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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Contested Landing Anthology. Genre: Military Science Fiction. Payment: "a percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors." Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Flash Frog. Genre: Flash fiction ghost stories. Length: 1000 words max. Payment: $25. Deadline: Opens February 1, 2024.
Riddlebird. Genre: Literary fiction, personal essays. Payment: $100. Deadline: Opens February 1, 2024. (Closes when they reach their quota)
Lightspeed. Genre: Science fiction flash fiction, up to 1500 words. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Fiction, 15 cents/word. Poetry, $10. Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Bigfoot Country. Genre: Stories about Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti. The genre is open. Payment: $100 CAD. Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Plumwood Mountain: An Australian and International Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics. Genre: Poetry. Theme: ‘Queering Ecopoet(h)ics’ Payment: $80. Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Cordite. Genre: Poetry. Payment: Not specified. Payment is available for Australian contributors only. Deadline: February 4, 2024.
Bad Day Book. Genre: Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 - $75, depending on length. Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction. See themes. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: February 2, 2024.
Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals: Odin. Genre: Speculative fiction. "Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales." Theme: Odin. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Deadline: February 4, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals: Anansi. Genre: Speculative fiction. "Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales." Theme: Anansi. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Deadline: February 4, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Flame Tree: Myths, Gods & Immortals: Medusa. Genre: Speculative fiction. "Myths, Gods & Immortals brings together the new and the ancient, familiar stories with a fresh and imaginative twist. Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales." Theme: Medusa. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Deadline: February 4, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Xanax Hamster. Genre: Horror flash fiction that has been rejected by other publications. Payment: 5 cens/word. Deadline: February 4, 2024.
Sci Phi Journal. Genre: Hard science fiction, fictional nonfiction, and speculative philosophy. Translations accepted. Payment: €0.03/word; €0.01/word for translations. Deadline: February 4, 2024.
Roses and Wildflowers. Genre: Mythopoeic fiction, poetry & art. Payment: $5. Opens February 5, 2024.
Mukoli. Genre: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with peacebuilding. Payment: $75. Deadline: February 5, 2024.
Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Utopian science fiction. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. Deadline: February 6, 2024.
Speculation Publications Utter Speculation Novella Series. Genre: Novella. "The Collection of Utter Speculation series speculates about what is behind real mysteries and legends. The stories must start with the known facts. They can be rooted in real world explanations or supernatural causes, but they need to answer the question, what causes this?" Novellas should be 20,000 - 35,000 words. Payment: Royalties? Deadline: February 7, 2024.
Big Wing Review. Genre: Essays, prose, flash fiction, poetry, spoken word, and visual art works for work that explores relationships – one-to-one, groups, families, romances, friendships; challenges, highs, lows, patterns, and parallels. Payment: $5 for poetry, $10 for prose. Deadline: February 7, 2024.
Headland. Restrictions: Open to Māori writers. Genre: Poetry, short fiction and nonfiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: February 7, 2024.
Puncher &Wattmann. Genre: Full-length, fiction, memoir, poetry. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 10, 2024.
Fallen Tree Press. Restrictions: Open to writers from the U.S. and Canada only. "We are looking for poets that are BIPOC and/or age 50 and over." Genre: Poetry chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
The Suburban Review. Genre: Prose, art, poetry. See theme. Payment: AUD150-275 for prose; AUD125-275 for poetry; comics and art AUD100-300. Deadline: February 11, 2024. No submission fee for Australian residents.
Falling Star Magazine. Genre: Short stories between 2,000 – 5,000 words on the theme of having to move forward to, heading toward and eventually finding a new home, and poetry. Payment: Poetry $10. Fiction pays $20. Deadline: February 11, 2024.
Escape Artists: CatsCast. Genre: Speculative fiction stories about cats. (Podcast) Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: February 11, 2024. Reprints accepted.
Cast of Wonders. Genre: YA Speculative fiction. Podcast. See theme. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. Deadline: February 14, 2024.
Augur Magazine. Restrictions: Open to 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. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories and poetry. Translations accepted. Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under). Deadline: February 14, 2024.
Tales and Feathers. Restrictions: Open to 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. Genre: Cozy SFF fiction up to 2500 words. Payment: 11 cents CAD/word. Deadline: February 14, 2024.
Crimson Quill. Genre: Fantasy. Payment: $25. Deadline: February 14, 2024.
The Lorelei Signal. Genre: 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. Deadline: February 15, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Lucent Dreaming. Restrictions: Open to submissions from d/Deaf and Disabled writers aged 16+ who are Welsh and / or Wales based. Genre: Poetry, prose and creative non-fiction. Payment: £50. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
Apex Magazine. Genre: Speculative microfiction in the form of tourist brochures, travel blogs, and travel guides to the strangest, darkest places you can imagine. Word count: Up to 250 words. Payment: $10 and a digital copy. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
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: 0,10/word for fiction, $100 for nonfiction, and $40-300 for art. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
STREET MAGIC II. Genre: Speculative fiction. "Magic. Hiding right under our unsuspecting noses, or swirling around all around us. When we’re talking about Street Magic, it’s probably closer than you think." Length: 6000 – 9000 words. Payment: Royalty sharing. Deadline: February 15, 2024. Reprints accepted.
Omenana Magazine. Restrictions: Open to writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Genre: speculative fiction. Payment: $20. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
Prairie Fire. Restrictions: Open to Canadian women writers fifty and over 50. Genre: Fiction, poetry, CNF. Payment: Prose: $0.10 per word; Poetry: $40 per poem. Deadline: February 15, 2024. CLOSED
Dudes Rock! Genre: Speculative fiction (however vague) that highlights “queer masculinity.” Payment: $15. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
Carte Blanche (Canada). Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations. comics, photography. Payment: $75. Deadline: February 15, 2024.
Luna Station Quarterly. Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $5. Deadline: February 15, 2024. Some reprints accepted.
Muse Magazine. Genre: Nonfiction articles for children. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: February 15, 2024. See themes. Queries only.
The Spectacle. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $50. Deadline: February 16, 2024
Faces. Genre: Nonfiction, activities for children 9 - 14. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: February 19, 2024. Queries only. See themes.
The Deadlands. Genre: 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: $50 per poem. Deadline: February 20, 2024.
Flash Fiction Online. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. Payment: $100. Deadline: February 21, 2024.
Corvid Queen Journal. Genre: Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. "Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales." Payment: $5. Deadline: February 22, 2024.
Heduan Review. Genre: Fiction, poetry, prose poems, personal essays, reviews, art. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: February 25, 2024.
Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box. Genre: Poetry. Payment $30 CAD. Deadline: February 25, 2024. This is a monthly call.
Uncanny Magazine. Genre: Speculative flash fiction (750-1500 words). Payment: 10 cents/word. Deadline: February 26, 2024.
Jewish Futures II. Genre: Science fiction and fantasy stories that will speculate on the past, present, and future of the Jewish people. What will Jews be up to many years from now? How do Jews deal with magic, sorcery, and demons? Payment: five cents a word (for a maximum total payment of $250). Deadline: February 26, 2024.
Rough Cut Press. Restrictions: Open to the LGBTQIA community. Genre: Experimental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. "We seek personal, lyrical, critical, and experimental work in under 650 words." Theme: Withhold. Payment: $25. Deadline: February 27, 2024.
Apparition Lit. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry on theme. See theme. Payment: $30. Deadline: February 28, 2024. Opens February 15. Submission periods are extended by a week for BIPOC creators only.
The New Quarterly. 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. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
New Myths. Genre: Speculative fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: 3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $50 for all submissions, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction and poetry; $50 for book reviews; $80 for art. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Game Over Books. Genre: Full-length fiction and poetry manuscripts. "We like manuscripts that tell a story and have an overall arc to them." Payment: 30% royalties and 25 author copies. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Inked in Gray: Affection. Genre: Short stories by women of color that talk about the affection and show us a fresh, unique view on the topic. Payment: $45. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Alternative Milk. Genre: Short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays and other text based submissions. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Haven Speculative. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 8¢ per word for fiction and $20 for poetry. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Fanatical. Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words. Payment: £20. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Fahmidan Publishing is a publisher for all POC & Women ardent in battle against subjugation. Genre: Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Typehouse. Restrictions: In honor of Black History Month, no-fee submissions are open for all Black creators, not limited to those in the US. Genre: Prose, poetry, art. Payment: $25. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, messages from heaven, angels. Genre: True stories about miracles, angels, messages from heaven, premonitions, amazing coincidences and other unexplainable but good events! Payment: $200. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The power of thinking positive. Genre: True stories and poems. "How did you “think positive” and how did it change your life? Tell us your success story about using the power of positive thinking!" Payment: $200. Deadline: February 28, 2024.
Little Ghost Books. Restrictions: "We are looking for transgressive horror fiction, queer fiction, and Canadian writers. LGBTQA+ folks, POC writers, and first time submitters are encouraged!" Genre: HORROR NOVELLAS between 17,500- 50, 000 words. Payment: Royalties? Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Subterrain. Genre: Creative nonfiction, commentary, fiction and poetry. Payment: Poetry: $50 per poem; Prose: $.10 per word (to a maximum of $500). Deadline: February 29, 2024. No fee if submitted by mail. Journal is located in Canada.
LYRA. Genre: "L=Y=R=A is a quarterly literary magazine publishing experiments and language." (Make of that what you will.) Payment: "Honorarium." Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Timber Ghost. Genre: Flash fiction and poetry. Payment: $5. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Conium Press. Genre: Magical realist, surrealist, and experimental fiction: Chapbooks. Payment:
Ten copies and a small honorarium. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Anvil Magazine. Genre: Fantasty, scifi, western, and many other sub-genres. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
JOURN-E The Journal of Imaginative Literature. Genre: Adventure, Detection & Mystery, Fantasy, Horror & the Supernatural, and Science Fiction. Payment: One (1) cent per word for prose fiction and non-fiction, BUT with the following maximums: Up to $50.00 maximum for short stories; up to $35 maximum for scholarly articles; up to $15 maximum for reviews. Poetry from 3-13 lines--$7.50. Poetry from 14-50 lines--$15.00. Poetry over 50 lines--$15.00 plus 25 cents per line over 50 lines up to a maximum of $35.00. Interior Illustrations--$25-$50.00 (half-page to full-page). Cover Art in Full RGB Color--$100 [will be commissioned, or the illustrator should contact the editor with a concept before finished work and submission]. Deadline: February 29, 2024. Note: closes once 100 submissions have been received.
Adi: Disobedience. Genre: Fiction. “We’re looking for short fiction about the past, present, and future of disobedience to orthodoxies of all kinds – from political doctrines to religious creeds to artistic or intellectual frameworks. We want stories of the rebellions, heresies, theoretical revolutions, and moments of civil disobedience that catalyze this world and alternative worlds." Payment: $200 for flash fiction up to 1,000 words; $500 for longer stories, up to 5,000 words. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Shotgun Honey. Genre: Horror/crime mashup between 1000 and 5000 words. Payment: $25, Deadline: February 29, 2024.
The Rumpus. Genre: Essays. Payment: $400 divided among all contributors. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
The Rumpus: Enough. Genre: Personal essays, critical essays, poetry, comics, and hybrid work by women and non-binary people who engage with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Payment: $400 divided among all contributors. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
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: February 29, 2024.
Corvid Queen Journal. Genre: Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and pieces that are in-between up to 5,000 words. "Feminist tales, feminist retellings of traditional tales, and personal essays related to traditional tales." Payment: $5. Deadline: February 29, 2024. BIPOC writers only.
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: February 29, 2024.
Triangulation—Hospitium. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry. See theme. Payment: 3 cents per word for short stories, 25 cents per line for poetry. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Mud Season Review. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, CNF, Art. Payment: $50. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Mariscat Press. Genre: Poetry pamphlets. 20-24 poems (maximum 24 pages) Payment: Royalties? Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Alien Magazine. Genre: All types of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art. Payment: $20. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Gwyllion. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: £10 per accepted story or poem. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Malahat Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: CAD $70/page. Deadline: February 29, 2024. Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.
Southword. Genre: Poetry. Payment: €50 per poem. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Dragon Soul Press: Rogue Waves. Genre: "All mermaids (and their kin), kraken (sea monsters), underwater civilizations, etc. stories are welcome. All genres are accepted." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Epic Echoes Magazine. Genre: Action/Adventure, SFF, Horror, Mystery. Payment: $10. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Nightlight (Podcast). Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Genre: Horror. Flash fiction (750-1,500 words) Payment: 5 cents per word. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Slay and Slay Again! An Anthology of Queer Horror. Restrictions: Preference will be given to submissions from LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC authors. Genre: Horror short fiction and poetry. Payment: $30. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Cricket Media: ASK Magazine. Genre: Science articles for children 7–10 years old. Theme: Make It Yourself. Payment: Unspecified. Deadline: February 29, 2024. Queries only.
JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Adaptive Press. Genre: Sci-fi and fantasy short stories centered around people’s pets. Word counts from 500 to 1,500 words. They will consider flash series - three or more flash tales built around a common theme. Payment: $25 - $50. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
AND A FEW MORE...
A Touch of Aether. Genre: Urban fantasy. Length: 5,000 - 10,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Mukoli. Genre: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with peacebuilding. Payment: $75. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
My Galvanized Friend. Restrictions: Submissions must be LGBTQIA+ content created by LGBTQIA+ identified submitters. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, and essays between 500 and 3,500 words as well as works of poetry and original works of art. Payment: $25 per fiction/nonfiction/essay and $10 per page of poetry. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. Payment: $400. Deadline: March 1, 2024. See themes.
Midstory Magazine. Genre: Personal essays written by women about life, love, loss, and friendship at midlife. Payment: $50. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Eerie River. Genre: Horror and dark fantasy novels. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Block Party Press. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction. See themes. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Gully. Genre: Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and visual art. Payment: US$15 for poems and Gullets (flash fiction and non-fiction of less than 1,000 words) and US$30 for features and longer fiction (1,000 words and over). Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Iron Horse. Genre: Poems, stories, and essays. Payment: $100 per essay or story, and $50 per poem or flash piece. Deadline: March 1, 2024. Note: Open one day only for free submissions.
Bad Day Book. Genre: Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 - $75, depending on length. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Thema: Bookmarks. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Bookmarks. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: March 1, 2024. Accepts reprints.
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