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!
Note: I update this list continually throughout the month, so check back frequently for new submission calls.
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The Forge Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction. Length: Under 3,000 words preferred. Payment: $75. Deadline: Opens September 1, 2024. They open to fee-free submissions on the first of each month and close when they reach their quota.
Teach. Write. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. "I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students or about teaching and learning." Payment: $15. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
The Bombay Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, poetry, translated fiction/poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Indian rupees 5,000 (approx. $61) per contribution. Deadline: Opens September 1, 2024.
Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Fraidy Cat Quarterly. Genre: Horror, dark fantasy. Payment: Flash fiction (400-1,500 words long, $10 per accepted piece); Short stories (1,501-8,000 words long, $20 per accepted piece); Black and white artwork ($10 per accepted piece). Deadline: Opens September 1, 2024. May close early if cap is reached.
Snake Bite Books: Creature Feature Classics #2. Genre: Fiction about vampires. Length: 3,000-8,000 words. Payment: £20. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Edge City. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. Payment: $30. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Midnight and Indigo. Genre: Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, and Personal Essays written by Black women writers. Theme: Music. Payment: $50 - $100. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Talk Vomit. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Themes: American Gothic, Caregiving. Payment: Fiction and nonfiction - $10-30; poetry - $5-15. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Lucent Dreaming. Genre: Poetry, prose, art, and creative non-fiction. Payment: £30 - £80. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Orion's Belt. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art. Length: 1200 words max. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Book Worms. Genre: Horror: fiction, poetry, and essays. See theme. Length: Up to 1,500 words. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: September 1, 2024. See themes.
Seems a Little Crazy! Genre: Speculative Fiction. Packed full of Aliens, Deep State government, Reptilian Overlords, and more! Show us your freakiest Conspiracy Theory! Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Uncanny Magazine. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: 10 cents/word. Deadline: September 2, 2024.
Affirm Press. Restrictions: They only accept Australians. Genre: All literary and genre fiction. For non-fiction, they are interested in most subjects that have a connection to Austria. authors or authors based in Australia, and only manuscripts that haven’t been previously published. They only accept submissions on the first Monday of each month. Read their submission guidelines here. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 2, 2024.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: September 2, 2024. Opens September 1. This is a monthly call.
Funicular. Genre: Fiction, poetry, flash fiction. Payment: Short story: $10/printed page (up to a maximum of $100); Flash: $25 per piece; Poetry: $25 per piece. Payment for print only. Deadline: September 2, 2024.
Stone's Throw. Genre: Noir, dark fiction, crime short stories. Length: between 1,000 and 2,000 words. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: September 4, 2024.
Wyrd West. Genre: Tales about monsters and magic in the Old West. Payment: Royalty split. Deadline: September 6, 2024.
EVERGREEN: Tales of Winter Shadows. Genre: Fictional stories of the dark and stillness and what light brings out of the shadows. Stories of transformation. Stories of cold forests, elves and magickal places. Stories of witch magick, the occult and ghosts. We want modern retellings of Yaldā, Soyal, Roman Saturnalia or the Dongzhi Festival. Stories of the winter solstice, Bodhi Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Omisoka, and Kwanzaa. Look into your ancestral roots and tell us about the long dark nights and short, but bright, days of light your ancestors endured, and tell us how they made it through. Payment: $20.00 for original fiction; $10.00 for poems; $5.00 for reprints. Deadline: September 6, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Cursed Morsels. Genre: Micro fiction poetry, CNF. See themes. Payment: 10 cents/word. Deadline: September 7, 2024.
Black Ink Books. Restrictions: Open to Australian writers. Genre: Full-length general, literary and commercial non-fiction – including history, current affairs, memoir and biography. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 7, 2024. Note: Open to submissions the first week of every month.
Apparition Lit. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry on theme. See theme. Payment: $30. Deadline: September 7, 2024. Submissions for BIPOC creators only September 1 - 7.
Griffith Review. Genre: Short (1,000-1,500 words) pieces of commentary and critique that engage with contemporary culture, literature, politics and more. Payment: $500. Deadline: September 8, 2024. Pitches only.
Dark Dead Things. Genre: Speculative short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. "We want your weird, sci-fi, and horror fiction (or nonfiction). As long as it’s strange, scary, or subversive, we’ll consider it." Payment: $25 per short story or nonfiction piece; flat rate of $10 per poem. Deadline: September 8, 2024.
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: September 10, 2024.
Shenandoah. Genre: Fiction. Payment: $80 per 1000 words of prose up to $400. Deadline: Opens September 10, 2024, and closes when they reach capacity.
Orion's Beau. Genre: Gay fantasy: fiction, poetry, art. Payment: $3. See themes. Deadline: September 10, 2024.
Epic Echoes. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, adventure, horror, and everything in between. Payment: $10. Deadline: September 14, 2024.
Dorothy. Genre: Full-length works of feminist fiction or near fiction or about fiction. "Each fall, we publish two new books simultaneously. We work to pair books that draw upon different aesthetic traditions, because a large part of our interest in literature lies in its possibilities, its endless stylistic and formal variety." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 14, 2024.
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Genre: Reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years, essays on the crafts of poetry and chapbook making or publishing, and features about authors or publishers of chapbooks. Payment: $10. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye. Genre: Horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Payment: $30 for flash fiction, and $100 for short stories. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Myriad: Embalm. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. "Elena wants to read your afterlife horrors, your epistolary rituals, your lovelorn viscera, your drowned momenuents. She’s excited by prose that’s experimental in voice or narrative structure. She’s also a big fan of the weird and grotesque. Above all, they want stories that will burrow themselves deep in the reader’s chest, whether from fear, revulsion, or sentiment." Length: Up to 1000 words. Payment: $20 CAD per flash fiction acceptance. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Book XI. Genre: Personal essays, memoir, fiction, science fiction, humor, and poetry with philosophical themes. See theme. Payment: $200 for prose; $50 for poetry. Deadline: September 15, 2024. Closes when cap is reached.
Rainy Weather Days. Genre: "Cozy" genre fiction. Length: 1,500-15,000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Fifth Wheel Press: light em up. Restrictions: Open to queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming writers. Genre: Poetry, prose poetry, short prose (<1500 words), and other experimental writing by queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming writers. Payment: $5. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Weird Horror Magazine. Genre: Horror. Payment: 2 cents a word. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Eye to the Telescope: Outlaws. Genre: Speculative poetry. Theme: Outlaws. Payment: $0.04/word (up to $25). Deadline: September 15, 2024.
The Rumpus. Genre: Fiction. Payment: $400 divided among all contributors. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Penumbric. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
The Green Sheaf. Restrictions: Submissions for this issue will be reserved for Black female-identifying and Black gender-fluid writers. Genre: Flash fiction and poetry on theme: Anansi. Payment: $0.10/word for fiction up to 500 words, and $50 for poetry. Deadline: September 15, 2024.
Carte Blanche (Canada). Genre: Poetry, fiction, CNF, translations. comics, photography. Payment: $75 CAD. Deadline: September 16, 2024.
Electric Literature. Genre: Personal essays. Length: Up to 6,500 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: September 17, 2024. Opens September 3, closes when cap is reached.
The Ex-Puritan. Genres: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment: $100 per nonfiction piece, $50 fiction, $15 per poem. Deadline: September 25, 2024.
Acta Victoriana. Genre: Poetry, fiction, art. Payment: $20. Deadline: September 20, 2024.
Flame Tree Publishing: Myths, Gods, and Immortals. Genre: Fiction on theme Morgana le Fay. Length: 3,000-4,000 words. Payment: $0.08/word for originals. 6 cents for reprints. Deadline: September 22, 2024. Reprints accepted.
Reckoning. Genre: Creative writing and art about environmental justice. Poetry and prose. Payment: 8 cents a word for prose, $30 a page for poetry, art negotiable, minimum $25 per piece. Deadline: September 22, 2024.
Flame Tree Publishing: Myths, Gods, and Immortals. Genre: Fiction on theme Achilles. Length: 3,000-4,000 words. Payment: $0.08/word for originals. 6 cents for reprints. Deadline: September 22, 2024. Reprints accepted.
Elastic. Genre: Poetry, essays and short fiction (of up to 4,500 words), and visual art of all kinds on theme: Dying. Payment: "We pay relatively well for a small magazine." Deadline: September 23, 2024.
Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box. Genre: Poetry. Payment $40 CAD. Deadline: September 25, 2024. This is a monthly call. Submit by the 25th of each month.
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction. See themes. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: September 27, 2024.
Coffee Stories Volume 2. Genre: Speculative fiction. "We invite our authors to visit our favorite coffee merchant, King Harv’s Coffee, and pick a variety from his amazing list. Then write a fantastical story about the detective work, the journey, the adventure of finding the oh-so-perfect plant. Don’t limit yourself to this planet! OR SF! Sword and Sorcery works too!" Payment: Royalty split. Deadline: September 27, 2024.
Story Unlikely. Genre: Fiction and nonfiction up to 10,000 words. Payment: 8 cents a word for stories up to 2,500 words. Stories longer than this are capped at $200 payment. $75 max for reprints. Deadline: September 29, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Dragon Soul Press: A Winter Kiss. Genre: "All Christmas stories. As long as Christmas is involved, the story qualifies. All genres. Happily Ever After not required." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Apex Magazine. Restrictions: Open to authors who have never been paid for their published works. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, horror. Payment: $.08 per word up to 9,000 words. Minimum of $50. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Short Story, Long. Genre: Short stories, 2k-8k words long (3,000-5,500 range preferred). Payment: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
My Galvanized Friend is a new publication focused on highlighting works from those identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. 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: September 30, 2024.
DreamForge. Genre: Science fiction and fantasy short fiction up to 7000 words. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Polar Borealis. Restrictions: Open to Canadians only. Genre: Speculative poems. Payment: $10. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Sundress: Anthology of Poetry by Sexual Assault Survivors. Genre: Poetry by sexual assault survivors. Payment: "Small honorarium." Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Aurealis. Restrictions: Australian and New Zealand writers. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy or horror short stories between 2000 and 8000 words. Payment: A$20 and A$60 per 1000 words. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Honeyguide Magazine is a bi-annual magazine that features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and blog posts about animals and their human neighbors. Payment: $25 for the story, $5 for cartoons. Only pays for featured articles. Deadline: September 30, 2024. See themes.
Underdog Press. Genre: Novellas, science fiction or fantasy or any subgenre in those groups. Payment: $.03/word. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Tales of Folk Horror. Restrictions: Submissions are open to residents of the British Isles only, or those overseas who can demonstrate a strong link to the British Isles. Genre: Original British folk horror fiction between 4000 and 8000 words. Payment: £20. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. Genre: Short stories and poetry. See themes. Payment: $50.00 USD for featured authors, or $20.00 USD for stories published on their &More page and $10.00 USD for poems. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Bright Mirror Anthology. Genre: Utopian science fiction. Payment: $10. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Rebel Satori Press. Restrictions: Open to LGBTQIA+ poets living in New Orleans. Genre: Book-length single-author collections of poetry. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Cat Stories. Genre: True stories and poems. "We are looking for first-person true stories and poems up to 1200 words that highlight the unique personalities that dogs have. Celebrate your dog, or a dog you know, with a wonderful story about what he or she does. Stories can be serious or humorous, or both." Payment: $200. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Lethe Press: Witchcraft in Your Lips. Genre: Lesbian-themed folk magic and witchcraft novellas (20K - 30K words.) Payment: $750. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Trollbreath Magazine. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Payment: 4 cents/word. 1/2 cent/word for reprints. Deadline: September 30, 2024. Accepts reprints.
JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Heartlines. Restrictions: 50% of content is from writers identifying as being from Canada/Turtle Island. Genre: Speculative fiction and about relationships. "We're looking for short fiction and poetry focused on long-term relationships: platonic, romantic, or familial. We don't want the blaze of new love or the obsession of a new friend. We want pieces that show that comfort that develops when people know each other for years." Stories - 1,000 - 3,500 words. Payment: $0.08 CAD per word for short fiction (1,000-3,500 words) and $60 CAD flat per poem. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
The Cincinnati Review. Genre: Literary nonfiction (up to 20 pages), fiction (up to 40 pages), poetry, poetry translations, drama, and art. Payment: $25/page for prose in the journal, $30/page for poetry, $25 for miCRo posts or special features. Deadline: September 30, 2024. Note: Opens on the first day of the month and closes once they hit the submissions cap.
Hub City Press. Genre: Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. "We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2024. BIPOC writers only.
Hearth Stories. Genre: Speculative fiction. "We publish fiction and poetry that explore connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world. The stories often fall into a fantasy, science-fiction, or magical realism sort of “slice of life.” Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Freefall. Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Genre: Fiction, poetry, prose, art. Payment: $10/page prose up to $100 and $25 per poem plus a copy of the issue the work is published in. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Chestnut Review. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Deadline: September 30, 2024. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.
Haven Speculative. Restrictions: Open to submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 8¢ per word for fiction and $20 for poetry. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
University of Alberta Press. Genres: Poetry, creative and trade nonfiction, and short fiction by Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. They do not publish novels. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 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: September 30, 2024.
Small Harbor Publishing. Genre: Chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2024. All fees are waived for BIPOC identifying writers.
Event Magazine. Restrictions: In August and September 2024, we are particularly seeking submissions from self-identified BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) writers, whose communities are historically underrepresented. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: CAD $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
The Deadlands. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction. "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: $100 per essay, 10 cents/word for fiction. Deadline: September 30, 2024. Accepts reprints.
Santa Rage: 12 Tales of Murder and Mayhem. Genre: Crime fiction. "This anthology is based on the idea that one night, while out making deliveries, Santa snaps thanks to the holiday stress and goes on a killing spree. Bonus points awarded for story elements involving meth or drug dealing, strippers, and the best dose of karma Santa ever dealt that did not involve coal." Payment: $25. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Split Lip Magazine. Genre: Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $75 for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews web issues. Deadline: September 30, 2024. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.
Hellbound Books. Genre: Horror. See themes. Payment: $5. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Period Priority Anthology. Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Genre: Narratives, poetry, essays and reflections illuminating the diverse experiences of individuals in Newfoundland and Labrador with regards to menstruation. Payment: $0.01 CAD per word. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Kenyon Review. Genre: Prose, drama, poetry, translations, excerpts. See theme. Payment: $0.08 per published word of prose (minimum $80, maximum $450) and $0.16 per published word of poetry (minimum $40, maximum $200). Deadline: September 30th, 2024.
Riverfolk Publishing: Technology-based horror. Genre: Technology-based horror. Payment: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
French Press Publishing: Strange New Moons. Genre: Werewolf stories. Payment: $0.03 per word. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Inkd Publishing: Hidden Villains – Criminals. Genre: Speculative fiction stories with a hidden villain and a tale involving the criminal. You could be chasing them down, victimized by them, or be the criminal; however you want to include them. Payment: $0.01-0.02/word + royalty share. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Sentinel Creatives: Leviathan – An Anthology of Industrial Horror. Genre: Horror. "We’re looking for original weird tales set in the Victorian period that explore the human (and inhuman) experience through the lens of horror." Payment: $125 – $200. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Written Backward: You, Human, Vol. 2. Genre: Speculative fiction. What does it mean to be human? Once again, Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics will be re-evaluated and revised to help define humanity, this time by novelettes (7,500 – 15,000 words max). Payment: $0.10/word, capped at $500. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
AND A FEW MORE...
Sundog. Genre: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. Payment: $50. Deadline: Opens October 1, 2024, and closes when they reach capacity.
Flash Fiction Online. Genre: Flash fiction. Payment: $100. Deadline: Opens October 1, 2024, and closes when they reach capacity.
Toronto Journal. Genre: Short stories from anywhere in the world. "We will also consider non-fiction pieces about local history (Toronto, GTA, and surrounding)." No word limit. Payment: $50 CAD per piece. All published writers will also receive two printed copies of the issue in which they appear. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
The Paris Review. Genres: Fiction, poetry. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: Opens October 1, 2024, and closes when they reach capacity.
Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works. Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Cutleaf. Genre: Literary nonfiction. Length: Less than 6,000 words. Payment: $100 to $400. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Bright Wall/Dark Room. Genre: Essays on film and TV. See theme. Payment: $100 per essay. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: October 1, 2024. See themes.
Cogs and Cutlasses. Genre: Steampunk Adventure Fiction. Theme: A collection of piracy themed stories, set in a steampunk environment. Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Science Fiction Is a Drag! Genre: Science fiction stories that are, first and foremost, drag. Payment: $50. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
The Last Line. Genre: Fiction that ends with the last line provided. Payment: $20-$40. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
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