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By S. Kalekar

<\/strong>These magazines and anthologies pay up to approximately $500 for fiction. Some of them also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. They\u2019re open now, or will open soon for short submission periods.

Splinter Journal<\/strong>
This Australian journal, from Writers SA<\/a>, accepts works from around the world. They have detailed guidelines, including, \u201cWe are always looking for writing that picks apart all the ways reality has been shattered, illuminates the shining threads of it that remain unbroken, and hints at the ways we\u2019ll start putting it all back together.\u201d\u00a0They accept submissions of fiction, memoir, and poetry. They only accept pitches (not completed submissions) of essays, writing about writing, criticism, and profiles. This is a new magazine, they\u2019re reading for Issue 2.
Deadline: 25 January 2025 (11:59pm Australian Central Daylight Time)
Length: Up to 4 poems; no limits for fiction (see guidelines)
Pay: AUD900 for fiction, essays, and profiles, AUD700 for criticism, AUD600 for memoir, AUD500 for writing about writing, AUD250\/poem or AUD450\/collection of up to 4 poems
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

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Fantasy Magazine
<\/strong>Fantasy Magazine is being relaunched; it has been acquired by Psychopomp, which also publishes The Deadlands. You can see the announcement here<\/a>. They have a brief submission window soon; from January 22nd<\/sup> to 25th<\/sup>, they\u2019re accepting submissions from BIPOC writers only and from January 26th<\/sup> to 29th<\/sup> 2025, they\u2019ll open for general submissions (from all writers). They have detailed guidelines, including, \u201cIn genre as well as our pages, Fantasy <\/em>can be dark, or contemporary, it can be urban, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, high fantasy, folktales\u2026 as well as anything and everything in between. Fantasy <\/em>is entertainment for the intelligent genre reader\u2014we publish stories of the Fantastic <\/em>that make us think, and that describe what it is to be human.
We welcome a range of original \u201cspeculative works\u201d that can be described as \u201cFantasy.\u201d All types of Fantasy <\/em>and dark Fantasy <\/em>are welcome.\u201d They have detailed guidelines, including the kind of works they do not want, please read them carefully. They also accept poetry. Their submission portal will open during the reading period.
Reading period: See above
Length: Up to 1,500 words for flash fiction, up to 5,000 words for short stories
Pay: $0.10\/word for fiction, $50 for poetry
Details here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Mythaxis Magazine (UK)
<\/strong>\u201cMythaxis seeks speculative fiction (sf\/f\/h) of all stripes for our first three issues each year. We are also interested in submissions of crime fiction for our end-of-year \u201call crime\u201d issue. All these genres are equally welcome in each submission window.\u201d They will be opening a short reading period soon. Their submission form will be active during the reading period.\u00a0
Reading period: 23rd<\/sup>-30th<\/sup> January 2025
Length: 1,000-5,000 words
Pay: \u20ac0.01 per word, with a \u20ac20 minimum
Details here<\/a>.

Space & Time Magazine
<\/strong>Fiction and poetry submissions are accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian. \u201cWe seek: Broken boundaries, blown minds and new horizons. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism\u2014we look for work with a speculative element. Creative hybrids welcome. If you can combine horror, science fiction and fantasy into one compelling plot, you\u2019ve caught our attention. If your story has the power to shake some perspectives, we are interested.\u201d They also accept art. They reopened for submissions on 15th<\/sup> January, and will remain open until end-January.
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 3 poems
Pay: $0.01\/word for fiction, $5\/poem
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Event Magazine<\/strong>
For this submission window, they will only accept fiction and poetry submissions from any\u00a0Canadian citizen or resident. For fiction, they want \u201ccompelling characters, plots that surprise us, narratives that move \u00a0us, stories that have something new to say.\u201d\u00a0
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 8 poems
Pay: CAD40\/page for poetry, CAD35\/page for prose, up to CAD500
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Write or Die Magazine<\/strong>
They publish fiction, essays, and author interviews. They open for fee-free submissions of fiction and essays on the 1st<\/sup> to 7th<\/sup> of every month. For submissions at other times, they charge a submission fee. They have detailed guidelines about the kind of work their editors are interested in, please read them carefully. They have a monthly $600 pool which is divided among contributors, which works out to approximately $50 per contributor.
Reading period: 1st<\/sup> to 7th<\/sup> February 2025
Length: Up to 4,000 words for fiction, up to 3,000 words for essays
Pay: Approximately $50 (see guidelines)
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Flash Fiction Online<\/strong>
They will open for fiction on 1st<\/sup> February 2025, and will close by genre when a cap is reached. \u201cWe publish across many genres, including\u00a0speculative\u00a0<\/strong>(science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and\u00a0literary\u00a0<\/strong>fiction.\u201d They have more details on what they\u2019re looking and their hard sells here<\/a>. \u00a0
Reading period: 1st<\/sup> to 28th<\/sup> February (or until filled) 2025
Length: 500-1,000 words
Pay: $100
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
(And, Shenandoah<\/strong> opened for fiction submissions of up to 8,000 words, as well as novel excerpts, on the 15th<\/sup> of January. They\u2019ll stay open until a cap is reached. They pay what their budget allows. Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)

Zooscape
<\/strong>They reopened for submissions on 1st<\/sup> January. They publish anthropomorphic fiction; \u201cAll stories must be furry.\u00a0 That means an anthropomorphic animal figure should be significantly featured in your story \u2014 it could be anthropomorphic in body or only intelligence. We\u2019ll consider any type of furry fiction from secret life of animals to fox in Starbucks.\u00a0 We love science-fiction with animal-like aliens and fantasy with talking dragons, unicorns, or witch familiars.\u201d They also accept reprints.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 10,000 words
Pay: $0.08\/word for original stories up to 1,000 words, and $80 for longer
Details here<\/a>.
Merganser Magazine
<\/strong>This is a new magazine; \u201cDebuting in winter 2024, we aim to publish many writers and artists whose work transcends disciplines and genres.\u201d They want fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. And, \u201cNo word limits or hard editorial guidelines; we’re eager to find strong pieces across a wide range of material. That said, our budget and business model prioritize shorter works. Anything longer than 2,000 words is likely a hard sell.\u201d Please read the work they\u2019ve published to get a sense of the kind of what they like.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 2,000 words (see guidelines)
Pay: $0.08\/word for prose, $1\/line for poetry
Details here<\/a>.

Cupids Arrow Publishing: Dalliances Anthologies
<\/strong>They publish themed anthologies of romance fiction. \u201cDalliances is our short fiction program for when a novel just won\u2019t do. A Dalliance can be a standalone short story or a collection of short romantic tales around a general theme. \u2026 We are also currently open for submissions to these Dalliances anthologies:
Second Chances (second-chance romances)
Good Sports (sports-related romances)
For the Uniform (military romances)\u201d.
Submission is via a form on their website. They recently posted that they were still open for submissions, see here<\/a>.
Deadline: Open now
Length: 5,000 \u2013 12,000 words
Pay: $0.02\/word
Details here<\/a> and 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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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