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By S. Kalekar

<\/strong>These outlets pay up to $700 for fiction. Some of them also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry.

Shoreline of Infinity<\/strong>
Their guidelines say, \u201cWe are looking for engaging science fiction, stories that give reality a tweak on the nose \u2013 an idea that makes us stop and think.\u00a0
The stories we publish are both entertaining and challenging, exploring the world both as it is and as it could be. We want to push the boundaries of the genre, while maintaining a link to its rich and global history. We publish everything from high-concept, \u201cliterary\u201d SF to pulp-style adventure, sometimes all at once!\u201d
<\/strong>Deadline: 12 January 2025
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: \u00a320 per 1,000 words
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solarpunk Magazine
<\/strong>This is a magazine of solarpunk fiction. The magazine \u201cpublishes hopeful short stories and poetry that strive for a utopian ideal, that are set in futures where communities are optimistically struggling to solve or adapt to climate change, to create or maintain a world in which humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather than in conflict. We also publish solarpunk art as well as nonfiction that explores real world, contemporary topics and their intersection with the solarpunk movement for a better future.\u201d Also, \u201cAny genre of science fiction, interstitial fiction, magic realism, or fantasy has potential as a solarpunk forum\u2014we welcome robots and elves with equal excitement.\u201d The kind of work they want is described on their Moksha submission page, as well as the guidelines page. Non-fiction is open on an ongoing basis. All the 2025 fiction submission periods are listed on their website.
Deadline: 14 January 2025 for fiction and poetry
Length: 1,500-7,500 words for fiction, 1 poem of up to 3 pages, 1,000-2,000 words for non-fiction
Pay: $0.08\/word for fiction; $40\/poem; $75\/essay or article
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

GigaNotoSaurus
<\/strong>They publish science fiction and fantasy, or any combination thereof. They will also consider translations.
Deadline: 15 January 2025
Length: 5,000-25,000 words
Pay: $200
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Baubles From Bones
<\/strong>They have detailed fiction guidelines, including, \u201cWe accept fiction that broadly falls in the realm of science fiction and fantasy. We\u2019re open to most subgenres and themes but have a particular fondness for compelling adventures, folk-retellings, stories of hope in the dark, emotional healing, love of all sorts, environmentalism, and the humanity (or lack of it) among the fantastical and speculative.\u201d They also accept speculative poetry (up to 40 lines) & prose (up to 600 words). They have published three issues so far.
Deadline: 29 January 2025
Length: 1,000-8,000 words for fiction
Pay: $0.01\/word for fiction, $10 for poetry & prose
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

The Bombay Literary Magazine<\/strong>
This India-based magazine accepts fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translations from all over the world. They accept submissions until the deadline, or until a cap is reached. Submission is via a form on their website.
Deadline: 30 January 2025, or until filled
Length: 2,000-7,000 words for fiction,
Pay: \u20b95,000
Details here<\/a> (also click on Specifics and FAQ on this page).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mud Season Review<\/strong>
They publish fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. For fiction, \u201cWe are looking for fully realized stories that remind us of what it means to be human, that take risks, that show us something new, and that stand up over multiple reads, deepening with each encounter.\u201d They will close on 31 January, or when they reach their submission cap, whichever is earlier.
Deadline: 31 January 2025, or until filled
Length: Up to 6,000 words for prose, 3-5 poems
Pay: $50; and $15 for poets and artists whose work appears in The Take: Mud Season Review<\/em>
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Mysterion<\/strong>
They want science fiction, fantasy and horror stories that engage meaningfully with Christian themes, characters or cosmology. The stories need not teach a moral, or be close to an approved theological position, or be pro-Christian. They are especially interested in stories that show Christians from cultures beyond those of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. They also accept translations and reprints. They have two annual reading periods for fiction, January and July. Art is accepted through the year.
Deadline: 1 February 2025
Length: Up to 9,000 words
Pay: $0.08\/word for originals
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
(Some other themed calls are also open now, including:
— <\/strong>Hearth Stories: Springtime Fair<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Fantasy, literary fiction, romance, historical fiction or alternate history stories that center around a craft, recipe, or ritual, pays $0.02\/word for stories of 1,000-5,000 words, deadline 20th<\/sup> January 2025.
— <\/strong>Frivolous Comma: Shadows and Signals \u2013 Speculative Mysteries<\/strong><\/a>:
<\/strong>\u201cThe mystery in these stories should be tied to that speculative world. In other words, the mystery could only work because of the unique setting \/ concept that makes this speculative\u201d, pays $0.10\/word for stories up to 4,000 words, deadline 30 January 2025.
— <\/strong>Dark Peninsula Press: Phantom Worlds \u2013 The Cellar Door Issue #6<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>Horror stories that take place when alternate realities invade our own for this issue; accepts parallel universe, alternate reality, time travel, survival horror, post-apocalyptic, and cosmic horror genres, pays $50 for 2,000-8,000 word stories, deadline 31 January 2025. — <\/strong>Heartlines Spec<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>Speculative fiction and poetry on long-term relationships; send 500-3,500 words for fiction, up to 5 poems; pays CAD0.08\/word for fiction; CAD60\/poem, deadline 31 January 2025.
— <\/strong>meat4meat Anthology<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>Wants body horror fiction from creators who are trans or disabled, also accepts reprints, pays $0.05\/word for up to 5,000 words, deadline 31 January 2025.)

Sci Phi Journal<\/strong>
This award-winning journal wants Campbellian hard science fiction, fictional non-fiction, and speculative philosophy, and have detailed guidelines for each. They also accept translations. They have an early February deadline for fiction submissions; queries for non-fiction are open on an ongoing basis. \u00a0
Deadline: 4 February 2025 for fiction
Length: Up to 2,000 words
Pay: \u20ac0.03\/word; \u20ac0.01\/word for translations
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

The Threepenny Review<\/strong>
This well-regarded journal opened on 1st<\/sup> January, and will stay open till mid-April for submissions. They accept fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and submissions for their \u2018Table Talk\u2019 column.
Deadline: 15 April 2025
Length: Up to 4,000 words for stories or memoirs, 1,200-2,500 for critical articles, up to 1,000 words for Table Talk, up to 100 lines for poems
Pay: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

The Sunlight Press
<\/strong>They publish fiction, personal essays, poetry, reviews, and Artist on Craft series (interviews\/reflections by artists on their process of the art of choice). They reopened for submissions on 6th<\/sup> January 2025, and have not announced a closing date yet.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 2,000 words for fiction, 750-1,000 words for personal essays, up to 3 poems
Pay: $35-50
Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\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>.


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