The following is a huge list of publishers that pay for short stories. Included is a wide variety of genres and publications. Whether you want to appear in print magazine, website, or podcast, there’s something here for you.

Note that some of the publishers are currently closed to submissions, though the majority are accepting submissions at this time.

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1. Beneath Ceaseless Skies, an online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, just upped their max wordcount to 15,000 words. This follows the success of yet another Kickstarter campaign for them. They pay 6 cents per word. With the new word count limit, that means a maximum pay of $900. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
2. Uncanny is an online magazine of scifi/fantasy. They publish fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. They have a “deep investment in the diverse SF/F culture.” They are seeking “intricate, experimental stories and poems with gorgeous prose, verve, and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs.”. They pay 8 cents per word. To learn more, read their submission guidelines. Note: They are temporarily closed to submissions.
3.  sub-Q is a publisher of interactive fiction. They publish fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mystery, and mash-up interactive fiction. They pay 9 cents per word for “interactive fiction.” They prefer to publish works under 5,000 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
4. The Cincinnati Review is an academic literary journal based at the University of Cincinnatti, they pay $25/page up to 40 pages. To learn more, visit their website.
5. Escape Pod is one of the premiere sources online for high-quality audio sci-fi content, and they’re also open to submissions. Their stated mandate is simply “fun,” and they are open to works between 2000 and 6000 words that fall somewhere within the spectrum of “science fiction.” They pay $0.06 a word for original work and a non-negotiable rate of $100.00 for reprinted material. To learn more, read Escape Pod’s submission guidelines.
6. Pseudopod is after tales of horror and the weird for their high-quality audio episodes. This award-winning program is a competitive market, but its rates reflect that: Like Escape Pod, to which it is a companion podcast, it pays $0.06 a word for original material or a $100.00 flat rate for reprinted material. Stories should run between 1500 and 6000 words, with 4500 being identified as the sweet spot. Publication with Pseudopod also helps qualify the author for affiliate or active membership with the Horror Writers Association. To learn more, read Pseudopod’s submission guidelines
7. Cast of Wonders is a short story podcast for young adult fiction. They publish stories up to 6,000 words, at 6 cents per word. They want stories “that evoke a sense of wonder, have deep emotional resonance, and have something unreal about them. We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending stories with wide appeal, and without gratuitous or explicit sex, violence or pervasive obscene language.” To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
8. Podcastle publishes fantasy short stories in Podcast form. They pay 6 cents per word, up to 6,000 words. They’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.” To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
9. Fantasy and Science Fiction is one of the major magazines of the genre. They pay 7-12 cents a word, up to 25,000 words. That adds up to a possible $3,000 payment. They want stories that appeal to “all fantasy and science fiction readers.” They are particularly interested in receiving more submissions of humorous stories. To learn more, read their submission guidelines. 
10. Cricket Magazine, often referred to as the New Yorker for children, is a nationally distributed literary journal for kids. They publish short stories, non-fiction articles, poetry, and puzzles/crafts/activities for children. Most short stories they publish are 1200 to 1800 words in length. They also look for shorter pieces of 600 to 900 words. At 25 cents per word, that means payment from $150 to $450. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
11. The Sun is a beautiful, ad free, magazine that publishes writing with a literary bent. According to their website, “The Sun is an independent, ad-free monthly magazine that for forty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendor and heartache of being human.” They pay up to $2,000 for fiction. They accept online submissions here. Here are their submission guidelines.
12. Clarkesworld is a science fiction magazine that has won numerous awards, including 3 Hugo Awards. They pay $0.10 a word for the first 5,000 words, and $.08 cents each word after that. They have a maximum of 16,000 words. That means a maximum total payment of up to $1,380. Submission guidelines.
13. Harper’s Magazine is “the oldest general-interest monthly in America.” They typically publish though-provoking articles about contemporary issues. They also accept unsolicited fiction submissions. They’ve published many famous writers, including Jonathan Franzen, Annie Dillard, and David Foster Wallace. While they don’t publish their rates, expect them to be very good. Submission Guidelines.
14. The New Yorker is possibly the most profitable magazine in the world. They have a huge and loyal readership. Their fiction has been a staple of the American literary scene for many decades. They accept unsolicited submissions of short stories. Publication by them is nearly impossible – but it does happen, and it can launch your career. Submission Guidelines.
15. Asimov’s Science Fiction is a well established publisher of science fiction. They’ve won 58 Hugo awards and 28 Nebular awards. They pay 8-10 cents a word for stories up to 20,000 words. That works out to a maximum of $2,000 per story. Submission Guidelines.
16. Analog is a magazine of science fiction and fact. They pay 8-10 cents a word up to 7,500 words, and 8.5 cents a word for longer stories. They publish “stories in which some aspect of future science or technology is so integral to the plot that, if that aspect were removed, the story would collapse.” To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
17. Strange Horizons publishes speculative fiction, “broadly defined.” They pay 8 cents a word, up to 10,000 words, though they prefer stories under 5,000 words. That means they pay up to $800. They have a thorough guidelines page, which goes into detail about what they want/don’t want to publish. Read their submission guidelines here.
18. Apex Magazine publishes science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They publish stories directly on their website, so you can easily get a sense of what they publish. They pay 6 cents a word, up to 7,500 words, plus 1 cent a word if they turn it into a podcast. Submission guidelines. They are currently closed to submissions, but will re-open on January 1st, 2018.
19. One Story is a magazine that publishes one story, in print, every three weeks. They pay $500 per story, plus 25 contributor copies. They accept stories of any style “as long as they are good.” To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
20. One Teen Story is the YA edition of One Story. They pay $500 per story, plus 25 contributor copies. Stories should be “geared toward an audience of teen readers.” They only accept submissions from teenagers. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
21. InterGalactic Medicine Show publishes sci-fi stories up to 17,500 words. They pay 6 cents a word. Writers who exemplify what they’re looking for include Asimov, Tolkien, Yolen, and Hobb. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
22. Prairie Fire is a Canadian literary journal. They publish short stories, poetry, and art. They pay 10 cents per word, for short stories, up to CAD $350. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
23. Terraform, part of Vice.com, publishes speculative fiction in “digestible internet length.” They focus on “the tech, science, and future culture topics driving the zeitgeist.” They pay 20 cents per word up to 2,000 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
24. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine publishes all kinds of mystery short stories. The preferred length of their stories is 2,500 to 8,000 words. However, they sometimes use stories of up to 12,000 words and feature one or two short novels (of up to 20,000 words) every year. They also consider shorter stories that are as little as 250 words. They pay 5 to 8 cents per word and at times more to established writers. To find out more, read their writer’s guidelines.
25. The Dark is an online magazine published every month. They publish horror and dark fantasy pieces of 2,000 to 6,000 words. They ask their writers to not “be afraid to experiment or to deviate from the ordinary.” It is important to remember that despite its name, The Dark is not a magazine for “graphic, violent horror.” They pay 6 cents per word for original fiction of up to 6,000 words and 1 cent per word for reprint fiction of up to 6,000 words. For further information, read their submission guidelines.
26. Nightmare magazine is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. They accept “all types of horror and dark fantasy” and pay 6 cents per word for original fiction (or 1 cent a word for reprints), up to 7,500 words. To learn more, read their submission guidelines. They are currently closed to submissions.
27. Adventures in Odyssey Clubhouse is a Christian children’s magazine that publishes short stories and nonfiction. In addition to stories, they publish factoids, features of “ordinary kids doing extraordinary things, activities, humor, and interviews with noteworthy Christians. They pay $200 and up for short stories, and $150 and up for nonfiction. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
28. Highlights Magazine is a general interest magazine for kids ages 6 to 12. For fiction and nonfiction, they pay $175 and up. While, for verse, they pay $40 and up. To learn more, refer to this page.