73 Calls for Submissions in November 2026 - Paying markets!

This November there are more than six 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.

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The First Line Journal. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry using the line provided. (See theme) Payment: $25-50 for fiction, $25 for nonfiction, $10 for poetry. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

Spec Colorways in Verse. Restrictions: Open to queer Black, Indigenous, & People of Color, disabled, rtc. poets. Genre: Speculative poetry, Payment: $50. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

The Spectacle. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $50. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

The Forge Literary Magazine. Genre: Prose. They prefer stories under 3,000 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: November 1, 2026. Free submissions open on the 1st of each month and close when cap is reached. 

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: Opens November 1, 2026.

Flame Tree: Mythos & Meaning: Human Accounts of Beastly Encounters. Genre: Short fiction. See theme. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

Thema. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Sent by Mistake. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: November 1, 2026. Accepts reprints.

Ninth Letter Web Edition. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. See theme. Payment: $25 per poem and $75 for prose. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

Okay Donkey. Genre: One flash fiction OR one poem per author, per submission period. See website for details. Payment: $25. Deadline: Opens November 1, 2026. Closes when cap is reached.

Tome & Space. Genre: Speculative fiction, nonfiction, art, and comics. Payment: 11 cents ($CAD) per word up to a maximum of $400 ($CAD). $70 ($CAD) per page up to a maximum of $400 ($CAD) for comics. $50 ($CAD) per piece. They will consider reprints of pieces posted on personal blogs like Substack, at a rate of $15 ($CAD) for commentaries.$300 ($CAD) per cover art piece. Deadline: Opens November 1, 2026.

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 4 cents (CAD) per word, up to a maximum of $400 (CAD) per story. Deadline: Opens November 1, 2026.

Liars’ League. Genre: Short stories. Length: 800-2,000 words. See theme. Payment: £20, reading of your story by a professional actor, as well as podcast, video and online publication of your work. Deadline: November 1, 2026.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: November 2, 2026. Opens November 1.

Horizon Review. Restrictions: Open to current residents of the Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah), with preference given to submissions from New Mexico. Genre: Fiction, poetry, CNF, art. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 2, 2026.

Stone’s Throw. Genre: "We're looking for dark fiction, crime and noir, length between 1,000 and 2,000 words." Payment: $25. Deadline: November 4, 2026. Open to submissions the first three days of every month.

Sci Phi Journal. Genre: Hard science fiction, fictional nonfiction, and speculative philosophy. Translations accepted. Payment: €0.03/word; €0.01/word for translations. Deadline: November 5, 2026.

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: November 7, 2026. This is a monthly call.

foofaraw: Monstrously Massive March. Genre: Weird horror featuring monsters or a big bad. Length: 1,000–5,000 words. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: November 8, 2026.

Alocacia is now seeking new unpublished queer-authored creative writing for our upcoming EcoFutures issue, to be published December 2026. We are looking for poetry and prose that engages with environmental futures, futurisms, and aesthetics toward new ways of surviving and thriving alongside our natural worlds and natural relations. We’re interested in liberatory systems, anti-colonial lenses, and infinite possibilities." Payment: $50. Deadline: November 11, 2026.

Raconteur Press: Deep Blue. Genre: Short stories. Hard science. The cutting edge of technology: that’s what humanity will need to explore what lies in the depths of the ocean. The blue waters give way to the black the deeper you go, and the pressure will kill you faster than the lack of oxygen. Length: 5,000 to 8,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 12, 2026.

Podcastle. Genre: Fantasy podcast. Length: Up to 6,000 words. See theme. Payment: $0.08/word for original; $100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction reprints. Deadline: November 13, 2026.

Inkd Publishing: Hidden Villains. Genre: Speculative Fiction, including Sci-Fi or Fantasy. See theme. Word Limit: 2,000 to 7,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

In a Flash. Genre: CNF, 500 words max. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

IHRAM Press: Language, Censorship, and Translation. Genre: Firsthand experiences, factual retellings of stories from the author’s life, and personal reflections exploring the relationship between language, identity, expression, and power. Payment: $50. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

Luna Station Quarterly. Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $10. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

 

Prairie Fire: Branching Out—All About Trees. Genre: Creative non-fiction, fiction or up to 3 poems. See theme. Payment: CAD0.10/word up to CAD250, CAD40/poem. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

MIDLVLMAG. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, CNF. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

Memezine. Genre: Traditional or hybrid pieces that directly or indirectly engage with the intersections of humanity and technology. This includes (but is not limited to) memes, political/currentevents, viral content, trends, social media, pop/internetculture, technology, and any other work that blursthe linesbetween art, literature, and content. Payment: $10. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

Riddle Fence is a Labrador and Newfoundland based quarterly magazine of arts and culture. They publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, reviews and features. Payment: $50/page. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

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: November 15, 2026.

Revolute. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Payment: $50. Only pays writers based in the US. Deadline: November 15, 2026

The Blue Route. Restrictions: Only the work of current undergraduate writers will be considered. Genres: Fiction, or creative nonfiction totaling no more than 3000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 15, 2026.

Belanger Books: Sherlock Holmes – The Science-Fictional Adventures. Genre: Science ficton on theme. Sherlock Holmes, Payment: $100. Deadline: November 20, 2026.

Usawa. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, author/activist interviews, comics and visual work, written in English or translated into English from any language. Theme: Laughter. Payment: $12. Deadline: November 20, 2026.

Variant Lit. Genre: Poetry, fiction, flash fiction, art. Payment: $15 - $25. Deadline: November 20, 2026.

foofaraw: The Annual Drabble. Genre: Drabble. Tell a story relating to an event from 2026. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 25, 2026.

Daylight. Genre: Gothic Horror/Paranormal Romance. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 28, 2026.

Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology. Genre: Flash fiction of no more than 350 words that’s both about Christmas (or any other winter holiday) and simultaneously weird. See theme. Payment: $35. Deadline: November 29, 2026.

Bracken. Genre: Poetry and art. "Bracken is a literary magazine born of the love of the woods and its shadows." Payment: $30. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Anthology: Neurodivergent People & Animals. Restrictions: Open to neurodivergent writers. Genre: Nonfiction essays that talk about own voices/lived experience of being neurodivergent and their relationship with animals. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Contemporary Verse 2. Genre: Poetry and critical writing about poetry, including interviews, articles, essays, and reviews. Payment: $35 - $150. Deadline: November 30, 2026. Free submissions for Canadians only.

Nonbinary Review. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art. Length: Up to 3,000 words for prose; up to 3 pages for poetry. See theme. Payment: $0.01/word for prose, $10 for poetry. $25 flat fee for visual art, or $50 for pieces chosen as cover art. Deadline: November 30, 2026. Accepts reprints.

Indie Bites. Genre: Fantasy. See theme. Payment: 5 pounds. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

foofaraw zine. Genre: Fiction 750–5,000 words. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

foofaraw zine. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $1/line; $25 max. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Experimental Thoughts. Genre: Speculative fiction. Short stories that explore the connections between speculative fiction and philosophy. Payment: 2¢ per word. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

parABnormal. Genre: Nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. "For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores." Payment: $30.00 for original stories, $10.00 for reprints. $15.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $10.00 for reprints. $10.00 for reviews and interviews. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Speculative fiction. See theme. Payment: 8 cents/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $30 per poem. Deadline: November 30, 2026

New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: November 30, 2026. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, there are no submission fees during the month of November for all Indigenous writers, not limited to those living in/born the US.

The Hudson Review. Genre: Fiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Channel. Genre: Fiction, art, creative non-fiction, and poetry that engages with the natural world, and have a particular interest in work which encourages reflection on human interaction with plant and animal life, landscape and the self. Payment: €40/poem, and €50/page of prose up to €150. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Bog Matter. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and graphic shorts that could be described as science fiction, horror, fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, New Weird, utopian, dystopian, satirical, cross-genre, experimental, or exuding a general air of oddness. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Hobbyhorse. Genre: Fiction and CNF. See theme. Payment: Up to $70. Reprints, $35. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

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, art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. See theme. Payment: 10 cents/word for fiction, and $100- $400 for art. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Broken Sleep Books. Genre: Poetry pamphets (up to 40 pages). Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Poet Lore. Genre: Poetry translations. Payment: $50. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Inkd Publishing. Genre: Spooky Speculative Fiction. See theme. Word Limit: 2,000 to 6,000 words. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Claudine. Genre: Fiction, CNF, micros. " We like fairy tales, magical realism, hauntings, but more than any genre, we love prose that makes us ache and images that linger. (Sea creatures, always a plus.)" Payment: $25. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Married/couples stories. Genre: Nonfiction. Married? In a long-term relationship? We know you have stories! Share the ups and downs, the funniest moments, the most romantic moments, and all your tips and advice for other couples. We want to know how you got together and how you stay together! Payment: $200. Deadline: November 30, 2026, extended deadline.

The Fiddlehead. Restrictions: Canadians only. Genre: Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, art, poetry. Payment: $60 CAD per published page. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Appalachia Book Company:The General Store: Community and Memory in Central Appalachia. Genre: Essays, photographs, oral histories, archival materials, and personal reflections. Its geographic focus is Central Appalachia, particularly Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and Western North Carolina. See theme. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

The London Magazine. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: November 30, 2026. Closes when cap is reached.

Baltimore Review. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, videos (including poetry), and cross-genre work. Payment: $50. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Plenitude. Restrictions:. LGBTQ2S+ writers only. Genre: Poetry, Fiction. Payment: $60 per poem, $125 for fiction and CNF. Deadline: November 30, 2026. No submission fee for Canadian writers. 

Black Fox Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, CNF, poetry, art. Payment: $20. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Manawaker Studio: 100 Word Project. Genre: Speculative fiction of exactly 100 words. See theme. Payment: $1. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Sublimation. Genre: Speculative poetry and art. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2026

Northwords Now. Genre: Prose and poetry. Work can be in Gaelic, English, Scots and any local variants used in Scotland. Also does book reviews. Payment: "Modest." Deadline: November 30, 2026.

What Blooms in Darkness. Genre: lunarpunk stories exploring the people, communities, ecologies, and possibilities that thrive beyond the dominant gaze. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Haven Speculative. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 8¢ per word for fiction and $20 for poetry. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Dragon Soul Press: NEXT DOOR. Genre: All love stories with a happily ever after. Childhood friends turned lovers or next door neighbor love interest stories preferred, but not required. All genres accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2026.

Nimrod. Genre: Fiction poetry. Payment: $20 per poem and page of prose, with a $300 maximum. Deadline: November 30, 2026. Closes when cap is reached.

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: November 30, 2026. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

AND A FEW MORE...

Eternal Haunted Summer. Genre: Poetry, short fiction. See theme. Payment: $5. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Breath and Shadow Genre: Writing on any topic for 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: $25 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 and to their Web site or e-mail address. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

One Story. Genre: Short story. Payment: $500. Deadline: Opens in December, 2026. Closes when cap is reached.

WordSmyths: Books of Rot and Bloom – Book 1: Spellbound. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry anthology inspired by The Coven series by Ukrainian painter Inna Vjuzhanina. Payment: CAD50 for stories up to 15,000 words / poetry up to 50 lines. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Pitch Dark: A Dark Romance Anthology. Genre: Dark romance. Payment: $5 for reprints $10 for original submissions. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Venom and Velvet: A Dark Romantasy Anthology. Genre: Dark romantasy. Payment: $5 for reprints $10 for original submissions. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Adventitious. Genre: Speculative, surreal, and literary fiction. Length: Flash Fiction (including Micro): Up to 1,000 words; Fiction: 1,000 – 6,000 words. Novelette: 6,000 – 17,000 words. Payment: $0.08 USD per word. Deadline: Opens December 1, 2026, and closes when they reach capacity.

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: December 1, 2026. Note: Opens on the first day of the month and closes once they hit the submissions cap.

Ninth Letter. Genre: "We are interested in prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work." Payment: $25 per printed page, with a maximum payment of $150. Deadline: No submission fee during December.

Did I Leave the Gas On: Tales of Coming Home. Genre: Speculative fiction. See theme. Payment: $5 a story, plus $0.05 royalties. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Screw Dem Space Horses: Equine Stories Across Space and Time. Genre: Speculative fiction. See theme. Payment: $5 a story, plus $0.05 royalties. Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Big Bear Press: Superheroes/Supervillains Anthology. Genre: Speculative short stories that show your original interpretation on the theme of Superheroes/Supervillains. Payment: $100. Deadline: December 1, 2026.