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These markets pay up to $100, and above, for fiction. Most of these venues also accept other genres, like non-fiction, including reviews, poetry, and translation. Also check out these markets<\/a> for fiction that have tight deadlines, and these markets<\/a>, which pay $150 and up. — S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/div>\n
Tin House Online
\n<\/strong>They are accepting submissions for their daily blog. They want fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
\nDeadline: 14 April 2019
\nLength: Up to 1,500 words for fiction, up to 3,000 words for non-fiction, and up to three poems
\nPay: $100 for flash fiction and poetry, $300 for non-fiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
West Branch
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine welcome submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and translations. Reviews are only of poetry, and by assignment \u2013 reviewers are welcome to query.
\nDeadline: 15 April 2019 (extended)
\nLength: Up to 6 poems or 30 pages of prose
\nPay: $0.05\/word for prose, up to $100; $50 per poem; $200 per assigned review
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Fiyah: Open issue
\n<\/strong>This is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) and also applies to mixed\/biracial and Afro-appended people regardless of gender identity or orientation. They want stories that reject regressive ideas of blackness, respectability politics, and stereotype. They are currently reading for their open issue (no theme) and they accept short fiction and novelettes. They also publish poetry with a clear speculative element that \u201cstruggles, reveals, instructs, comforts, and fights back.\u201d
\nDeadline: 30 April 2019
\nLength: short fiction 2,000-7,000 words; novelettes up to 15,000 words; up to four poems
\nPay: $150 for short stories, $300 for novelettes, $50 per poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
The Fiddlehead
\n<\/strong>This Canadian magazine is<\/em> open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres. They also read excerpts from novels, creative non-fiction, and poetry. They also publish reviews, and occasionally other selected creative work such as excerpts from plays. The deadline is for Submittable submissions; mailed submissions are accepted year-round.
\nDeadline: 30 April 2019 (for Submittable)
\nLength: Up to 6,000 words for fiction or creative non-fiction, up to six poems
\nPay: CAD60\/page; CAD40\/page for reviews
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Black Rainbow
\n<\/strong>They want horror stories from LGBTQIA authors. Stories must feature LGBTQIA people living normal lives, until the horror happens. They may be any mix of genre (no erotica) but they have to be mixed with horror and the primary focus of the story should be horror. They are ok with multiple submissions but not reprints.
\nDeadline: 30 April 2019
\nLength: 500-3,500 words
\nPay: $0.03\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Colorado Review
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine is open for submissions of short fiction and personal essays with contemporary themes, and poetry. While there is a reading period for fiction and poetry, non-fiction is read year-round. Query for book reviews. There is no fee to submit by mail.
\nDeadline: 30 April 2019 for fiction and poetry
\nLength: 15-25 pages for prose, up to 15 pages for poetry
\nPay: $200 for prose, $10 per page for poetry ($30 minimum)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Boulevard
\n<\/strong>\u00adWhile they frequently publish writers with previous credits, they are very interested in less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise.\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad They publish fiction, poetry (no light verse), and non-fiction. They do not accept science fiction, erotica, westerns, horror, romance, or children’s stories. There is no fee for mailed submissions.
\nDeadline: 1 May 2019
\nLength: Up to 8,000 words for prose, up to five poems
\nPay: $100-300 for prose, $25-250 for poetry
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
LampLight
\n<\/strong>This is a magazine for dark fiction \u2013 dark, literary; creepy, weird, and unsettling. They don\u2019t publish stories about vampires, zombies, werewolves, serial killers, hitmen, excessive gore or sex, excessive abuse against women, revenge fantasies, cannibals, or high fantasy. They can accept only 300 submissions a month during their reading period. They also accept reprints.
\nDeadline: 15 May 2019
\nLength: Up to 7,000 words
\nPay: $0.03\/word, up to $150
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Pole to Pole Publishing: Not Far From Roswell
\n<\/strong>This anthology will contain dark stories of aliens, alien abduction, alien experimentation, cows, paranormal investigation and more. They may also include one or two humorous pieces as long as the material is dark. See guidelines for details on the tropes that will be hard sells, and the kind of material that is unacceptable.
\nDeadline: 30 July 2019, or until filled
\nLength: 3,000-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.02\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Opossum
\n<\/strong>They want stories, essays, non-fiction and poems that relate to music in subtle, oblique and surprising ways.
\nDeadline: Unspecified
\nLength: Up to 12,000 words for fiction and non-fiction; up to 1,500 words for flash fiction and non-fiction
\nPay: $12\/page for fiction and nonfiction, up to $250; $75 for flash prose; $50\/poem, negotiated rate for a set of poems
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n