{"id":7741,"date":"2020-02-11T07:13:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=7741"},"modified":"2020-02-11T09:11:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:11:34","slug":"10-publishers-paying-for-short-stories-100-to-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/10-publishers-paying-for-short-stories-100-to-600\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Publishers Paying for Short Stories ($100 to $600)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These markets pay $100 to about $600. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. Some of the calls are themed. The markets are either open for submissions now, or will open shortly. \u2013 S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to improve your craft and get published? This Flash Fiction Workshop is highly recommended.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goal Publications: Inverted Fairy Tales\n& Folklore
\n<\/strong>They want inverted fairy tales for an anthropomorphic fantasy\nanthology. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe\u2019ve all\nheard the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, the Princess and\nthe Pea, and other faithful classics. We’re sure that more than a few are\nfamiliar with the mythology of ancient Greece, Egypt, and others.
\nGreat! That\u2019s NOT what we’re looking for, with a\nfew exceptions.\u200b
\nWe’re looking for folklore, mythology, or fairy\ntales from other places, and fantasy stories that invoke these, that can have a\nfurry (anthropomorphic animal) twist. Have a story about Baba Yaga? Toss it\nover here. One about Raw Head and Blood Bones? Sure, would love to see it! We\nwant tales that have been lost to time, but we want you to twist it into being\nyour own story.\u201d See guidelines for further details of the kind of work\nthey do, and do not, want. They also accept reprints.
\nDeadline: 16 February 2020
\nLength: 1,000-8,000 words
\nPay:\n$0.04\/word (up to $100)
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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Apparition Lit
\n<\/strong>They will\nread speculative fiction and poetry on the theme of \u2018Transfiguration\u2019. Their\nreading period opens soon.
\nReading period: 15-28 February
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction; up to 5 poems
\nPay: $0.03\/word for fiction; $30\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vastarien <\/strong>
This journal is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. They want literary horror fiction inspired by Ligottian and\/or related themes. They also want scholarly and\/or critical articles pertaining these themes, and poetry. For Women in Horror month, they are only accepting submissions by writers who do not identify as male, and their website says they\u2019ll open for general submissions in the next three months.   
Deadline: end-February 2020
Length: 750-6,000 words for literary horror fiction, 2,000-7,500 words for articles, poetry of up to 50 lines
Pay: $0.05\/word for prose, $50\/poem
Details here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upstreet
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine publishes fiction and creative non-fiction.\nFor poetry, they accept queries only. 
\nDeadline: 1 March 2020
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words
\nPay: $50-250
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nThe Cincinnati Review
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine accepts fiction,\nliterary non-fiction, poetry, poetry translations, and art. Query for drama\nsubmissions. They also have a weekly online Flash feature called micro (payment\nfor this is a digital contributor copy). They accept online submissions only,\nexcept from writers with disabilities or those who are incarcerated. See\nguidelines for editors\u2019 preferences.  
\nDeadline:\n1 March 2020
\nLength: Fiction can be up to 40 pages, nonfiction up to 20 pages, and up to 5\npoems
\nPay: $25\/page for prose in the journal, $30\/page for poetry
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nThird\nFlatiron
\n<\/strong>They are\nreading positive future, SF, and urban fantasy stories on the theme of \u2018Gotta\nWear Eclipse Glasses\u2019. Their guidelines say, \u201cThe future we all want. Examples\nmight include effects of technology on the young (online learning,\nsocialization), climate mitigation and adaptation, new opportunities to boldly\ngo where none have gone before\u201d. Also, \u201cPlease send us short stories that revolve around age-old questions and\nhave something illuminating to tell us as human beings. Fantastical situations\nand creatures, exciting dialog, irony, mild horror, and wry humor are all\nwelcome.\u201d Their reading period opens soon.
\nReading period: 15 February-15 March 2020
\nLength: 1,500-3,000 words (query for longer)
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep\nMagic
\n<\/strong>They want clean fantasy and sci-fi\nstories. They won\u2019t publish fiction with graphic violence, mature sexual\nthemes, or profanity. They also accept reprints.
\nDeadline: 31\nMarch 2020 (see Twitter<\/a>)
\nLength: 1,000-40,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word, capped at $599 for stories longer than 7,499 words
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

87 Bedford<\/strong>
\nThey are accepting short fiction for a historic fantasy anthology. They want\nliterary fantasy. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe are seeking stories that offer a\nriveting reimagining of a historic time period imbued with fantasy and magic.\nAs always, we prefer stories with a literary quality built upon strong\ncharacters, spellbinding language, and believable world-building.\u201d
\nDeadline: 30 April 2020
\nLength: 1,000-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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\nGrain Magazine
\n<\/strong>This Canadian literary magazine publishes\nfiction, literary non-fiction, and poetry from Canadians and from writers\naround the world, as well as artwork. Queries for\nsubmissions of work in other forms (i.e. short plays, comics, etc.) are\nwelcome. Artwork submission is mainly by invitation, but artists are\nwelcome to query. They are also reading\nsubmissions for their Queer Writers Issue<\/a>, which has an earlier\ndeadline \u2013 29 February 2020.
\nDeadline: 15 May 2020\nfor the general issue
\nLength: Up to six pages for poetry, up to 3,500 words for fiction and literary\nnonfiction
\nPay: CAD50\/page up to CAD250 for writing, up to CAD500 for art
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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Vice: Terraform<\/strong>
\nVice\u2019s Motherboard platform has a section called Terraform, which publishes\nfuture fiction. They want \u201cspeculative fiction honing in on the tech, science, and\nfuture culture topics driving the zeitgeist\u201d according to their guidelines, and\nare particularly interested in nearer-future fiction.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words
\nPay: $0.20\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author Bio:<\/strong> S. Kalekar is the\npseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of 182 Short Fiction Publishers.<\/a> She can be reached here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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