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<\/strong>These magazines publish fiction, and pay up to $480 for stories. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. – S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fusion Fragment
\n<\/strong>This Canadian magazine publishes science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes. Their guidelines say, \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. That said, quality always outstrips genre preference in terms of importance, so feel free to send us anything that even vaguely resembles science fiction.\u201d Work by Canadian writers will be prioritized.
\nDeadline: 23 October 2022
\nLength: 2,000-15,000 words
\nPay: 3.5 cents\/word, up to $300 (Canadian)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Underland Arcana
\n<\/strong>This magazine is published thrice yearly. They want \u201cshort fiction that veers into the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. We like these stories to be mildly speculative, fantastic, mysterious, and\/or horrific (if you prefer genre tags). We\u2019re not terribly keen on stories that splash through gore, but we don\u2019t mind the grotesque. We prefer character-driven pieces, but will pause and admire works that are exceptionally experimental in tone, style, and presentation.\u201d \u00a0About the current reading period, their website says, \u201cOur next reading period begins October 1st, 2022. We will be reading for issues to be published in 2023. The reading period will last for at least one month. We expect this to be the only reading period for next year\u2019s issues.\u201d
\nDeadline: 31 October 2022, or until filled (see above)
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.01\/word for work published on website
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MetaStellar<\/strong>
\nThey pay for speculative flash fiction \u2013 science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They also accept nonfiction and reviews, but there is no payment for those.
\nDeadline: 31 October 2022
\nLength: Up to 1,200 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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\nword west revue
\n<\/strong>This is a new journal; they want fiction, nonfiction, poetry, video submissions, and photography. Their website<\/a> says, \u201cword west revue is a home for western-y writing and art and a whole lot more. a place to reimagine \u2018the west\u2019 and \u2018westerns\u2019 from new angles, overlooked perspectives, in both analogue + digital. we\u2019re into subversion and surprise. we’re into road trips and weird americana, ufos and cosmic country\u2014from the mountains to the deserts to the beaches to the plains. go west-ish.\u201d Their guidelines say, \u201cwe’re looking for writing and art and whatever else you’ve got that engages with and reimagines the ‘west.\u2019 ideally you or your work will have some connection to the western usa, but this theme is wide open to your interpretation (though our print issues will be more focused and western-y than online, which will be more free-wheeling). we like\u00a0 intersections and echoes, mythos and symbolism, and perspectives not as often seen.\u201d There is also a word west radio<\/a>, and videos. Pitches for online content (reviews, interviews, etc.) will always be accepted, and they plan to have two annual reading periods for the print magazine. They also have a press.
\nDeadline: 15 November 2022
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for prose, up to 5 poems
\nPay: $25 for online, $100 for print, $50 for videos
\nDetails here<\/a> (guidelines) and here<\/a> (Submittable)<\/p>\n

Neon<\/strong>
\nThis is a UK-based literary magazine, and they publish prose, poetry, photography, and comics. Their website<\/a> says, \u201cNeon is a magazine of slipstream fiction, poetry, and artwork. We publish creative work that is fantastic or surreal, and which crosses the boundaries between science-fiction, horror and literary fiction.\u201d They prefer darker pieces, especially those with an element of the surreal or speculative, but are open to anything and like to be surprised. They also publish images, comics, and graphic poems, and self-contained extracts. They\u2019re reading on two themes \u2013 Machines<\/strong> (deadline 15 January 2023), and Childhood<\/strong> (deadline 15 June 2023).
\nDeadline: See above
\nLength: Up 5,000 words for fiction, up to 6 poems
\nPay: \u00a30.02\/word for prose, \u00a30.20\/line of poetry
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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\nEscape Pod
\n<\/strong>This is a science fiction online magazine and podcast from the Escape Artists suite of magazines, and they reopened for submissions on 15 September. \u201cWe are fairly flexible on what counts as science (superheroes! steampunk! space opera! time travel!) and are interested in exploring the range of the genre. We want stories that center science, technology, future projections, and\/or alternate history, and how any or all of these things impact individuals and society.
\nEscape Pod leans in the direction of escapism, hopepunk and optimism rather than grimdark and gloom. We love to see funny stories, which can include dark humor that doesn\u2019t punch down, and satire that isn\u2019t painfully bleak.\u201d They also accept translations, and reprints.
\nDeadline: 31 May 2023 (see schedule<\/a>)
\nLength: 1,500-6,000 words for original fiction; longer for reprints
\nPay: $0.08\/word for originals, $100 for reprints
\nDetails here<\/a> (guidelines), and here<\/a> (submission portal).
\n(Two other magazines from the Escape Artists suite are scheduled to open next month \u2013 PodCastle<\/strong><\/a> will open to fantasy submissions through November \u2013 schedule here<\/a>, and Cast of Wonders<\/strong><\/a> is scheduled to have a reading period for young adult fiction during mid- to end-November \u2013 schedule here<\/a>. Both pay $0.08\/word for original fiction.)
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\nGrendel Press <\/strong>
\nThey are accepting submissions for 4 dark fantasy, dark romance, and horror anthologies. They are reading on these themes currently \u2013 Paramnesia<\/strong> (a condition or phenomenon involving distorted memory or confusions of fact and fantasy, such as confabulation or d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu); stories with monsters as main characters<\/strong>; supernatural <\/strong>stories (ghosts, cults, etc.); and stories for an anthology titled The Devil Who Loves Me<\/strong> – literal devil, figurative devil, questionably the devil, open to interpretation. There is no deadline listed.
\nDeadline: Until filled
\nLength: 3,000-7,000 words
\nPay: $0.05\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GigaNotoSaurus
\n<\/strong>They publish science fiction and fantasy (or any combination thereof). They publish one story a month.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: 5,000-25,000 words
\nPay: $100
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Protean
\n<\/strong>This is a leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine (open periodically) and publishes online content year-round. They\u2019re reading submissions for their online content now \u2013 fiction, non-fiction (pitches and drafts of criticism, news analysis, essays, or film or book reviews), and poetry. \u201cFiction need not be explicitly leftist, but it\u2019s preferable.\u201d They also publish art\/illustration.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: 1,000-3,000 words for fiction, 1,700-4,500 for non-fiction, up to 5 poems
\nPay (for online work): $100 for fiction, $200 for non-fiction (negotiable \u2013 see guidelines), $150 for interviews, $50\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a> (scroll down).<\/p>\n

The Razor
\n<\/strong>This is the magazine of Gotham Writers Workshop. They publish two pieces each month, one fiction and one non-fiction.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words
\nPay: $100
\nDetails here<\/a> (guidelines) and here<\/a> (submission portal \u2013 you have to register).<\/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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