I post upcoming calls for submissions shortly before 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!
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Wyldblood Press. Genre: Speculative novels and novellas. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January ?
Totally Entwined: Weres Vamps. Genre: Novellas, 30,000 - 50,000 words. Theme: Werewolves and Vampires. LGBTQ focus. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
The Rumpus: Adoptees' Stories. "We strive to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere, and to lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers we love. We work to shine a light on stories that build bridges, tear down walls, and speak truth to power." Genre: Essays. "We are looking for stories beyond a rescue, stories that complicate gratitude, stories that might label the teller “another angry adoptee.” We want to read about how relinquishment has shaped your understanding of self-worth and how your identity has evolved because of your adoption." Payment: $300 divided among all contributors. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
Mukana Press. Restrictions: Authors from Africa, South America, The Middle East, and Asia. Genre: Full length books (short story collections, memoirs and novels YA and Adult). Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
The Dry River: Industry. Genre: Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, and Poetry should be sent as completed drafts. All other genres can be sent as pitches. Payment: $30-$50 for short stories/poems/cnf, 7-10 cents per word for articles. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
Grendel Press. Genre: Dark Fantasy, Horror, and Romance.short stories. See themes. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
The Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy-tale inspired stories/poems. Payment: $50. Deadline: January 2, 2023.
Cosmic Horror Monthly. Genre: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird stories, art. Payment: 6 cents/word. 50 dollars for artwork chosen as interior content. 200 dollars for cover art. Negotiable. Deadline: January 7, 2023.
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction on theme of Europe. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: January 1, 2023. See themes.
Substantially Unlimited. Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as part of the disability community. Genre: Prose, up to 15 pages. See themes. Payment: $15. Deadline: January 1, 2023. Reprints accepted.
The Damned & The Divine: Gothic Tales of Broken Gods. Genre: Short stories (5,000 - 8,000 words) that blend mythology with Gothic/literary vibes. Payment: US: $40 + author copy/non-US: $45 + ebook author copy). Deadline: January 1, 2023.
The Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy-tale inspired stories/poems. Payment: $50. Deadline: January 2, 2023.
Bent Key. Restrictions: Bent Key amplifies marginalised voices in the UK. "For 2024, we are particularly interested in promoting the lived experiences of people from the LGBTQIA+ spectrum including non-binary voices, neurodivergent voices, and black and brown voices. Please refrain from making a submission if you do not consider yourself marginalised." Genre: Full-length fiction, poetry collections, chapbooks , all genres. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 2, 2023.
Amazing Stories. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. Length: 1500 words max. "We are interested in stories set in the future and revolving around Sol, including planets, moons, asteroids, Oort and Kuiper, you name it!" Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: January 2, 2023.
Meetinghouse. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry. Payment: $100 minimum for prose, and $20/page for stories over 5 pages. Up to 7,500 words per submission; up to 3 pieces of prose and up to 3 poems. Deadline: January 3, 2023.
Kenyon Review: "Luminous Gender Vessel." Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as visual art (including photography, prints, and comics) and multimedia pieces (including songs, audio narratives, and film, to be published online) exploring ideas and questions of gender. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 5, 2023.
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. See theme. Genre: Original short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, or art. Payment: $50 (CAD) Deadline: January 5, 2023.
The Fabulist. Genre: Fantastical and genre fiction. Payment: $25. Deadline: January 7, 2023. See theme.
Wyngraf. Genre: Cozy fantasy from 4,000 to 8,000 words long. Payment: 1 1/2 cents/word. Deadline: January 7, 2023.
Hammock. Genre: Short stories, narrative nonfiction and personal essays focused on writing from South Asia and beyond. Payment: $50 - $150. Deadline: January 7, 2023.
The Fantastic Other: Mirrors. Genre: Fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, surrealist, fabulist, and magical realism on theme: Mirrors. Fiction and poetry. Payment: $5. Deadline: January 7, 2023.
Stone’s Throw. Genre: Dark fiction, crime and noir, length between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: January 7, 2022.
Augur Magazine. Genre: Dream-touched realism, slipstream, fabulism, magical realism (note: educate yourself before you claim this term) and, for lack of a better descriptor, “literary” speculative fiction. Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under). Deadline: January 7, 2023.
Tin House. Restrictions: Eligible writers must not currently have an agent, and must not have previously published a book (chapbooks okay). Genre: Debut novels (including Graphic novels) Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 8, 2023. Opens January 7, 2023.
Diet Milk: Gothic. Genre: Gothic fiction, poetry, and art (drawings, paintings, comics, collages). Payment: $0.01/word for fiction (minimum $40); $15/poem; $50/art piece. Deadline: January 8, 2023.
Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction poetry, nonfiction. Payment: £25. Deadline: January 9, 2023.
Bennington Review. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, film writing, and cross-genre work. Payment: $120 for prose of six typeset pages and under, $250 for prose of over six typeset pages, and $25 per poem. Deadline: January 9, 2023.
Faces. Genre: Nonfiction, activities for children 9 - 14. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 9, 2023. Queries only. See themes.
Sunlight Press. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, photography, reviews. Payment: $15 - $40. Deadline: Opens January 9, 2023.
Sunlight Press. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $25. Deadline: April 30, 2021.
Fourteen Poems Genre: Poems. "We want to represent all that's thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round. To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com." Payment: £25 for each poem published. Deadline: January 13, 2023.
Alien Magazine. Genre: All types of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 10, 2023.
Fourteen Poems Genre: Poems. "We want to represent all that's thrilling about the new wave of LGBT+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work. Every issue we publish 14 of the best queer poems we’ve found, and we want to include you! We publish 4 times a year, but take submissions all year round. To be considered, email up to 5 poems, preferably in a pdf format, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com." Payment: £25 for each poem published. Deadline: January 13, 2023.
Griffith Review: Creation Stories. Genre: Nonfiction. "Creation Stories looks to the stars above and the earth below to map our ever-evolving relationships with the world around us. From archaeology and astronomy to AI and transhumanism, the preservation of traditional knowledge to the intricacies of postmodern identity, this edition travels through time and space to explore the many tales of who we are and where we might be headed." Payment: Negotiated. Deadline: January 13, 2023.
Ofic: Fandom Origin Stories. Genre: "For our fifth issue, which is our 1-year anniversary, we're accepting pieces on fandom origins, which is to say, stories about how you found fandom/fanfiction/fanart (or your experiences thereof) and what it means to you. You can interpret this prompt in any way you want, but we would prefer they be true stories, not fiction. We're opening this submission portal early so those interested have time to write and revise their pieces. We're also accepting cover art submissions around this theme." (Up to 12,000 words). Payment: Small honorarium. Deadline: January 14, 2023.
Solarpunk Magazine. Genre: Solarpunk. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $40/poem, and $75/essay. Deadline: January 14, 2023.
The Deadlands. Genre: Fiction, poetry. "The Deadlands exists in liminal spaces between life, death, and elsewhere. We are looking for fiction that concerns itself with death—but also everything death may involve." Payment: 10 cents per word for short stories, $50 per poem. Deadline: January 14, 2023. Opens January 2.
Daikaijuzine. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art. Payment: $10.00 for each short story, and $5.00 for each poem and flash fiction piece. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Opens January 2.
Seaside Gothic. Genre: Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Length: 1000 words mx. Payment: £0.01 per word. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Dark Matter. Genre: Dark speculative fiction, horror, Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
The Waking. Genre: Fiction and nonfiction, image text/hybrid work. "The Waking is Ruminate Community's online literary magazine that houses high-quality literary writing about what it’s like to be human. We are interested in short-form and flash prose as well as image-text/hybrid work. This art can be beautiful, it can be strange, we just ask that it feels true." 1500 words max. Payment: $10. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Opens January 1.
One Story. Genre: Short story. Length: 3,000 - 8,000 words. Payment: $500. Deadline: Opens January 15, 2023. (Closes when they reach their submissions cap.)
34 Orchard. Genre: Fiction, poetry. "We like dark, intense pieces that speak to a deeper truth. We’re not genre-specific; we just like scary, disturbing, unsettling, and sad." Payment: $50. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Opens January 1.
PRISM International. Restrictions: Open to writers who are indigenous, black, and people of colour. Genre: Poems, stories, nonfiction, and comics—there’s no specific theme. Payment: $40 per printed page of prose and $45 per printed page of poetry. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Samjoko Magazine is devoted to publishing "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. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Augur Magazine. Genre: Dream-touched realism, slipstream, fabulism, magical realism (note: educate yourself before you claim this term) and, for lack of a better descriptor, “literary” speculative fiction. Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under). Deadline: January 15, 2023. "For the last week (January 8th - 15th 2023) we are only accepting submissions from creators who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Disabled, and/or Trans, who are also Canadian citizens/permanent residents and/or who are living within the settler-defined borders of the land colonially known as Canada. "
Cricket Media: ASK Magazine. Genre: Science articles for children 7–10 years old. Theme: Bones. Payment: Unspecified. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Queries only.
Dose of Dread. Genre: Horror flash fiction. Preference for dread-inducing stories. Length: 400 words max. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Ativus Anthology. Genre: Fantasy short stories on theme: Ancient Gods. "We are looking for origin stories, battles between gods and demons/monsters, gods saving human civilization or wreaking wrathful havoc upon their creations." Payment: $10. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
A Velvet Giant. Genre: "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. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
The Feminist Press. Genre: Full-length manuscripts. "International literature, hybrid memoirs, and intersectional activist nonfiction, either single author or anthology. Our fiction projects range from hilarious to heartbreaking, from literary to playful. We especially encourage Black and Indigenous writers and other writers of color, queer and trans writers, and disabled and neuroatypical writers to submit." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Neon Hemlock: The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread. Genre: Horror. "We are looking for dark stories that subvert the gothic and explore the filthier edges of horror. We would like to be scandalized. We’re using the most inclusive definition of queer. Queer, trans, ace, undefinable. Throughout, we’re looking for rich, varied and nuanced understandings of gender, family and ethnicity." Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Bikes in Space. Genre: Stories about bicycling and gardens, from a feminist perspective. Stories can be in any speculative or fantastical genre—hard science fiction, space opera, epic fantasy, alternative history, paranormal romance, hope punk, modern fairy tales and anything around or in between. Payment: $50 minimum. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Full Bleed. Genre: Criticism, belle lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and graphic essays. "We are always happy to feature collaborations between writers and artists; ekphrastic creations; and groundbreaking critical essays. For Issue Six, we are especially interested in submissions on the theme of materials—their unique aesthetic qualities, social histories, means of production, environmental costs, and layered meanings. Send us work that contemplates the virtues, potential, or politics of ink, paper, oil paint, dye, textiles, charcoal, lead, soil, wood, etc." Payment: Modest honorarium. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
The Archive. Genre: "We want the weird, the unexpected, the completely new. No theme, no genre." 2,000 words max. Payment: €50. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Ploughshares. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. Deadline: January 15, 2023. (Charges for online submissions. No charge for snail mail.)
Ploughshares Solos. Genre: Fiction and nonfiction up to 20,000 words. Payment: $450 maximum per author. Deadline: January 15, 2023. (Charges for online submissions. No charge for snail mail.)
Ploughshares Look2 Series. Genre: Essays about underappreciated or overlooked writers. The Look2 essay should take stock of a writer’s entire oeuvre with the goal of bringing critical attention to the neglected writer and his or her relevance to a contemporary audience. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Queries only.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: January 15, 2023. See themes.
Neon. Genre: Speculative fiction on theme Machines. "Neon is a magazine of slipstream fiction, poetry, and artwork. We publish creative work that is fantastic or surreal, and which crosses the boundaries between science-fiction, horror and literary fiction." Payment: Minimum of £10. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Dracula Beyond Stoker Magazine. Genre: "Give us your best Renfield story. Everybody’s favorite flyman is such a rich character, yet we know so little about him. Who do you think he is?" Some poetry accepted. Payment: "Compensation will be monetary plus contributor’s copies." Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Great Weather for MEDIA: Annual Print Anthology. Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction. "Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and experimental but we do not have a set theme for our anthologies." Payment: $10. Deadline: January 15, 2023. Only pays US writers.
Wordworks. Restrictions: Open to BC and Yukon writers. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short story, and creative non-fiction. See theme. Payment: $125 for articles of 400–600 words and $250 for articles of 800–1,100 words, $100 for cover art and $25 for other interior illustrations, $50 for reprints. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Electric Spec. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $20 per piece. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Fahmidan Publishing. Restrictions: Fahmidan & Co. Publishing is a publisher for all POC & Women ardent in battle against subjugation. Genre: Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 16, 2023.
Catapult. Genre: Fiction. Payment: $200. Deadline: January 16, 2023.
The Rumpus: Enough. Genre: Essays, poetry, fiction, comics, and artwork by women and non-binary people that engage with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Payment: $300 divided among all contributors. Deadline: January 16, 2023.
Carcanet Press. Genre: Full-length poetry manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 20, 2023.
Flash Fiction Online. Genre: Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary flash fiction. Payment: $80. Deadline: January 21, 2023.
Ecotone. Restrictions: From January 16 to 25, 2023, Ecotone will be open to no-fee Submittable submissions from BIPOC writers only. Genre: Prose and poetry. "We are particularly interested in place-based work by people historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: writers and artists who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming, LGBTQIA+, women, and others. We welcome the work of emerging writers." Payment: "Honorarium." Deadline: January 25, 2023.
Muse Magazine. Genre: Nonfiction articles for children. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 16, 2023. See themes.
Rattle: Tribute to CryptoPoems. Genre: Poetry. The poems may be any style or subject, but must be minted as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on a blockchain. Payment: $200. Deadline: January 16, 2023.
Invisible City. Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 16, 2023.
Alienhead Press: Literally Dead – Tales of Holiday Hauntings. Genre: Dark fiction short stories of classic paranormal, poltergeists, ghosts, spirits, haunted places and objects, and the eerily unexplained that take place on or around the winter holidays. Payment: 6 cents/word. Deadline: January 20, 2023.
Fulcrum Publishing: Women's Reproductive Health Anthology. Genre: Creative nonfiction personal essays on abortion, contraception, menstruation, infertility, miscarriage, IVF, perimenopause/menopause, pregnancy, fibroids, PCOS, endometriosis, and any other topic related to women's health. Length: 2,000 words max. Payment: $150. Deadline: January 20, 2023. Reprints accepted.
Markaz Review. Genre: Essays, feature articles and reviews of books, film, music, theatre and art, as well as profiles/interviews of artists, filmmakers, musicians and writers (1,000–3,000 words). "We’re interested in covering a worldwide array of visual, literary and performing arts events, as well as current affairs. We also publish opinion columns (750–1,500 words)." Payment: Small honorarium. Deadline: January 20, 2023. Queries only.
Full House Literary. Genre: Prose, poetry, hybrid, photography and artwork. Payment: Royalties (?) Deadline: January 22, 2023.
Real Stories of the US Space Force. Genre: Science fiction short stories and fact articles illustrating current and future near-Earth space-related threats and dispelling misconceptions about America’s newest service branch. It will be published by Baen Books in 2023. Payment: 8 cents per word for prose, $50 for verse. Deadline: January 22, 2023.
Tolka. Genre: Non-fiction: personal essay, memoir, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, and the writing that falls in between. Length: 2,000 - 4,000 words. Payment: €500. Deadline: January 22, 2023.
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: January 22, 2023. Accepts reprints.
The Saltbush Review. Genre: Short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction (including personal essays and life writing) of up to 3,000 words on the theme of ‘Intersections.’ Shorter works such as flash fiction are also welcome, as are works that challenge genre boundaries. Payment: AUD$150 per piece of fiction and non-fiction and AUD$100 per poem or piece of flash fiction. Deadline: January 23, 2023.
The Margins. Genre: Poetry, short stories, audio, video, photography, translation, art criticism, artist interviews, essays, and the daring, genre-blurring work that falls outside those categories by emerging and established queer Asian, Asian American, and Asian diasporic writers on the theme of Mehfil: An Evening of Entertainment and Enchantment. Payment: $50 – $100 for a single poem, depending on length. $150 for flash fiction (500 to 1,000 words in length) $300 – $450 for longer works of fiction (up to ~4,000 words). Nonfiction $60 - $450. Deadline: January 23, 2023.
Raw Dog Screaming Press. Genre: Novellas (20,000-38,000 words). "If it’s dark, deviant, off-kilter and thought provoking we will sniff it out." Payment: Advance plus royalties. Deadline: January 23, 2023.
Mudroom. Genre: Poetry, fiction, essays, and essays in translation. Payment: $15. Deadline: January 25, 2023.
Ecotone. Restrictions: From January 16 to 25, 2023, Ecotone will be open to no-fee Submittable submissions from BIPOC writers only. Genre: Prose and poetry. "We are particularly interested in place-based work by people historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: writers and artists who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming, LGBTQIA+, women, and others. We welcome the work of emerging writers." Payment: "Honorarium." Deadline: January 25, 2023.
Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box. Genre: Poetry. Payment $40 CAD. Deadline: January 25, 2023.
The Bombay Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Rs. 5,000 (approx. $65). Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Every Day Fiction. Genre: Flash fiction on themes. Length: 1000 words max. Payment: $3. Deadline: January 27, 2023.
The Bombay Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Rs. 5,000 (approx. $65). Deadline: January 30, 2023.
KUA. KUA is a six-issued publication project investigating themes of universal human conditions through the lens of transnational experiences. Genre: Essays, papers, reviews, literature, interviews. Maximum 3000 words in total. Also art, music, and sonic. Theme: Displacement. Displacement will examine the relationship between migrants* and the environment. Payment: Up to £100. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Dark Moon Books: Horror Library. Genre: Horror. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: How stepping outside my comfort zone changed me. Genre: True stories and poems. "Tell us your own stories about stepping outside your comfort zone and how that changed your life." Payment: $200. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Book Hug Press: Back Where I Came From. Genre: Essays by diasporic writers about travelling to their motherlands, ie: their families’ places of origin or their own, in cases of early childhood immigration. "These travelogue essays will highlight personal insights about belonging and identity from their journeys. The collection is an invitation to readers to explore not only different points on our globe, but also the writers’ identities, the cultures surrounding and within them, and their ideas of home." Payment: $200. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Old Moon. Genre: Weird fiction and sword-and-sorcery. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
Northern Gravy. Restrictions: Open to submissions from UK & Ireland writers of any background, including first-time writers. Genre: Fiction, Poetry and Kid Lit (writing for Middle Grade and Young Adult audiences). Payment: £100. Deadline: January 30, 2023.
The Temz Review. Genres: Prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words long. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Nonbinary Review: Food. Genre: Poetry, fiction, essays, and art around the theme of Food. Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
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: January 31, 2023.
Anna Karenina Isn't Dead. Genre: Short fiction. "Tell us a reimagined tale of the famous, the infamous, the barely mentioned woman in an old story, poem, or legend. Give her a better journey than the one she got." Payment: 5 cents American per word (4 cents for reprints) up to 5,000 words. Length: 5,000 words max. Deadline.: January 31, 2023. Accepts reprints.
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: February 1, 2023.
Giramondo Publishing (Australia). Genre: Fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 1, 2023.
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: February 1, 2023.
Silver Blade. Genre: 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. Deadline: January 31, 2023. Reprints accepted.
Brigids Gate: Seers and Sybils. Genre: Fiction, poetry. "We're looking for stories about the mouthpieces of gods and goddesses. Who interprets their omens, tells their prophecies, sees their visions, and performs their miracles? And to what end?" Payment: 8 cents per word for short stories, $50 for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series. Genre: Short stories in the lesbian historic fiction genre, to be produced in audio format for the podcast, as well as published in text on the website.
Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Cloisterfox. Restrictions: Open to writers based in the UK. Genre: Genre-crossing speculative fiction with a strange, uncanny bent. Theme: Ruins. Payment: £30 per piece. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Propel. Restrictions: Open to writers based in the UK and Ireland who have yet to publish their first full-length poetry collection. Genre: Poetry. Payment: £20. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Alien Dimensions. Genre: Science Fiction, 5000-7000 words. “Set it in space, in the far future, and include some friendly non-humanoid aliens helping to solve a pseudo-scientific problem. More cerebral than stomach! Space Fiction! Written in the restrictive third person.” Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
The Temz Review. Genres: Prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words long. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Air and Nothingness Press: Gargantua. Genre: Speculative stories of massive engineering megastructures that reshape stellar systems. Length: exactly 1000 words. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Split Lip Magazine. Genre: 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. Deadline: January 31, 2023. Note: Submit early to avoid submission fees.
Be Gay, Do Time: On Queerness & Incarceration. Restrictions: The anthology is open to individuals who a) identify as queer and b) have experienced either incarceration or the threat of incarceration. (including state-mandated stays in mental hospitals as incarceration). Loved ones of those individuals may also submit. Genre: Stories, poems, essays, and visual art. Payment: $5. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Brink. Genre: Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Theme: Gravity. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). Deadline: January 31, 2023.
The Rumpus. Genre: Poetry. "We strive to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere, and to lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers we love. We work to shine a light on stories that build bridges, tear down walls, and speak truth to power." Payment: $300 divided among all contributors. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Event. Genre: Fiction, poetry, non-fiction and book reviews. Payment: $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Fanatical. Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Payment: £20. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Belmont Story Review. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: $100 for prose, $50 for poetry. Deadline: January 31st, 2023.
Gwyllion. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Dark Recesses Press. Genre: Horror/dark fiction pieces 500-5000 words. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Zoetic Press: Family. Genre: Poetry, fiction, essays, and art on theme: Food. Payment: $0.01/word for prose, $10 for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
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: January 31, 2023.
Dragon Gems. Genre: Fantasy and science fiction short stories, 2,000 - 6,000 words. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: January 31, 2023. Reprints accepted.
Dragon Soul Press: Song of the Siren. Genre: "All mermaid, siren, selkie, rusalka, etc. stories are welcome. All genres are accepted." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Nashville Review. Genre: Fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Headland. Genre: Short literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Payment: NZ$50 per piece. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Otoroshi Journal. Genre: Horrorku, horror tanka, and horror haibun, art. Payment: Poetry, $1. Art, $10. Deadline: January 31st, 2023.
The Bureau Dispatch. Genre: Short stories between 500 to 1,500 words on theme: Wayfinding. Payment: $50. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Sistories. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, visual art, and photography from Southern Black women, nonbinary femmes, and gender-expansive folks. See theme. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Good Life Review: Monday Micro. Genre: Micro-prose and short poetry. Payment: $25. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
Peregrine Pocketbooks. Genre: Nonfiction books, length: 20,000 words. "Books that take a closer look at some of our favorite films, books, games, and TV shows. With this series, we aim to take the insight and passion from Filmmakers Without Cameras and use it to produce quality, insightful publications from a variety of writers." Payment: £150 advance and 50/50 split on royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2023.
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The Common. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid works by current and former farmworkers of all ages, as well as those raised in farmworker families who experienced the stories and effects of this work through their parents or other relations. Work may be submitted in English or Spanish. Payment: $200 for prose pieces and $40 per poem. Deadline: February 1, 2023.
Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Short Story-2,500 words or less. $0.01 USD per word/$25 USD and copy of magazine; Flash Fiction-less than a 1,000 words $0.01 USD per word/$10 USD; Poems-less than 200 words $10 upon acceptance and a PDF of the magazine. Deadline: February 1, 2023.
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