{"id":9695,"date":"2021-12-28T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=9695"},"modified":"2021-12-28T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:27:01","slug":"10-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/10-fiction-markets-paying-50-to-600\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Fiction Markets Paying $50 to $600"},"content":{"rendered":"

These markets pay $50 to $600 for fiction. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. They\u2019re open now, or will open soon. – S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine
\n<\/strong>They publish fairy tales \u2013 new fairy tales or mashups of fairy tales. Through 2022, the theme they\u2019ll be accepting work on is \u2018Weather\u2019. They also publish poetry and non-fiction. They will have 5 open reading periods in 2022, from the 1st<\/sup> to the 3rd<\/sup> of certain months: January, March, May, August, and October.
\nReading period: 1st<\/sup> to 3rd<\/sup> January 2022; see above for other reading periods
\nLength: 750-1,000 words for fiction and nonfiction, any length for poetry
\nPay: $50
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nFlame Tree Publishing: Two themes
\n<\/strong>They want fiction submissions for two anthologies. They also accept reprints.
\n— <\/strong>Compelling Science Fiction:<\/strong> \u201cThe\u00a0Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories\u00a0<\/em>collection\u00a0is looking for new tales which are on the more plausible end of the SF spectrum. Time can be stretched, other worlds discovered, aliens can be present and quantum realms can be explored, but preferably all with a strong spine of internal self-consistency and dose of real-world science.\u201d
\n— <\/strong>Christmas Gothic Short Stories:<\/strong> \u201cThe\u00a0Christmas Gothic Short Stories\u00a0<\/em>collection\u00a0… is a seasonal celebration of the dark and moody, the ghastly, the ghostly and the magical Christmas short story.\u201d Deadline: 9 January 2022
\nLength: 2,000-4,000 words (see guidelines)
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Solarpunk Magazine
\n<\/strong>This is another magazine that\u2019s open for a short period in January. It is a new magazine, and they are reading solarpunk fiction, as well as poetry and non-fiction submissions for Issue 2. They\u2019ve also announced their reading periods for 2022, including for themed issues, on their website. They have extensive guidelines \u2013 please read them before submitting.
\nReading period: 1-14 January 2022
\nLength: 500-7,500 words for fiction
\nPay: $0.08\/word for stories, $40 per poem, and $75 per essay
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adi Magazine<\/strong>
\nTheir website<\/a> says this is \u201ca new US-based literary journal rehumanizing policy.\u201d They want short fiction for their winter 2022 issue. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for short stories that examine lives impacted by policy and politics. This should be interpreted expansively and imaginatively. Please familiarize yourself with the range and spirit of our archives; Adi tends toward creative, experimental approaches to political writing, with a particular focus on those on the margins and in the global south. \u2026 We\u2019re not interested in the drearily righteous; we want stories that unearth new worlds, that plumb interior lives alongside external conflicts, that satirize and fantasize, that disturb, beguile, challenge, surprise, ignite.\u201d They also accept fiction translations\/proposals (see guidelines).
\nDeadline: 15 January 2022
\nLength: Unspecified
\nPay: $200 for flash (up to 1,000 words); $500 for stories of 2,500 words or more
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paper Lanterns
\n<\/strong>This literary journal is \u2018for all things to do with Teen and Young Adult Literature\u2019. They publish flash and short fiction (up to 2,000 words), and poetry. They accept submissions from writers ages 13+ and writers under 16 will receive book vouchers instead of cash payment.
\nDeadline: 15 January 2022
\nLength: Up to 2,000 words for fiction; up to 400 words for flash fiction; up to 40 lines for poetry
\nPay: \u20ac50 for flash fiction and poetry, and \u20ac75 for fiction
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arc Manor Books: The Reinvented Detective Anthology<\/strong>
\nCAEZIK is the SF\/fantasy imprint of Arc Manor Books, an indie publisher, and they are reading submissions for a fiction anthology. Their guidelines say, \u201cAs we move forward into the age of information, what happens to our ideas of detection and crime? How do you handle it when your smart car blackmails you or you need to murder the downloaded personality of your enemy? What acts to enforce society’s norms and catch those violating them in the future? Will our definitions of crime\u00a0\u2014\u00a0or punishment\u00a0\u2014\u00a0change, and what new forms of either might appear?\u201d Among the stories they hope to see are updated tropes like but not limited to the hardboiled detective, the police procedural, or the locked room mystery; kidnapped AIs, stolen memories and identities, virtual crimes vs physical ones.
\nDeadline: 15 January 2022
\nLength: 1,500-5,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alpennia: The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast
\n<\/strong>They want historic fiction with lesbian themes, which will be published online and on their podcast. \u201cStories must be set in an actual historic culture–i.e., a specific time and place in history–and the plot and characters should be firmly rooted in that time and place. (No time-travel or past memories, please.)\u201d Stories\u00a0may<\/em>\u00a0include fantastic elements that are appropriate to the historic setting (see guidelines) and must be set before 1900. Romance is optional, and romance stories should have some other significant plot element in addition to the romance; they do not want erotica. Stories should feature lesbian-relevant themes. Authors of all genders and orientations are welcome to submit.
\nReading period: 1-31 January 2022
\nLength: Up to 5,000 words
\nPay: $0.08\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bennington Review
\n<\/strong>This literary magazine publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, film (and TV) writing and cross-genre work; \u201cwe are particularly taken with writing that is simultaneously graceful and reckless.\u201d For fiction and non-fiction, they also accept self-contained excerpts from longer pieces. They publish translations, as well.
\nDeadline: 8 May 2022
\nLength: Up to 30 pages of prose; 3-5 poems; 10-20 pages of film (or TV) writing
\nPay: $100-200 for prose; $20\/poem
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Land Luck Review
\n<\/strong>This is a new magazine. They are currently accepting literary or experimental microfiction,\u00a0 flash fiction, and prose poetry submissions for their first issue.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Micro fiction or prose poetry under 250 words, and flash fiction or prose poetry between 250 and 500 words.
\nPay: $100
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Factor Four Magazine
\n<\/strong>They publish flash fiction in the genres of speculative fiction, specifically science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination of these.
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Up to 1,000 words
\nPay: $0.11\/word
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Snarl
\n<\/strong>This magazine is open for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry submissions from creators of marginalized identities only – see their FAQ<\/a> section for details. (They\u2019re also accepting submissions for their poetry and prose contest<\/strong> from US-based writers only; the deadline for that is 31 January 2022, and the prize is $300.)
\nDeadline: Open now
\nLength: Up to 8,000 words for prose; up to 5 poems
\nPay: $25<\/strong>\u00a0for flash & micro,\u00a0$50-$75<\/strong>\u00a0for longer prose;\u00a0$15\/poem, plus\u00a0$5<\/strong>\u00a0per additional printed page
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Common Tongue Magazine
\n<\/strong>This is a dark fantasy magazine; they publish flash to novella length work, and translations. They also publish nonfiction and poetry. They only want high fantasy, not low fantasy, stories (see guidelines). They accept submissions for their Athuruin dark fantasy<\/a> shared universe stories, as well.
\nDeadline: Ongoing
\nLength: 500-7,000 words for fiction, up to 40 lines for poetry, up to 2,500 words for non-fiction; 20,000-40,000 words for novellas
\nPay: $0.03\/word for short fiction and non-fiction, $20 for flash fiction and poetry; $0.03\/word up to 6,000 words for novellas, $0.01\/word after that
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of\u00a0182 Short Fiction Publishers.<\/a> She can be reached\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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