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| Name | Min Wordcount | Max Wordcount | What they want | F | SF | H/DF | Pay Per Word USD (originals) | Flat Pay USD (originals) | Payment Notes | Reprints (Paid) | Website | Notes | Recently Award-Nominated (Hugo, Nebula) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crepuscular | 0 | 250 | Microfiction, all genres | Y | Y | Y | $0.100 | N | https://www.patreon.com/posts/submission-85137677 | ||||
| Uncanny | 750 | 10,000 | SF/F | Y | Y | N | $0.100 | N | https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ | Fast response time. | Award-nominated | ||
| House of Gamut | 1,000 | 5,000 | Speculative fiction and poetry | Y | Y | Y | $0.100 | Y | https://houseofgamut.moksha.io/publication/house-of-gamut | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: opens 11/1/23 | |||
| Winter in the City: A Collection of Dark Urban Stories (House of Gamut) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/24 | 3,000 | 7,500 | Dark fantasy, dark SF, and horror themed to a real-world city in winter | Y | Y | Y | $0.100 | N | https://houseofgamut.moksha.io/publication/house-of-gamut | ||||
| Metastellar | 0 | 1,200 | Fantasy, SF, and horror flash fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.080 | N | https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/ | Not all submission windows are paid. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/1/23 – 10/31/23 | |||
| Interstellar Flight Press Flash Fiction ONE-TIME CALL – DUE 11/1/23 – 12/31/23 | 0 | 1,250 | All speculative flash fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.080 | $25 minimum | N | https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html | |||
| I Want That Twink Obliterated (Bona Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/17/23 | 0 | 6,000 | SF, fantasy, and horror pulp adventures themed to non-traditionally masculine heroes | Y | Y | Y | $0.080 | N | https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bonabooks/i-want-that-twink-obliterated-an-anthology-of-queer-sff/description | ||||
| Dracula Beyond Stoker | 1,500 | 5,000 | Horror inspired by Dracula, themed issues | N | N | Y | $0.050 | Y | https://www.dbspress.com/submissions | ONE-TIME THEME due 11/1/23 – 12/31/23: brides of Dracula | |||
| Flash Point SF | 100 | 1,000 | Science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy flash fiction | Y | Y | Y | $0.020 | N | https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/ | ||||
| Arithmophobia (Polymath Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 12/31/23 | 3,000 | 15,000 | Horror themed to math | N | N | Y | $0.010 | Y | https://polymathpress.com/pages/arithmophobia-submission-guidelines | ||||
| Hexagon Magazine | 0 | 10,000 | All speculative fiction (SF/F/H) | Y | Y | Y | $0.007 | Pays CAD$.01/wd | N | https://hexagonmagazine.ca/submit/ | SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1-1/7, 3/1-3/7, 5/1-5/7, 7/1-7/7, 9/1-9/7, 11/1-11/7 | ||
| Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Worldstone Publishing) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 10/1-10/31 | 1,500 | 7,500 | SF and Fantasy | Y | Y | N | $0.005 | $15 min. Reprints paid at same rate as originals. | Y | https://www.worldstonepublishing.com/submissions | |||
| Crimeucopia (Murderous Ink Press) | 2,000 | 10,000 | Crime and mystery, including weird and bizarro | N | N | Y | $0.003 | Pays £2 per 1,000 words | Y | https://www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/submissions.html | ONE-TIME CLOSURE until 2/1/2024 | ||
| Book XI: A Journal of Literary Philosophy | 2,000 | 10,000 | Fiction with philosophical themes, including SF and humor | N | Y | N | $200.00 | N | https://bookxiajournalofliteraryphilosophy.submittable.com/submit | ||||
| Three-Lobed Burning Eye | 0 | 7,500 | All speculative fiction, plus western and suspense with speculative elements | Y | Y | Y | $100.00 | $100 per story, or $30 for flash fiction. | N | https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html | |||
| riddlebird | 650 | 5,000 | Literary fiction, including literary genre fiction | Y | Y | N | $100.00 | N | https://www.riddlebird.com/submission-guidelines | ||||
| Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ANNUAL CONTEST – DUE 11/6 | 0 | 350 | Weird flash fiction themed to winter holidays | Y | Y | Y | $75.00 | $75 main prize, 3 $50 category prizes, honorable mentions $5 | N | https://weirdchristmas.com/2023/08/30/announcing-the-sixth-annual-weird-christmas-flash-fiction-contest/ | |||
| WriteHive Writing the Future We Need ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/1-10/31 | 0 | 8,000 | Speculative fiction, themed | Y | Y | Y | $45.00 | N | https://writehive.org/annual-anthology/ | ONE-TIME THEME due 10/31/23: rescuing curiosity | |||
| Fantastic Other’s Flash Fiction Contest: Hope ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 1/21/24 | 0 | 1,000 | Fantastic fiction themed to hope | Y | Y | N | $35.00 | 1st – $35, 2nd – $25, 3rd – $15 | https://fantasticother.com/submissions/ | ||||
| On the Premises Mini-Contest RECURRING CONTEST | 25 | 50 | Themed contests with very limited wordcounts, all genres | Y | Y | Y | $35.00 | 1st – $35, 2nd – $25, 3rd – $15 | N | https://onthepremises.com/current-contest/ | SUBMISSION PERIODS: April, May, October, and November | ||
| Devil You Know Best (Critical Blast Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/1/23 – 1/31/24 | 2,000 | 10,000 | All genres, themed to an encounter with the Devil | Y | Y | Y | $25.00 | Y | http://www.criticalblast.com/content/publishing | ||||
| Yankee Scares (Obsidian Butterfly LLC) ANTHOLOGY SERIES | 1,000 | 8,000 | Horror set in Connecticut, themed anthologies | N | N | Y | $20.00 | Y | http://obsidianbutterfly.com/yanksub.html | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION THEME due 1/15/24: coming of age, kids on bikes | |||
| Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors (Inkd Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 11/31/23 | 2,000 | 8,000 | Mystery, including SF and fantasy mysteries | Y | Y | N | $20.00 | Can choose royalties instead of payment | N | https://inkdpub.com/submissions/ | |||
| Lorelei Signal, The | 0 | 10,000 | Fantasy and SF without 1-dimensional female characters | Y | Y | N | $15.00 | Y | https://www.loreleisignal.com/guidelines | SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/15-2/15, 4/15-5/15, 7/15-8/15, 10/15-11/15 | |||
| Sprawl Mag, The | 0 | 1,500 | Speculative fiction and poetry | Y | Y | Y | $14.50 | Pays CAD$20 | N | https://www.thesprawlmag.ca/guidelines | ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: due 11/30/23 | ||
| Dusty Attic Publishing | 500 | 2,000 | Spooky and fantastical flash fiction and poetry | Y | N | Y | $10.00 | https://dustyatticpublishing.com/submissions/ | |||||
| Myriad (Hexagon Magazine) | 0 | 1,000 | All speculative fiction, themed | Y | Y | Y | $7.30 | Pays CAD$10 | N | https://hexagonmagazine.ca/myriad/ | |||
| StoSo Times and StoSo Ink | 0 | 10,000 | Speculative fiction and poetry | Y | Y | Y | $5.00 | Y | https://ourstorysociety.com/submissions/ | ||||
| Androids and Dragons | 500 | 5,000 | All speculative fiction | Y | Y | Y | $5.00 | Y | https://androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions | ||||
| Small Wonders | 0 | 1,000 | Speculative flash fiction and poetry | Y | Y | Y | $0.10 | Y | https://smallwondersmag.com/submissions/ | Up to 1,100 words for reprints. Has special reprint-only submission periods. | |||
| Mirror World Publishing – Novellas | 25,000 | 125,000 | Escapist genre fiction | Y | Y | N | $0.00 | 50% royalties | Y | https://www.mirrorworldpublishing.com/submissions | ANNUAL SUBMISSION PERIOD: 10/1 – 11/30 | ||
| Neon Hemlock Novellas | 17,500 | 40,000 | Science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and weird, especially queer stories | Y | Y | Y | Authors choose pay options: royalties only, or advance + royalties | N | https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions | 2023 SUBMISSION PERIODS: 10/15/23 – 10/30/23 | Award-nominated |
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