{"id":10684,"date":"2022-12-27T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T14:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=10684"},"modified":"2022-12-27T06:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T14:19:48","slug":"24-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/24-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-600\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Fiction Markets Paying $50 to $600"},"content":{"rendered":"

These magazines pay $50 to $600 for fiction, and a few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry; they\u2019re open now, or will open soon. Please see the end of this list for some themed submission calls; deadlines are approaching quickly. – S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hammock<\/strong>
\nThe Twitter thread from the editor says, \u201cI’ve been involved in the launch of a new literary journal focussed on writing from South Asia and beyond. This is a submission call for their first issue– short stories, narrative nonfiction and personal essays.\u201d They accept submissions and pitches.
\nDeadline: 7 January 2023
\nLength: 1,500-6,000 words
\nPay: $50-150
\nDetails here<\/a> (Twitter thread).<\/p>\n

Wyngraf<\/strong>
\nThis is a cozy fantasy magazine and they will be open for short story submissions during the first week of January. They do not accept flash fiction. They have extensive guidelines, please read these before submitting. Please do not submit before the reading period begins.
\nReading period: 1-7 January 2023
\nLength: 3,000-8,000 words
\nPay: One and a half cents per word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cosmic Horror Monthly
\n<\/strong>This magazine will open for a week in January. They want cosmic horror \u2013 for fiction, they want cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, and weird stories. \u201cAt this time, we are strongly favoring stories with a contemporary narrative style. Lovecraftian themes and mythos works are welcomed but try to avoid Lovecraft pastiche and styles mimicking that of his writer circle from the early 20th century.\u201d For non-fiction, they want essays that explore the state of horror as well as the philosophies that are often found in cosmic horror, existentialism, nihilism, etc. Please do not submit any work before the reading period. January stories accepted will appear in issues July \u2013 December. Their other submission period is scheduled in July.
\nReading period: 1-7 January 2023
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction
\nPay: $0.06\/word for fiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bennington Review
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine is associated with Bennington College. They accept fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translations, and film\/TV writing (essays, not reviews \u2013 see guidelines).
\nDeadline: 9 January 2023
\nLength:\u00a0 Up to 30 pages for fiction and nonfiction, 10-20 pages for film\/TV writing, 3-5 poems
\nPay: $120 for six pages or fewer, $250 for more than six pages of prose, $25\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Solarpunk Magazine<\/strong>
\nThis magazine is open for nonfiction\/essay submissions on solarpunk themes. Essays are accepted year-round; fiction and poetry are open periodically. Please note, the next reading period is contingent on their Kickstarter funding; at the time of writing, it had almost funded; you can see the Kickstarter here<\/a>.
\nReading period: 1-14 January 2023
\nLength: 1,500-7,500 words for fiction; 1,000-2,000 words for essays; up to 5 poems
\nPay: $0.08\/word for fiction, $75\/essay, $40\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Augur Magazine
\n<\/strong>This is a Canadian speculative fiction and poetry magazine. They also welcome translations. They\u2019ll take submissions from all writers till 7th<\/sup> January, and Canadian underrepresented writers have an extended deadline, till 15th<\/sup> January 2023 (see guidelines).
\nDeadline: See above
\nLength: Up to 5 poems; up to 5,000 words for fiction
\nPay: CAD60\/poem and CAD0.11\/word for prose
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ghoulish Tales
\n<\/strong>This is a new horror magazine. They want \u201c\u201cfun horror that aims to celebrate all things spooky.\u201d
\nNote that we said fun, not funny. Comedic stories are definitely allowed, but it\u2019s not all we\u2019re looking to receive. We want stories that remind us why we love the horror genre.\u201d They also accept non-fiction on the horror genre. The team earlier ran Dark Moon Digest, which has now been discontinued.
\nDeadline: 15 February 2023
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for fiction; up to 3,000 words for non-fiction
\nPay: $0.07\/word (may increase, depending on Kickstarter stretch goals met)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epoch Magazine
\n<\/strong>This magazine is associated with Cornell University. They accept fiction, essays, poetry, and comics. Online submissions are charged, and accepted only during the months of January and August; however, they do have one fee-free submission weekend during each of these months. There is no fee for mailed submissions; for these, the submission period is September to February (see guidelines). Pay depends on funding.
\nDeadline: See above
\nLength: No length guidelines for prose; up to 5 poems
\nPay: $100-500
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Illustrated Worlds
\n<\/strong>This is a new magazine of fantasy, dark fantasy, and horror. \u201cStories should contain an element of fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, whimsy, magic realism, mythology, folklore or fairy tale type inspiration.\u201d They want fiction and art. They will also consider poetry if it is exceptional, though that is not the focus of the magazine.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for fiction
\nPay: $0.01\/word for fiction, $10 for poetry
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wyldblood Magazine
\n<\/strong>This is a speculative fiction magazine. They\u2019re open for flash and short fiction now, and will open in January for novels and novellas. Also, \u201celves, goblins, dwarfs, pixies, fairies and all the other usual fantasy tropes are currently a hard sell for us. But … we\u2019re fine with vampires and zombies (for now).\u201d They also accept reprints. For non-fiction, send queries.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Up to 7,500 words
\nPay: \u00a30.01\/word, up to \u00a375
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some themed submission calls for fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manawaker Studios: Project Briar Rose
\n<\/strong>This is a science fiction anthology. They have extensive guidelines, including, \u201cThe book will be a sci-fi retelling of the first half of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), as it was told by the Grimm Bros.
\nIn Galilean Space, a Spincity administrator is bringing a new Android online. It is his plan that this android, codenamed Briar Rose and in a mechanical body resembling a young woman, will succeed him one day in running the city. He invites the most accomplished AI experts from 12 of the spincity\u2019s 13 districts to a dinner party in celebration of Briar Rose; leaving out the expert from the 13th district because she is an unpleasant person. At the dinner, the experts, all women, each approach the android in turn, and program her with a personality trait that she will need to be a good person, and eventually also a good administrator of the city. As they do this, they each tell a story about a person who succeeded, thrived, or overcame adversity due to possessing this trait. When they are finished, the 13th expert shows up uninvited, imbues the android with one unpleasant trait, and tells a story in which such a trait would be needed. There will be a bit more, but that\u2019s the context you\u2019ll need to submit. … I want thirteen stories from thirteen different authors, each one showcasing one of the traits imbued upon Briar Rose in the framing story. The stories should be some form of speculative fiction, but any of the sub-genres of spec fic, or even some parallel genres, are acceptable.\u201d See guidelines for each trait they want stories for. They also accept reprints.
\n<\/strong>Deadline: 31 December 2022
\nLength: 1,500-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Android Press: Best of Utopian Speculative Fiction
\n<\/strong>This is a reprint anthology of utopian speculative fiction that was previously published in 2022. Stories should not be dystopian, and should be hopeful, focus on solutions, and should be speculative.
\nDeadline: 31 December 2022
\nLength: Up to 19,000 words (reprints only)
\nPay: $0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eerie River Publishing: Elementals Series \u2013 Air<\/strong>
\nThey are reading horror stories for the last of their elemental series. The theme they\u2019ll read during December is Air \u2013 stories can be about tornadoes, dust storms, wind power, and air-borne viruses. R-rated stories are welcome.
\nDeadline: 31 December 2022
\nLength: 1,500-7,000 words
\nPay: CAD0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DMR Books: Die by the Sword
\n<\/strong>This is a sword and sorcery anthology. \u201cFor clarification, sword-and-sorcery is a genre that combines swashbuckling adventure with supernatural elements (usually of a horrific nature) in a pre-industrial setting. The stories can be set in an invented world like Zothique or Nehwon, or in the past of the real world.\u201d Also see the list of what they\u2019re not looking for, including urban fantasy, Tolkien-style epic\/high fantasy, and YA\/children\u2019s fiction.
\nDeadline: 31 December 2022
\nLength: 4,000-8,000 words
\nPay: $0.01\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cutleaf: Beer
\n<\/strong>They want beer-related writing \u2013 short stories, personal essays, poems, or hybrid work. \u201cWhile reviewing submissions, we delight in the unexpected. However, we’re going to resist sharing specific examples of what this might look like on the page because we want the interpretation of “beer,” and how it figures into your work, to be left up to you, the writer.\u201d
\nDeadline: 31 December 2022
\nLength: One prose piece, up to two poems
\nPay: $50-200 for poems, $100-300 for prose
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Fairy Tale Magazine: Love
\n<\/strong>This magazine was formerly called Enchanted Conversation. They are reading fairy tales and poetry on the theme of Love for their 2023 issues; romance is preferred, but love between friends, family members, pets and their humans, etc., will be considered too. The theme doesn\u2019t have to be a big part of the story, but it does need to be present. \u201cWe are also very open to the stories and poems focusing on seasonal holidays, like solstice celebrations, Halloween, Hanukkah,\u00a0 etc. However, while holiday based stories and poems are very welcome, you still need to include the theme. … Content definitely does not have to feature the traditional white, princess and prince love story. … Do bear in mind that all fairy tale related fiction and poetry needs an element of the supernatural\u2014as well as transformation. Transformation is a huge deal for the 2023 publishing year.\u201d Stories must be PG, though this is not a children\u2019s magazine. The essence of classic fairy tales should be maintained. They plan to have one more reading period for 2023 issues, in May. They will publish four issues next year.
\nDeadline: 2 January 2023
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction, up to 500 words for poetry
\nPay: $50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kenyon Review: Luminous Gender Vessel
\n<\/strong>They want poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid\/cross-genre work, art, including comics, and multimedia pieces exploring ideas and questions of gender for their guest edited folio, \u2018Luminous Gender Vessel\u2019. \u201cWe want work that tells us something about what it means to be alive in a body, that makes us feel more alive in our own. Tell us what you don\u2019t understand, what you\u2019re trying to figure out. Get experimental. Get speculative. Get hybrid. Get weird. Push boundaries of style and form. Because genre, like gender, is a construct. It\u2019s rarely one thing or the other.\u201d They pay upon publication.
\nDeadline: 5 January 2023
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words for prose; up to 3 poems
\nPay: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Room Magazine: Ghosts
\n<\/strong>They publish work from people of marginalized genders only, including but not limited to women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.
\nThey want fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art on the \u2018Ghosts\u2019 theme;\u00a0 \u201c…poems full of folklore, creative nonfiction on rattling encounters, transient fiction, and other such spirited words. Send us writing and visual art that is acutely aware of the apparitions around us. Show us the spectres, the relationships with revenants, the ancestries of time and place, the imprints, and the echoes. We want your best work in any genre, work that breaks with traditional form\u201d.
\nDeadline: 5 January 2023
\nLength: Up to 3,500 words for prose, up to 5 poems
\nPay: CAD50\/page, up to CAD150
\nDetails here<\/a> (see top right for theme details).<\/p>\n

Alienhead Press: Literally Dead \u2013 Tales of Holiday Hauntings
\n<\/strong>This is a fiction anthology. \u201cWe\u2019re inviting writers of dark fiction to submit short stories of classic paranormal, poltergeists, ghosts, spirits, haunted places and objects, and the eerily unexplained that take place on or around the winter holidays. #ownvoices, BIPOC, gender-diverse, LGBTQIA, and authors of other marginally represented groups highly encouraged to apply.\u201d They do not want children\u2019s or slasher stories, vampires, werewolves, zombies, extreme, or creature horror.
\nDeadline: 20 January 2023
\nLength: 2,000-4,000 words
\nPay: $0.06\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Saltbrush Review: Intersections
\n<\/strong>They publish fiction, creative non-fiction (including personal essays and life writing), cross-genre work and poetry on the \u2018Intersections\u2019 theme. \u201cSubmissions are open to all, but we particularly welcome work from South Australian and regional writers, emerging writers, First Nations and POC writers, the LGBTQI+ community, and writers with a disability.\u201d
\nDeadline: 20 January 2023
\nLength: Up to 3,000 words for prose, up to 5 poems
\nPay: AUD100\/poem or flash piece; AUD150 for short fiction and non-fiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Air & Nothingness Press: Gargantua
\n<\/strong>They want \u201cstories of massive engineering megastructures that reshape stellar systems\u201d All stories to be exactly 1,000 words. \u201cShellworlds, Alderson disks, Dyson spheres and swarms, O’Neill cylinders, Matrioshka brains, wormhole networks – these megastructures reshape stellar systems, are evidence of the engineering prowess of advanced civilizations, and are just darn cool concepts.
\nWhile these ideas usually fall under Hard SF, we are looking for authors to provide stories in any genre they choose. Tell us the tales of advanced civilizations, personal stories of the people who live in these spaces, the mythology that is created as these projects are born, to the time they crumble to stellar dust.\u201d
\nDeadline: 31 January 2023
\nLength: Exactly 1,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Improbable Press: Anna Karenina Isn\u2019t Dead
\n<\/strong>This is a fiction anthology call that is open to all writers. \u201cYou suffer. You die. You exist so the hero can have his journey. Who are you?
\nYou’re a woman in classic literature.
\nOf course this isn’t the destiny of every woman, but from Anna Karenina to Jocasta to Cio-Cio-San, from Esmeralda to Aida to Mrs Rochester, death, madness, or suffering is the fate of far too many women in classic stories. Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead undoes that.
\nIn this anthology of literary women, these women live. Do they have a happily ever after? Maybe. Do they have a happy-right-now? Oh yes. Feel free to bring your woman to the present, future, to anywhere or anywhen. How your classic heroine finds her peace is up to you.
\nTell us a reimagined tale of the famous, the infamous, the barely mentioned woman in an old story, poem, or legend. Give her a better journey than the one she got. (No real life people please.)\u201d
\nDeadline: 31 January 2023
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words
\nPay: $0.05\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sinister Smile Press: Dead Hookers in Gas Station Bathrooms
\n<\/strong>This is a road trip horror anthology. \u201cRoad trips can be memorable, the stuff of dreams. Just you and the family or loved ones out on the open road, taking in the breathtaking scenery, and experiencing adventure and mystery while exploring the world. But the thing about dreams is sometimes they quickly turn to nightmares.\u201d
\nDeadline: Until filled
\nLength: 4,000-10,000 words
\nPay: $30-50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

JayHenge Publishing: Two themes
\n<\/strong>They are open for two speculative fiction anthologies.
\n— <\/strong>The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen & Other Things that Should Not Be:<\/strong> \u201cWhat lurks in the deep? Who listens from the shadows? What sorts of abominable experiments are taking place at the mysterious ivy-covered university? We want your Lovecraftian tales.\u201d
\n— The Black Forty:<\/strong> \u201cIn the 1860s, the Homestead Acts granted farmers a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing 640 acres, a quarter section was 160 acres, and the quarter section was itself subdivided into four quarter-quarter sections of 40 acres each: two front forty and two back forty. It now refers to the most remote part of a farm, or even the most remote or inaccessible part of any place.
\nIn The Back Forty, we are looking for your stories that explore new, lawless frontiers, backwater towns, self-appointed sheriffs, lonesome explorers, bounty hunters, and other Wild West in Outer Space kinds of themes. We are sometimes flexible on themes, so if you have something you think might fit as an edge case, don\u2019t hesitate to give us a holler. We\u2019ll usually have a look at most anything.\u201d
\nDeadline: Until filled, for all anthologies
\nLength: Up to 15,000 words
\nPay: $5 per 1,000 words
\nDetails here<\/a> (themes) and here<\/a> (general guidelines).<\/p>\n

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\nBio:<\/strong>\u00a0S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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