These magazines\/anthologies pay $50 to $1,200 for fiction. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. Please see the end of the list for some themed submission calls. — S. Kalekar<\/p>\n
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Canthius<\/strong><\/p>\n This magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and play excerpts. \u201cCanthius<\/em> is an intersectional feminist magazine that publishes poetry and prose by writers of marginalized gender identities, including trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, agender, cis women, genderqueer, GNC, and intersex writers.\u201d Please note, they have a submission cap. (The Paris Review\u00a0<\/strong>is also open for prose submissions in March. Online submissions are closed but they\u2019re accepting mailed submissions postmarked till 31st<\/sup> March 2023; details\u00a0here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Lightspeed<\/strong><\/p>\n Lightspeed<\/a> publishes science fiction and fantasy. They are open to submissions from BIPOC writers only, during 24-31 March, for short fiction\/novelettes; submissions for all writers are open 1-7 April. They also accept translations. They will open later in the year for flash fiction (see guidelines). <\/p>\n Fusion Fragment<\/strong><\/p>\n They will open for science fiction and SF-tinged literary fiction during a short submission window. \u201cAlthough any science fiction subgenre is fair game, our\u00a0tastes lean towards slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and\u00a0anything with a little taste of the bizarre.\u201d <\/p>\n MetaStellar<\/strong><\/p>\n Their submission window for flash fiction for 2023 is in March. They want science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories. They accept other genres too, though there is no payment for those. <\/p>\n Banshee<\/strong><\/p>\n Banshee<\/a> publishes fiction (flash and short), nonfiction, and poetry from Ireland and abroad. They are reading now for Issue 16 (autumn\/winter 2023). They have a literary journal and a press. <\/p>\n Nightlight<\/strong> <\/p>\n Southword<\/strong> Details\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Also see the poetry reading opportunity at the Cork International Poetry Festival<\/strong> \u00a0for Ireland-based poets who have not yet published a chapbook or full-length collection, on their Submittable<\/a> page; the deadline to apply is 19 March.)<\/p>\n Translunar Travelers Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n They want fun speculative fiction; stories must have elements of science fiction or fantasy. They will open submissions on 15th<\/sup> March for the August issue, and the first week of their submission period will be reserved for writers of color. Orion\u2019s Belt Mystery Magazine THEMED CALLS<\/strong><\/p>\n Escape Artists: CatsCast<\/strong> Shortwave Publishing: Wilted Pages \u2013 An Anthology of Dark Academia Deadline: 24th<\/sup> March for general submissions (submissions from all writers);\u00a0 31st<\/sup> March 2023 for submissions from underrepresented voices \u2014 people of color, LGBTQ2S+, neurodiverse people, people with disabilities, those of marginalized genders. Pay: $0.05\/word<\/p>\n Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n FIYAH: Carnival Length: 2,000-15,000 words for fiction; up to 1,000 words for poetry; 800-1,200 words for non-fiction.<\/p>\n Pay: $0.08\/word for fiction, $50 for poetry, $0.10\/word for non-fiction<\/p>\n Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n (They will open in June and July for the Belonging<\/strong> theme.)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Legion of Dorks Presents: Resurrected \u2013 An Anthology of Second Chances<\/strong> Black Spot books: Mother Knows Best \u2014 Homemade Horror\u00a0Anthology<\/strong> Ninth Letter: Invisibility<\/strong>
\nDeadline: 15 March 2023
\nLength: Up to 3,500 words for fiction and nonfiction, up to 5 poems
\nPay: $50-150
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nReading periods: See above
\nLength: 1,500-10,000 words for short fiction\/novelettes (up to 5,000 words preferred)
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nReading period: 24th<\/sup>-31st<\/sup>\u00a0March; the\u00a0submission portal<\/a>\u00a0will open during the reading period
\nLength: 2,000-15,000 words
\nPay: 3.5 Canadian cents per word, up to CAD300
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023 for flash fiction
\nLength: Up to 1,200 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for fiction and nonfiction, up to 1,000 words for flash fiction, up to 4 poems
\nPay: \u20ac250 for a story\/essay; \u20ac75 for flash fiction; \u20ac50 per poem
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis is a horror fiction podcast featuring Black writers all over the\u00a0world (at least one of your birth parents must be Black). Their\u00a0reading periods this year are: March for flash fiction (750-1,500 words), and April, June, August, and October for short fiction (3,000-6,000 words). Please send your work in the appropriate genres only during the reading period.
\nThey also accept reprints (see guidelines).
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023 for flash fiction
\nLength: 750-1,500 words for flash fiction
\nPay: $0.05\/word for flash fiction
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis is the magazine of the Munster Literature Centre, and they\u00a0are accepting fiction till end-March.
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023 for fiction
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words for fiction
\nPay: \u20ac250 per short story<\/p>\n
\nReading period: 15-21 March for writers of color; 22 March-15 April 2023 for all writers
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words
\nPay: $0.03\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This magazine publishes flash speculative fiction and poetry, and they opened for submissions in March. They\u00a0have extensive guidelines on the kind of stories they want and do not\u00a0want, including, \u201cAll stories must contain significant speculative\u00a0elements. This does not mean all sci-fi stories must have lasers and\u00a0rockets. It just means a non-speculative story doesn\u2019t become\u00a0speculative if you include a single line clarifying the story takes place\u00a0on Mars.\u201d They are also open for artwork.
\nDeadline: 1 September 2023
\nLength: Up to 1,200 words for fiction; one poem
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is a Canadian magazine and they read submissions from all over\u00a0the world. They read all kinds of mystery fiction, and you can read\u00a0more about them and the kind of work they publish\u00a0here<\/a>.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: 1,000-7,500 words
\nPay: $0.02\/word
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nCatsCast is an online speculative fiction magazine and podcast, and they want\u00a0 fun\u00a0 stories about cats. They also accept reprints, but not those that have been published previously in other Escape Artist suite of magazines.
\nDeadline: 19 March 2023
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They want horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction horror concerning: Schools, colleges, universities, and\/or other educational institutions; Libraries and books; Laboratories and research facilities; Teachers and students; Scholarship and scholarly life; Esoteric\/occult learning; Educational technology; The future of learning; The knowledge economy. Also, \u201cGloomy buildings, secret societies, futuristic boarding schools, gothic yet modern aesthetics, and occult learning are among the pleasures to be found in this subgenre.\u201d Please read their guidelines, including the works they take inspiration from and wish list. They have an extended reading period for underrepresented writers.<\/p>\n
\nLength: 1,000-4,000 words<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This speculative fiction magazine only takes submissions by and about Black writers from Africa and the African Diaspora (see guidelines). For the Carnival theme, \u201cIt\u2019s Carnival time! Bring us your colorful stories centered on the mystique and pulsating energy of the bacchanals, the festivals, the soca fetes, and jamborees from all across the globe, time, space, and even the multiverse. We want intoxicating merriment, daring mischief-making, and chaotic melodrama fueled by the riotous revelry of the Carnival.\u201d For non-fiction, they want queries only. They also publish reviews. Deadline: 31 March 2023<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is a fiction anthology from Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing.
\nThey want stories of \u201csome sort of resurrection, whether real or virtual, that concludes by the end of the story to meet the theme requirements.\u201d They have a few suggestions on the theme: A scientist discovers a way to bring back an extinct species; At a new school, an outcast finds a way to reinvent herself; A dead god tricks new worshippers into rejuvenating his power.
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023
\nLength: Up to 7,000 words
\nPay: $50
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis is a fiction anthology, and they only want submissions from writers who identify as women (cis, trans, or non-binary femmes). This is a \u201cwomen-in-horror anthology inspired by \u201cbad mothers.\u201d We\u2019re looking for your best horror stories featuring mother-figures: mama trauma, smother-mother, etc.\u201d
\nDeadline: 31 March 2023
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.06\/word
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They want fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions for their online magazine, and the theme is Invisibility. \u201cWhat lies beneath, behind, below? What in the air do we breathe without knowing? Is it the wind that makes trees shiver, or something otherworldly? Where are the gears that govern our world\u2013are they just under the table, barely out of sight? Where are the wires that connect our lives, our voices, our words? What is it that keeps us tethered? Is there more than meets the eye? Are there eyes that meet the more? Look past what you see. Look through it. Find the hidden lines that connect us or the secret walls that keep us separate. Find the ghosts that haunt the edges\u2013capture them before they disappear. Show us the photos. Make us believe.\u201d
\nDeadline: 1 April 2023
\nLength: Up to 3 poems, up to 3,500 words for prose
\nPay: $25 for poetry, $75 for prose
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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