Primodal
They want stories depicting intelligent alien life for their first issue; see guidelines for their preferred aesthetic. They also want articles and reviews relating to such things.
Deadline: 30 November 2017
Length: 1,000-16,000 words
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here.
They publish extreme horror stories that are dark and disturbing, and hardcore, dark crime. They also accept horror-related articles, author interviews and book reviews.
Deadline: 31 December 2017
Length: Up to 4,000 words for fiction; up to 1,000 for non-fiction; longer works are accepted, but payment is capped
Pay: $0.03/word; up to $120 for fiction and at $30 for non-fiction
Details here.
They publish stories in response to their prompts. For this prompt, they want weird, dark fiction; slipstream; magical realism; horror. Fiction with a touch of mythic quality. Themes based around transformations—things that are shapeshifting, things that are emerging. Make Ovid’s Metamorphoses contemporary and weird and scary. No splatter or pulp, or assaulted people turning into trees, or a lot of people in togas.
Deadline: Will open for submissions in January 2018, publishing in summer
Length: Ideally up to 1,000 words; no more than 2,000 words
Pay: $0.06/word; $0.03/word for reprints
Details here.
They want fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry by women and queergender folk who identify as part of the LGBTQIA community. The work itself need not be queer in focus.
Deadline: 31 January 2018
Length: Up to 3,500 words for fiction and non-fiction; up to five poems
Pay: CAD50-150
Details here.
Epoch publishes literary fiction, poetry, essays and screenplays. Mailed submissions only.
Deadline: 15 April 2018
Length: Up to five poems, one short story or three short short stories
Pay: At least $50 for poetry; up to $150 for fiction
Details here.
They accept literary fiction. They do accept genre fiction, but the stories must have literary merit, or must transcend/challenge genre. Mailed submissions only from US-based writers; other writers can submit by e-mail.
Deadline: 15 April 2018
Length: Up to 7,200 words for fiction; up to 6 poems of 2 pages each; 1,500-5,000 words for non-fiction
Pay: $175-250 for fiction; $75-100 for poetry; $100-150 for non-fiction
Details here.
They want to see science fiction, fantasy or horror stories on the theme for their semi-annual magazine. What is the cost of defiance and who really ends up paying? What do we give up in unquestioned obedience, and is it tantamount to capitulation? Story characters must be predominantly People of Color.
Deadline: Now open
Length: Up to 3,000 words
Pay: $120
Details here.
They want stories, essays, non-fiction and poems that relate to music in subtle, oblique and surprising ways.
Deadline: Unspecified
Length: Up to 12,000 words for fiction and non-fiction; up to 1,800 words for flash fiction and non-fiction
Pay: Minimum $100 for fiction and non-fiction, or $12/page; $75/poem, negotiated rate for a set of poems; $750-150 for flash fiction and non-fiction
Details here and here.
This is a semi-annual journal of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction for all age groups. They particularly welcome work for and by readers aged 10-18 years.
Deadline: Rolling
Length: 12,000 words for fiction and non-fiction, 500-700 for flash fiction (up to 1,500 is also ok), poems up to 100 lines
Pay: $0.02/word or $20, whichever is more
Details here.
They seek good, honest literary fiction; writing that has emotional jeopardy, soul and honesty. They also publish poetry and non-fiction. No charge for mailed submissions, or for subscribers.
Deadline: Rolling
Length: Fiction and non-fiction up to 10,000 words; up to 3 poems
Pay: $100 for fiction, $25 for non-fiction and poetry
Details here.
They want stories and features for children aged 8-13 years, which have not been published before in the UK.
Deadline: Rolling
Length: 1,050-1,150 words per instalment for stories; 800 for features
Pay: £90 per short story, or per instalment for a two-part story; £90 per feature
Details here.
