These markets pay about $100 to $1,200 for fiction. Some accept other genres also, like non-fiction and poetry. A few of the calls are themed. – S. Kalekar

Augur Magazine: A Multiplicity of Futures
This speculative fiction magazine is reading on ‘A Multiplicity of Futures’ theme. They are especially looking for the following genres and themes: Afrofuturism, soft scifi, scifi-fabulism, scifi-fantasy, Indigenous futurity, hopepunk, dystopia, utopia, post-apoc, solarpunk, scifi-realism, Canadian scifi, ecofiction, and “hopeful futures”. Their guidelines say, “We are hoping to position stories and poetry that centre on trauma, systemic oppression and harm alongside pieces that examine hope, better futures, and quiet bildungsromans. We are also interested in pieces that tackle both sides of this coin.” Pandemic stories will receive an automatic rejection, and hard scifi will be a hard sell. They are mostly interested in deeply human and character-driven narratives – see guidelines for detailed submissions.
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 pages of poetry
Pay: CAD0.11/word for fiction, CAD60 for poetry
Details here.

The Bare Life Review: The Climate Issue
They are reading work on the Climate theme. The magazine publishes work by immigrant and refugee authors – from foreign-born authors living in the US, and writers living abroad who currently hold refugee and/or asylum-seeker status. And for this issue only, they have amended the eligibility rules to include non-immigrant writers who have experienced displacement as a result of climate disaster. They accept fiction, non-fiction, and poetry – the work may, but need not, deal explicitly with issues of immigration, exile, or refuge. They welcome translations. American-born translators may submit work by eligible writers, but in such cases payment must be issued to the author.
Deadline: 15 July 2020 (extended)
Length: Fiction and non-fiction up to 8,000 words for print; 3-5 poems, up to 10 pages in total
Pay: $750 for full-length prose pieces, $300 for accepted poems or shorter prose, $100 for online nonfiction
Details here.

Dreamforge Magazine: Hope of the Big Idea
They want positive stories demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit and the power of hope and humane values in overcoming the most daunting challenges. They want science fiction and fantasy, but no horror. Their theme is the ‘Hope of the Big Idea’ – “Which means we’d like to see stories that call upon powerful new visions of how life could be shaped for the better either through technological or social change, or both”, according to guidelines. These can include themes of rebuilding or starting fresh. Stories can be serious, lighthearted, or funny. They’d like to see more flash fiction. The magazine also publishes speculative poetry.

Reading period: 1-15 July 2020
Length: Flash fiction & poetry: 100-1,500 words; short stories: 2,000-7,500 words; novelettes: 7,500-15,000 words (in general, want works of 5,000 words or fewer)
Pay: $0.04-0.08/word for fiction (see guidelines); $25-100 for poems and micro-stories
Details here.

Virginia Quarterly Review
This respected literary magazine publishes literary fiction, non-fiction, including reviews, and poetry. They’re generally not interested in genre fiction (like romance, science fiction, or fantasy). For non-fiction, they want literary, art, and cultural criticism, reportage, historical and political analysis, and travel essays. They publish few author interviews or memoirs. “In general, we are looking for nonfiction that looks out on the world, rather than within the self.”
Reading period: 1-31 July 2020
Length: 3,500-8,000 words for fiction; 3,500-9,000 words for non-fiction; 2,000-2,400 words for book reviews
Pay: $1,000 and up for fiction; about $0.25/word for non-fiction (higher for investigative reporting – see guidelines); $200/poem, up to $1,000; $500 for book reviews; $100-200 for online content
Details here.

Mysterion
They want speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, and horror – with Christian themes, characters or cosmology. Their guidelines say, “The story must engage with Christianity. We want stories with Christian characters whose faith affects their actions, with Christian themes such as grace and redemption, or with a Christian view of the supernatural. Note that we’re not saying that you must be a Christian. We are not in a position to judge your faith and won’t try, and we welcome submissions from authors of all backgrounds and perspectives. Nor does your story need to be unambiguously pro-Christian.” They also accept translations and reprints.
Reading period: 1-31 July 2020
Length: Up to 9,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here.

Mainstream – An Anthology of Stories from the Edges
This is a call for short fiction. They’re looking for stories from the edges, from writers “whose life experiences give unique perspectives on universal challenges”. According to guidelines, “We welcome writers who are BAME, LGBTQ+, working class and are particularly interested in hearing from mature emerging writers and those with health conditions or impairments.” Contributors must include a short statement saying why they identify as an outsider

Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: Up to 2,500 words
Pay:  £100 
Details here.

NewMyths
They publish every kind of speculative fiction, except graphic horror. They also publish some non-fiction and poetry, as well as book reviews (query first for book reviews). They also publish artwork.   
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction
Pay: One and a half cents per word
Details here.

Sub-Terrain Magazine: Isms
They accept fiction, creative non-fiction, commentary, social or otherwise, and poetry. For the Isms theme their guidelines say, “In a time of acute social activism, and some might say, division, issue #87 invites writers to ponder “isms.” Racism, classism, conservatism, pacifism, feminism, sexism, atheism, capitalism, dualism, fascism, neoliberalism, optimism, populism, etcetera.” Online submissions are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.
Deadline: 7 August 2020
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction, up 4,000 words for creative non-fiction and social commentary
Pay: CAD0.10/word for prose up to CAD500, CAD50/poem
Details here.

Catapult
Catapult is seeking pitches for both fiction and non-fiction, according to this call on Twitter recently – the editor is “particularly—but not exclusively—interested in pieces with a science/social science element, except for COVID. And I’m very interested in hearing from BIPOC.”
Deadline: Unspecified
Length: “Generally 4k”
Pay: Starts at $150
Details here (Twitter call) and here (magazine).

Future Science Fiction Digest
This is a science fiction magazine and they currently want translated fiction only. The author or authorized translator may submit fiction that has been previously published in source language but not in English. Also, fiction must be written by authors for whom English is not their first language and who reside outside of primarily English-speaking countries.
Deadline: Unspecified
Length: 500-5,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word (split between author and translator)
Details here.

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.