This November there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.
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!
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.
Barrelhouse.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, essays, and comics on theme "Something's Missing."
Payment: $50.
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.
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.
The Century.
Genre: First-person narratives (under 1,000 words) on Threshold.
Payment: $100.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
The Iowa Review.
Genres: Poetry, prose.
Payment: $1.50/line for poetry and $0.08/word for prose.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Fee for online submissions. No fee for mailed submissions.
Ninth Letter.
Genre: Poems and short fiction. "The theme for this issue is Return. As in, to return to a former place, person, or situation. Haven’t we been here before?"
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
Last Girls Club.
Genre: Feminist horror. Poetry, short stories, flash fiction, essays. Theme is DEVOUT: Martyrs, Cults, and Mayhem. What do you find frightening about deeply religious people and social movements? What does feel like to be “possessed “ by a god or goddess?
Payment: $10 - $25.
Deadline: November 1, 2021.
MacroMicroCosm.
Genre: Speculative poetry, prose (fiction & non-fiction), comics & art. AKA. a mix of sci-fi, fantasy, magic realism, futuristic. Non-fiction should tie in to the theme of the greater work and include either literary theory, philosophy, or science.
See themes.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 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: November 7, 2021.
Opens to submissions on November 1.
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: November 7, 2021.
Opens to submissions on November 1.
Starward Shadows Quarterly.
Genre: Dark speculative fiction and art.
Payment: $10 for flash fiction, $0.01 per word for each accepted short story.
Deadline: November 7, 2021.
Shooter.
Genre: Stories, essays, memoir and poetry to do with enchantment and scheming, in any context. "Black magic, witchcraft and wizardry are the obvious subjects, but we welcome wider interpretations of the theme: anything to do with political manipulation, backroom dealings, romantic plotting, duplicitous gamesmanship, or charismatic trickery is sought."
Payment: £25 per story and £5 per poem. Stories that fall below the requested minimum of 2,000 words will be paid at poetry rates. Artists will be paid £25 for use of their work as magazine illustration.
Deadline: November 7, 2021.
Havok.
Genre: Flash fiction on Theme of PARTNERS & PREDATORS.
Payment: $10 via PayPal for each story published in an Anthology.
Deadline: November 7, 2021.
If I Die Before I Wake - Tales Of Savagery And Slaughter. Genre: Short stories, 4000 - 12,000 words. "Submissions must contain elements of savagery and slaughter, conducted by a person, an animal, a being other than human, or an unknown/original type of perpetrator. We are very much interested in stories with extremely original plots and not the typical “person slaughters a bunch of other people” type stories. Bonus points if the setting of the story is unique." Payment: $30 - $50. Deadline: November 8, 2021.
GEEZ.
Genre: Nonfiction, pitches only on theme “Holy Fool.” "Geez is a quarterly, non-profit, ad-free, print magazine about social justice, art, and activism for people at the fringes of faith in both Canada and the US."
Payment: $30 - $100.
Deadline: November 10, 2021.
Silver Apples.
Genre: Fiction, creative non-fiction, and one-act plays on theme: Bad Decisions.
Payment: Token.
Deadline: November 10, 2021.
The Fabulist Magazine.
Genre: All forms of science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, literary fabulism, mythology, folktales, genre remixes and the like up to 8,000 words.
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 12, 2021.
Haunted MTL.
Genre: Horror.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 12, 2021. (
Or until filled)
This.
Restrictions: Canadian residents only.
Genre: Fiction, poetry.
Payment: $125 per accepted short story up to 2500 words. $60 per flash fiction story under 1000 words.
Deadline: November 12, 2021.
Bright Wall/Dark Room.
Genre: Essay on theme: FUBAR."
This December, we’re looking for essays on movies and TV series where everything’s FUBAR. Because, well, let’s admit it: Everything is FUBAR.”
Payment: $100.
Deadline: November 12, 2021.
Shoreline of Infinity.
Genre: Science fiction, fantasy.
Payment: £10/1000 words.
Deadline: November 13, 2021.
One Story.
Genre: Short story. Length: 3,000 - 8,000 words.
Payment: $500.
Deadline: November 14, 2021.
Solarpunk Sunscapes: Optimistic Visions of the Future.
Genre: Speculative fiction. "Solarpunk tells optimistic and hopeful stories about future societies (near-future or distant) powered by renewable energy, and where nature and technology coexist in harmony rather than in conflict."
Payment: $.02 per word, $30 per poem + contributor copy.
Deadline: November 14, 2021.
Cordite.
Genre: Poetry.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 14, 2021.
Dose of Dread.
Genre: General horror flash fiction. Preference for dread-inducing stories. Length: 500 - 1,000 words.
Payment: $10.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Typehouse.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction.
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
The Margins.
Genre: Flash fiction by emerging and established Asian, Asian American, and Asian diasporic writers.
Payment: $120.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
swim meet lit mag.
Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, hybrids, visual art and photography. Preference for work involving swimming.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Muse Magazine.
Genre: Nonfiction articles for children on theme of Show Me How.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
The Other Stories (Audio).
Genre: Horror on theme of Cults.
Payment: 15 GBT.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Lamplight. Genre: Dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction. Payment: Unpublished Fiction: 3¢ per word, $150.00 max. Reprints: 1¢ per word up to 7,000 words. Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Songs of Eretz.
Genre: Poetry, cover art on theme of Place.
Payment: $5.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Speculative City.
Restrictions: Open to writers who specifically identify as queer and BIPOC.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, and essays that are centered within the cityscape.
Payment: $20-$55.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Luna Station Quarterly.
Restrictions: Open to women writers only.
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Payment: $5.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Some reprints accepted.
Dark Peninsula Press: The Cellar Door. Genre: Horror/thriller stories that take place in or near the woods. "We're looking for slightly shorter stories this time around (2,000 to 5,000 words). Although everyone is welcome to submit, we have a special preference for women authors this time around."
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Cobblestone.
Genre: Fiction, poetry and nonfiction articles of historical accuracy and lively, original approaches to the themes for children from ages 9–14.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 15, 2021.
See themes. Queries only.
Yaba Left Review. Genre: Poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Payment: Small honorarium. Deadline: November 15, 2021.
Griffith Review 76: Acts of Reckoning.
Genre: Essays and creative non-fiction, reportage, fiction, poetry, memoir and picture stories. "Acts of Reckoning is a wide-ranging discussion of the multifaceted issues at play in Australia’s fraught journey towards a full settlement with Indigenous peoples."
Payment: Negotiated.
Deadline: November 18, 2021.
clavmag.
Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ+ writers.
Genre: Short fiction and life writing. "we created clavmag to fulfil our need to shout into the literary void, and as a platform for other people who feel the same way."
Payment: £52.
Deadline: November 18, 2021.
Buckmxn Journal.
Restrictions: Open to residents of Oregon and SW Washington.
Genre: Fiction and creative non-fiction.
Payment: $100.
Deadline: November 18, 2021.
Claw & Blossom. Genre: Flash fiction and poetry about the natural world on theme of Glow.
Payment: $25.
Deadline: November 21, 2021.
Submit early in the month to avoid submission fees.
Flash Fiction Online.
Genre: Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction.
Payment: $80.
Deadline: November 21, 2021.
Flame Tree Publishing: Weird Horror Anthology.
Genre: Weird Horror. "Weird or cosmic horror combines the dark brooding shadows of the night with the presence of elder gods at the edges of our world." 2000-4000 words.
Payment: 8 cents/word.
Deadline: November 21, 2021.
Reprints accepted.
Mikrokosmos: Mojo.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, CNF.
Payment: $15.
Deadline: November 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: November 24, 2021.
Opens on the 10th.
Prairie Fire.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, CNF on theme of Uncharted Territory. "Tell us about a time you (or a fictional character) either deliberately threw away the roadmap and set out on a new, uncharted course into the unfamiliar and unexpected, or a time when an external catalyst such as loss, illness, poverty, a social movement, a work of art, or a pandemic changed the way you think, or sent you in a new direction and changed the course of your life."
Payment: Prose: $0.10 per word; Poetry: $40 per poem.
Deadline: November 24, 2021.
The Periodical, Forlorn: Haunted Houses.
Genre: Stories about spooky old houses and the creep-crawlies that float forlornly down back passageways, leave strange cold spots in libraries, and come out at night to terrify unsuspecting guests.
Payment: $15.
Deadline: November 25, 2021.
Every Day Fiction.
Genre: Flash fiction on holiday themes. Length: 1000 words max.
Payment: $3.
Deadline: November 26, 2021.
Night Shift Radio.
Genre: Fiction, non-fiction, memoir - 7,000-10,000 words.
Payment: $50 or $25.
Deadline: November 28, 2021.
Opens November 21.
Mythulu Magazine: Steam vs Substance.
Genre: Erotic/romance short stories. "How spicy can relationships get without taking clothes off? On the other hand, what gives erotica purpose? We are looking for three stories across the spectrum: One erotica piece with extraordinary depth. One "mass appeal" intensity romance containing clever taboos made approachable. One PG-level romance focused on love that transcends personal ownership."
Payment: $0.06/word or $15/page. Non-fiction pays $0.08/word. Creative works earn $0.04/word, with short stories capped at $75.
Deadline: November 28, 2021.
Hub City Press.
Restrictions: Southern poets only.
Genre: Poetry manuscripts.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 28, 2021.
Opens November 26.
Kaleidotrope.
Genre: 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.
Payment: For fiction, $0.01/word (1 cent a word) USD. For poetry, a flat rate of $5 USD per accepted piece. For artwork, a flat rat of $60 for cover art.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
DreamForge.
Genre: Science fiction and fantasy short fiction and poetry.
Payment: $0.06/word. Payment for reprints is $0.03/word. Poems are paid at the rate of $25 to $100.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Accepts reprints.
Black Coffee & Vinyl Presents: The City.
Genre: Poetry, prose, music, art on theme "The City." "We are seeking art, words, and sounds that explore, critique, celebrate and interrogate the urban landscape, culture and environment. The city, a place, should play a central role in the work and should be a central character or focus. We are seeking a diverse range of city representation from large cities to small, from real to imagined."
Payment: $50.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Cricket: Ask Magazine.
Genre: Nonfiction articles for children 7–10 years old who are curious about science and the world they live in. Theme: Wild in City. Can wild plants and animals survive in a city?
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Pitches only.
Fly on the Wall Press.
Genre: Poetry, fiction, flash fiction on theme: Power.
Payment: £20.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Crimeucopia.
Genre: Crime Fiction.
Payment: Reprints - To a Maximum of - £7.00 at present - but negotiable. New Material - 1,000 - 5,000 - up to £10 .00 at present. New Material - 6.000 - 10,000 - up to £20.00 at present.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Event.
Restrictions: Open to Canadian writers only.
Genre: Poetry.
Payment: $40/page for poetry.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Note: Submit early in the month.
Stories of the Eye.
Genre: Horror stories that explore the complex relationships between artists and models. "Go beyond the male gaze. Show us the queer gaze, the disabled gaze, the un-colonialized gaze, the intergalactic gaze."
Payment: 2 cents/word.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
The Fuckening.
Genre: Funny, speculative fiction short stories and poetry that embody The Fuckening. All stories must be science fiction, fantasy, horror, or a combination of the three. "These stories can be witty, goofy, dark, sarcastic…whatever, we don’t care, as long as they are speculative fiction and contain a reference to The Fuckening and maintain a general theme of fuckery (we mean this in the non-pornographic sense)."
Payment: $10.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Podcastle.
Genre: Fantasy podcast. Length: Up to 6,000 words.
Payment: $0.06/word for original; $100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction reprints.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Broken Sleep Books.
Genre: Poetry pamphlets (up to 40 pages).
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Hiraeth Books: parABnormal Magazine.
Genre: Stories, poetry, nonfiction about the paranormal.
Payment: $25 for fiction, $20 for articles, $7 for reviews, $6 per poem.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Cast of Wonders.
Genre: YA Speculative fiction. Podcast.
Payment: $.08/word for original fiction of any length (yes, including flash!). For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
The New Southern Fugitives.
Genre: Previously unpublished writing and art.
Payment: $40 per book review, $40 per poem, $40 per photograph or piece of visual art, $15 per page for prose (min $45 and max $105)
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Split Lip Magazine.
Genre: Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist.
Payment: $50 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.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Note: Submit early in the month.
Dark Recesses Press.
Genre: Horror/dark fiction pieces between 500-5000 words.
Payment: 5 cents/word.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Note: Only pays for print magazine.
Ninth Letter.
Genre: Prose and poetry.
Payment: $25 per printed page, with a maximum payment of $150, as well as two complimentary copies of the issue in which the work appears.
Deadline: November 30, 2021.
Spartan.
Genre: Literary prose, 1500 words max.
Payment: $20.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
The Fiddlehead.
Genre: Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, art, and poetry.
Payment: $60 CAD per published page.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Dragon Soul Press: Rogue Tales.
Genre: Fairytale. "Fairytales will never be the same in this reverse harem anthology. All versions of bedtime stories, folklore, etc are welcome." Word Count – 5,000-15,000.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Dragon Soul Press: Everlast.
Genre: Romance. "Romance can be difficult on its own, even before adding the complications of time travel to the equation. These couples find themselves from separate timelines in history, but cross paths due to unforeseen circumstances." Word Count – 5,000-20,000.
Payment: Royalties.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Baltimore Review.
Genre: Poetry; send up to three poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, videos (including poetry), and cross-genre work.
Payment: $40.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Nimrod.
Genre: Poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Payment: $10 per page, with a $200 maximum.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.
Pirating Pups.
Genre: Stories with adventure-loving dogs, puns, water and fun. "I’m looking for sailors, submariners, explorers, Vikings and more. Fun stories filled with excitement, drama, treasure-seeking, sword fights, discovering new worlds and dogs, dogs, dogs."
Payment: $50 CAD.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Opens October 1.
Abandon.
Genre: Writing and artwork that has been created with abandon.
Payment: $15.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
The Hudson Review.
Genre: Fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments.
Payment: Not specified.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021. (Fiction only)
The Gravity of the Thing: Stranged Writing.
Genre: Defamiliarized writing. "The contents of the collection will be curated according to biological taxonomy (species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain) using word count, and the final form of the collection will be a cloth hardcover with a screen-printed dust jacket from Prieto Screenprinting. Each dust jacket will fold into a unique literary organism or book sculpture, the goal being a dimensional and tactile reading experience during these largely digital times."
Payment: $5 - $25.
Deadline: November 30th, 2021.
Awake.
Restrictions: Open to black authors only.
Genre: Poems, essays, flash fiction, creative nonfiction on theme: Odyssey.
Payment: $15.
Deadline: November 30, 2021. (Deadline extended)
And a few more...
Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
Genre: Short stories and poetry.
See themes.
Payment: 20.00 USD for featured authors, or $10.00 USD for stories published on their &More page and $5.00 USD for poems.
Deadline: December 1, 2021.
Abbey Review.
Genre: Short stories, poems, and screenplays.
Payment: $30 per short story, poem, and screenplay, and the best piece of writing gets paid an additional $70, for a total of $100.
Deadline: December 1, 2021.
Archive of the Odd.
Genre: Speculative fiction, horror preferred. “Archive of the Odd is a zine of uncanny occurrences, told in even stranger ways.” They’d like a variety of time periods. Stories can be in any format, except traditional prose. Some of the suggested formats are: academic papers; technical writing; medication warning sheets; sales papers; newspaper articles; recipes; knitting/crochet/weaving/what-have-you guides; care guides (plant, animal, rock garden, etc); or any other unusual format. Submissions do not have to be entirely in text.
Payment: $15-25 for fiction of 500-5,000+ words.
Deadline: December 1, 2021.
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