These markets pay $100 to $800 for fiction. A few of these accept other genres also, like non-fiction and poetry. They are either open now, or are due to open soon, for short submission periods. Deadlines are approaching quickly. – S. Kalekar

Breathe FIYAH
Tor.com and FIYAH Magazine have teamed up to announce a call for flash fiction by Black writers, and submissions will be open for a two-day period. They will be accepting original speculative flash fiction written by Black authors, including those from the Black Diaspora and Black African authors. Their guidelines say, “So many of us are navigating the rage James Baldwin knew would be a constant struggle. We must always give voice to that rage while refusing to let it destroy us. Breathe FIYAH invites submitting authors to share the work your spirit is moving you to create. The selections will allow the larger community to inhale stories from Black voices as we celebrate Black Speculative Fiction Month, and honor the paths laid down by those who came before us. We stand in remembrance of our countless kin who asked to breathe as they were ruthlessly cut down by an oppressive system that permeates nearly every facet of our existence.” They are looking for stories that reject regressive ideas of Blackness, respectability politics, and stereotypes. 

Reading period: 26-28 August 2020
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $250
Details here.

Fireside Quarterly
They will open a brief submission window for fiction in August for the Summer 2021 issue. Their guidelines say, “Our budget allows us to pay for up to 7,000 words per month, which means we are always going to buy more shorter fiction than longer stories. We especially love to see very short pieces that still tell great stories and make us laugh, cry, or transport us to new worlds.” Stories can be in any genre, in English or Spanish.  (Note: Fireside cancelled book contracts last year – see this post on the Writer Beware site.)
Reading period: 24-28 August 2020
Length: Up to 3,000 words
Pay: 12.5c/word
Details here.

Apparition Lit: Satisfaction
They accept speculative fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, literary) and poetry, and they are open now for work on the ‘Satisfaction’ theme.
Deadline: 31 August 2020
Length: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction, up to five poems
Pay: $0.03/word for prose, $30/poem
Details here.

Shenandoah
­­­­­This literary magazine publishes essays, creative non-fiction, short stories, excerpts of novels in progress, poems, comics, and translations of all of the above. Their current submission window is for prose submissions only. They accept comic submissions and translations throughout the year. They can only accept 800 submissions per month, so they recommend submitting early during a reading period.
Deadline: 31 August 2020
Length: Up to 8,000 words for prose
Pay: $100 per 1,000 words, up to $500
Details here.

The Southampton Review
They publish creative non-fiction, memoirs, personal essays, and traditional essays of up to 7,500 words. They also publish fiction, poetry, and artwork. All submissions will be considered for the print edition or TSR Online, and they pay cash only for work selected for the print edition.
Deadline: 1 September 2020
Length: Up to 7,500 words for prose; up to 5 poems
Pay: For the print magazine, pay is $100+ for prose, $75 per poem, $100 per page for illustration, and $200 for up to 12 images for art portfolios
Details here.

Future Science Fiction Digest: Envision the future of the East Asia region in an optimistic, positive way
For this themed issue their guidelines say, “For this call we’re seeking science fiction stories that envision the future of the East Asia region in an optimistic, positive way. No dystopias, please. You can interpret this widely, but the theme has to be at the core of the story. It isn’t enough that the story be merely set in the region.” This submission call is open to all authors.
Deadline: 30 September 2020
Length: 500-10,000 words (under 5,000 words strongly preferred)
Pay: $0.08/word (split between author and translator in case of translations)
Details here.

The New Southern Fugitives
They publish work that “challenges our comfortable perspective of the South. We strive to promote diversity, reach a broad audience, and cultivate the new Southern voice of the New Millennium”, according to their website. They publish fiction (micro/flash and short), essays, book reviews, poetry, and visual art/photography. They nominate their writers for various prizes. They can only pay writers by mailed US checks, so writers should keep that in mind while submitting.
Deadline: 30 November 2020
Length:  Up to 1,500 words for flash fiction, up to 5,000 words for short fiction, up to three poems, 1,500-5,000 words for essays, up to 1,500 words for book reviews
Pay: $15/page of prose up to $105, $50 per book review, $40 per poem and per piece of visual art (new rates as of February 2020)
Details here.

West Branch
This respected literary magazine publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and translations. Their reading period is from August to April.
Deadline: 1 April 2021
Length: Up to 30 pages of prose; up to six poems
Pay: $0.05/word for prose up to $100 for online, $10/page up to $100 for print; $50 for poetry
Details here.

Short Fiction
This magazine is open for submissions, but they are currently not accepting work from writers in the US. They publish fiction, and guidelines say, “We have wide-ranging tastes and have happily published traditional character-driven stories next to non-conformist work of extraordinary innovation. We admire and love poets and memoirists, but can’t accept poetry or life writing. The boundaries can be blurred in hybrid forms and that’s great; if you feel your hybrid piece qualifies as fiction, send it in.” Writers who have never had a short story published before should write for their ‘Introducing’ section.
Deadline: Open now
Length: 500-5,000 words
Pay: £0.02 per word, to the nearest 100 words, with a minimum of £30 and maximum £100
Details here.

Prairie Fire
This Canadian literary magazine accepts fiction, creative non-fiction, essays and poetry from writers in Canada and elsewhere. Submissions have to be mailed.
Deadline: Ongoing
Length: Up to 10,000 words for prose or up to 6 poems
Pay: CAD0.10/word, capped at CAD250 for fiction, CAD50-250 for other prose, CAD40/poem
Details here and here.

Author Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of 182 Short Fiction Publishers. She can be reached here.