Notably-Open Markets, February Edition

Lots of places from last month are still open, in case you’re looking for even more markets than what’s here!

Info

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 a waiver to that is reasonable enough (e.g. sub early enough, specific demographics, etc.)
  • I count mailed-in-only subs as a “fee” because that costs money. I’ll make exceptions on a case-by-case basis
• You’re paid for your work. Unpaid opportunities will be included if sufficiently unique/compelling (i.e. sales are for charity, hyper-niche fanzine)
• Any format is cool (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
• 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.)
• Nowhere the vibes are “off” (I know that’s really vague/subjective, but this is me recommending markets!)
• And a listing with a ❤️ is some place I’ve worked with, or can otherwise confidently say you’ll have a good experience working with them 🙂

Markets!

Format:

• Market, genre/theme (unless the market name makes it obvious), lengths/types, pay, limited demographics (if applicable), 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, or maybe they’re in a different time zone, so check back later or click further on their site, if needed!)

• Adventitious, SFF, <17K flash/shorts/novelettes, 8 c/w, until Feb 5 [link]
• Aurealis, SFFH, 2-8K shorts, $20 AUD+, Australian + New Zelanders only this window, until Feb 28 [link]
• Best Weird Fiction of the Year, this is only for reprints that were FIRST printed in 2025, 0.5-17.5K flash/shorts/novelettes, $25, until Mar 1 [link]
• Carmen et Error, weird stuff, <400 words, 5 GBP, until Feb 15 [link]
• Cursed Morsels, a couple weirdly-specific ones, <0.5K flash, 10 c/w, until Feb 7 [link]
• Flash Fiction Online, any, 0.5-1K flash, $100, until ??? [link]
• Flash Frog, any, <1K flash, $25, until Jun 30 [link]
• Flash Point SF, SFF, 0.1-1K flash, 2 c/w, until Mar 31 [link]
• Gordon Square Review, any, <5K flash/shorts, $25, until Apr 1 [link]
• Kitchen Work, stories about food/cooking/eating outside of cities, <3K flash/shorts, 20 c/w, until ??? [link]
• Nightlight, horror, 3-6K shorts, $200, Black authors only (they define it as “at least one of your birth parents must be Black”), until ??? [link]
• Ninth Letter Online, any, <3.5K flash/shorts, $75, until Apr 1 [link]
• NonBinary Review, “Saying Goodbye to Yesterday”, <3K flash/shorts, 1 c/w, until Feb 28 [link]
• Nyctalocos, horror stories about sleep, 2-6K shorts, $10 per 1K words, until Feb 28 [link]
• Philly Poetry Chapbook Review, “serious”/”literary” poems, $10, until ??? [link]
• The Ranger’s Almanac, about national/state forests/parks, 0.5-10K flash/shorts/novelettes, 1 c/w, until Mar 1 [link]
• Reckoning, environmental justice, <15K flash/shorts/novelettes, 10 c/w, until ??? [link]
• Screams and Wails rock horror anthology, 2-9K shorts (I actually don’t know if they mean 0002 to 9,000 words or 2,000 to 9,000 words. someone send a 2 word story and see if it works lol), 1 c GPB/word 50 GBP max, until Feb 28 [link]
• Slavic Supernatural anthology, 1.5-7.5K shorts, $35, until Feb 28 [link]
• Southword Journal, any, <5K flash/shorts, $400 EU, until Feb 28 [link]
• Utopia Science Fiction, “cozy utopias”, 0.1-4K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, until Mar 31 [link]
• Flame Tree’s Vampires anthology, 2-4K shorts (but stuff outside that can work, too), 8 c/w, until Feb 16 [link]
• What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style, <6K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, until Apr 15 [link]

Open SOON (later this month)(so mark your calendars!)

• Fission, SF, <5K flash/shorts, 3 c/w GBP, Feb 13 – 27 [link]