It’s my birthday month! And, for some fun Chase lore, I cannot stand 90%+ of cakes because the frosting tastes like chemicals. Do you know how mad I got when bougie cupcakes got trendy and I’d go and pay, like, $8 for a cupcake and it tasted just as bad as a Demoula’s cupcake??? And this always happens! No matter where I go!
There is 1 (one) bakery where I live that has frosting I like. And whatever it is they have on ice cream cakes. And cream cheese frosting. But just get me a pie instead. Especially since it’s the summer, since there’s so many options.
Info
For a market to be “notable,” it needs to be a window that just opened or will open soon (as in, sometime this month). It needs to be a limited window and not a place you can submit to every day of the year.
For a market to be shared, it needs to meet my minimums for a market I’m comfortable recommending. This means:
- No submission fees, or there’s an exception to fees that is reasonable-enough to qualify for (e.g. sub early enough, specific demographics, etc.)
- You’re paid for your work. Unpaid opportunities will be included if sufficiently unique (i.e. for charity, hyper-niche fanzine)
- Any kind of adaption/format is okay (print, anthologies, web, audio, etc.), except crypto/NFT-bullshit
- Absolutely no AI of any sort
- No AI images, including social media posts
- No tolerance of AI-generated works
- I mostly go by what I see on their site, their submission guidelines, and their responses to my emails, if I can’t tell/need clarification
- They are respectful, professional, and not hateful
- Good contracts, they keep their word, etc
- No TERFs, Nazis, etc. or places that knowingly platform such people/views
- They treat your data with respect (e.g. no sharing/selling, basic security features on website, etc.)
- The focus of these lists will be fiction, since that’s what I mostly write, but there’ll be some poetry and nonfiction as well!
- And a listing with a โค๏ธ is some place I’ve worked with, or can otherwise confidently say you’ll have a good experience working with them ๐
Markets!
Format:
- Market, genre (unless the market name makes it obvious), lengths/types, pay, limited demographics (if relevant), window info [link to submission guidelines]
Open NOW
(Note: Some places scheduled to open on the 1st might not have the switch flipped just yet, or the switch is flipped but they haven’t updated their website, so check back later or click further, if needed!)
- Anomaly, SF, <300 words, 8 c/w, until Aug 7 [link]
- โค๏ธ Augur, SFF, <5K flash/shorts, 14 c CAD/word, $112 CAD for flash, until Aug 31 (trans/disabled/BIPOC/people living in Canada/Turtle Island until Sep 15) [link]
- Also poetry ($100 CAD per)
- โค๏ธ Cast of Wonders, YA SFFH, <7.5K flash/shorts, 8 c/w ($20 or $100 for reprints), young authors only, until Aug 31 [link]
- Dreams Divine, romantasy, 2-4Kish shorts, 8 c/w, until Aug 25 [link]
- โค๏ธ Flash Frog, any, <1K flash, $25, until Dec 31 [link]
- Gordon Square Review, any, <5K flash/shorts, $25, until Oct 1 [link]
- Haven Spec, SFFH, <6K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, until Aug 31 [link]
- Also poetry ($20 per)
- Note: They used to be open every month (switching between all writers and a limited demographic window), but now they’re closed every third month, so they qualify for this again
- NADIR, weird fiction, 2-5K shorts, 1 c/w, BIPOC only, until Aug 15 [link]
- Nashville Review, any, <7K flash/shorts, $100, until Aug 31 [link]
- New Edge Sword and Sorcery, 4-6K shorts, 3 c/w, until Aug 31 [link]
- โค๏ธ NonBinary Review, Erased From History theme, <3K flash/shorts, 1 c/w, until Aug 31 [link]
- Also poetry ($10)
- Of Swords and Roses, romantasy, 2-4Kish shorts, 8 c/w, until Aug 25 [link]
- Poet Lore, any, any, $50 per, until Nov 30 [link]
- โค๏ธ PseudoPod, horror, <6K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, ($20-100 for reprints), until Aug 11 [link]
- Solstitia, any, <10K flash/shorts/novelettes, $50, until Aug 31 [link]
- Also poetry
- Also nonfiction
- โค๏ธ Tales & Feathers, cozy/slice of life fantasy, <2.5K flash/shorts, 14 c CAD/word, $112 CAD for flash, until Aug 31 (trans/disabled/BIPOC until Sep 15) [link]
- The Baltimore Review, any, <5K flash/shorts, $50, until Nov 30 [link]
- Also poetry ($50 per sub)
- Also nonfiction
- The Deadlands, SFFH about death, <5K flash/shorts, 10 c/w, until Sep 30 [link]
- Also poetry ($50 per)
- Also nonfiction ($100)
- West Branch, any, <7.5K flash/shorts, 10 c/w (but max payout is $200), until Mar 31 2026 [link]
- Also nonfiction
- Also poetry ($100 per packet)
Open SOON (later this month)
- Trans Survivors Zine, work on IPV/DV/Interperseronal harm, <1K flash, $25, Aug 18 – Sep 8 [link]
- Also poetry
- Also nonfiction
