These magazines pay $50 to $800 for fiction. Some also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. – S. Kalekar
The Puritan
This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, interviews, reviews, and poetry. They accept a limited number of fee-free submissions every month.
Deadline: 25 March 2022 for Spring issue; reads year-round
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.
Weird Horror Magazine
They publish horror and weird fiction. Their reading periods are March and September. Writers get cash payment and two contributor copies.
Deadline: 31 March 2022
Length: 500-6,000 words
Pay: 1.5c/word
Details here.
(Submissions are also open for these horror fiction calls:
— Cohesion Press’s SNAFU – Dead or Alive anthology, for weird Western action horror. Pay is AUD0.05/word for stories of 2,000-10,000 words. The deadline is 31 March 2022;
— Shredded: A Sports and Body Horror Anthology. Pay is $0.03/word for stories of 2,000-4,500 words, and the deadline is 31 March 2022 for general submissions, and 7 April 2022 for writers from marginalized identities;
— Cemetery Gates Media’s Picnic in the Graveyard anthology, for horror stories taking place in a graveyard/burial place. Pay is $0.07/word for stories of 2,000-4,000 words. The deadline is 1 April 2022; and
— Moonflowers & Nightshade, an anthology of Sapphic horror. The anthology “will include a diverse group of stories, including but not limited to stories involving genderqueer, non-binary, BIPOC, genderfluid, lesbian, trans, bisexual, and pansexual characters.” Pay is $0.04/word for stories of 2,000-5,000 words. The deadline is 1 April 2022.)
Event
This Canadian magazine is currently open for fee-free fiction submissions only. “We look for compelling characters and voice, fresh plots, and narratives that move us.” They have a submission cap, and will close earlier than the deadline if that cap is reached. (They’re also open for a non-fiction contest, which has an entry fee.)
Deadline: 31 March 2022, or until filled, for fiction
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction
Pay: CAD35/page for fiction, up to CAD500
Details here and here.
Escape Artists: PodCastle
PodCastle is a fantasy magazine from the Escape Artists suite. They publish in audio format, and online. “We’re open to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between. Fantastical or non-real content should be meaningful to the story.” Writers can submit one original story and one reprint (see ‘multiple submissions’ in guidelines); query before sending reprints of over 6,000 words.
Deadline: 31 March 2022
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word; $20-100 for reprints
Details here (guidelines), here (schedule), and here (submission portal).
(And Cast of Wonders, which publishes young adult fiction, will be open for submissions from 1st to 14th April for Banned Books Week submissions, see their schedule here; Escape Pod, which publishes science fiction, is open until 31 May; and Pseudopod is open for horror reprints until 1 August, see the submission portal here. These magazines pay $0.08/word for original fiction, and $20-100 for reprints.)
Pulp Literature
For fiction, “We are looking for entertaining, accessible stories. We do appreciate clever and poetic turns of phrase, but first and foremost we want a story readers can sink into late at night before they go to bed.” They want all genres, not just pulp, including fantasy, romance, mystery, literary, etc., and are looking for both serious and light-hearted stories. Submissions may close earlier than the deadline specified if their inbox fills up (see guidelines). They also accept pitches for graphic novels/illustrations, and submissions of poetry.
Deadline: 31 March 2022 for fiction; ongoing submissions for graphic novels/illustration pitches, and poetry
Length: Up to 50 pages for fiction (up to 5,000 words have the best chances of publication); up to 3 poems
Pay: $0.05-$0.08/ word for short stories (to 7,000 words), $0.03-0.06/word between 7,000 and 10,000 words, and $0.02-$0.04 per word for works over 10,000 words; $25-50 for poetry and interior illustrations; $25-75/page for sequential art (graphic novels and cartoons) and illustrations
Details here.
Third Flatiron: After the Gold Rush – Future SF, climate change, economics
This is a speculative fiction anthology. Their guidelines say, “Complications of booms and bubbles. Possible topics might include
– Effects of accelerated culture (e.g., what the Internet’s doing to society)
– Ecological consequences caused by human over-expansion, such as climate disasters
– Economics: The Dutch had the tulip craze; California had the Gold Rush (a weird Western might work here.) Today, it’s cryptocurrency and supply chains. In future planets or civilizations, what will become the most valuable commodity?” (They also publish flash humor pieces of up to 1,000 words.)
Deadline: 1 April 2022
Length: 1,500-3,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here (scroll down for theme details) and here (payment details).
(Submissions are also open for Parsec, Inc’s Triangulation: Energy anthology, for fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, and speculative horror submissions about energy, clean energy. Pay is $0.03/word for stories up to 5,000 words. The deadline is 31 March 2022.
Submissions are open for two anthologies from Android Press, too:
— Cyberpunk-Solarpunk Anthology, a cyberpunk and solarpunk fiction anthology, deadline 31 March 2022; and
— Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology, open for lunarpunk fiction and poetry, deadline 30 April. For both calls, they want stories of 500-7,500 words, and pay $0.08/word for fiction.)
en bloc
They publish fiction, poetry, art, and photography. Submissions are ongoing; for issue 4, the deadline is 1 April 2022 (see ‘Is there a deadline?’ in FAQ).
Deadline: 1 April 2022 for Issue 4
Length: Unspecified
Pay: £35 per side as they appear in the magazine
Details here.
Future SF Digest
This speculative fiction magazine publishes only translated fiction, and fiction written by authors for whom English is not their first language and who reside outside of primarily English-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland). Right now, they are looking for work by Ukrainian writers, to publish in their summer issue – see the editor’s Tweet here; there is no deadline specified. They also accept nonfiction pitches.
Deadline: Unspecified
Length: 500-10,000 words for fiction (under 5,000 words strongly preferred)
Pay: $0.08/word for fiction (for translations, this is split between author and translator)
Details here.
riddlebird
This is a new magazine and they want literary fiction, literary genre fiction (especially mysteries, sci-fi, and westerns), and personal essays. They plan to publish twice yearly, in July and January.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: $100
Details here.
Young Mag
They publish flash and short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, diary entries, and excerpts. While submitting work, “Please include your twitter handle only. No author bio or previous publications.”
Deadline: Ongoing
Length: Unspecified
Pay: $50
Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
