These markets pay $100 to $560 for fiction. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. They are all open for submissions now, and deadlines are approaching quickly for some of these magazines. – S. Kalekar

Escape Artists: Cast of Wonders
This is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction podcast for young adults, and they also publish stories on their website. They’re now open for Halloween themed stories, and this window closes soon. They will open later in the month for Dinovember themed submissions. They also accept reprints.

Deadline: 7 March 2020 for Halloween; reading period 15-31 March 2020 for Dinovember submissions
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here and here.

Flame Tree Publishing
This is a fiction anthology around Lovecraft’s mythos. Their guidelines say, “Lovecraft used the mythos to create a background to his fiction, and challenged many writer companions to add their own stories. Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner were amongst the first but over the years many others …. added their voices to the many mythic cycles, developing themes and new fictional pathways for the town of Arkham, and the creatures Azathoth and Nyarlathotep. 
The Lovecraft Mythos is fertile ground for any writer of supernatural, horror, fantasy and science fiction, so for this edition we are opening our submissions for brand new stories, many published here for the first time, to continue expanding the shared universe.” They also accept reprints.  

Deadline: 15 March 2020
Length: 3,000-7,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word; $0.06/word for reprints
Details here.

Hypnos Magazine
This is a magazine of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They are looking for original, thought-provoking weird fiction, and they prefer longer, more complex work to flash fiction. Their guidelines also say, “we do not automatically reject submissions because of violent, obscene, or otherwise offensive content. We are not, by any means, seeking such works, but we do not reject submissions simply because some readers might, theoretically, find them upsetting.” 
Deadline: Ongoing; submissions received until 31 March 2020 will be published in the Spring issue
Length: Up to 10,000 words
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here.

The Arkansas International
­­­­­This biannual literary journal was launched by the University of Arkansas. They publish short stories, essays, poetry, and translations. Longer works should be self-contained. They publish both established and emerging voices. After they hit their monthly free submissions cap, submissions are charged (except for translations).    
Deadline: 1 April 2020
Length: Up to 8,000 words for prose, up to 5 poems
Pay: $20/page, up to $250
Details here.

Bracken Magazine
This magazine explores human nature as part of nature. They accept pitches only for fiction. Their guidelines say, “We’re seeking lyrical fiction with a strong emotional core, in which the natural world is present in setting and/or in essence. 
Starting with Issue VII, we accept fiction through the pitch process. Please send us an excerpt of 300 words or less, accompanied by a brief cover letter.” Writers will hear back only if the magazine is interested in the fiction pitch, for full-length works of up to 2,500 words. They also publish poetry and art.
Deadline: 1 April 2020
Length: Excerpt of 300 words or less for fiction of up to 2,500 words, up to four poems
Pay: $0.04/word fiction, $15 per poem
Details here.

Colorado Review
This literary magazine accepts submissions of short fiction and poetry; non-fiction is accepted year-round. Online submissions are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.  
Deadline: 30 April 2020 for fiction and poetry
Length: 15-25 pages for prose, up to 15 pages for poetry
Pay: $200 for prose, $10 per page for poetry ($30 minimum)
Details here.

Bourbon Penn
They want highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. They want genre/speculative stories and they are “quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist and the surreal.” They have doubled their pay rates.
Deadline: Ongoing
Length: 2,000-7,500 words
Pay: $0.02/word
Details here.

Thrilling Words
They want submissions of two related speculative fiction stories. Both stories, combined, should be no more than 4,000 words. Their guidelines say, “As for the style of story we are looking for, it can be anything that has a speculative element. The nature of the speculation, be it fantasy, sci-fi, superhero or just plain surreal is not important, the more important thing is to have fun with the story. And it’s this last point, having fun, that’s the most important stylistic element. We are looking for stories that trace their heritage more from pulp traditions than literary. Stories that make you feel more than make you think. Stories that have a sense of humor even if they aren’t humorous stories. Though we do love funny stories.”
Deadline: Open now
Length: Two stories with total length of up to 4,000 words
Pay: $160 for a pair of stories up to 2,000 words; $0.08/word for a pair of stories over 2,000 words
Details here.

The Big Click
This is a bimonthly electronic journal of crime fiction. They are interested in publishing work under the broad umbrella of crime. They are especially interested in noir, tales of the criminal lifestyle, confessional fiction, peculiar literary specimens, and great characters.
Deadline: Ongoing
Length: Unspecified
Pay: $100
Details here.

Aquila
They want stories and features for children aged 8-13 years, with the majority being in the 9-12-year range. The content is designed to appeal to bright children who are confident and independent readers. The work should have not been published before in the UK. They have raised their pay rates.
Deadline: Ongoing
Length: 1,000-1,300 words per double-spread stories, 1,050-1,200 words per instalment for two-instalment stories; 800 for features
Pay: £105 per short story, or per installment for a two-part story; £105 per feature
Details here (download Author’s Guidelines).

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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.