I post calls for submissions on the first day of every month. But as I am collecting them, I post them on my page, Calls for Submissions. You can get a jump on next month's calls for submissions by checking that page periodically throughout the month. (I only post paying markets.)
Also see Paying Markets for hundreds of paying markets arranged by form and genre.
Happy submitting!
Quill and Crow: Grimm and Dread.
Genre: Short stories (5,000 - 8,000 words) that give Grimm's Fairy Tales a unique and creative twist - extra points for maintaining a Gothic feel.
Payment: US: $40 + author copy/non-US: $45 + ebook author copy).
Deadline: October 5, 2021.
Scum.
Genre: Feminist-friendly work of any variety, but as a general rule your piece should be under 2000 words (50 lines for poetry, max. 3 poems) and able to be classified as “fiction”, “culture”, “memoir”, “column”, “poetry”, and/or “review”.
Payment: $60 AUD.
Deadline: October 7, 2021.
Opens to submissions on October1.
Fantasy Magazine.
Genre: Fantasy short stories, flash fiction, poetry.
Payment: 8 cents per word for original short stories and flash fiction. $40 per poem.
Deadline: October 7, 2021.
Opens to submissions on October1.
Bright Wall/Dark Room.
Genre: Essay on theme: Generations."Our November issue will be our 101st, and we want to mark the occasion with essays on cinematic generations in all their forms.”
Payment: $100.
Deadline: October 8, 2021.
Luna Novella.
Genre: Speculative fiction novellas by writers who identify as "Other than White."
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: October 10, 2021.
Where the Weird Things Are.
Restrictions: Open to writers from Australia and New Zealand.
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Payment: $15AUD for each accepted story and free e-copy of the anthology.
Deadline: October 10, 2021.
Untethered.
Genre: Poetry and visual art or pieces that blend those mediums.
Payment: $20 (CAD).
Deadline: October 10, 2021.
Gordon Square Review.
Genre: Poems, stories, essays, and spoken word pieces that describe, imagine, advance, or respond to themes and emotions evoked by Odilon Redon's art.
Payment:$25 per accepted prose piece and $10 per accepted poem.
Deadline: October 10, 2021.
Deadset Press.
Restrictions: Open to writers from Australia and New Zealand. Genre: Speculative fiction novellas.
Payment: Each successful author will receive a payment of $100 upon publication, plus 50% royalties of ebook sales and 40% royalties of paperbacks.
Deadline: October 10, 2021.
Shoreline of Infinity.
Genre: Science fiction, fantasy.
Payment: £10/1000 words.
Deadline: October 13, 2021.
Dose of Dread.
Genre: General horror flash fiction. Preference for dread-inducing stories. Length: 500 - 1,000 words.
Payment: $10.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Dorothy is an award-winning feminist press dedicated to works of fiction or near fiction or about fiction.
Genre: Full-length manuscripts.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Muse Magazine.
Genre: Nonfiction articles for children on theme of A Star Is Born.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Contemporary Verse 2.
Genre: Poetry. Theme: Sick Poetics. "We are looking for poetry that explores the limits and boundaries of sickness, disability, illness, madness, and crip."
Payment: $30.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Fat Coyote.
Restrictions: Writers must be neurodivergent.
Genre: Poetry, fiction, CNF, Art, Photography, Comics.
Payment: 3 cents/word for prose. $1 line for poetry. $30 - $40 for art.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Midnight Echo.
Restrictions: Open to writers in (or originally from) Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands.
Genre: Original, previously unpublished horror fiction, poetry and non-fiction on horror-related subjects.
Payment: AU$0.05/word for fiction (that’s 5 Australian cents per word). Word limit: 5,000 words firm. $20 AUD per poem.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Consequence Forum.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, reviews, visual art, and translations focused on the human consequences and realities of war and geopolitical violence.
Payment: $40 - $80.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Translunar Travelers Lounge.
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Payment: $0.03 per word with a minimum of $20.
Deadline: October 15, 2021. Opens September 21, 2021.
Mirror, Mirror.
Genre: Short stories (prose poems will also be considered), to include a mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical, history, and romance elements on theme of "Mirrors."
Payment: 6¢/word on acceptance.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Wordworks.
Restrictions: Open to BC and Yukon writers.
Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short story, and creative non-fiction on theme of Beginnings.
Payment: $125 per page for original articles, $100 for cover art and $25 for other interior illustrations, $50 for reprints.
Deadline: October 15, 2021.
Neon Hemlock.
Genre: Queer speculative fiction novellas. Wordcount: 17,500–40,000 words.
Payment: Advance+Royalties option or a Royalties Only option.
Deadline: October 16, 2021.
AHVAZ // AAVAZ // AVAAZ.
Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers who identify as South Asian.
Genre: Poetry.
Payment: $25.
Deadline: October 18, 2021.
Belt Magazine.
Genre: Features, essays, poetry, and photography for a series on the ‘Indigenous Rust Belt.’ "We are particularly interested in stories that engage with the geographies and everydayness of Indigenous life in the contemporary Rust Belt.”
Payment: Various rates.
Deadline for pitches/submissions: October 18, 2021.
Going Down Swinging.
Genre: Fiction, creative non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, digital and interactive literature, poetry, comics, artworks, spoken word, commentary, and essays. "This month, we’re particularly looking for submissions of speculative fiction and pieces about love, but we’re also happy to receive your submissions of any theme."
Payment: Prose under 500 words $60; Prose over 500 words $170; Poem $100; Comic (less than 5 frames) $180; Comic (longer than 5 frames/demonstrative of extensive effort) $220.
Deadline: October 20, 2021.
Scare Street.
Genre: Horror short horror stories with a focus on ghosts, the supernatural, paranormal, monsters, and dark tales.
Payment: $10 for every 1,000 words prorated, $50 for every 5,000 words prorated, and so on.
Deadline: October 20, 2021.
Suburban Review.
Genre: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, and art on theme of Ugly.
Payment: $75- $150.
Deadline: October 20, 2021.
Flash Fiction Online.
Genre: Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction.
Payment: $80.
Deadline: October 21, 2021.
Isele.
Genre: Flash fiction, fiction, poetry, non-fiction, visual work, hybrid works, etc. on theme of Woman.
Payment: Modest.
Deadline: October 22, 2021.
Tales From Between.
Genre: Horror flash fiction.
Payment: $20.
Deadline: October 22, 2021.
Story Seed Vault.
Genre: Microfiction tweets based on science.
Payment: Short Fiction (<150CH) $3AUD per story; Long Fiction (>150CH/<200CH) $2AUD per story.
Deadline: October 24, 2021.
Opens on the 10th.
Fusion Fragment.
Genre: Science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes ranging anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 words.
Payment: Both previously unpublished work and reprints pay 3.5 cents (CAD) per word, up to a maximum of $300 (CAD) per story.
Deadline: October 24, 2021.
Accepts reprints.
ongoing.
Genre: Prose in any genre up to 1000 words based on musical prompt.
Payment: 30CAD.
Deadline: October 26, 2021.
580 Split.
Genre: Poetry, visual art, photography, short stories, creative nonfiction on theme "Fever Dreams."
Payment: $50.
Deadline: October 27, 2021.
Thuggish Itch.
Genre: Horror, sci-fi and speculative fiction stories. Theme: By the Seaside.
Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 2500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2500 words.
Deadline: October 30, 2021.
Rahila's Ghost Press.
Genre: Poetry chapbooks.
Payment: Royalties (?)
Deadline: October 30, 2021.
khōréō.
Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. "This includes, but is not limited to, first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, persons who identify with one or more diaspora communities, persons who have been displaced or whose heritage has been erased due to colonialism/imperialism, transnational/transracial adoptees, and anyone whose heritage and history includes ‘here and elsewhere’. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work."
Genre: stories, essays, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element.
Payment:
0.08/word for fiction, $100 for nonfiction, and $40-300 for art. Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Prolit.
Genre: Poetry, prose, and visual art that corresponds to the themes of work, money, and/or class.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Room Magazine.
Restrictions: Room publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art by folks of marginalized genders, including but not limited to women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.
Genre: Original short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, or art.
Payment: $50 (CAD)
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Silver Blade.
Genre: Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy poetry and fiction.
Payment: $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Rattle.
Genre: Poetry. Ekphrastic Challenge.
Payment: $100.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
MetaStellar.
Genre: Science fiction, fantasy or horror. 1000 words max.
Payment: 8 cents per word.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Mud Season Review.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, CNF, Art.
Payment: $50.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Kissing Dynamite.
Genre: Poetry microchap manuscripts.
Payment: $50.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Madhouse Books: Dark Secrets Anthology.
Genre: Horror stories of sinister secrets and hidden evil. "We are seeking stories of the evil of mankind. We are not seeking stories with paranormal elements. Think serial killers, secret identities, and hidden pasts."
Payment: $10.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Harbor Review.
Genre: Poetry.
Payment: $10.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
And the Walls Came Crashing Down.
Genre: Short stories about the Fuller family. (The editors provide you with the characters and the setting.) "Anything that's dark, creepy, weird and just a little off-kilter. We're open to genre fiction, particularly anything related to horror, science-fiction, speculative fiction or weird fiction. But we're also interested in anything that twists or subverts these genres in some unexpected way."
Payment: $15.
Deadline: October 31, 2021. (May close early)
Otoroshi Journal.
Genre: Horrorku, horror tanka, and horror haibun, art.
Payment: Poetry, $1. Art, $10.
Deadline: October 31st, 2021.
JMS Books: Jolly Holidays.
Genre: LGBT romance. "Stories set during winter holidays: New Year’s, Valentine's Day. Please state the holiday in your submission so we know where it might fit into our schedule."
Length: 12,000 words or higher.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Nonbinary Review.
Genre: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and flash, up to 3000 words on theme of Person of Interest.
Payment: For prose, 1¢ US per word, and $10 US per poem.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Titanic Terastructures.
Genre: Speculative fiction set in or about megastructures, gigastructures, TERASTRUCTURES!
Payment: $5 per thousand words.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Reprints accepted.
Dream Pop Press.
Genre: Chapbook manuscripts in the genres of poetry, speculative diary, and hybrid work that confounds definition 20-50 pages in length. "We lean heavily toward more experimental, non-narrative work in general."
Payment: $200.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Trees Anthology.
Genre: Dark speculative fiction involving trees.
Payment: $10.
Deadline: October 31, 2021. (Or until filled.)
Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Eerie River Publishing: It Calls from the the Veil.
Genre: Horror. "Give me your nightmares. These stories should take place in our reality with a supernatural twist. Think evil entities."
May have elements of Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction and Cosmic horror. But must have the intention to scare the readers. Payment: Up to 3000 words $10.00; Up to 5000 words $15.00; Above 5001 words $20.00. Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Brick.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Payment: $55–660, depending on the length of accepted work, plus two copies of the issue the work appears in and a one-year subscription to the magazine.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Carousel.
Restrictions: Open to Canadians only.
Genre: Poetry and fiction.
Payment: Poetry: $20 per poem — Fiction: $40–$80 per story — Experimental Reviews: $20–$40 per review.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Gordon Square Review.
Genre: Poetry and prose.
Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Black Hare Press: War Anthology.
Genre: Short stories. THEME : War/conflict. Must be dark, any genre. 5,000 words minimum.
Payment: $50.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Cutleaf.
Genre: Fiction, nonfiction.
Payment: $100 to $400.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Lost Boys Press: Heroes Anthology.
Genre: "Write a story using a hero/heroine from any era or culture and the original major plot points from their legends to craft a retelling in an entirely alternate setting."
Payment: $50.
Deadline: October 31st, 2021.
Save the World.
Genre: Speculative fiction. "We’re focusing exclusively on climate change futures. Stories should be science fiction/climate fiction (cli-fi) with a hopeful tone. Stories can focus on a proposed solution to part or all of climate change, or on adaptations that will allow us to live with it." Length: Minimum 2,500, Maximum 15,000 words.
Payment: $75-$125 per piece.
Deadline: October 31st, 2021.
Sage Cigarettes: Cryptids.
Genre: Poetry, art, flash fiction, nonfiction on theme of Cryptids.
Payment: $5 - $20.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Journalstone.
Genre: Horror manuscripts. Minimum word count for novels and fiction collections: 50,000. They don’t have a maximum word count, but anything over about 120,000 words will be a hard sell. Minimum word count for novellas: 20,000.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Dark Matter.
Genre: Science fiction and horror.
Payment: 8 cents/word.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Genre: True stories about Kindness. "Has someone performed an act of kindness for you? How did it feel? Did you pay it forward and do something kind for someone else? Did that person know it was you doing that kind thing? Did you do something kind for a stranger knowing you would not be paid back? How did that feel?"
Payment: $200.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
Freefall.
Restrictions: Open to Canadians only.
Genre: Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art.
Payment: $10/page prose up to $100 and $25 per poem plus a copy of the issue the work is published in.
Deadline: October 31, 2021.
AND A FEW MORE...
The First Line.
Genres: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided. (See site.)
Payment:
$25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 - $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction. Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Ornithopter.
Genre: Poetry chapbooks.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Death in the Mouth.
Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists from around the world.
Genre: Horror. "We're looking for original manifestations of horror, dread, grief, fear, and anxiety. Embodiments of mania and displacements of faith. Harrowing ecstasy and debilitating hope. Consuming, relentless love. Transgressions of the body, the spirit, and the community. Quiet, creeping absurdities. Unique and terrifying alien mythology from the future. Weird and unsettling folklore from secondary worlds. Quiet contemporary techno-panic."
Payment: 8 cents/word.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Some reprints accepted.
Lethe Press.
Genre: Speculative fiction, especially queer speculative fiction, historical fiction. Full-length manuscripts.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Thema: Get It Over With! Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Get It Over With!
Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Accepts reprints.
Foglifter.
Genres: Poetry, prose, cross-genre work. "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."
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
ellipsis… literature & art.
Genre: Poetry, short fiction, drama, and creative non-fiction.
Payment: $3 per page.
Deadline: November 1, 2021. (Only pays American writers.)
The Other Stories (Audio).
Genre: Horror on theme of Video Games.
Payment: 15 GBT.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Future Fire: Noir.
Genre: "We are looking for stories that combine themes or aesthetic from Noir fiction and cinema with the existing goals of TFF (progressive, feminist, queer, postcolonial, inclusive, accessible, ecological and international speculative and genre fiction)."
Payment: $50. Reprints $25.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Reprints accepted.
United Faedom.
Genre: Cozy Romance. Theme: Young Adult/Clean Adult. Length: 8k-10k.
Payment: $20.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Some reprints accepted.
United Faedom.
Genre: Romantic Fantasy. Theme: Adult rated, mild erotica. Length: 8k-10k.
Payment: $20.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Some reprints accepted.
Cardinal Rule Press Genre: Children’s picture books that empower children through meaningful stories for readers, age 4-11. They also publish non-fiction books for parents (word count up to 70k).
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
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