diaspora. Short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words, and novelettes up to 15,000 words. Theme of Disabilities. Payment: $150 per story. $50 per poem. $300 per novelette. 

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Hub City Press.

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually). 

(checked Aug 3/23)

Query only. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.

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khōréō

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens April 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Lanternfish

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers identifying as Black, Indigenous, and people of color during April. March is open to all authors. Fiction and memoir, full-length (60 to 100,000 words) and novella-length (20 to 40,000 words). Payment: Royalties. 

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Lilac Arch Press: Celebrating This Chapter

Deadline: April 30, 2024

(checked Feb 13/23)

An anthology for women by women as we navigate our 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. We want to hear your bold, fearless, authentic accounts. We’re looking for essays, short stories, poems, art and photography that look at the older female experience.

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Many Worlds

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Genre: Everything. “We welcome submissions by those who identify with and as any of the following descriptors: trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, intersex. This is a space for the words, works, and worlds of and by those whose bodyminds defy social expectations and invite new ways of thinking and knowing.”  Payment: $10. 

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Massachusetts Review

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens October 1, 2023.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Fiction, poetry, hybrid, translations. Payment: $100.  Fee for online submissions. No fee for USPS.

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Plenitude Magazine

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Restrictions: US and International writers. “Plenitude Magazine aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature through an online publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, book reviews and short film by both emerging and established LGBTTQI writers. We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTTQI people, rather than works which feature queer content alone.” Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry. Payment: $50 – $100. 

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Reservoir Road Literary Review.

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024. Note: Submit early in the month. (quarterly)

(checked Aug 3/23)

Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Submission window closes when their cap is reached.

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Silver Blade

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.  Reprints accepted.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Texas Review Press: The Sabine Series in Literature

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (annually). 

(checked Mar 28/24)

Restrictions: The Sabine Series in Literature highlights work by authors born in or working in Eastern Texas and/or Louisiana. There are no thematic restrictions. Poetry and fiction. Payment: Royalties.  Submissions are capped at 300.

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The Rabbit Hole

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Weird stories and poems. Theme: “Not From Here”. Payment: Royalties. 

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The Temz Review

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words. Payment: $20. 

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Boulevard

Deadline: May 1, 2024, opens November 1, 2023. 

(checked Mar 28/24)

Poems up to 200 lines, prose (fiction, nonfiction) up to 8000 words. Payment: $50-$250 for poetry, and $100-300 for prose.  No submission fee for mailed submissions.

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Thisteldown Press (CANADA)

Deadline: April 30, 2024, opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian authors, with a preference for Western Canadian voices. Full-length literary work, including novels, short story collections, creative non-fiction, and collections of poetry. They will consider YA novels and—occasionally—books for younger children. Query first. Payment: Royalties. 

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Utopia Science Fiction

Deadline: April 30, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Fiction 100-5,00 words, poetry, non-fiction up to 6,000 words, and art. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: April 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10. 

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Foglifter

Deadline: May 1, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Compendium of  queer and trans writing. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $50.

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Nonbinary Review

Deadline: May 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Speculative fiction, poetry, art on theme of ‘Heredity’. Up to 3,000 words for prose; up to 3 pages for poetry. Payment: $0.01/word for prose, $10 for poetry. $25 flat fee for visual art, or $50 for pieces chosen as cover art. 

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Seven Story Hotel

Deadline: May 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Interviews, essays, stories, poems, and artwork. Up to 5000 words, 1350-2700 words preferred. 7SH explores the weird, esoteric, and outsider fringes of contemporary culture, art, and technology. Closes when full, by. Payment: $35.  or until filled. 

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Sundog

Deadline: May 1, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually, plus collaboration contest). 

(checked Sep 2/23)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. Payment: $25. 

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The First Line

Deadline: May 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided. (See site.) Payment: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction. 

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: May 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Hexagon

Deadline: May 7, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Shooter

Deadline: May 12, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Fiction, poetry, CNF, art on theme of Nightlife. 2000-6000 words prose, up to three poems. Payment: £25 per story and £5 per poem. 

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Going Down Swinging

Deadline: May 13, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers in Oceania. Long short stories, mini-manifesto, chapbook collections, essays 6,000 – 10,000 words (or equivalent). Payment: $600. 

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Georgia Review

Deadline: May 14, 2024; opens August 16, 2023 annually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction. Payment: $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry. Essay-reviews and standard reviews earn honoraria of $50/printed page. Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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A Velvet Giant

Deadline: May 15, 2024. 

(checked Apr 2/24)

Genreless literary journal. “We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work.” Payment: $20. 

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Diet Milk Minis

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Prose (3 of less than 999 words or one up to 2,000 words), poetry up to 3 pieces. Payment: $10 for poetry, $20 for prose. See theme.

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Honeyguide Magazine 

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens March 15, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Bi-annual magazine that features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and blog posts that “examine the connection between animals and humans, and the ways we and our lives are more similar than people assume.” Payment: $25 for the story, $50 for art. Only pays for featured articles.  See themes.

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khōréō

Deadline: May 15, 2024; opens April 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Southern Indiana Review

Deadline: May 15, 2024, opens February 15, 2024 (biannually)

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, CNF, poetry. Payment: $50-$100 per piece.

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Subterrain

Deadline: May 15, 2024 (tri-annual publication). 

(checked Mar 1/24)

Creative nonfiction, commentary, fiction and poetry. See theme. Payment: Poetry: $50 CAD per poem; Prose: $.10 CAD per word (to a maximum of $500 CAD).  No fee if submitted by mail.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: May 15, 2024, opens April 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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The Stinging Fly

Deadline: May 29, 2024; opens May 15, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. “We have a particular interest in promoting new writers, and in promoting the short story form.” Payment: Fiction and nonfiction: €30 per magazine page; Poetry: €50 per poem; Featured Poet: €250. 

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Kweli Journal

Deadline: May 30, 2024, opens September 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

“Kweli is the first online journal of its kind to celebrate community and cultural kinships. In this shared space, you will hear the lived experience of people of color. Our many stories. Our shared histories. Our creative play with language. Here our memories are wrapped inside the music of the Muscogee, the blues songs of the South, the clipped patois of the Caribbean.” Self-contained novel excerpt, short story, or creative non-fiction piece, poetry. Length: No more than 7,000 words.

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The Wire’s Dream Magazine.

Deadline: May 30, 2024; opens March 2, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Combined Work from underprivileged individuals. Payment: $5.

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AGNI

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Poetry and prose. Payment: $10 per printed (or printed-out) page for accepted prose, and $20 per page for accepted poetry, up to a maximum of $150.  Fee to submit online. No fee to submit by USPS.

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Apparition Lit

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 15, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction and poetry on theme. See theme. Payment: $0.05/word min $50 for short stores, $50 flat/poem.  Submission periods are extended by a week for BIPOC creators only.

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Baltimore Review

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, videos (including poetry), and cross-genre work. Payment: $400 to contest winners, $50 for all others. 

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: May 31, 2024, opens May 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens February 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 4/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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Crannóg

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Jan 29/23)

Poetry (up to 3 poems under 50 lines each), short stories up to 2,000 words. Payment: €120 per poem and €200 per story, €200 per author interview and €200 per cover image.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Nashville Review

Deadline:  May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 1/22)

Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. No fee to submit. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Bombay Literary Magazine

Deadline: Not listed; opens on May 1, 2024 (publishes triannually).

(checked Apr 2/24)

Fiction, poetry, translated fiction/poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Indian rupees 5,000 (approx. $61) per contribution. 

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The Gettysburg Review

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked May 24/23)

Published triannually. Poetry, fiction, essays. Payment: $2.50 per line for poetry, with a maximum of $300.00 for an individual poem, and $25.00 per printed page for prose.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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University Press of Kentucky

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Books of poetry or fiction (novels, short story collections, etc.). Payment: Royalties.

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Air/Light

Deadline: June 1, 2024; opens March 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

New and innovative works of literary arts across all mediums and genres including cross genre work. Prose up to 4,000 words, poetry up to 10 pages. Payment: Poetry: $50; responses and department pieces: $100; fiction and essays/nonfiction: $200; visual art, music, and multimedia: $200. 

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Contrary

Deadline: June 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Olit

Deadline: June 1, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked May 22/23)

Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. “We aim to focus primarily on publishing marginalized voices.” Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. “Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird.” Payment: $10.

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Parabola

Deadline: June 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 15/24)

Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. 

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: June 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Samjoko Magazine 

Deadline: June 10, 2024; opens April 10, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Publishes, “…exemplary work from content creators around the world. Focusing mainly upon the written word, we hope to create an immersive digital and print platform that stands out for its honesty and desire to take risks for the sake of artistic expression. We have no set aesthetic, though different themes will be focused upon periodically.” Payment: $20. 

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Bull City Press: Chapbook Open Reading Period

Deadline: June 15, 2024; opens May 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Mar 25/24)

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks. Payment: Advance against royalties.

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Grain Magazine

Deadline: June 15, 2024; opens September 15, 2023 (annually).

(checked Apr 29/23)

Published quarterly. Submissions close monthly when submittable cap reached, reopens the next month. Fiction and literary nonfiction up to 3500 words, and poetry up to 6 pages. Payment: $50 CAD/page up to $250 CAD for writing, up to $500 CAD for art.

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The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

Deadline: June 15, 2024; opens March 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Oct 30/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, prose poetry, mixed media, visual arts, “and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. 

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Transit Books

Deadline: June 15, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Translations and undelivered lectures proposals. International and American literature, with a focus on literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and prose that falls somewhere in between. Payment: Royalties.

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Carcanet Press

Deadline: June 21, 2024; opens June 1, 2024. 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Lives & Letters. “Carcanet has a rich list of prose titles entailing critical volumes, essays, biographies and eccentric texts of various kinds. A close familiarity with the list will help in determining whether a proposal is likely to prosper in this highly selective area of Carcanet’s activity. A 5000 word extract and a publishing rationale are welcome.” Payment: Royalties. 

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The Fairy Tale Magazine

Deadline: June 24, 2024; opens June 17, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 2/24)

Fairy-tale inspired stories/poems on theme of Classic Fairy Tales. Payment: $25. 

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: June 25, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Bamboo Ridge

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Open to all works for, by, and about the people and places of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Payment: $50. 

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens April 1, 2024. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: June 30, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Ofic

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Short fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction up to 12,000 words, art. “We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.” Payment: Small honorarium. 

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Plenitude Magazine

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Mar 28/24)

Restrictions: Canadian writers. “Plenitude Magazine aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature through an online publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, book reviews and short film by both emerging and established LGBTTQI writers. We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTTQI people, rather than works which feature queer content alone.” Fiction, creative nonfiction. Payment: $50 – $100. 

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Maine Review

Deadline: June 30, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (tri-annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Short fiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and Nonfiction writers receive a $25 honorarium per published flash (1,000 words or fewer) and a $50 honorarium for work 1,001 words or more. Poets receive a $25 honorarium per published poem.

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Utopia Science Fiction

Deadline: June 30, 2024.

(checked Feb 1/24)

Fiction 100-5,00 words, poetry, non-fiction up to 6,000 words, and art. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. 

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Thema

Deadline: July 1, 2024

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: A New Routine. “The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental.” Payment:  $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Accepts reprints.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: July 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Hexagon

Deadline: July 7, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Diet Milk Minis

Deadline: July 8, 2024; opens June 1, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Prose (up to 5000 words), poetry up to 3 pieces, art. Payment: $10 for poetry, $20 for prose. See theme.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: July 14, 2024; opens July 8, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 25/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. All content should meet the criteria of seaside gothic literature (see link on website). Payment: £0.01 per word. 

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Nimrod: The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers

Deadline: July 15, 2024; opens May 1, 2024 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction and poetry. Eligibility: Open only to writers whose work has not appeared or is not scheduled to appear in more than 2 publications in the genre in which they are submitting. Prizes: $500 in fiction and poetry categories.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: July 16, 2024; opens July 10, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Astrolabe

Deadline: July 20, 2024; opens June 20, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. Up to 3000 words for prose. Payment: $50. 

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Roses and Wildflowers

Deadline: July 30, 2024; opens February 5, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Mythopoeic fiction 1000-7500 words, poetry & art on theme of “Walking Away”. Payment: $5/poem, $20/short fiction.

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Arc Poetry Magazine

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Poems, prose (essays, interviews, and articles on poetry), art. Payment: $50 per printed page. “Poets who are living with a disability and/or poets for whom English is not their first language are welcome to reach out to seek assistance with the submission process if necessary.”

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Brink

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). 

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Kaleidotrope

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (biannually).

(Apr 2/24)

Speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. 250-10,000 words preferred for prose. Payment: For fiction, $0.01/word (1 cent a word) USD. For poetry, a flat rate of $5 USD per accepted piece. Flat rate of $60 for cover art. 

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Many Worlds

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens June 1, 2024.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Genre: Everything. “We welcome submissions by those who identify with and as any of the following descriptors: trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, intersex. This is a space for the words, works, and worlds of and by those whose bodyminds defy social expectations and invite new ways of thinking and knowing.”  Payment: $10. 

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New Myths

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Speculative fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: 3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $30 for all submissions, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry; $50 for book reviews; $80 for art.

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parABnormal

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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Reservoir Road Literary Review.

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024. Note: Submit early in the month. (quarterly)

(checked Aug 3/23)

Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Submission window closes when their cap is reached.

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Silver Blade

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens June 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.  Reprints accepted.

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Spoon Knife Anthology

Deadline: July 31, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Genre- bending short fiction, short literary memoir, and poetry on the theme “Numbers”. Payment: $20 plus 1 cent per word. 

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Variant Lit

Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10. 

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The First Line

Deadline: August 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided. (See site.) Payment: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction. 

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: August 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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khōréō

Deadline: August 15, 2024; opens July 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: August 15, 2024, opens July 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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After Happy Hour

Deadline: August 31, 2024, opens July 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Mar 28/24)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, comics. Free general submissions cap at 300 per month. Payment: $10. 

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Apparition Lit

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 15, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction and poetry on theme. See theme. Payment: $0.05/word min $50 for short stores, $50 flat/poem.  Submission periods are extended by a week for BIPOC creators only.

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Epoch

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 for electronic submissions (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Electronic submissions. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.

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Fifth Wheel Press: light em up

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Poetry, prose poetry, short prose, and other experimental writing by queer, trans, and gender variant writers. Up to 1500 words for prose or 3 pages for poetry. Visual components and hybrid formats are welcome. Payment: $5. 

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Gwyllion

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words, poetry up to 30 lines, and book reviews up to 200 words. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Sundog

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens July 15, 2024 (biannually, plus collaboration contest).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Collaboration Contest. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. Payment: $25. 

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The New Quarterly

Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens March 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $275 for a short story or nonfiction entry, and $50 per poem or postscript story.

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Wandering Aengus Press Book Award

Deadline: August 31, 2024, opens July 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Feb 23/23)

Each year, our editors select up to three winning manuscripts in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The winners are published as perfect-bound books. Authors receive 50 copies of their book and 10% royalties on net sales.

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Air/Light

Deadline: closes after 200 submissions; opens September 1, 2024

(checked Apr 2/24)

New and innovative works of literary arts across all mediums and genres including cross genre work. Prose up to 4,000 words, poetry up to 10 pages. Payment: Poetry: $50; responses and department pieces: $100; fiction and essays/nonfiction: $200; visual art, music, and multimedia: $200. 

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Contrary

Deadline: September 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Parabola

Deadline: September 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Feb 15/24)

Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes.

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Teach. Write

Deadline: September 1, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (bi-annally).

(checked Feb 4/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. “I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning.” Payment: $15 for short stories, creative non-fiction, and essays; $10 for all other categories.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: September 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Honeyguide Magazine: Black Cats Are Good Luck Story Contest 

Deadline: September 2, 2024; opens August 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Fiction and nonfiction up to 2000 words. “Like with general submissions, we are not looking for stories simply about beloved black cats, but stories of reflection,  changed lives or mindsets, and the cats who brought blessings into human lives.” Payment: $150.

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Hexagon

Deadline: September 7, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Samjoko Magazine 

Deadline: September 10, 2024; opens July 10, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Publishes, “…exemplary work from content creators around the world. Focusing mainly upon the written word, we hope to create an immersive digital and print platform that stands out for its honesty and desire to take risks for the sake of artistic expression. We have no set aesthetic, though different themes will be focused upon periodically.” Payment: $20. 

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Penumbric

Deadline:  September 15, 2024, opens Jun 15, 2024 (bi-annually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Speculative fiction and poetry up to 10,000 words, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10.

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Pyre

Deadline: September 18, 2024; opens August 17, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Horror, sci-fi, the weird, the macabre, fantasy, and magical realism: Flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos. Payment: $10.

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: September 25, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Story Unlikely

Deadline: September 29, 2024. 

(checked Apr 2/24)

Fiction and nonfiction up to 10,000 words. Payment: 8 cents a word for stories up to 2,500 words. Stories longer than this are capped at $200 payment. $75 max for reprints.  Accepts reprints.

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens July 1, 2024. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: September 30, 2024, opens September 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Event

Deadline: September 30, 2024, opens August 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Dec 27/22)

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction and book reviews. Payment: $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Hub City Press

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024.

(checked Apr 2/24)

Restrictions: BIPOC writers only, living in or from the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.). Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. Payment: Royalties.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: September 30, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Nashville Review

Deadline:  September 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 1/22)

Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. No fee to submit. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: September 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Nimrod: General Submissions

Deadline: October 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Poetry up to 7 pages, short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. “We will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by (AI Writing) tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future.” Payment: $10 per page, with a $200 maximum.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: October 1, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction, poetry. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $1.50 per line for poetry ($100 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: October 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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VA Press

Deadline: October 1, 2024; opens June 1, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Nonprofit “committed to the idea that books have the power to change lives. We print works by authors often overlooked by traditional outlets, authors whose words we believe will inspire and benefit those who read them. We invite you to read the future.” Poetry (24 pages min), prose (10,000 words min), art. Payment: Royalties.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: October 13, 2024; opens October 7, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 25/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. All content should meet the criteria of seaside gothic literature (see link on website). Payment: £0.01 per word. 

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Consequence Magazine: The Culture of War

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens July 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and visual art mainly focused on the culture of war. “All submissions need to address in some manner the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.” Payment: $20 – $60 for prose and poetry, $150 for art.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: October 15, 2024; opens October 9, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Astrolabe

Deadline: October 22, 2024; opens September 22, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. Up to 3000 words for prose. Payment: $50. 

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Riddlebird

Deadline: October 26, 2024.

(checked Dec 24/23) *check again later. Sub date not on website.

Literary fiction, personal essays 650-5000 words. Payment: $100. 

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 24/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Hub City Press.

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually). 

(checked Aug 3/23)

Query only. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.

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In the Bleak Midwinter

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked April 29/23)

Micro/flash fiction up to 3 pieces 350 words or less for an eerie advent calendar posted to dedicated blog on website. Payment: $3 per micro piece, $5 per flash fiction piece. See theme.

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Kaleidotrope

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (biannually).

(Apr 2/24)

Speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. 250-10,000 words preferred for prose. Payment: For fiction, $0.01/word (1 cent a word) USD. For poetry, a flat rate of $5 USD per accepted piece. Flat rate of $60 for cover art. 

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Nonbinary Review

Deadline: October 31, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Aug 3/23)

Zoetic Press. Poetry, fiction, essays, and art on theme: Lies for Children. Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry.  Closes when cap is reached, so submit early.

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Reservoir Road Literary Review

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024. Note: Submit early in the month. (quarterly)

(checked Aug 3/23)

Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Submission window closes when their cap is reached.

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Silver Blade

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (quarterly). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.  Reprints accepted.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Variant Lit

Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10. 

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Foglifter

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Compendium of  queer and trans writing. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $50.

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Olit

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked May 22/23)

Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. “We aim to focus primarily on publishing marginalized voices.” Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. “Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird.” Payment: $10.

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The First Line

Deadline: November 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided. (See site.) Payment: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction. 

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The Woodward Review

Deadline: November 1, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Poetry, prose, art, and digital media from anyone, anywhere. Payment: $50. 

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Thema

Deadline: November 1, 2024

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Maybe next time. “The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental.” Payment:  $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Accepts reprints.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: November 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Hexagon

Deadline: November 7, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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khōréō

Deadline: November 15, 2024; opens October 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Feb 18/24)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: November 15, 2024, opens October 15, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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The Stinging Fly

Deadline: November 27, 2024; opens November 13, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. “We have a particular interest in promoting new writers, and in promoting the short story form.” Payment: Fiction and nonfiction: €30 per magazine page; Poetry: €50 per poem; Featured Poet: €250. 

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Chapbooks 15-25 poetry or 15-35 prose. Prose, poetry or hybrid. Payment: $120 plus royalties.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Aug 4/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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Crannóg

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Jan 29/23)

Poetry (up to 3 poems under 50 lines each), short stories up to 2,000 words. Payment: €120 per poem and €200 per story, €200 per author interview and €200 per cover image.

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (annually). – CLOSED UNTIL 2025

(checked Nov 23/23)

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Print chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Lammergeier

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (trianually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. “Have a piece you think doesn’t quite fit into the previous three categories (or is a combination of said genres)? Feel free to send it in as hybrid. Submit either one piece of up to 5,000 words or less or up to three flash pieces of 1,000 words or less or equivalent audio/visual material. (Hybrids will be considered with nonfiction submissions for featured writer submissions until further notice).” Payment: $25. 

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parABnormal

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2024 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Maine Review

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (tri-annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Short fiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and Nonfiction writers receive a $25 honorarium per published flash (1,000 words or fewer) and a $50 honorarium for work 1,001 words or more. Poets receive a $25 honorarium per published poem.

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The Fiddlehead

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $65 CAD per published page. 

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The Wire’s Dream Magazine.

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens September 2, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Combined Work from underprivileged individuals. Payment: $5.

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Contrary

Deadline: December 1, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Room Magazine: Short Forms Contest

Deadline: December 1, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Sep 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Prose poems, flash fiction, flash creative non-fiction up to 500 words. Prizes: $500 1st, $350 2nd, $150 honourable mention.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: December 1, 2024

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Revolute

Deadline: December 8, 2024, opens September 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Nov 23/22)

Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Payment: $25.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: December 14, 2024; opens December 1, 2024 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Copper Nickel

Deadline: December 15, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Nov 28/22)

Poetry, fiction, essays, and translation folios. Payment: $30 per printed page + two copies of the issue in which the author’s work appears + a one-year subscription.  Submit early in the month to avoid submission fees.

http://copper-nickel.org/submit/

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Southern Indiana Review

Deadline: December 15, 2024, opens Setpember 15, 2024 (biannually)

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, CNF, poetry. Payment: $50-$100 per piece.

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The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

Deadline: December 15, 2024; opens September 15, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Oct 30/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, prose poetry, mixed media, visual arts, “and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. 

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: December 25, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Arc Poetry Magazine

Deadline: December 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Poems, prose (essays, interviews, and articles on poetry), art. Payment: $50 per printed page. “Poets who are living with a disability and/or poets for whom English is not their first language are welcome to reach out to seek assistance with the submission process if necessary.”

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: December 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: December 31, 2024, opens December 1, 2024 (triannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: December 31, 2024; opens December 1, 2024 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: December 31, 2024 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.



 

Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: January 1, 2025

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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Hexagon

Deadline: January 7, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: January 15, 2025; opens January 9, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Astrolabe

Deadline: January 21, 2025; opens December 21, 2024.

(checked Mar 1/24)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. Up to 3000 words for prose. Payment: $50. 

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Brink

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). 

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Epoch

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 for electronic submissions (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Electronic submissions. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.

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Event

Deadline: January 31, 2025, opens December 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Sep 23/23)

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction and book reviews. Payment: $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500.

https://eventmagazine.submittable.com/submit

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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khōréō

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Nashville Review

Deadline:  January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Dec 1/22)

Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. No fee to submit. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Tim Saunders Publications

Deadline: February 1, 2025

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: February 15, 2025, opens January 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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Broken Sleep Books

Deadline:  February 28, 2025, opens January 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Apr 23/23)

Wildcard books (books that don’t fit with our other submission windows). Payment: Royalties.

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (annually

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Digital chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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Gwyllion

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words, poetry up to 30 lines, and book reviews up to 200 words. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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New Myths

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Speculative fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: 3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $30 for all submissions, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry; $50 for book reviews; $80 for art.

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Ninth Letter

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens Aug 15, 2025 (annually). 

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems, nonfiction, and short fiction. Payment: $25 for poetry, $100 for prose.  Dec. only is fee-free until they hit 300 submissions, so submit early in Dec.

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Pyre

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens January 17, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Horror, sci-fi, the weird, the macabre, fantasy, and magical realism: Flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos. Payment: $10.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The New Quarterly

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens September 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $275 for a short story or nonfiction entry, and $50 per poem or postscript story.

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Block Party Press: Chapbook

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction chapbooks 15-24 pages not including title page and acknowledgements. Payment: Royalties. 

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Contrary

Deadline: March 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Copper Nickel

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens January 15, 2025 (annually).

(checked Nov 28/22)

Poetry, fiction, essays, and translation folios. Payment: $30 per printed page + two copies of the issue in which the author’s work appears + a one-year subscription.  Submit early in the month to avoid submission fees.

http://copper-nickel.org/submit/

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Teach. Write

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens October 1, 2024 (bi-annally).

(checked Feb 4/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. “I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning.” Payment: $15 for short stories, creative non-fiction, and essays; $10 for all other categories.

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The Woodward Review

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Dec 1/23)

Poetry, prose, art, and digital media from anyone, anywhere. Payment: $50. 

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VA Press

Deadline: March 1, 2025; opens December 1, 2024 (biannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Nonprofit “committed to the idea that books have the power to change lives. We print works by authors often overlooked by traditional outlets, authors whose words we believe will inspire and benefit those who read them. We invite you to read the future.” Poetry (24 pages min), prose (10,000 words min), art. Payment: Royalties.

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Hexagon

Deadline: March 7, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Penumbric

Deadline:  March 15, 2025, opens December 15, 2025 (bi-annually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Speculative fiction and poetry up to 10,000 words, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10.

https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: March 25, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Arkana

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens August 1, 2024 (annual active reading period).

(checked Feb 26/23)

Poetry up to 10 lines, flash fiction, short CNF up to 500 words, illustrated narrative up to four panels. “We want work that celebrates its smallness, amplifies the tiniest voices with the most to say, and challenges society’s perceptions of the marginal, modest, and miniscule.” Payment: All entries will be considered for an editor’s choice payment of $50.

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: March 31, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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parABnormal

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Fiddlehead

Deadline: March 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Restrictions: Canadians only. Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $65 CAD per published page. 

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West Branch

Deadline: April 1, 2025; opens August 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. Payment: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. 

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Consequence Magazine: The Culture of War

Deadline: April 15, 2025; opens January 15, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Aug 36/23)

Short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and visual art mainly focused on the culture of war. “All submissions need to address in some manner the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.” Payment: $20 – $60 for prose and poetry, $150 for art.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: April 16, 2025; opens April 10, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Chapbooks 15-25 poetry or 15-35 prose. Prose, poetry or hybrid. Payment: $120 plus royalties.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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khōréō

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Threepenny Review

Deadline: April 30, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Jan 20/23)

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece.  (Nonreading period: May 1 through December 31.)

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Foglifter

Deadline: May 1, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Aug 32/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Compendium of  queer and trans writing. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $50.

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Hexagon

Deadline: May 7, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Diet Milk Minis

Deadline: May 15, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked April 29/23)

Prose (3 of less than 999 words or one up to 2,000 words), poetry up to 3 pieces. Payment: $10 for poetry, $20 for prose. See theme.

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Southern Indiana Review

Deadline: May 15, 2025, opens February 15, 2025 (biannually)

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, CNF, poetry. Payment: $50-$100 per piece.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: May 15, 2025, opens April 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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Kweli Journal

Deadline: May 30, 2025, opens September 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

“Kweli is the first online journal of its kind to celebrate community and cultural kinships. In this shared space, you will hear the lived experience of people of color. Our many stories. Our shared histories. Our creative play with language. Here our memories are wrapped inside the music of the Muscogee, the blues songs of the South, the clipped patois of the Caribbean.” Self-contained novel excerpt, short story, or creative non-fiction piece, poetry. Length: No more than 7,000 words.

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The Wire’s Dream Magazine.

Deadline: May 30, 2025; opens March 2, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Combined Work from underprivileged individuals. Payment: $5.

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AGNI

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Poetry and prose. Payment: $10 per printed (or printed-out) page for accepted prose, and $20 per page for accepted poetry, up to a maximum of $150.  Fee to submit online. No fee to submit by USPS.

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: May 31, 2025, opens May 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Crannóg

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Jan 29/23)

Poetry (up to 3 poems under 50 lines each), short stories up to 2,000 words. Payment: €120 per poem and €200 per story, €200 per author interview and €200 per cover image.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

Restrictions: “…explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups.” Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (free submission month).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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The Gettysburg Review

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens September 1, 2024 (annually).

(checked May 24/23)

Published triannually. Poetry, fiction, essays. Payment: $2.50 per line for poetry, with a maximum of $300.00 for an individual poem, and $25.00 per printed page for prose.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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University Press of Kentucky

Deadline: May 31, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Books of poetry or fiction (novels, short story collections, etc.). Payment: Royalties.

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Contrary

Deadline: June 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.

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Olit

Deadline: June 1, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked May 22/23)

Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. “We aim to focus primarily on publishing marginalized voices.” Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. “Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird.” Payment: $10.

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Grain Magazine

Deadline: June 15, 2025; opens September 15, 2024 (annually).

(checked Apr 29/23)

Published quarterly. Submissions close monthly when submittable cap reached, reopens the next month. Fiction and literary nonfiction up to 3500 words, and poetry up to 6 pages. Payment: $50 CAD/page up to $250 CAD for writing, up to $500 CAD for art.

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Transit Books

Deadline: June 15, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Translations and undelivered lectures proposals. International and American literature, with a focus on literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and prose that falls somewhere in between. Payment: Royalties.

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The Ex-Puritan

Deadline: June 25, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Jan 30/23)

Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. “The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing.” Payment: $100 – $200 (CAD).

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: June 30, 2025; opens April 1, 2025. (quarterly).

(checked Nov 29/22)

Restrictions: minimum age to submit is 18. Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: June 30, 2025; opens June 1, 2025 (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: June 30, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: June 30, 2025; opens June 1, 2025 (tip jar submissions).

(checked Jan 19/23)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Hexagon

Deadline: July 7, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Nimrod: The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers

Deadline: July 15, 2025; opens May 1, 2025 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction and poetry. Eligibility: Open only to writers whose work has not appeared or is not scheduled to appear in more than 2 publications in the genre in which they are submitting. Prizes: $500 in fiction and poetry categories.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: July 16, 2025; opens July 10, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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khōréō

Deadline: July 30, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Arc Poetry Magazine

Deadline: July 31, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Poems, prose (essays, interviews, and articles on poetry), art. Payment: $50 per printed page. “Poets who are living with a disability and/or poets for whom English is not their first language are welcome to reach out to seek assistance with the submission process if necessary.”

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Brink

Deadline: July 31, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). 

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parABnormal

Deadline: July 31, 2025; opens June 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: August 15, 2025, opens July 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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Epoch

Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens August 1, 2025 for electronic submissions (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Electronic submissions. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.

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Gwyllion

Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens July 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words, poetry up to 30 lines, and book reviews up to 200 words. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem.

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The New Quarterly

Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens March 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $275 for a short story or nonfiction entry, and $50 per poem or postscript story.

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Wandering Aengus Press Book Award

Deadline: August 31, 2025, opens July 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Feb 23/23)

Each year, our editors select up to three winning manuscripts in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The winners are published as perfect-bound books. Authors receive 50 copies of their book and 10% royalties on net sales.

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Teach. Write

Deadline: September 1, 2025; opens April 1, 2025 (bi-annally).

(checked Feb 4/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. “I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning.” Payment: $15 for short stories, creative non-fiction, and essays; $10 for all other categories.

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Hexagon

Deadline: September 7, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: September 30, 2025, opens September 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: September 30, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Nimrod: General Submissions

Deadline: October 1, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Poetry up to 7 pages, short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. “We will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by (AI Writing) tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future.” Payment: $10 per page, with a $200 maximum.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: October 1, 2025; opens August 1, 2025 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction, poetry. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $1.50 per line for poetry ($100 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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VA Press

Deadline: October 1, 2025; opens June 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Nonprofit “committed to the idea that books have the power to change lives. We print works by authors often overlooked by traditional outlets, authors whose words we believe will inspire and benefit those who read them. We invite you to read the future.” Poetry (24 pages min), prose (10,000 words min), art. Payment: Royalties.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: October 15, 2025; opens October 9, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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khōréō

Deadline: October 31, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Mar 29/23)

Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Fiction, voice actors, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Closed to non-fiction until further notice.

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Foglifter

Deadline: November 1, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Compendium of  queer and trans writing. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $50.

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Hexagon

Deadline: November 7, 2025; opens November 1, 2025 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)

(checked Feb 3/24)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words and comics 1-5 pages. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ CAD/word for all short stories, $100 CAD/page for comics.

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The Lorelei Signal

Deadline: November 15, 2025, opens October 15, 2025 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Quarterly magazine. Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry with strong female characters. Payment: $15 for short stories, $5 for poems and flash (<1000 wds) fiction pieces, $5 for reprints. Accepts reprints.

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Chestnut Review

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Chapbooks 15-25 poetry or 15-35 prose. Prose, poetry or hybrid. Payment: $120 plus royalties.

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Crannóg

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens November 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Jan 29/23)

Poetry (up to 3 poems under 50 lines each), short stories up to 2,000 words. Payment: €120 per poem and €200 per story, €200 per author interview and €200 per cover image.

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens November 1, 2025 (annually

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Print chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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parABnormal

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens October 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Feb 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. “For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores.” Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews.

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The Fiddlehead

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens September 15, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $65 CAD per published page. 

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The Wire’s Dream Magazine.

Deadline: November 30, 2025; opens September 2, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Combined Work from underprivileged individuals. Payment: $5.

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Southern Indiana Review

Deadline: December 15, 2025, opens September 15, 2025 (biannually)

(checked Apr 24/23)

Fiction, CNF, poetry. Payment: $50-$100 per piece.

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: December 30, 2025, opens December 1, 2025 (triannually).

(checked Sep 25/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Arc Poetry Magazine

Deadline: December 31, 2025; opens September 1, 2025 (biannually).

(checked Jan 31/23)

Poems, prose (essays, interviews, and articles on poetry), art. Payment: $50 per printed page. “Poets who are living with a disability and/or poets for whom English is not their first language are welcome to reach out to seek assistance with the submission process if necessary.”



Affirm Press

Deadline: Monthly: on 1st Monday of the month only. 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Restrictions: Accepts submissions from Australians or authors based in Australia only. Full manuscripts: pitches only. Literary and genre fiction, entertaining nonfiction. Payment: Royalties.  Accepts submissions the first Monday of the month.

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Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

Deadline: 1st to 2nd monthly.

(checked Apr 24/23)

Speculative stories, poetry up to 40 lines, nonfiction. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. $1 a line for poetry. 2 – 8 cents/word for nonfiction. Accepts reprints.

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evOke

Deadline: 1st to 15th monthly.

(checked Sep 24/23)

All things Pagan, polytheist, and witchy. See themes. Artwork, poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, lifestyle articles, reviews, video and audio submissions. Payment: $5.

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Haven Speculative

Deadline: Alternates months: odd months limited demographic/even months general submissions (monthly).

(checked Feb 28/24)

General submissions. Speculative fiction up to 6,000 words, poetry any length, nonfiction up to $3,000 words, translations, and art. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction, nonfiction, and translations; $5 – $10 for poetry.

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Rough Cut Press

Deadline: Approx 27th (monthly).

(checked Nov 19/23)

Restrictions: Open to the LGBTQIA community. Experimental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on monthly theme. “We seek personal, lyrical, critical, and experimental work in under 650 words.” Payment: $25. 

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Split Lip Magazine

Deadline: Jan, Mar, May, Aug, Sep, Nov (free submission month); Feb, Apr, Oct, 1st half Dec (Tip Jar Submissions).

(checked Feb 3/24)

Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $50 – $75 per author (via PayPal) for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription.  Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.

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Tim Saunders Publications: Four Words

Deadline: Monthly

(checked Dec 2/23)

Story or poem. Four words writing challenge: Every month we select four words, which are written below. Writers and poets are then invited to write a 50 word story or poem that incorporates these four words. Send your submissions to tsaunderspubs@gmail.com and they will be published on this page. In time they will feature in their own book. Good luck!

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Tim Saunders Publications: Idea

Deadline: Monthly

(checked Dec 2/23)

Story or poem. Idea writing challenge: Every month an idea is suggested, written below. Writers and poets are then invited to write up to a 150 word story or 15 line poem on it. The deadline is four weeks from the published date, so the deadline for the May 18 idea will be June 18 and so on. ​The submissions are initially published on this website and then in a book. Send your submissions to tsaunderspubs@gmail.com and include Idea in the subject bar. They will be published on this page. In time they will feature in their own book. Good luck!

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Tim Saunders Publications: Title

Deadline: Monthly

(checked Dec 2/23)

Story or poem. Title writing challenge: Every month a title is suggested, written below. Writers and poets are then invited to write up to a 500 word story or 30 line poem on this subject. The deadline is four weeks from the published date, so the deadline for the May 18 title will be June 18 and so on. The submissions are initially published on this website and then in a book. Send your submissions to tsaunderspubs@gmail.com and include Title in the subject bar and they will be published on this page. In time they will feature in their own book. Good luck!

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Tim Saunders Publications: Writing Prompt

Deadline: Monthly

(checked Dec 2/23)

Story or poem. Writing prompt challenge: Every month a painting is selected from a professional artist belonging to www.creativecoverage.co.uk. Contributors are invited to submit a poem up to 30 lines or a story up to 500 words (as a Word .doc file) about the painting. The deadline is four weeks from the published date, so the deadline for the May 5 prompt will be June 5 and so on. The submissions are initially published on this website and then in a book. Please email submissions (with the date of the prompt in the subject bar) to tsaunderspubs@gmail.com

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Typehouse

Deadline: Check back for 2024 deadlines.

(checked Oct 21/23)

Restrictions: See monthly restrictions. Prose 500-5000 words, poetry, art. Payment: $25. 

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Hexagon

Deadline: open 1st 7 days every 2nd month (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov)

(checked Jul 27/23)

Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD).



FIYAH

Deadline: Sep 1-Oct 31/23, Dec 1-Jan 31/24 Mar 1-Apr 30/24 (quarterly). *check for later dates.

(checked Oct 22/23)

Restrictions: Submissions are restricted to people of the African Diaspora. Speculative fiction, art, and poetry about African Diaspora. Short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words, and novelettes up to 15,000 words.  Payment: $150 per story. $50 per poem. $300 per novelette. 

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Many Worlds

Deadline: Dec-Jan, Mar-Apr, June-Jul, Sep-Oct (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Genre: Everything. “We welcome submissions by those who identify with and as any of the following descriptors: trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, intersex. This is a space for the words, works, and worlds of and by those whose bodyminds defy social expectations and invite new ways of thinking and knowing.”  Payment: $10. 

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Midnight & Indigo

Deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31 (quarterly).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.

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Nonbinary Review

Deadline: Jan 31, Oct 31, ? (quarterly). 

(checked Aug 3/23)

Zoetic Press. Poetry, fiction, essays, and art on themes. Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry.  Closes when cap is reached, so submit early.

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Reservoir Road Literary Review.

Deadline: Jan, Apr, July Oct. (quarterly)

(checked Aug 3/23)

Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Submission window closes when their cap is reached.

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Seaside Gothic

Deadline: Jan 9-15, Apr 10-16, July 10-16, Oct 9-15 (quarterly).

(checked May 22/23)

Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Up to 1,000 words Payment: £0.01 per word.

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Silver Blade

Deadline: Dec-Jan, Mar-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Oct (quarterly). 

(checked Oct 22/23)

Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.  Reprints accepted.

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The New Quarterly

Deadline: March 1 to August 31; September 1 to February 28 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $275 for a short story or nonfiction entry, and $50 per poem or postscript story.

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Variant Lit

Deadline: Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct (quarterly).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10. 

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Cincinnati Review

Deadline: Sept, Dec, and May (triannually).

(checked Sep 25/23)

Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25/page for prose in journal. $30/page for poetry in journal. Submit early in the month. Submissions close when cap is reached.

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Lammergeier

Deadline: Jan-Mar, May-Jul, Sep-Nov (trianually).

(checked Oct 22/23)

Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. “Have a piece you think doesn’t quite fit into the previous three categories (or is a combination of said genres)? Feel free to send it in as hybrid. Submit either one piece of up to 5,000 words or less or up to three flash pieces of 1,000 words or less or equivalent audio/visual material. (Hybrids will be considered with nonfiction submissions for featured writer submissions until further notice).” Payment: $25. 

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Sundog

Deadline: Mar 1-May 1, Oct 1-Dec 1, Jul 15-Aug 31* Collaboration contest. Submit early to avoid submission fee (Tri-annually).

(checked Jul 25/23)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. We want writing that attempts to salvage something pure from the collision of warmth and cold, that says what it can about the world it finds itself in. Payment: $25.

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The Bombay Literary Magazine

Deadline: September 30, 2023; opens September 30, 2023, for Dec (Tri-annually).

(checked Sep 1/23)

Publishes Apr, Aug, Dec. Fiction, poetry, translated fiction/poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Indian rupees 5,000 (approx. $61) per contribution.

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The Good Life Review

Deadline: Feb 1-Jul 31 (Fall issue), Aug 1-Jan 31 (Spring issue), Nov 15-Apr 15 (Honeybee Prize).

(checked Dec 22/23)

Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Prose op to 5000 words, or 5 poems/10 pages. Payment: $75 per published piece ($100 for two); Honeybee Prizes in each category: $500 1st, $75 runner up. 

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The Maine Review

Deadline: Jan 1-Mar 31, May 1-Jun 30, Sep 1-Nov 30 (tri-annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Short fiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and Nonfiction writers receive a $25 honorarium per published flash (1,000 words or fewer) and a $50 honorarium for work 1,001 words or more. Poets receive a $25 honorarium per published poem.

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Alien Magazine

Deadline: May 22-Aug 5/23, Nov 20-Feb 29/24 (biannually).

(checked Oct 30/23)

All types of fiction and poetry. Payment: $20. 

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Black Fox Literary Magazine

Deadline: Mar 1-May 31,23, Aug 1-Nov 30/23 (biannually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Blog posts, fiction, poetry, CNF, and art. Payment: $20. 

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Brink

Deadline: Jan & Jul (biannually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words).

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Consequence Magazine: The Culture of War

Deadline: January 15 to April 15; July 15 to October 15 (biannually).

(checked Feb 26/23)

Short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and visual art mainly focused on the culture of war. “All submissions need to address in some manner the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.” Payment: $20 – $60 for prose and poetry, $150 for art.

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Contemporary Verse 2

Deadline: Feb 1-May 31 & Sep 1 to Nov 30 (biannually).

(checked Aug 4/23)

Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $30 – $150. 

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Foglifter

Deadline: Mar-May & Sep1-Nov 1 (biannually).

(checked Aug 3/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Compendium of  queer and trans writing. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $50.

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Gwyllion

Deadline: January 1 to February 28; July 1 to August 31 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Speculative fiction up to 10,000 words, poetry up to 30 lines, and book reviews up to 200 words. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem.

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Honeyguide Magazine

Deadline: September 2, 2023; opens July 22, 2023 (bi-annually).

(checked Jul 27/23)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and blog posts about animals and their human neighbors. See themes. Payment: $25 for the story, $50 for art. Only pays for featured articles.

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Hub City Press.

Deadline: Mar-Apr & Sep-Oct (biannually). 

(checked Aug 3/23)

Query only. Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. “We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South.” Payment: Royalties.

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Olit

Deadline: Mar 1-June 1, Aug 1-Nov 1 (biannually).

(checked May 22/23)

Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. “We aim to focus primarily on publishing marginalized voices.” Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. “Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird.” Payment: $10.

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Penumbric

Deadline:  Jun 15-Sep 15 & Dec 15 to Mar 15 (bi-annually).

(checked Nov 23/23)

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag. Fiction and poetry up to 10,000 words, illustration, graphic narrative, animation, music, or combinations of these (e.g., a spoken-word version of a poem). Payment: $10.

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Pyre

Deadline: Jan 17-Feb 28; Aug 17-Sept 18 (biannually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Horror, sci-fi, the weird, the macabre, fantasy, and magical realism: Flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos. Payment: $10.

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Sundog

Deadline: Mar 1-May 1, Oct 1-Dec 1, Jul 15-Aug 31* Collaboration contest. (biannually, plus collaboration contest). 

(checked Sep 2/23)

Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. Payment: $25. 

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Teach. Write

Deadline: Oct 1-Mar 1, Apr 1-Sep 1 (bi-annally).

(checked Feb 4/23)

Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. “I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning.” Payment: $15 for short stories, creative non-fiction, and essays; $10 for all other categories.

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The Fiddlehead

Deadline: January 1 to March 31 (Canadian only); September 15 to November 30 (biannually).

(checked Feb 4/24)

Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $65 CAD per published page. 

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The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

Deadline: Mar 15-Jun 15, Sep 15-Dec 15 (biannually).

(checked Oct 30/23)

Fiction, creative nonfiction, prose poetry, mixed media, visual arts, “and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. 

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The Stinging Fly Magazine

Deadline: November 30, 2023; opens November 1, 2023 (biannually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

Irish and international writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and nonfiction: €30 per magazine page; Poetry: €50 per poem; Featured Poet: €250. 



2024 Next Generation Indie Book Award

Deadline: February 14, 2024 – SEP 30, 2023 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

(checked Sep 12/23)

Sep 30 early bird special: enter and pay online by Sep 30 and your second category selection is free. 80+ categories in fiction and non-fiction. The 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors in the U.S., Canada or internationally who have a book, a manuscript, or a galley proof written in English and published in 2022, 2023 or 2024 or with a 2022, 2023 or 2024 copyright date. Prizes: $50 to $1500.

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AGNI

Deadline: May 31, 2023; opens September 1, 2022 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Poetry and prose. Payment: $10 per printed (or printed-out) page for accepted prose, and $20 per page for accepted poetry, up to a maximum of $150.  Fee to submit online. No fee to submit by USPS.

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Block Party Press: Chapbook

Deadline: March 1; opens January 1 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction chapbooks 15-24 pages not including title page and acknowledgements. Payment: Royalties. 

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Bull City Press

Deadline: Mar 15 to Apr 15 (annually).

(checked May 30/23)

Short collections of poems, short fiction, and short memoir for Inch.

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Bull City Press

Deadline: May 15 to Jun 15 (annually).

(checked May 30/23)

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks.

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Diet Milk Minis

Deadline: May 15, 2023; opens May 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked April 29/23)

Prose (3 of less than 999 words or one up to 2,000 words), poetry up to 3 pieces. Payment: $10 for poetry, $20 for prose. See theme.

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Dorothy 

Deadline: Sept 1-14 (annually).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Full-length works of feminist fiction or near fiction or about fiction. “Each fall, we publish two new books simultaneously. We work to pair books that draw upon different aesthetic traditions, because a large part of our interest in literature lies in its possibilities, its endless stylistic and formal variety.” Payment: Royalties. 

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Epoch

Deadline: January & August for electronic submissions (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Electronic submissions. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.

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Epoch

Deadline: April 15, 2024; opens August 15, 2023 for mailed submissions (annually).

(checked Mar 1/24)

Poetry, prose, art and comics. Mail submissions only. Payment: $100 – $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art.  No fee for snail mail submissions.

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: February 28, 2025; opens February 1, 2025 (annually). – CLOSED UNTIL 2025

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Digital chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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Fahmidan Publishing

Deadline: November 30, 2024; opens November 1, 2025 (annually). – CLOSED UNTIL 2025

Restrictions: only open to POC & Women identifying writers. Print chapbook submissions. Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. 

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Freefall

Deadline: September 30, 2023; June 1, 2023 (annual?).

(checked Sep 24/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Genre: Fiction, poetry, prose, art. Payment: $10/page prose up to $100 and $25 per poem plus a copy of the issue the work is published in. 

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Georgia Review

Deadline: May 14, 2024, opens August 16, 2023.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Fiction, poetry, non-fiction. Payment: $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry. Essay-reviews and standard reviews earn honoraria of $50/printed page. Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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The Georgia Review Prose Prize

Deadline: Nov 1 to January 15 (annually).

(checked Sep 2/23)

The best short story and essay will both be published in The Georgia Review. This year the overall winner, will also receive $1,500 and an expenses-paid trip to read at the Smithsonian’s 2023 Asian American Literature Festival in Washington, D.C. The runner-up will receive $600.

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Grain Magazine

Deadline: June 15, 2023; opens September 15, 2022 (annually).

(checked Apr 29/23)

Published quarterly. Submissions close monthly when submittable cap reached, reopens the next month. Fiction and literary nonfiction up to 3500 words, and poetry up to 6 pages. Payment: $50 CAD/page up to $250 CAD for writing, up to $500 CAD for art.

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In the Bleak Midwinter

Deadline: October 31, 2023; opens October 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked April 29/23)

Micro/flash fiction up to 3 pieces 350 words or less for an eerie advent calendar posted to dedicated blog on website. Payment: $3 per micro piece, $5 per flash fiction piece. See theme.

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Kweli Journal

Deadline: May 30, 2023, opens September 1, 2022 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

“Kweli is the first online journal of its kind to celebrate community and cultural kinships. In this shared space, you will hear the lived experience of people of color. Our many stories. Our shared histories. Our creative play with language. Here our memories are wrapped inside the music of the Muscogee, the blues songs of the South, the clipped patois of the Caribbean.” Self-contained novel excerpt, short story, or creative non-fiction piece, poetry. Length: No more than 7,000 words.

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Newfound

Deadline: May 14, 2023; opens August 16, 2022 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/2)

Reviews, Poetry, and Visual Arts. Payment: $25.

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Nimrod: General Submissions

Deadline: October 1, 2024; opens January 1, 2024 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Poetry up to 7 pages, short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. “We will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by (AI Writing) tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future.” Payment: $10 per page, with a $200 maximum.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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Nimrod: The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers

Deadline: July 15; opens May 1 (annually). 

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction and poetry. Eligibility: Open only to writers whose work has not appeared or is not scheduled to appear in more than 2 publications in the genre in which they are submitting. Prizes: $500 in fiction and poetry categories.

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Ninth Letter

Deadline: Aug 15-Feb 28 (annually). 

(checked Feb 4/24)

Poems, nonfiction, and short fiction. Payment: $25 for poetry, $100 for prose.  Dec. only is fee-free until they hit 300 submissions, so submit early in Dec.

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Ninth Letter

Deadline: Dec 1-31 special window -SUMISSION FEES WAVED! (annually). 

(checked Sep 2/23)

Poems, nonfiction, and short fiction. Payment: $25 for poetry, $100 for prose.  Dec is fee-free until they hit 300 submissions, so submit early in the month. Accepts submissions Aug 15-Feb 28 annually.

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Room Magazine: Short Forms Contest

Deadline: December 1, 2023; opens October 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Sep 21/23)

Restrictions: Open to artists of marginalized genders. Prose poems, flash fiction, flash creative non-fiction up to 500 words. Prizes: $500 1st, $350 2nd, $150 honourable mention.

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The Gettysburg Review

Deadline: May 31, 2024; opens September 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked May 24/23)

Published triannually. Poetry, fiction, essays. Payment: $2.50 per line for poetry, with a maximum of $300.00 for an individual poem, and $25.00 per printed page for prose.  Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

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The Iowa Review

Deadline: October 1; opens August 1 (annually).

(checked Oct 21/23)

Fiction, poetry. Translations per original work’s genre. Payment: $1.50 per line for poetry ($100 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).  No fee for snail mail submissions. $4 fee for online submissions.

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Thisteldown Press (CANADA)

Deadline: September 1 – May 1 (annually).

(checked Sep 25/23)

Restrictions: Open to Canadian authors, with a preference for Western Canadian voices. Full-length literary work, including novels, short story collections, creative non-fiction, and collections of poetry. They will consider YA novels and—occasionally—books for younger children. Query first. Payment: Royalties. 

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University Press of Kentucky

Deadline: May 31, 2023; opens May 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Apr 24/23)

Books of poetry or fiction (novels, short story collections, etc.). Payment: Royalties.

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Transit Books

Deadline: June 15, 2023; opens May 1, 2023 (annually).

(checked Apr 30/23)

Translations and undelivered lectures proposals. International and American literature, with a focus on literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and prose that falls somewhere in between. Payment: Royalties.

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West Branch

Deadline: April 1; opens August 1 (annually).

(checked Dec 24/23)

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. Payment: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. 

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Dark Onus Lit

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 23/23)

Fiction, poetry. Dark Onus Lit is focused on “dark-themed” work, as in writing and artwork that is in some way thematically or visually dark in its telling or presentation. The editors are keen on serious, challenging, experimental works. Payment: none.

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Driftwood Press Comics / Graphic Novel & Shorts Collection

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Dec 26/23)

Submit samples, full & partial manuscripts Payment: depends on page count; royalties 15% on first 1,000 copies sold, and 20% on copies sold after that.

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Electric Literature: The Commuter

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Aug 28/23)

The Commuter is our home for poetry, flash, graphic, and experimental narratives. It publishes weekly on Monday morning. Payment: $100.

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Otherwise Magazine

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 23/23)

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction. We invite authors to be reflexively aware of their positionality, respectful of manifold forms of diversity, and radical in their imaginations of the possible. Ultimately, we want stories to remind us that society could be otherwise.

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Prairie Fire (general submissions)

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Nov 19/23)

For general submissions: Prairie Fire accepts ONE submission per category (Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction) every twelve months. Once you have submitted, please wait twelve months before submitting again. Submissions via snail mail only. Payment: Poetry, $40/poem, prose $0.10/word to maximums listed on their rates of payments page.

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PRISM international (Magazine)

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Poetry, prose, and black & white illustrations. PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. Payment: 40/printed page for prose, $45/printed page for poetry.

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The Stinging Fly Press

Deadline: Rolling.

(checked Sep 2/23)

Irish and international writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment: Fiction and nonfiction: €30 per magazine page; Poetry: €50 per poem; Featured Poet: €250. 

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Trail Creek Publishing

Deadline: Rolling

(checked May 31/23)

Serves primarily authors in Central and Western Canada. In our current call we are welcoming unsolicited manuscripts and proposals in fiction, creative non-fiction including essays, and poetry.


It’s only two more sleeps until Halloween! That means it’s only three more sleeps to THE BIG MONTH OF AUTHOR MAYHAM, MASSES WRITING EN MASSE, STRIVING FOR 50K WORDS IN ONLY 30 DAYS!

If you are a NaNo-ite, then you know what I’m talking about. Starting out as “National Novel Writing Month“, the inspiring movement has grown to be dubbed other names. Because it’s not just the fiction writers who need some authoring love, NaNoFiWRiMo (National NonFiction Writing Month) has also grown into a popular alternate nom de plume for the fav.’d “(Inter)National Month of Writing Mayhem,” as I like to call it. Because, really, this month is for all writers no matter the genre: fiction, nonfiction, poets, screenwriters, and so on.

While you crack your knuckles, do finger stretches, and warm up the keyboard, there are other absolute preparation essentials – as essential as that coffee, wine, or other beverage, visual and auditory stimulations, time, and the writing headspace.

Namely…


Nothing is more traumatizing to the writer than suddenly losing ALL YOUR WORK. Hours on hours of work – gone, just like that. Hours, months, or years.

* Did you know there is a World Backup Day? Apparently it’s March 31st.

The best file backups are up-to-date and in multiples. Save to your computer, an external drive, and the cloud. Keep a backup of your backup.

Cloud storage (online) options – back-up as you go
These require internet or Wi-Fi access, but you cannot lose all your work when your computer spontaneously combusts, or turns into a lifeless paperweight, if it’s backed up online. Best of all, are options that save automatically as you go, in case your forgot to save. If you are working offline, these should sync when you are online. Use caution when deleting files. Deleted files may not be saved in your computer’s “Recycle Bin” / deleted files folder.

Microsoft OneDrive
5GB free storage. (This was more than sufficient for my ‘current’ WIPs). Syncs Microsoft 365 documents and allows coauthoring. I.e. you can edit the same document on your desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone as long as they are connected to the same OneDrive account. Microsoft 365 subscriptions come with 1TB of OneDrive storage. Saves as you go. *Deleted files are removed from all devices, and are not saved to your computer’s “Recycle Bin” / deleted files folder. Copy/paste is safer when moving files than cut/paste.

IDrive
10GB free storage. 5 TB storage with the base plan. Can back up files locally to an external or network drive. Saves as you go.

Google Drive
15GB free storage. Comes with your Google account. Google Workspace documents (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.) automatically save to Google Drive. Can also be run on your devices for file-syncing and storage. 100GB comes with the basic plan. Saves as you go.

Dropbox
2GB free storage. To get the free version, you need to go to Dropbox.com/basic and sign up there. 

Apple iCloud
5GB free storage. Already built into Apple devices. Can only share files with other Apple devices.

Physical Backups
These require either to be your file saving location, or to be backed up to regularly.

USB (thumb) drives: easily portable. Note of caution – always copy and paste, not cut and paste. Deleted files are not saved to your computer’s “Recycle Bin” / deleted files folder.

HHD (hard disc drives): cheaper, but have moving parts. More prone to damage if dropped or bumped too hard.

SSD (solid state drives): more expensive, but have no moving parts. Faster and more durable than HHD.

Email: Emailing your files to yourself will work, but now you have all those files attached to emails to keep track of. And, if you lose access to your email – i.e. cancel your email provider – you need to back up all those files you emailed to yourself.

Just me writing…