These magazines pay $50 to $500 for fiction. A few also consider other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. They’re open now, or will open soon.
– S. Kalekar
Mud Season Review
They publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, both fee-based and fee-free. Submissions may close early if volume demands.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
Length: Up to 6,000 words for prose, 3-5 poems
Pay: $50
Details here.
Mythic
This magazine of science fiction and fantasy is back after a hiatus. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
Length: 2,000-5,000 words
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here.
Haven Speculative
This speculative fiction magazine accepts work throughout the year; they read writing by underrepresented writers and by all writers during alternate months. They accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, and art. They publish two issues on climate crisis every year (see guidelines). August is one of the months when they are open for submissions from all writers.
Deadline: 31 August 2022 for general submissions
Length: Up to 6,000 words for fiction, up to 3,000 words for nonfiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $0.01/word for prose, $5-10 for poetry
Details here.
Apparition Lit: Nostalgia
This is a quarterly speculative fiction and poetry magazine. They are reading submissions on the Nostalgia theme. As part of their equity initiative, they have a one-week extra reading period for writers who self-identify as BIPOC in their cover letters.
Deadline: 31 August for general submissions; will extend by a week for BIPOC writers (see guidelines)
Length: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $0.05/word for stories, $50/poem
Details here.
(Please see the end of this list for more themed calls).
The Bureau Dispatch
They publish fiction. “We are not a spec fic journal, but our stories often contain a hint of the speculative, a dash of the intriguing. We want fiction that is compelling and beautifully-crafted; narratives that leave the reader breathless and changed.”
Deadline: 15 September 2022
Length: 500-1,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Shenandoah
This literary magazine will open briefly for prose submissions (fiction and creative nonfiction) in September. They will open submissions at the beginning of September and will close mid-September, or when their Submittable cap is reached. Comics submissions are currently open.
Reading period: 1-15 September, or until filled
Length: Up to 5,000 words for prose
Pay: $100 per 1,000 words, up to $500 for prose; $50 per page, up to $500 for comics
Details here.
Split Lip Magazine
This is “a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist.” They publish fiction (flash and short stories), memoir, poetry, art, and photography. They have certain fee-free submission periods, including August and September. Fee-free submissions have a submission cap and may close early. Fee-free submissions for Black writers are open practically through the year (see guidelines).
Deadline: 30 September 2022
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction, varies for others
Pay: $50 for online, $5/page for print
Details here.
Planet Scumm
They publish science fiction, speculative fiction, weird fiction, and slipstream.
Deadline: 2 October 2022
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Pay: $0.06/word
Details here.
Nightlight
This is a horror podcast that takes work by Black writers only (at least one of your birth parents must be Black). They are not taking flash fiction at this time. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 31 October 2022
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: $75 for fiction of 1,000-3,000 words; $200 for fiction above 3,000 words
Details here.
(And Agbowó publishes work by African writers only; they want fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, interviews/reviews, and art/photography. Pay is $25-50 for poetry, $50 for one-act plays, $60 for fiction and nonfiction, and $35 for art. The deadline is 30 September 2022. Details here.)
A few themed submission calls open now are:
— A call for immigrant sci-fi stories by Flame Tree Publishing by writers who have direct or familial experience of immigration and migration and its complex issues; stories are 2,000-4,000 words, pays $0.08/word, deadline 30 August 2022, details here.
— Hidden Villains Anthology Series – Arise, science fiction, fantasy, horror, stories up to 7,000 words, pays $0.05-0.08/word, deadline 31 August 2022, details here.
— From the Depths anthology from Wyldblood Press; “Monsters and mermaids, sea serpents and sailors, the deep dank dark and the glistening coral; if you’ve got a fantasy story that reeks of seaweed and intrigue, we want to see it”; stories of 1,000-12,000 words, pays £0.01/word, deadline 31 August 2022, details here.
— Into Chaos anthology; “We are looking for stories of all genres that respond to our title and/or cover art”; stories up to 5,000 words, pays €150, deadline 6 September 2022, details here.
— Belanger Books has calls for Sherlock Holmes anthologies – The Consultations of Sherlock Holmes, deadline 15 September; The Detective and the Clergyman: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown, deadline 15 October; and Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.P. Lovecraft, deadline 15 November 2022; pay for all of these is Kickstarter-based, and is $50 or $100; details here.
— Sherlock is a Girl’s Name anthology – about a female-identifying Sherlock Holmes, written by women; the detective can be young or old, and the stories set in any time, place, or culture, and Watson could be nonbinary, female- or male-identifying, queer or straight; stories up to 5,000 words, pays AUD0.05/word, deadline 30 September 2022, details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
