2024
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: April 8, 2024.
(checked Feb 15/24)
Restrictions: Open to women. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. Payment: £25. See themes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: April 25, 2024.
(checked Mar 28/24)
Poetry, fiction, essays, and essays in translation. Payment: $15.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: April 30, 2024.
(checked Mar 28/24)
Weird stories and poems. Theme: “Not From Here”. Payment: Royalties.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: May 1, 2024.
(checked Apr 18/24)
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, art. Payment: £3.
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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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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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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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Deadline: May 6, 2024.
(checked Apr 20/24)
Restrictions: Canadian connection required. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, art, hybrid. Payment: $100 – $1000. Geist offers no-fee general submissions for Black writers, Indigenous writers, and writers of color.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: May 15, 2024.
(checked Apr 25/24)
Non-fiction under 4,000 words, fiction under 2,000, and poetry just generally kept to a minimum. Payment: Fiction and nonfiction run in the $10-30 range; poetry in the $5-15 range.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: May 31, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
True stories and poems up to 1200 words. “Everyone loves the holidays and making cherished memories. Our holiday titles make wonderful gifts and are so popular that we create a new edition each year. We are now collecting stories for our 2024 HOLIDAY edition that will be published later this year.” Payment: $200.
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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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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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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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Deadline: May 31, 2024.
(checked Apr 29/24)
Stories, poems, CNF, nonfiction, and art on theme of Language. Payment: $50.
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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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Deadline: May 31, 2024.
(checked Apr 29/24)
Weird Horror, Dark Fantasy, Dark Science Fiction. Short Fiction, Narrative Poetry 100 to 7,499 words. “We also encourage trying us with things like comic strips, mixed media, found footage, puzzles, games, experiments, and other weird forms, as long as they tell a story.” Payment: 3 cents/word; $25 for reprints. Accepts reprints.
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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: June 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Jan 30/23)
Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.
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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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Deadline: June 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Feb 15/24)
Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: June 30, 2024, opens May 1, 2024.
(checked Apr 29/24)
Restrictions: You must be a Kansas resident or have lived in Kansas at some point in your life. True stories about Kansas written by Kansans. Payment: $10.
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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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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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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
True stories and poems up to 1200 words. “We are looking for stories about something that happened to you in your life – in your relationship with a partner or spouse, a parent or child, a family member or friend, at work or at home that made you and the people around you laugh out loud.” Payment: $200.
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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
True stories and prose poems that tell a story up to 1200 words. “We are looking for heartwarming, insightful, and humorous stories celebrating grandmothers.” Payment: $200.
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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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Deadline: June 30, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Apr 30/24)
Restrictions: Open to black women. Short fiction and personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction.
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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
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Full-length fiction manuscripts on climate change. Payment: Royalties.
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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
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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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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
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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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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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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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Deadline: June 30, 2024.
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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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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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Deadline: July 1, 2024
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Poems (up to 30 lines) or short story up to 1,000. See themes.
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Deadline: July 7, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (open 1st 7 days every 2nd month)
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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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Deadline: July 8, 2024; opens June 1, 2024.
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Prose (up to 5000 words), poetry up to 3 pieces, art. Payment: $10 for poetry, $20 for prose. See theme.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: July 31, 2024; opens July 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Apr 29/24)
Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: August 31, 2024; opens August 1, 2024 (biannually).
(checked Apr 29/24)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: September 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Jan 30/23)
Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.
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Deadline: September 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Feb 15/24)
Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes.
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Deadline: September 1, 2024; opens April 1, 2024 (biannually).
(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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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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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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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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Deadline: September 10, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
Fiction, poetry, art. “Before submitting to us please keep in mind that we are devoted to LGBTQ+ fantasy and sci-fi. Your work should strongly reflect that. We are interested in work that elevates dreams and fairy tales in the gay community and its supporters.” Payment: $3. See themes.
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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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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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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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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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Deadline: September 29, 2024.
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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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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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Deadline: September 30, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
True stories and poems up to 1200 words. “We are looking for first-person true stories and poems up to 1200 words that highlight the unique personalities that dogs have. Celebrate your dog, or a dog you know, with a wonderful story about what he or she does. Stories can be serious or humorous, or both.” Payment: $200.
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Deadline: September 30, 2024.
(checked Apr 30/24)
True stories and poems up to 1200 words. “We are looking for first-person true stories and poems up to 1200 words that highlight the unique personalities that cats have. Celebrate your cat, or a cat you know, with a wonderful story about what he or she does. Stories can be serious or humorous, or both.” Payment: $200.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: October 31, 2024; opens October 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Oct 22/23)
Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: December 1, 2024 (quarterly).
(checked Jan 30/23)
Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.
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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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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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Deadline: December 8, 2024, opens September 15, 2024 (annually).
(checked Nov 23/22)
Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Payment: $25.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
2025
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: January 31, 2025; opens January 1, 2025 (biannually).
(checked Apr 29/24)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: March 1, 2025 (quarterly).
(checked Jan 30/23)
Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: June 1, 2025 (quarterly).
(checked Jan 30/23)
Poetry, fiction, CNF. Payment: $20.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: August 31, 2025; opens August 1, 2025 (biannually).
(checked Apr 29/24)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.”
Monthly
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bi-Monthly (every 2nd month)
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).
Quarterly
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct (quarterly).
(checked Oct 22/23)
Fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $10.
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Tri Annually
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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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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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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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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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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Biannually
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Annually
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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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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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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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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Deadline: May 15 to Jun 15 (annually).
(checked May 30/23)
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: May 14, 2023; opens August 16, 2022 (annually).
(checked Apr 24/2)
Reviews, Poetry, and Visual Arts. Payment: $25.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deadline: Rolling.
(checked Apr 30/24)
Prose, poetry, visual art-based, video, or other Letter to America (generally up to 1,500 words). Payment: $50 per contribution.
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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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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.
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