87 Calls for Submissions in June 2025 - Paying markets

This June there are more than seven 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 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 Temz Review. Genre: Prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words long. Payment: $20. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2025.

The Forge Literary Magazine. Genre: Prose. They prefer stories under 3,000 words but will consider up to 5,000 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2025. Free submissions open on the 1st of each month and close when cap is reached.

The Paris Review. Genres: Prose. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

Okay Donkey. Genre: One flash fiction OR one poem per author, per submission period. See website for details. Payment: $20. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2025 and closes when cap is reached.

The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: June 1, 2025. See themes.

The Offing. Genre: CNF: Insight. Payment: $25 - $100. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices. Genre: All genres. "This anthology will be a collection of stories that take the reader on a journey with the author’s protagonist as they go through a trial and are forced to take an action, to make a choice." Payment: 1 cent per word for original stories or a flat $10 for reprints. Deadline: June 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Breath and Shadow. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama; these pieces do not have to be "about" disability. However nonfiction, academic, and similar articles (profiles, interviews, opinion pieces) do have to relate to disability in some way. Payment :The pay scale is $30 for poetry, $40 for fiction, and $40 for nonfiction. In addition to publication and payment, Breath & Shadow will post links to contributors' work on other sites. Deadline: June 1, 2025

It Takes a Village Anthology. Restrictions: Open to  Canadian writers/authors only, with some preference for writers from British Columbia. Genre: Poems, flash fiction, short stories, science fiction, fantasy, romance, literary, contemporary, and more. Theme: Community. Payment: $5 for poetry sets (up to 5 pages); $10 for flash fiction (up to 1000 words); $25 for fiction stories up to 5000 words +$2/1000 words for over 5000 for fictions stories up to 10,000 words. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

IHRAM Publishes. Genre: Poetry, fiction, esssays, art. Theme: Invisible Chains: Contemporary Slavery and Forced Migration. Payment: $50 for writing, $25 for art. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

IHRAM Press: Today’s Pressured Youth: What Will They Say? Genre: "We invite submissions that amplify the voices of young people—firsthand accounts from youths, reflections on the author’s personal experiences, stories of resilience, and perspectives on isolation or societal pressures." Payment: $50. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Wallstrait. Genre: Flash fiction, longer stories, hybrid, and experimental stuff you can't quite define. Length: Up to 5,000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: June 1, 2025. 

Eerie River. Restrictions: Open to underrepresented Canadian authors. Genre: Novels or novellas in the genres of dark fiction, dark romance, horror romance, or horror, Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Green Writers Press is an independent, Vermont-based publishing company dedicated to spreading environmental awareness and social justice by publishing authors who promulgate messages of hope and renewal through place-based writing and environmental activism. Genre: Adult/juvenile fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Eternal Haunted Summer. Genre: Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Music. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

The Big Issue. Restrictions: Open to Australians. Genre: Fiction. Payment: $500. Deadline: June 2, 2025.

Affirm Press accepts all literary and genre fiction. For non-fiction, they are interested in most subjects that have an author 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 and twice yearly on their children’s & teen list. Read their submission guidelines here. They only accept Australians. Deadline: June 2, 2025.

Griffith Review. Genre: Nonfiction. See theme. Payment: Up to $500. Deadline: Opens June 2, 2025.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: June 2, 2025. Opens June 1.

Stone's Throw. Genre: Noir, dark fiction, crime short stories. Length: between 1,000 and 2,000 words. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: June 4, 2025. Note: This is a monthly call.

Strange Horizons. Genre: Speculative fiction novelettes. Payment: 10 cents/word. Deadline: Opens June 4, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

The Fabulist. Genre: Fantastical flash fiction. Payment: $100. Deadline: June 4, 2025. Opens June 3.

University of Queensland Press has launched the careers of many celebrated Australian writers, such as David Malouf, Peter Carey, Kate Grenville, Doris Pilkington and Nick Earls. Originally founded as a traditional university press, UQP has since branched into publishing books for general readers in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Indigenous writing and youth literature. UQP publishes books across the following categories: non-fiction (history, politics, current affairs, biography and memoir, environmental issues), literary fiction, including short stories, children’s and young adult (YA) books (fiction and non-fiction), poetry. They do not publish books in the following categories: Genre fiction (including romance, science fiction, fantasy, and erotica), travel guides, cookbooks, self-help books, plays/scripts/music scores, textbooks, unrevised theses or conference proceedings. Read their submission guidelines here. Deadline: June 7, 2025. Open the first seven days of every month.

Black Inc. Restrictions: Open to Australians. Genre: Full-length general, literary and commercial non-fiction – including history, current affairs, memoir and biography. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 7, 2025.

Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction poetry, nonfiction. See theme. Payment: £30. Deadline: June 9, 2025.

Samjoko Magazine. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, play, screenplay. Payment: $20. Deadline: June 10, 2025.

Inkd Publishing: Beyond. Genre: Science Fiction. Word Limit: 2,000 to 8,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 10, 2025.

Vellum Mortis. Genre: Horror. Length: 1000 words max. See theme. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 10, 2025.

Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 14, 2025. Reprints accepted.

Poetry Magazine. Genre: Poetry. Payment: For text poems, $10/line with a minimum honorarium of $300 per poem. For visual poems, audio poems, and video poems, $300 per poem. If a piece is published in multiple formats, such as print and video, payment is made for each format. For prose, $150 per published page. Deadline: June 14, 2025.

Plott Hound. Genre: Speculative fiction starring animals. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories About Pets. Genre: "From backyard to barnyard; from couch to coop; from aquatic to aerial; from indoor to outdoor; from fins to fur to feathers - we want to hear about all your pets." Payment: $200. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Kozy Krampus. Genre: Cosmic horror. See theme. Payment: $0.01/word. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Baffling. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. Length: Under 1200 words. See themes. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Singapore Unbound: Suspect. Restrictions: Open to authors who identify as Asian. Genre: Fiction and essays (maximum 6,500 words) or poetry (maximum 10 pages). See theme. Payment: $100. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Yellow Arrow Vignette. Restrictions: Open to people who identify as women and live or have lived in the Baltimore area. Genre: Creative nonfiction, poetry (including spoken-word poetry), and cover art. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Propagule. Genre: Short stories that are intrepid with regard to experimentation and oddity; the strange, the surreal, the atypical, the unexpected. Payment: $30 (max). Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Bull City Press. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks. Payment: Royalties (?) Deadline: June 15, 2025.

100-Foot Crow. Genre: Speculative fiction drabbles. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

The Necronomicon of Sherlock Holmes. Genre: Sherlock Holmes stories. Payment: $125. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Kopi Break. Restrictions: Open to those affiliated with Singapore and the Singaporean diaspora. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Quarter Press: Quarter(ly). Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. See themes. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 15, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, "and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

The Savage Waves of Spring. Genre: Noir/neo-noir stories that take place in a beach locale (ocean, lake, river, etc). Payment: $50. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Eye to the Telescope. Genre: Speculative poetry. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word, up to $25. Deadline: June 15, 2025. 

Grain Magazine. Genre: Fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: CAD50/page up to CAD250 for writing, up to CAD500 for art. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Shooter. Genre: Fiction, poetry, CNF, art on theme of Sweet Hereafter. Payment: £25 per story and £5 per poem. Deadline: June 22, 2025.

Stygian Lepus Magazine. Genre: Dark speculative fiction. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 25, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Harbor Editions: Hybrid Chapbook Reading Period. Genre: Hybrid chapbook. Chapbooks should be around 20-50 pages. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025. No submission fee for BIPOC writers.

Chestnut Review. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Deadline: June 30, 2025. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

The Hudson Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

105 Meadowlark Reader. Restrictions: You must be a Kansas resident or have lived in Kansas at some point in your life. Genre: True stories about Kansas written by Kansans. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Codhill Press. Genre: Poetry manuscript. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Midnight & Indigo. Restrictions: Open to black women. Genre: Fiction, personal essays. Payment: 7 cents/word for fiction, $100 for essays. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Unicorn Press. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Something Old, Something New. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $10 - $20. Deadline: June 30, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Inanna Publications. Genre: Full-length fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and essays on ideas, society, politics, culture and the arts that speak to the diverse lives of women around the world. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Dracula Beyond Stoker. Genre: Fiction based on Stoker’s characters. See theme. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Hellbound Books. Genre: Pandemic horror. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Hellbound Books. Genre: Extreme horror. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Hellbound Books. Genre: Campfire stories. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Lucky Jefferson. Restrictions: Open to Latin/Latin-American Writers and Artists. Genre: Poetry, prose, art on theme: Estallido. Payment: $15 - $25. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Lucky Jefferson. Genre: Poetry, prose, art on theme: Fissure. Payment: $15 - $25. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Off Topic: Trans and Genderqueer Voices Anthology. Restrictions: The work must be written by a trans/genderqueer person or people. Genre: Poems, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, essays, and unclassified other writing of any style and theme. Payment: $20CAD. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Redacted. Genre: Personal essay related to your personal experience with divorce. Length: Up to 3000 words. Payment: $125. Deadline: June, 30, 2025. 

Hope in A Grimdark World. Genre: Science fiction. All stories should have a message of hope whilst surrounded by darkness. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Zombies Need Brains: SKULL X BONES. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy stories where the story revolves around pirates. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Anvil Press. Restrictions: Open to writers living in Canada. Genres: Full-length books per year in the following genres:
• literary fiction (short story collections, novels, uncategorizable prose)
• creative nonfiction
• memoir
• essay collections
• poetry
• books about Vancouver history (preferably off-beat or little-known history)
Read submission guidelines here. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Spells and Fangs. Genre: All stories featuring witches and vampires are welcome. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Smokelong. Genre: Flash narrative up to 1000 words. They are looking for prose that is troubling, that explores our darkest fears. Payment: $100/$150 with audio, upon publication. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

The Rialto. Genre: Poetry. Payment: £20. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

BP Review: Genre: Writing on the theme of "Excess." Payment: $100. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Haven Speculative. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 8¢ per word for fiction and $20 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Saturday Mourning Television. Genre: Short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids' TV. Payment: $35. Deadline: June 30, 2025. 

foofaraw zine. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

SpecPoVerse. Genre: Speculative poetry. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Allegory. Genre: Speculative Fiction and nonfiction. Payment: $15. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Black Hare Press. Genre: Dark stories, in any genre. Payment: 5,000 to 10,000 words  – $20 USD, 10,000 to 17,000 words– $30 USD.. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

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: June 30, 2025. 

Off Topic Publishing. Restrictions: The work must be written by a trans/genderqueer person. Collaborative work is okay. Genre: Poems, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, essays, and unclassified other writing of any style and theme. Payment: $20 CAD. Deadline: June 30, 2025. 

Rebel Satori Press. Genre: Book-length nonfiction on the occult and esoterica. LGBTQIA+ fiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025. 

Inkd Publishing: Yay! all queer II. Genre: All genres. LGBTQ+ characters must have a central position within the story. Word Limit: 2,000 to 6,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

The Offing. Genre: Micro. Ten- to 560-character (including spaces) works in any genre. Payment: $25 - $100. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

The Fantastic Other. Genre: Fiction, flash fiction, poetry, art on theme: Storm. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2025. In celebration of Pride, there are no submission fees for LGBTQIA2+ writers in June. We are especially interested in trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming voices.

AND A FEW MORE...

Thema. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: I Wish I'd Said That. Payment:  $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: July 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Okay Donkey. Genre: One flash fiction OR one poem per author, per submission period. See website for details. Payment: $20. Deadline: Opens July 1, 2025 and closes when cap is reached.

Headland. Genre: Short fiction and creative nonfiction. Payment: $50. Deadline: July 1, 2025

IHRAM Press: America's Slide Toward Authoritarianism Genre: Fiction, essays, poetry, art. "It is clear that the American political class has all the tensile strength of tissue paper in a summer storm, and that our court system is porous, offering a weak and possibly irrelevant backstop to what was once the strongest democracy in the world. So, as in all authoritarian states, it is left to the artists and creators to hold the line, to stand up for what is right and just, and to safeguard the republic. Only the creators have the courage to resist." Payment: $50. Deadline: July 1, 2025.

It Came from the Trailer Park. Genre: Horror/Comedy. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 1, 2025.