{"id":10183,"date":"2022-06-07T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2022-06-07T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:04:09","slug":"10-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-350","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/10-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-350\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Fiction Markets Paying $50 to $350"},"content":{"rendered":"

These markets pay $50 to about $350 for fiction. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. They are open now, or will open soon for submissions. – S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fusion Fragment
\n<\/strong>This Canadian magazine wants science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction. \u201cAlthough any science fiction subgenre is fair game, our tastes lean towards slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and anything with a little taste of the bizarre.\u201d They have a very brief reading period \u2013 please send work only during the submission window.
\nReading period: 10th<\/sup> to 12th<\/sup> June 2022
\nLength: 2,000 to 15,000 words
\nPay: CAD3.5c\/word, up to CAD300 (approx. USD230)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Big Issue \u2013 Fiction Edition
\n<\/strong>The Big Issue is an Australian not-for-profit that supports and creates work opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage; they have opened submissions for their 18th<\/sup> annual fiction issue. \u201cWe are looking for stories of all kinds \u2013 literary, comedy, romance, sci-fi, crime and everything in between.\u201d
\nDeadline: 13 June 2022
\nLength: 500-3,000 words
\nPay: AUD500 (approx. USD360)
\nDetails here<\/a>.
\n(And Extra Teeth<\/strong> is open for fiction and non-fiction submissions of 800-4,000 words. Pay is \u00a3100, and the deadline is 14 June 2022. Details here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Channel
\n<\/strong>This Ireland-based journal publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry with an environmentalist perspective, from all over the world. They want work that engages with the natural world, and they have a particular interest in work which encourages reflection on human interaction with plant and animal life, landscape and the self. They also accept translations.
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words for prose, up to 4 poems
\nPay: \u20ac50\/page of prose up to \u20ac150, and \u20ac50\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.
\n(The Willowherb Review<\/strong> is also open for nature writing, broadly interpreted, from writers of color all over the world \u2013 non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Pay is \u00a3100 for poetry and \u00a3250 for prose. The deadline is 30 June 2022. Details here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The Bureau Dispatch: Dear X \u2013 epistolary stories and\/or found things
\n<\/strong>They want fiction submissions, in all genres, on the theme of epistolary stories and\/or found things. Their general guidelines say, \u201cWe are not a spec fic journal, but our stories often have a hint of the speculative, a dash of the intriguing. We want fiction that is compelling and beautifully-crafted; narratives that leave the reader breathless and changed.\u201d
\nDeadline: 17 June 2022
\nLength: 500-1,500 words
\nPay: $50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mud Season Review
\n<\/strong>This magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. \u201cWe seek deeply human work that will teach us something about life, but also about the craft of writing or visual art, and work that is original in its approach and that in some way moves us.\u201d They accept both tip-jar and fee-free submissions, and submissions may close early if volume demands.
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022, or until filled
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words for prose, 3-5 poems
\nPay: $50; also, \u201cFor artists whose images are paired with writing, and for poets whose work appears in The Take: Mud Season Review, we offer payment of $15.\u201d
\nDetails here<\/a> (scroll down).<\/p>\n

Nightlight
\n<\/strong>This is a horror fiction podcast featuring Black writers all over the world (at least one of your birth parents must be Black). Their reading periods this year are February-June, and August-October. They also accept reprints. At the time of writing, they were also looking for story performers.
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022
\nLength: Up to 10,000 words
\nPay: $75 for stories up to 3,000 words; $200 for stories of over 3,000 words
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Air and Nothingness Press: The Librarian
\n<\/strong>This is a fiction anthology about a librarian roving through the multiverse. \u201cThe Librarian travels the multiverse (along the timeline – past through the future – and across planetary systems and universes) helping out people, societies, and those in need, with their questions, problems, and research (as librarians do). Looking for positive, hopeful stories with positive endings, and narratives that celebrate librarians.\u201d They have some guidelines\/suggestions on the librarian as a character (see guidelines). Authors may explore any genre with their stories.
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022
\nLength: 1,000-3,500 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Orion\u2019s Belt
\n<\/strong>This magazine publishes flash speculative fiction and poetry. They have extensive guidelines on the kind of stories they want and do not want, including, \u201cAll stories must contain significant speculative elements. This does not mean all sci-fi stories must have lasers and rockets. It just means a non-speculative story doesn\u2019t become speculative if you include a single line clarifying the story takes place on Mars.\u201d They are also open for artwork.
\nDeadline: 1 September 2022
\nLength: Up to 1,200 words for fiction
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.
\n(And Baffling Magazine<\/strong> from Neon Hemlock Press publishes speculative fiction with a queer bent; it\u2019s accepting unthemed submissions as well as those on the Fashion\/Style<\/strong> theme. Pay is $0.08\/word for stories up to 1,200 words, and the deadline is 15 June 2022. Details here<\/a>. See all projects by the publisher here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

TTA Press: IZ Digital
\n<\/strong>The digital version of Interzone Magazine is open for submissions now. \u201cIZ Digital is currently open to unsolicited submissions of science fiction and fantasy stories up to a maximum of 7,000 words.\u201d
\nDo not send them stories previously rejected by Interzone<\/a>, the print magazine from TTA Press<\/a>.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Up to 7,000 words
\nPay: (EUR) 1.5\u00a2\/word (one and a half euro cents)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mystery Magazine
\n<\/strong>This is a Canadian magazine and they read submissions from all over the world. They read all kinds of mystery fiction, and you can read more about them and the kind of work they publish here<\/a>.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: 1,000-7,500 words
\nPay: $0.02\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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