These markets pay $50 to about $600 for fiction. Some of the magazines also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. – S. Kalekar

The Puritan
This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction – interviews, essays and reviews – from all over the world. They accept a certain number of fee-free submissions every month.
Deadline: 25 December 2020 for the Winter issue; reads year-round
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction, up to 4 poems; various for non-fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: CAD200 per essay; CAD150 for fiction; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD25 per poem (or page, capped at CAD80)
Details here.

The Arkansas International: Arkansas Intergalactic
­­­­­For Arkansas Intergalactic, they want science fiction and speculative fiction of all kinds. They want short stories, essays, poetry, graphic literature, and translations.  After they hit their monthly free submissions cap, submissions will be charged. Also see submission guidelines for The Arkansas International here, which publishes literary (not genre) work, and has a later deadline.   
Deadline: 28 December 2020 for Intergalactic
Length: Up to 8,000 words for prose, up to 5 poems
Pay: $20/page, up to $250
Details here.

Zombies Need Brains: Three themes
They are reading fiction submissions for three anthologies. They are looking for a range of tones, from humorous all the way up to dark.
— The Modern Deity’s Guide to Surviving Humanity is to feature urban fantasy stories set in the modern-day world with some type of god or deity as the central focus of the story. Stories featuring more interesting gods and deities, especially those from less-used cultures, will receive more attention than those that use standard gods/deities. From the open call, they are unlikely to use stories featuring gods/deities the anchor authors intend to use (see guidelines).

–– Derelict is to feature stories involving abandoned ships, whether it be ships at sea or starships in space. Half of the anthology with science fiction stories and half with fantasy stories.  They are somewhat flexible as to the definition of “ship” for this anthology, but it must still be somehow abandoned in some way.
— When Worlds Collide is to feature science fiction and fantasy stories, including alternate history stories, where two different cultures “collide” in some way.  They expect mostly first contact types of collisions, but the story doesn’t need to be a first contact story. The cultures can be human, alien, technological, fae, etc. They should clash in some significant, meaningful way.
Deadline: 31 December 2020
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: 8c/word + Royalties
Details here.

Neon Hemlock Press: Two themes
They’re reading fiction for two projects; one is a reprint anthology.
— We’re Here: The Best The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 is a reprint anthology. They want queer speculative fiction that has been published in 2020. Stories should deal implicitly or explicitly with queerness.
Deadline: 31 December 2020
Length: Up to 17,500 words
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here and here.
— Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness will include speculative stories of witchery with queer narratives. According to guidelines, this anthology “explores the boundaries between queer witches, the profane, and infinite darkness. … For this anthology, we use the term “witch” in the broadest sense, paying homage to ritual practices, razor-sharp intent, and connections to the eldritch, the numinous and the otherworldly. We welcome tensions and alignments within those practices, and particularly look forward to non-Western and non-white interpretations.”
Deadline: 15 January 2021
Length: Up to 6,000 words (1-4,000 words is the sweet spot)
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here (scroll down).

Constelación Magazine: Myths and Monsters
This is a bilingual speculative fiction magazine. They have a short submission window for speculative fiction stories on the theme ‘Myths and Monsters’, starting mid-December. Their guidelines say, “Since the dawn of time, humans have stared into the abyss and wondered what hid in the darkness. Tell us about the myths and monsters that have shaped your perception of the unknown. Do your monsters hide in broad daylight or lurk in the shadows? … Sometimes monsters wear suits and ties, sometimes they can’t be seen, only felt.” Submissions can be in English or Spanish, and they also ask for translation rights. They plan to open later in 2021 for other themes, and they pay for artwork (see guidelines).
Reading period: 15 December 2020 – 1 January 2021
Length: Up to 6,400 words
Pay: $0.08/word for fiction
Details here.

The Cincinnati Review
This literary magazine accepts fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, poetry translations, and art. Query for drama submissions. They also have a weekly online Flash feature called miCRo (payment for this is a digital contributor copy). They accept online submissions only, except from writers with disabilities or those who are incarcerated. See guidelines for editors’ preferences.  
Deadline: 1 January 2021
Length: Fiction can be up to 40 pages, non-fiction up to 20 pages, and up to 5 poems
Pay: $25/page for prose in the journal, $30/page for poetry
Details here.

Scare Street: Night Terrors
They want short horror stories with a focus on ghosts, the supernatural, paranormal, monsters, and dark tales for their Night Terrors anthology. “We go for stories that are dark, literary; we are looking for the creepy, the weird and the unsettling” according to their guidelines.
Deadline: 11 January 2021
Length: 3,000-7,000 words
Pay: “$10 per 1,000 words” ($0.01/word)
Details here.

Wyldblood
Their tagline is ‘Speculative and literary fiction’. They publish short stories and flash fiction. They have also listed the kind of things they don’t want to see in stories, on their website (the list is updated regularly). They will open for novel and novella submissions in 2021.
Deadline: 14 January 2021
Length: 250-750 words for flash, 2,500-8,000 words for short stories
Pay: £0.01/word
Details here.

Split Lip Magazine: Summertime-themed issue for Black Voices
They are reading submissions for a special Summertime issue for Black Voices; they have a monthly Submittable cap for fee-free submissions, so they suggest submitting early. Apart from fiction, they also publish poetry, memoir, and art. They are also reading unthemed submissions and offer fee-free submissions to Black writers until end-December 2020; they will be open for general fee-free submissions in January 2021.
Deadline: 15 January 2021 for Summertime
Length: 1,000 words for flash fiction; 1,000-3,000 words for short fiction; 2,000 words for memoir; one poem
Pay: $50
Details here.

Zooscape
This is a magazine of furry fiction. They want stories prominently featuring an anthropomorphic animal figure – it could be anthropomorphic in body or only intelligence. Query for multiple submissions. They also accept reprints.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 10,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word up to 1,000 words, flat rate of $80 for longer
Details here.

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.