Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: Calls for Submissions

Calls for Submissions

Literary journals and publishers put out calls for submissions when they are seeking new material.

If you have a completed story, essay, poem, or piece of creative nonfiction, these are good opportunities. A journal is more likely to publish what you submit if they are looking for it.

These are all my posts that list calls for submissions. They are arranged in descending order, with the most recent posts first. All are paying markets.

Even if the deadlines on the older calls have passed, it is worth looking at them as most journals will be open to submissions periodically. If you find a journal that is a good fit for your writing, you can submit during their next reading period.

Here are some good sites to check for submission calls.

(Scroll down for the current month.)

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New Pages

Poets & Writers

Trish Hopkinson

The Poetry Kit

Funds for Writers

Horror Tree

Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)

Calls for Submissions (Facebook group)

Erika Dreifus posts calls for submissions and contests every Monday on her site.

Angelique Fawns publishes a very informative list of monthly submission calls, including tips for submissions. All are paying markets.

Angela Carr publishes calls for submissions every month on her blog, A Dreaming Skin.

Here is a spreadsheet with 300 places to submit - both paid and unpaid:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RQpwe31zRjYv9Fstg1A2KYhqQ2stTF1BKKMK01eYvpI/edit#gid=0

Erika Krouse has an excellent ranked list of 500 literary magazines. http://www.erikakrousewriter.com/erika-krouses-ocd-ranking-of-483-literary-magazines-for-short-fiction/#ranking

TOP 1000 LITERARY MAGAZINES. This database includes more than 1000 literary magazines publishing fiction and/or creative non-fiction. Magazines publishing genre fiction and those with geographical restrictions tend not to be included.

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Also see:

325 Paying Markets for Short Stories, Poetry, Nonfiction

185 Literary Magazines Accepting Reprints

109 Paying Markets for Flash Fiction

65 Places to Publish Novellas and Long Short Stories - Paying markets

Mega-List of Paying Markets for Horror, Dark Fiction and Poetry

Mega-List of Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines - Paying markets

Mega-List of University Literary Journals Accepting Submissions in Fiction, Poetry, Art, CNF

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NO DEADLINE

Short Story Substack accepts one short story every month. Genre: All genres. Word count 6,000 - 10,000 words. Payment: Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Reprints accepted.

Poetry Substack accepts one poem every month. Genre: Poem. Must have a rhyme scheme or a rhythm scheme. No blank verse or free verse. Payment: Base Pay of $10 for the chosen poem + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Reprints accepted.

Affirm Press accepts all literary and genre fiction. For non-fiction, they are interested in most subjects that have a mn 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. They only accept Australians.

Strange Horizons is open to speculative fiction submissions between Monday 1600 UTC and Tuesday 1600 UTC, every week of the year except during the month of December.

The Hungur Chronicles. Genre: Horror. Vampires or creatures with vampiric themes. Payment: The pay for original stories is $25.00; for reprints, $12.00. Payment for poems is $5. The pay for illustrations is $8.00. The payment for articles is $10. The pay for cover art is $25.00.

The Dark The Dark publishes dark fantasy and horror. "Don’t be afraid to experiment or to deviate from the ordinary; be different—try us with fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories. However, it is also important to understand that despite the name, The Dark is not a market for graphic, violent horror." Length: 2,000 – 6,000 words. Payment: 6 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for first world rights; and 1 cent/word for reprint fiction up to 6,000 words on publication for nonexclusive reprint rights. Deadline: Open now.

Et Sequitur. "We are open to all genres, from literary to speculative and everything in between. Our only requirement is that your submission in some way connect with the latest Et Sequitur story, be that in character (minor, major, protagonist, antagonist), setting (neighborhood, world, workplace, house -- even a certain object could work, if it's featured prominently), or theme. Be creative! Continue the story, tell a side-character's story, take the theme and twist it in a new way. In the submission form, you'll be asked to identify which element of the previous story you've chosen to incorporate in your own." Submissions for the next issue will open once the previous issue is published (expected to be the first day of every-other month). They will temporarily close when a story has been chosen for the next issue. Payment: $25.

Assemble Artifacts is looking for stories of wonder and suspense. "We prefer stories of at least 5,000 words, but are open to longer and shorter works. Please include a one to three sentence pitch of your story, and an author bio with your submission. We are open to writers of all levels of experience." Payment: 8-10 cents per word for short fiction.

Backyard Earth is a "round the world" series of books. The idea is that they will make five books - one for each continent (more or less). Each book will contain one story for every country on that continent. Submissions will stay open until they have a full complement. Short fiction only. Payment: $25.

Starry E yed Press: 224-Verse. Genre: Space opera, 2,000 words to novel length. Payment: Royalty split. Read guidelines here.

Psychopomp. Genre: Nonfiction essays on art, short fiction, novels, movies, music, fashion, culture, entertainment, science, and more, that fall under the umbrella of goth, death, funerary, grief, loss, alternative, otherworldly themes. Payment: $50.

The International Human Rights Festival (IHRAF). Genre: Poem, short story, or essay (2500 words or less) Payment: $50.

Android Press is a small press that publishes science fiction, fantasy, and the various -punk subgenres. "We love stories that are full of hope and optimism. We also love stories that hold up a mirror to our society and force us reexamine our past and our values in order to move forward and build a better future." Accepts novels and novellas. Payment: Royalties.

Unnerving publishes Horror, Crime, Mystery, & Dark General Fiction novels and novellas. The finished products will need to be between 20,000 and 110,000 words in length. 50/50 net royalties split. No contract fees. 5-year publishing terms. Unnerving also publishes anthologies. Please read full guidelines here.

Haunted Doll House is an imprint of Agape Editions that publishes full-length books in print. Genre: Fiction and memoir. "As our name suggests, we aren’t afraid of the dark: we live there. We want your horror stories, your mystery novels, your dark sf/f, your genre-resistant writing about the ecstasies, traumas, and terrors that took you to the very edges of yourself." Please read full guidelines here.

The SFWA Blog is open to pitches for original nonfiction articles on topics that might be of interest to new and/or established creators of science fiction and fantasy. SFWA welcomes pitches from both members and nonmembers; Black, Indigenous, and other writers of color, as well as writers of other under-represented identities, are encouraged to submit article pitches. Payment: 10 cents/word.

Electric Literature's essays examine books and culture through a personal and critical lens. "We prefer full submissions on spec but accept detailed pitches as well. Instead, email a detailed pitch to editors@electricliterature.com with the subject line [ESSAY PITCH]. Pitches should describe the subject matter of the essay (which must be about books, writing, storytelling or narrative media like movies, games, and TV) and give a sense of the argument you plan to make or the story you plan to tell. We welcome thoughtful considerations of new releases, overlooked classics, childhood favorites—anything that can illuminate or be illuminated by the human experience. Requests for Electric Literature to cover your book or your client's book are not considered pitches. If your story is immediately time-sensitive or news-responsive, indicate this in your subject line; otherwise, please wait at least a week to follow up." Payment: $100.

Write City Magazine is published by the Chicago Writers Association. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $50/CWA members, $25/nonmembers per prose piece and $35/members, $10/nonmembers per poem.

Farrago Books is an imprint of Duckworth Press (UK). Farrago’s tagline is “fiction to make you smile”. All of the work they publish, from mysteries to science fiction, have humor at the core. They do not publish memoir.

Cornice. Genre: Stories about somebody doing something. "Struggle, challenge, and danger are at the heart of our favourite stories. We equally prize any work that is centred on oddball characters, or which makes us laugh." Payment: $40 USD.

Scorched Earth Press: Cars Against Humanity! Genre: Nonfiction pieces whose goal is to illuminate the many ways in which cars, and the infrastructure built to support them, constrict (human) life. "We want the essays in this volume to help readers understand the deadly automotive ecologies that have emerged around the world over the past century." Payment: $50.

Deadly Drabble Tuesdays. Genre: Speculative horror, weird, and dark drabbles (defined here as 100-word microfiction, no more, no less) Payment: $8. Open until there are enough stories to fill out six months of Tuesdays.

The Mantelpiece. Genre: Fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Online and print. Payment: 0.1 EUR per word for the first 1000 words and 0.04 EUR for every subsequent word, with a minimum payment of 40 EUR.

Pillow Talking (Podcast). Genre: First person, narrative/creative nonfiction stories of real-life bedroom conversations. Payment: $25AUD.

Geist. Restrictions: Canadian connection required. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: $100 - $1000. Geist offers no-fee general submissions for Black writers, Indigenous writers, and writers of color.

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

Masters Review: New Voices. Restrictions: Open to writers who have not published a full-length work (a short story collection is OK) Genre: Narrative nonfiction and fiction, book reviews, interviews, and craft essays. Payment: $50 - $100.

Flame Tree Press Newsletter. Genre: Flash fiction. Payment: 8 cents/word for originals, 6 cents/word for reprints. Note: Those submitting must sign up for their newsletter.

Protean. Genre: Poetry, critical essays. Payment: $60 - $400. Open until filled.

Iterant. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $50.

Red Cape Publishing: A - Z of Horror: X, Y, and Z. Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: £10.

Jay Henge: The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology & Technomancy. Genre: "Are you an architect of the arcane, a fabricator of futuristic fables, or a sorcerer of the silicon? We are seeking speculative fiction stories that meld the mechanical with the mystical, where devices not only drive the narrative but are imbued with a spark of the extraordinary." Payment: $5 USD per 1000 words. Open until filled.

Jay Henge: Masque & Maelström: The Reluctant Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe. Genre: "We invite writers to submit their best speculative fiction stories for an upcoming anthology inspired by the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. We’re seeking tales that capture the essence of Poe’s work—be it eerie atmospheres, twisted psychological depths, or hauntingly gothic settings—while adding your own speculative twist. Whether infused with science fiction, fantasy, horror, or an unexpected blend of genres, your stories should explore the dark and the mysterious through new lenses. Let your imagination run wild and honor Poe’s legacy with chilling tales that resonate with his timeless themes. Send us your stories!" Payment: $5 USD per 1000 words. Open until filled.

Jay Henge: Professor Feiff's Trans-Dimensional Travelogue. Genre: "Pack your bags and fasten your seatbelts—Professor Feiff is curating an extraordinary holiday guide like no other! We’re seeking speculative fiction tales that explore the idea of travel and vacations to places tantalizingly close to our own reality, yet thrillingly removed. Whether it’s a weekend getaway to a parallel dimension, a guided tour through time itself, or a quiet retreat to a world hiding just beyond the veil of perception, your story should evoke the wonder, curiosity, and occasional peril of holidays beyond the mundane. Send us your (SFF+) tickets to astonishing locales!" Payment: $5 USD per 1000 words. Open until filled.

Only Poems. Genre: Poetry. "We love prose poems, traditional forms (ghazals, villanelles, sestinas), love poems, sex poems, and experimental questionnaires, but we are not married to a style or genre. We are welcoming of anything you think is your most exciting work. Ultimately, we want poems that move us or make us go: “God, I wish I had written this!” Payment: $55. Open from the 1st to the 14th of every month.

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

Poetry Sango-Ota. Restrictions: Open to African poets. Genre: Poetry. "We are interested in poems with a keen connection to a sense of place, nature, or otherworldly geographies." Payment: N10,000 (ten thousand naira) per poem. Open from the 1st to the 10th of every month.

Frontier Poetry: New Voices. Restrictions: Submissions are open to new and emerging poets only (no more than one full-length published work forthcoming at the time of submission. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $50.

Dark Holme Anthology. Genre: Horror and dark fantasy. Payment: £50.00.

The Thing With Feathers: speculative stories of hope. Genre: A speculative anthology of hopeful stories – with feathers! They can be stories about birds, other creatures, aliens, constructs, humans, etc., but with some kind of feather element – whether natural or artificial. Payment: Original stories will be paid at a rate of $.01/word. Reprints will be paid a flat rate of $20/story. Deadline: Spring 2025.

Red Wolf Editions. Genre: Poems on theme: Transfiguration. Payment: Royalties? Deadline: March 2025.

Bad Day Book. Genre: Poetry and prose. See site for themes. Payment: $40 - $75, depending on length.

THIS EXQUISITE TOPOLOGY. Genre: Slipstream, speculative—science fiction, horror, fantasy, weird— and fabulist pieces exploring the radiance, awe, and exuberant thrall of “This Exquisite Topology” in short stories (1k-6k), flash fiction (~500-1k), or poetry (no line limit). Payment: $10 per poem and $25 per short story or flash (paid via PayPal). Open until filled.

Thinking Ink Press. Genre: Speculative fiction novels and novellas and nonfiction. "We’re most interested in speculative fiction relating to our mission: To amplify disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and other historically under-recognized voices." Payment: Advance and royalties.

Another Jane Pratt Thing. Genre: "It Happened to Me" Your Turn. What Happened to You, Sweetie?

We want to hear your stories, no matter how mundane, no matter how unhinged. Payment: $50.

Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Series. Restrictions: Authors must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or ex-pats. Genre: Fantasy and science fiction published in the previous year. Payment: 1 cent (0.01 CAD) per word for non-exclusive world English language reprint rights for fiction. Poetry will receive a $10 CAD reprint fee.

JANUARY 2025

What If… Skunk Wurks Edition. Genre: "Who doesn’t know the black projects that rolled out of the Skunk Works like the famous SR-71, U-2, or F-117 stealth fighter? What do you think they aren’t telling us about? This anthology dives into the concept of other black projects, their uses, and outcomes. Maybe the crazies are right. What If… the UFO’s are actually ours… Anything from discovery and design to use in application of the Aircraft, Heavy Weapons, Power Armor, Sea Vessels, and more are welcome." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

Flame Tree: Robots Past & Future Short Stories. Genre: Short fiction on theme: Robots. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Deadline: January 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Glen Must Die! Genre: Speculative fiction. See theme. Payment: $.03/word pending a Kickstarter launch of the anthology. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

June Road Press. Genre: Poetry collection, full-length, 40 to 60 poems, preferably the author’s first or second book. "We’re particularly interested in work with strong ecological/environmental themes, or that engages in meaningful ways with nature or place, by writers who identify as women." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

Cafe Irreal. Genre: Magical realism. Length: Up to 2,000 words. Payment: 1 cent/word. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

Planet Black Joy. Restrictions: Open to women and non-binary folk who identify as Black, African, or of Afro-descendent heritage. Genre: Fiction exploring and celebrating Black joy and pleasure. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Utopian science fiction. See theme. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

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

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

Cordite. Genre: Poetry. See theme. Payment: Not specified. Payment is available for Australian contributors only. Deadline: January 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: January 4, 2025. Note: This is a monthly call.

Sci Phi Journal. Genre: Hard science fiction, fictional nonfiction, and speculative philosophy. Translations accepted. Payment: €0.03/word; €0.01/word for translations. Deadline: Opens January 4, 2025.

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

Rainy Weather Days. Genre: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction on theme of Defiance. Payment: $25 for prose, $10 for poetry. Deadline: January 5, 2025.

All My Relations is an art and lit, online and printed magazine, exploring themes of interconnectedness. This volume is open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only, in consideration of the theme. Own voices only, please. Payment: $10. Deadline: Open until filled or until January 5, 2025, whichever comes first.

Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction poetry, nonfiction. Payment: £25. Deadline: January 6, 2025.

Sixty Inches From Center. "Sixty Inches From Center is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and prioritize the preservation of culture within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region." Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: $150 per piece; $1 per minute transcribed for interviews. Deadline: Opens January 6, 2025.

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 mn 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. Deadline: January 6, 2025.

Sunlight Press. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, photography, reviews. Payment: $15 - $40. Deadline: Opens January 6, 2025.

Cosmic Horror Monthly. Genre: Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words. Payment: 3 cents (USD) per word. Deadline: January 7, 2025.

Fraidy Cat Quarterly: Paranoia. Genre: Horror flash fiction and short stories, art. See theme. Payment: $10 - $20. Deadline: January 7, 2025.

Belmont Story Review. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: $100 for prose, $50 for poetry. Deadline: January 8, 2025.

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 10, 2025.

Headland. Restrictions: Open to Māori writers. Genre: Poetry, short fiction and nonfiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 10, 2025.

Hollow Oak Press: Short (b)Reads Anthology. Genre: Short stories on theme: Food. Word count: 2,500-7,000 words. Payment: $30. Deadline: January 10, 2025.

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 12, 2025. Opens January 6.

Shoreline of Infinity. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, 6000 words max. Payment: £20/1000 words. Deadline: January 12, 2025.

Tin House. Genre: Debut novels. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 12, 2025. Opens January 11.

Matchbook. Genre: Flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and indeterminate prose. 1000 words max. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 13, 2025.

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 14, 2025. Opens January 1.

The Orange & Bee. Genre: Original works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that engage in a significant way with the long history of fairy tales. Payment: Poetry: flat rate $US50.00 per poem; Flash fiction/non-fiction: flat rate $US80.00 per story (max 1000 words); Short fiction/non-fiction: $US0.08 per word (max 4000 words). Deadline: January 14, 2025.

Midnight Meadow Publishing's goal is to publish engaging and unique LGBTQ+ stories while elevating marginalized voices. They are interested in a wide variety of genres. Read submission guidelines HERE. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

GigaNotoSaurus. Genre: Science Fiction or Fantasy (or any combination thereof) from 5,000 to 25,000 words. Payment: $200. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Philadelphia Stories. Restrictions: Open to authors living in, or originally from, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey. Genre: Fiction, poetry, art. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Puncher & Wattmann. Restrictions: Open to Australians. Genre: Full-length fiction, memoir, poetry. Payment: Advance and royalties. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Electric Spec. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $20 per piece. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

100-Foot Crow. Genre: Speculative fiction drabbles. Payment: $8. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Tales from the Crosstimbers. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, splipstream, and horror. Payment: $10 per story or 1 cent/word rounded to the nearest 100 words, up to a maximum of $25. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Shatter the Sun: Queer Tales of Untold Adventure. Genre: Fantasy stories of queer heroes forged and tempered in the fire, fighting dark stars and bright suns, and overthrowing tyranny in all its forms. Sword and sorcery, sweat and sandals, souls and stars. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Beautiful Days Press. Genre: Full-length and chapbook-length poetry manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Women Artists Datebook. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Poems and art. Theme: Peace and Justice. Payment: $200 for art, $70 for poetry. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Orion. Genre: Essays on the environments in which songs are conceived and recorded. Payment: Who Pays Writers lists payment of 25 cents/word. Deadline: January 15, 2025. Pitches only.

Ploughshares. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Payment: $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author. Deadline: January 15, 2025. (Charges for online submissions. No charge for snail mail.)

Shenandoah. Genre: Fiction and novel excerpts. Payment: $80 per 1000 words of prose up to $400. Deadline: Opens January 15, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

Rattle: Tribute to Food Poems. Genre: Poetry about food. Payment: $200. Deadline: January 16, 2025.

Three-Lobed Burning Eye. Genre: Horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: January 16, 2025.

Havok. Genre: Flash fiction. See themes. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected. No payment for online publication. Deadline: January 17, 2025.

Seaside Gothic. Genre: Seaside gothic fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or a collection of photographs or illustrations. Payment: £0.01 per word. Deadline: January 19, 2025.

Flame Tree: Witch Craft. Genre: Stories that deal with what it means to be ‘witch’, and the rediscovery and reclaiming of that power, its links to nature – and the exploration of whether a witch is drawn to 'good' or 'bad', and why. Stories should be in the horror and folk horror veins, and we’d like to see as wide a range as possible. Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word. Deadline: January 19, 2025.

Hearth Stories: Springtime Fair. Genre: Fantasy, literary fiction, romance, historical fiction or alternate history. "In this anthology we will be featuring stories that center around a craft, recipe, or ritual (see below for specifics). In addition to the story, each author will provide a set of instructions to make/enact the craft, recipe, or ritual that was featured in their story." Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: January 20, 2025.

Astrolabe. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography & art. Payment: $50. Deadline: January 21, 2025.

The Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy-tale inspired stories/poems. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: January 21, 2025.

Full House Literary. Genre: Prose, poetry, hybrid, photography and artwork. Payment: £5. Deadline: January 24, 2025.

Splinter Journal. Genre: Poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction (pitches only). Payment: Profiles (pays AUD900), essays pays AUD900), writing about writing (pays AUD500), and criticism (pays AUD700), and completed submissions of poetry (pays AUD250/poem or AUD450/collection of up to four poems, fiction (pays AUD900), and memoir (pays AUD600). Deadline: January 25, 2025.

This Magazine. Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Submissions by BIPOC, Q2ST, disabled, and other marginalized writers are especially welcomed. Genre: Fiction. Payment: $125 per accepted short story up to 2500 words; 60$ per flash fiction story under 1000 words Deadline: January 26, 2025.

Rough Cut Press. Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ community. Genre: Short prose of up to 650 words on the ‘Reach’ theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: January 27, 2025.

Baubles From Bones. Genre: Science fiction and fantasy. Length: All stories must be between 1,000 to 8,000 words. Payment: $.01/word. Deadline: January 29, 2025.

Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum. Deadline: January 30, 2025.

Frivolous Comma. Genre: Speculative mystery. Payment: $0.10/word. Deadline: January 30, 2025.

Gwyllion. Restrictions: Writers living in Wales and writers who identify (fully, in part, or by ancestry) as Welsh. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Welsh themes. Payment: £15 per accepted story or poem. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Acre Books. Genre: Full-length poetry manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Undertaker Books: Carnival of Horror Anthology. Genre: Horror. Amid the lights, games, and shows, in the shadows the bright lights don’t reach, are horrors of all kinds… We’re looking for stories of abandoned amusement parks, traveling carnivals, haunted attractions, chilling circuses and more!” Payment: $25. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

meat4meat Anthology. Genre: Body horror. “meat4meat is first and foremost intended to showcase the works of transgender creators, however the trans community is not the only marginalized community with a personal relationship to the genre of body horror. Creators who are disabled are also strongly encouraged to submit.” Payment: $0.05/word for originals, with a minimum of $50. Deadline: January 31, 2025. Reprints accepted.

Alpennia: Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast. Genre: Short stories in the lesbian historic fiction genre. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Dark Peninsula Press: Phantom Worlds – The Cellar Door. Genre: Horror. They’re looking for parallel universe, alternate reality, time travel, survival horror, post-apocalyptic, and cosmic horror stories. Payment: $50. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

On Spec. Restrictions: Canadian writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: $100CAD. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Vine Leaves Press. Genre: Full-length manuscripts. "We are looking for: novels and novellas (all genres accepted, but with a literary bent), memoirs/biographies/autobiographies, creative nonfiction, writing/publishing reference books, short story collections, and poetry and vignette collections. For shorter works, such as poetry and vignettes, we will not accept anything shorter than 60 pages." Payment: 40% net royalty on all eBook and print sales. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Library of Arabic Literature Blog. Genre: Posts on Arabic literature. Pitches only. Payment: $400. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

After Happy Hour. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual art, and hybrids. Reprints from defunct markets only. Payment: $10 honorarium on publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Ecotone. Genre: Prose and poetry that reimagines place. Payment: $100 minimum for poetry and a $200 minimum for prose. Deadline: January 31, 2025. Fee-free peroid opens January 26.

Heartlines Spec. Restrictions: "Since Heartlines Spec is primarily a Canadian magazine, we're looking to feature writers identifying as being from Canada/Turtle Island. This includes expats, new immigrants, and people who refuse/resist Canadian Identity. Our goal for each issue is to publish at least 50% Canadian content." Genre: Short fiction and poetry focused on long-term relationships: platonic, romantic, or familial. "We want stories and poetry with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy. We are especially interested in stories featuring queer platonic relationships, ace/aro love stories, and polycules." Payment: $0.08 CAD per word for short fiction and $80 CAD flat for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Event Magazine. Genre: Poetry, fiction. Payment: CAD $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

West Avenue: A Sparkle of Woodland Magic. Genre: Short stories of up to 5,000 words and poems. See theme. Payment: £10. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Garland. Genre: Poetry, prose poetry, short prose (<1500 words), and other experimental writing by queer, trans, and gender variant writers. Visual components and hybrid formats are welcome. Payment: $5. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Brink. Genre: Hybrid, cross-genre fiction, nonfiction poetry. Payment: $25 Poem; $50 Work (less than 1500 words); $50 Art (1-3 Images); $100 Art (4+ Images); $100 Work (more than 1501 words). See theme. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

The Temz Review. Genre: Prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) up to 10,000 words long. Payment: $20. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

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: January 31, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

december magazine. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction (essays, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis) and visual art that can be reproduced in our print format. Payment: $10.00 per page with a minimum of $40.00 and a maximum of $200.00. Deadline: January 31, 2025. For the month of January, they open fee-free submission portals exclusively for BIPOC writers.

The Bombay Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, poetry, translated fiction/poetry and graphic fiction. Payment: Indian rupees 5,000 (approx. $61) per contribution. Deadline: January 31, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

Parsec Ink: Triangulation: Dark Hearts. Genre: Speculative stories and poems about women who are anti-heroes. Payment: 3¢ per word for fiction, 25 cents per line for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Ampersand Review. Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews. Payment: Poetry: $50 per poem/page to a maximum of $100. Fiction: $100 per story. Non-fiction: $100 per piece. Reviews: $100 per piece. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Fiction. Genre: Experimental fiction and translations of works previously unpublished in English. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Reach for the Stars. Genre: Contemporary fiction stories. Must feature a character overcoming various obstacles to reach their goals. Can be based on true stories. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Inked in Gray: WriteHive Anthology. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy, or horror only. Theme: Surviving Humanity. Payment: $45. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

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, 2025. Reprints accepted.

Poetry From the Rock. Restrictions: Open to Canadians. Genre: Poetry. Payment: Short poems will receive $25 per poem, medium poems $50 per poem, and long poems $75 per poem. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Litmosphere. Genre: Art, flash (fiction and nonfiction), poetry, and short prose (fiction and literary nonfiction). Payment: $50 per accepted poem, flash fiction and nonfiction; $100 per short fiction and literary nonfiction; $250 for non-exclusive online use of 15-30 images. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Space and Time. Genre: Speculative fiction. "We welcome poetry, art and fiction that bend rules, transcend genre and break stereotypes." Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian. See theme. Payment: 1 cent/word for prose, $5 for poetry. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

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, 2025.

Southword. Genre: Poetry. Payment: €50 per poem. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Malahat Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: CAD $70/page. Deadline: January 31, 2025. (Note: Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.)

Nonbinary Review. Genre: Poetry, fiction, essays, and art. See theme. Payment: $10 - $25. Deadline: January 31, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

FEBRUARY

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

Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Fiction, 1.5 cents/word. Poetry, $10. Deadline: February 1, 2025.

White Stag Publishing. Genre: Full length manuscripts in either Poetry, Prose / Fiction, Non-Fiction, Hybrid Work, & Ritual Projects in the scope of our thematic elements, which include alchemy & the occult with intersections of science & magick, witchcraft & activism, mysticism & spirituality, & / or the supranatural. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 1, 2025.

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

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: February 1, 2025.

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

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 7, 2025.

Forest Avenue Press. Restrctions: Open to US residents. Genre: Unagented novel manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 9, 2025.

Unnerving. Genre: Crime and Mystery. Word count: 2,000 – 6,000. Payment: 1.5¢ CAD/word. Deadline: February 14, 2025.

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, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Crimson Quill. Genre: Fantasy. Payment: $25. Deadline: February 14, 2025.

Iron Horse. Genre: Poems, stories, essays on any topic. Payment: $50 - $100. Deadline: February 15, 2025. Free submissions on February 15 only.

Luna Station Quarterly. Restrictions: Open to women writers only. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $10. Deadline: February 15, 2025.

Griffith Review. Genre: Nonfiction on theme: Here Be Monsters. Payment: AUD $200. Deadline: February 16, 2025.

Sinister Smile Press: If I Die Before I Wake – Tales of Cryptid Chaos. Genre: Horror. Length: Between 4,000 and 10,000 words. See theme. Payment: $40 - $50. Deadline: February 20, 2024.

Hiding Under the Leaves, Genre: Folk horror. Payment: 1p a word to a maximum of £50. Deadline: February 23, 2024.

Malahat Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: CAD $70/page. Deadline: February 28, 2025. (Note: Submissions by Canadian writers are accepted for consideration all year.)

Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror. Genre: Folk Horror. Payment: $10 per 1K words, and one contributor copy. Deadline: February 28, 2025.

Murderous Ink Press: Crimeucopia. Genre: Crime fiction. Payment: Up to £7.00. Deadline: February 28, 2025.

New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: February 28, 2025. In celebration of Black History Month, there are no submission fees for Black writers for the month of February.

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, 2025.

Fahmidan Publishing is a publisher for all POC & Women ardent in battle against subjugation. Genre: Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 28, 2025.

Modern Mummies Anthology. Genre: Mummy genre horror. Payment: 5 cents USD per word for original fiction works and 1 cent per word for reprints. Deadline: February 28, 2025. Reprints accepted.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 28, 2025.

Southword. Genre: Fiction. Payment: €300 per short story. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Lured Into the Deep. Genre: Speculative fiction. Theme – All mermaids (and their kin), kraken (sea monsters), underwater civilizations, etc. stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: February 28, 2025.

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, 2025.

MARCH

Brave Knights: Heroic Courage. Genre: Speculative Fiction. Theme: Bravery and courage still matter. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Burial Books: Horror Short Stories. Genre: Horror short stories between 500 and 10,000 words in length. Payment: $10. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

table/FEAST. Genre: Prose, poetry, CNF, art about food. Payment: $10 per poem, prose $20, art $15. Deadline: March 1, 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: March 1, 2025.

Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Thema. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: The Lost Sock. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: March 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

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: March 1, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

Horror Short Story Anthology. Genre: Horror and dark fantasy. Payment: $10. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

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

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: March 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

R&R Magazine. Genre: Poetry, poetry translations, and short fiction. Payment: $50 for 2-5 poems, and $75 for fiction. Deadline: March 7, 2025.

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: March 9, 2025.

Carcanet Press. Genre: Full-length poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 14, 2025.

Penumbric. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Modern Mummies Anthology. Genre: Mummy genre horror. Payment: 5 cents USD per word for original fiction works and 1 cent per word for reprints. Deadline: Extended submission window exclusively for BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, Disabled, Neurodiverse, and other underrepresented voices: March 1 – March 15, 2025. Reprints accepted.

University of Wisconsin Press. Genre: Full-length manuscripts. "We publish a limited number of novels and short story collections. Historically, we have focused on works with LGBTQ themes or works set in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. We are open to considering well-written works of literary fiction that do not meet either of these criteria. However, we do not publish science fiction, fantasy, romance, young adult, and most other genre fiction." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Epoch. Genre: Poetry, prose, art and comics. Payment: $100 - $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art. Deadline: March 15, 2025. No fee for snail mail submissions.

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

Christmas Spirits. Genre: Ghost stories suitable for sharing around a fire during holiday celebrations. Payment: $50 per work that appears in the printed magazine. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Demagogue Press. Genre: Original works from Oregon and Washington based writers that include a quest or chase element and prominently feature iconic (or soon to be iconic!) locations throughout the urban, wild, and lost places in our backyards. "We have an editorial preference for works in a “spooky speculative” vein including fantasy and light horror." Payment: $50. Deadline: March 16, 2025.

Flash Point Science Fiction. Genre: Speculative fiction stories from 100 to 1,000 words in length. "Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short." Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Serving House Books. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Inked in Gray. Genre: Full-length romance. Marginalized communities preferred. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. Genre: Short stories and poetry. See theme. 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: March 31, 2025.

foofaraw anthology. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. See theme. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Terrain.org. Genre: Poetry, nonfiction, fiction, artwork, videos, and other contributions on place, climate, and justice. Payment: $50. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Spirit of the Wolf. Genre: Speculative fiction stories where wolves play a major role. Payment: $20. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

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: March 31, 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: March 31, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Sea of Monsters. Genre: All pirate stories are welcome. The more monsters, the better. All genres accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Utopian science fiction. See theme. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

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: March 31, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

APRIL

Escape Plan: Earth. Genre: Pulp Mad Science Fiction. Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: A percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Burial Books: Horror Novellas. Genre: Horror novellas between 25,000 and 50,000 words in length. Payment: Profit sharing. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Toronto Journal. Genre: Short stories from anywhere in the world. No word limit. "We will also consider non-fiction pieces that are either set locally or explore some local history (Toronto, GTA, and surrounding)." Payment: $50 CAD per piece. All published writers will also receive two printed copies of the issue in which they appear. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works. Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

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

West Branch. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. Payment: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

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

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

Anodyne. Genre: Fiction, CNF, Poetry, Art, Photography, Video on theme of Health. Payment: Revenue sharing. Deadline: April 7, 2025.

Shenandoah. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $80 per 1000 words of prose up to $400. Deadline: Opens April 15, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

The Threepenny Review. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction. Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece. Deadline: April 15, 2025.

Nimrod. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Payment: $10 per page, with a $200 maximum. Deadline: April 30, 2025. Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

Nine Arches. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Terrain.org. Genre: Poetry, nonfiction, fiction, artwork, videos, and other contributions on place, climate, and justice. Payment: $50. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Air and Nothingness Press. Genre: "We are seeking stories for an anthology to be titled Mmeory which will collect stories of memory manipulation." Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

fifth wheel press: brainrot. Genre: Poetry, prose poetry, short prose (<1500 words), and other experimental writing by queer, trans, and gender variant writers. Payment: $5. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Trollbreath Magazine. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Payment: 4 cents/word. 1/2 cent/word for reprints. Deadline: April 30, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Dragon Soul Press: Quantum Rising. Genre: All cyborgs, robots, mecha, etc. stories are welcome. Preferred genres are sci-fi, dystopian, cyberpunk, etc. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Holiday Celebrations Genre: True stories and poems. "Everyone loves the holidays and making cherished memories. And these titles do make wonderful gifts for everyone on your list. How do you celebrate the holidays? Are your celebrations very traditional or are they very spontaneous and never the same?" Payment: $200. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Funny stories. Genre: Nonfiction. We are looking for stories about something that happened to you in your life - in your relationship with a partner or spouse, a parent or child, a family member or friend, at work or at home that made you and the people around you laugh out loud. Did you mean for it to be funny? Payment: $200. Deadline: April 30, 2025.

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

MAY

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: May 1, 2025.

Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Fiction, 1.5 cents/word. Poetry, $10. Deadline: May 1, 2025.

Shenandoah. Genre: CNF. Payment: $80 per 1000 words of prose up to $400. Deadline: Opens May 1, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

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

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

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: May 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

Tin House. Genre: Debut Poetry Collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: May 11, 2025. Opens May 10.

Georgia Review. Genre: Fiction, poetry, non-fiction. Payment: $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry. Essay-reviews and standard reviews earn honoraria of $50/printed page. Deadline: May 14, 2025. Fee to submit online; no fee for postal submissions.

Diet Milk. Genre: Gothic flash fiction and poetry. See theme. Payment: $3 for micro fiction, $5 for flash fiction. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Three-Lobed Burning Eye. Genre: Horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: May 16, 2025.

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: May 30, 2025. Opens on the first day of the month and closes once they hit the submissions cap.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Change your habits & attitudes / change your life Genre: True stories and poems. "Habits. Attitudes. Breaking bad habits and replacing them with good habits play an important role in self-care. Change your attitude and you can change your life. And self-care - including mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing - is vital to ensuring that your needs are met. It's probably what we neglect the most." Payment: $200. Deadline: May 30, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Beyond the Veil. Genre: All Fae stories are welcome. All genres are accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Black Fox Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, CNF, poetry, art. Payment: $20. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Graveside Press: Illustrated Poetry Anthology. Genre: Illustrated poetry. "Give us your limericks, sonnets, haiku, ballads, and free verse! Have visual poetry? EVEN BETTER. We want grim, gothic, morbidly funny, terrifying works." Payment: $0.02/word. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Utopian science fiction. See theme. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

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: May 31, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

JUNE

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

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

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.

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

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

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

JULY

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.

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

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

Cosmic Horror Monthly. Genre: Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words. Payment: 3 cents (USD) per word. Deadline: July 7, 2025.

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: July 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

Diet Milk. Genre: Gothic fiction, art and poetry. See theme. Payment: ?. Deadline: July 8, 2025.

Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum. Deadline: July 30, 2025.

Spoon Knife. Genre: Short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. See theme. Payment: $30. Deadline: July 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 31, 2025.

AUGUST

Burial Books: Science Fiction Short Stories. Genre: Science fiction short stories between 2000 and 8,000 words in length. Payment: $10. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Fiction, 1.5 cents/word. Poetry, $10. Deadline: August 1, 2025.

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

The Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy-tale inspired stories/poems. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: August 21, 2025

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: August 31, 2025.

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: August 31, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

SEPTEMBER

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, 2025. Note: This is a monthly call.

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: September 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

Tin House. Genre: Debut Short Story Collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: September14, 2025. Opens September 13.

Three-Lobed Burning Eye. Genre: Horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Payment: $0.08/word. Deadline: September 16, 2025.

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, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

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

OCTOBER

Burial Books: Sword and Sorcery Short Stories. Genre: Sword and sorcery fantasy short stories between 2000 and 8,000 words in length. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 1, 2025.

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

Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum. Deadline: October 30, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2025.

NOVEMBER

Last Girls Club. Genre: Feminist horror: short stories and poems - see themes. Payment: Fiction, 1.5 cents/word. Poetry, $10. Deadline: November 1, 2025.

Thema. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Today's Onerous Task. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: November 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

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

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: November 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

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, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

Fahmidan Publishing is a publisher for all POC & Women ardent in battle against subjugation. Genre: Poetry or fiction chapbook. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 30, 2025.

Black Fox Literary Magazine. Genre: Fiction, CNF, poetry, art. Payment: $20. Deadline: November 30, 2025.

DECEMBER

Eternal Haunted Summer. Genre: Poetry, short fiction. See theme. Payment: $5. Deadline: December 1, 2025.

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

foofaraw zine. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: December 31, 2025.

Allegory. Genre: Speculative Fiction and nonfiction. Payment: $15. Deadline: December 31, 2025.

MARCH 2026

foofaraw anthology. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. See theme. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: March 31, 2026.

JUNE 2026

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

foofaraw zine. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: June 30, 2026.

foofaraw anthology. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. See theme. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: March 31, 2027.

foofaraw anthology. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. See theme. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: March 31, 2028.

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