These magazines/anthologies pay up to $500 for fiction A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry, and some calls are themed. – S. Kalekar

The Ex-Puritan
This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, interviews, reviews, poetry, and poetry in translation. The deadline is 15 June, or until filled, for the next issue; they accept a limited number of fee-free submissions every month, and read year-round.
Deadline: 15 June 2024, or until filled
Length: Varies
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD50 per poem, capped at CAD100; CAD50+ per experimental or hybrid work, at an increasing scale depending on the nature of the piece.
Details here and here.

Space & Time
They accept speculative fiction (up to 5,000 words preferred), poetry, and art. For fiction, they want “Broken boundaries, blown minds and new horizons. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism—we look for work with a speculative element. Creative hybrids welcome. If you can combine horror, science fiction and fantasy into one compelling plot, you’ve caught our attention.” They want submissions on the ‘Solution Revolution’ theme for their June reading period.
Reading period: 15-30 June 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words preferred (see guidelines)
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here and here.

Channel Magazine
This Ireland-based magazine publishes fiction and poetry, for which they have submission periods; non-fiction (which is considered for both online and print) is considered on an ongoing basis. They have detailed guidelines, including, “We love work that speaks directly of a writer’s bond with and fear for our planet, and work that takes a local landscape, or a local flower, as its subject; equally, though, we love work that draws on an aspect of nature as setting, image or metaphor. We believe that all writing relies to some extent on historical engagement with nature, in that all human language has been shaped by our embeddedness in our shared environments.” For fiction and poetry, the deadline is 20 June 2024. They accept submissions in English and Irish.
Deadline: 20 June 2024 for fiction and poetry, ongoing for non-fiction
Length: Varies
Pay: €35 per printed page, up to €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50 for single-page works; €35 per 400 words, up to a maximum of €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50 for work published online
Details here.

The Paris Review
This prestigious literary magazine accepts submissions of prose in February, June, and October and poetry in January, April, July, and October. Submissions open at the beginning of the submission months, and are accepted via Submittable until they reach capacity. They also accept submissions by mail during their submission months. They are open for fiction only during the June reading period (see Submittable); they also accept translations. They pay, though payment is unspecified.
Deadline: 30 June 2024 for fiction (see guidelines)
Length: Unspecified
Pay: Unspecified
Details here.

Underland Press: Even Cozier Cosmic
Even Cozier Cosmic is a follow-up fiction and poetry anthology to their last year’s The Cozy Cosmic. “The cosmic indifference of the Universe (and of the dreaded intelligences that swim out there) may be unrelenting, but we still have to go about our days. We’re looking for stories of cozy cosmic horror that illuminate the elegance and grace and compassion that persists against the vast background of unrelenting emptiness. We reject nihilism and rejoice in the comforting weight of a furball in our laps (never mind that its razor-sharp claws will cut us the moment it thinks we’re going to move). We want to teeter along that fine line between big-eyed devotion and stark raving madness.” Regarding length, they say, “Stories should run less than 5,000 words. Poetry should run more than a few lines.”
Deadline: 30 June 2024
Length: See above
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here.

Ghoulish Tales
For this open call, they are “only considering fiction and non-fiction from writers who have never been published before. We want to see work from new writers only. I suppose you could call this the New Ghouls issue.” They have detailed guidelines about eligibility for this issue, please read them carefully. About the kind of stories they want, they say, “short stories that fit our personal definition of the word GHOULISH, which is “fun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky.” Note that we said fun, not funny. Comedic stories are definitely allowed, but it’s not all we’re looking to receive. We want stories that remind us why we love the horror genre. We want to have a perverted little smile across our face while reading. Make us slobber like idiots. Turn us into the Sickos.jpeg meme. We love body horror. We love weird shit. We love experimental, gutsy narratives. We love being ghoulish.” Please note, the June call is for new writers only. They will consider work from all writers when they reopen for submissions in October.
Deadline: 30 June 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 2,000 words for non-fiction
Pay: $0.10/word
Details here.

DBS Press: Dracula Beyond Stoker – Lucy’s Suitors – Quincey, Jack, and/or Arthur
Dracula Beyond Stoker publishes fiction issues (with some poetry) featuring characters and more from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You can read about them here. For this submission period, they want work on Lucy’s Suitors – Quincey, Jack, and/or Arthur. “Quincey was a cowboy who may or may not have been in cahoots with the count.
Seward was a drug addicted custodian of a lunatic asylum.
And Arthur was there, too!
Let’s read some stories of these men – together, individually, in combination – before, during, and after the events of the novel. Did Quincey survive as the undead? How did Jack treat his other patients? When the dust settled, did Holmwood completely break down? Stoker tells us these three men adventured together prior. What might that look like? Currently this is planned as a single book, but quantity and quality may dictate a book for each man.”
(They will reopen in November for another theme.)
Deadline: 30 June 2024
Length: 1,500-5,000 words
Pay: $0.05/word
Details here.

Bannister Press: Other – the 2024 fantasy short story anthology
Bannister Press specializes in supernatural and fantasy stories loved by adults and young adults. For this fiction anthology, they only want submissions from writers who identify as women. “We are seeking international short story submissions by writers who identify as women for an anthology with a focus on what it means to be on the outside looking in, or comfortably or uncomfortably out of step with the world(s) at large, and with a fantasy element (either subtle or writ large). The story can be visually focused, or character/narrative focused, as long as it leaves the reader thinking about the story long after closing the book. We don’t want a lesson, we want an experience that makes us come alive. Humour is fine as long as it’s not about the mic drop.”
Deadline: 31 July 2024 (extended)
Length: Up to 3,500 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here.

Fusion Fragment
This Canadian magazine accepts science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction. “Although any science fiction subgenre is fair game, our tastes lean towards slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and anything with a little taste of the bizarre. FF prefers character-driven stories, and often skews towards quiet, reflective pieces. If the primary tone of your story is one of high adventure or humour, it’s probably not the right fit for FF. That said, quality always outstrips genre preference in terms of importance, so feel free to send us anything that even vaguely resembles science fiction.” They also publish one reprint story per issue.
Deadline: Open now
Length: 2,000-15,000 words
Pay: CAD0.04/word, up to CAD400
Details here.

The Cosmic Background
This Is a fiction magazine. “We want the single best piece of flash fiction you have that comes from the places in-between. We are primarily a slipstream publication — that means we like your stories that don’t make a ton of sense. We want your giant talking frogs. We want your people with unexplained, never commented-upon eyes in their fingertips. We enjoy character-focused writing, with an emphasis on voice. We love Kelly Link, George Saunders, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Sarah Pinsker, Shingai Njeri-Kagunda, Christopher Rowe, and Kate Folk.”
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 1,000 words (see guidelines)
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here, here, and here.

Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here