Y’all have no idea how busy I’ve been lol. But, by the time this is up and you’re reading this….well I still need to labcorp. But after that! Then I will be down to a much more reasonable number of way too many things to do!
But y’all and your publishing goals are important, too 🙂 Which is why this is still going!
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!)
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]
I shorthand the speculative genres: Science Fiction (SF), Fantasy (F), and Horror (H). So a market that says they take all three or “speculative” stories in general would be SFFH. A place that’s sci fi and fantasy would be SFF. If they give more granular genre (e.g. cosmic horror, space opera), then I’ll say those instead.
The ❓️ is 1 or more emoji to quickly communicate what lengths they take, in case you’re only interested in certain ones!
⚡️ – Flash fiction (1,000 or less)
🩳 – Short stories (1,001-7,500)
📚️ – Novelettes/Novellas (7,500-40,000-ish?)
🪶 – oh yeah poetry too
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!)
- ⚡️🩳After Happy Hour, any, <6K flash/shorts, 1 c/w with a $15 minimum and $50 max, until Aug 31 [link]
- Also nonfiction ($10)
- 🪶 Also poetry ($3.33 per)
- ⚡️🩳📚️After the Hurt, post-whump stories, <17.5K flash/shorts/novelettes, $10, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳AGAIN, time/cycles/patterns, <5K flash/shorts, 200 EU, until Aug 4 [link]
- ⚡️Agita, “music” theme SFH, <1K flash, 5 c/w, until Jul 14 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Anathema: Spec from the Margins, <6K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, queer POC only, until Jul 20 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($50)
- Also nonfiction (1-3.5K, 5 c/w)
- ⚡️🩳📚️Apex, SFFH, <9K flash/shorts/novelettes, 8 c/w, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Augur, SFF/literary, <5K flash/shorts, 14 c/w CAD and a flat $112 CAD for flash(which they define as <800 words), until Jul 15 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($100 CAD)
- ⚡️🩳Baneberry, horror, 0.5-7K flash/shorts, $500, until July 8 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Black Fox Literary, any, <5K flash/shorts, $20, until Nov 30 [link]
- Also nonfiction (<1.5K words)
- 🪶 Also poetry ($6.67 per)
- ⚡️🩳The Braag, SFF, <2.5K flash/shorts, 15 GBP, UK writers only, until Jul 31 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry (microchapbooks)(royalties only)
- ⚡️🩳📚️Brink, “obsession” theme, no max word count but be reasonable about it, $50 for <1.5K words $100 for >1.5K, until Jul 31 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($25)
- They do hybrid/”cross-genre” stuff so things that don’t fit nicely into any of those boxes could work here
- 🩳📚️Carynx sorcery anthology, 2-8K shorts, 20 GBP, writers who live in the North of England only, until July 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Cosmic Horror Monthly, <5K flash/shorts, 3 c/w, until Jul 7 [link]
- Also nonfiction
- ⚡️🩳Crooked Spine, “wet country” horror, <3.5K flash/shorts, $20, until July 29 [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($5 per)
- 🩳Dirty Magic Magazine, urban fantasy OR sword and sorcery OR gothic/supernatural horror (or close enough “flavors” of them), 2-12.5K shorts/novelettes, $50, until ??? [link]
- ⚡️🩳DLIM anthologies, SFFH, <5K flash/shorts, Filipino authors (either living in the Philippines or part of the diaspora), 7 c/w, one closes Sep 30 and the other Feb 28 [link]
- 🪶Also poetry
- 🩳Endless Archives, Entrancing Tomes, magical/spooky libraries, 2-7.5K shorts, $10, no due date but it IS an anthology so it won’t be open forever [link]
- 🩳Exquisite Engines, steampunk, 2-5K shorts, $20, until Aug 1 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Exquisite Undead, vampires, <7K flash/shorts, $30 for <1.5K $65 for anything longer, until Sept 1 [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($30)
- 🪶 Eye to the Telescope, “aliens”, this is poems so lengths are whatever, 7 c/w, until July 15 [link]
- ⚡️Flash Fiction Online, “aftermath” theme, 0.5-1K flash, $100, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️Flash Frog, “ghost story” theme, <1K flash, $25, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️Flash Point SF, SFF, 0.1-1K flash, 2 c/w, until July 31 [link]
- 🩳📚️Fusion Fragment, SF, 2-15K shorts/novelettes, 4 c/w CAD (w/$400 CAD max), until ??? [link]
- 🩳Genderf**k, “strange, dark, and/or transgressive er*tic stories involving transgender and/or non-binary characters”, 1-5K shorts, $10, until Jul 19 [link]
- ⚡️🩳If Found, Return…, “found”/epistolary fiction, <1.2K words, $10 CAD, they’re new and don’t have a close date but I imagine they’re gonna get overwhelmed at some point and close it [link]
- Also nonfiction
- ⚡️If There’s Anyone Left SFF, <1K flash, 8 c/w, POC, LGBTQ+, disabled, and members of marginalized genders only, until July 15 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Khoreo Magazine, SFFH, <5K flash/shorts, 10 c/w, immigrants or members of a diaspora writers only, until Jul 31 [link]
- Also nonfiction (1-3K words, $200 originals $40 reprints)
- ⚡️🩳Luna Station Quarterly, SFF, 0.5-7K flash/shorts, $10, women authors only, until Aug 15 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Manuscrypt, “aliens & cryptids” theme, <3.5K flash/shorts, $50, until Aug 14 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry (but non-paying)
- ⚡️manywor(l)ds, any (including multimedia), <1K flash/things, $10, queer/disabled/neurodivergent authors only, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳📚️Mysterion, SFFH with Christian themes/characters/cosmology, <9K flash/shorts/noveletes, 8 c/w, until Jul 31 [link]
- 🩳The New Quarterly, any, 2.5-6K shorts, $400, Canadians/First Nations only, until Sep 30 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($100)
- ⚡️🩳📚️ The Neurodiversiverse, ND folx interacting with aliens, <15K flash/shorts/novelettes, $50 for flash $100 for shorts, until October 1 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry (200 lines max, $50 per)
- ⚡️🩳NYGEL, monster erotica, <4K flash/shorts, $20 originals $10 reprints, until July 10 [link]
- ⚡️🩳The Orange & Bee, fairytales, <4K flash/shorts, 8 c/w ($80 minimum), until Jul 14 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry (up to 50 lines, $50 per)
- Also nonfiction
- ⚡️🩳Otherside, SFFH, 0.5-4K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, BIPOC/trans/disabled queer authors only this window, until Jul 7 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($50)
- Also nonfiction ($100)
- July 8 – 21 is open to the rest of the queer community
- 🩳📚️Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales, 3-10K shorts/novelettes, 5 c/w ($500 max), until Aug 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Plott Hound, speculative animal stories, <5K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, until Jul 15 [link]
- Also nonfiction (1-2.5K, $100)
- ⚡️🩳Portals, SFFH, 0.5-2.5K flash/shorts, 8 c/w, trans/nonbinary authors only, they have a submission cap, so don’t wait! [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($50)
- ⚡️🩳PseudoPod, horror stories that first came out in an anthology or collection this year (so reprints only), <6K flash/shorts, $100 for shorts $20 for flash, until July 31 [link]
- ⚡️Reckoning, this specific call is for “weird” fiction (still needs to be enviornmental justice-y), <1.2K flash, 15 c/w, until Oct 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Saros Speculative, “terminally online” theme, 0.5-5K flash/shorts, $25 CAD, until Jul 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳📚️Savagery on the Salty Seas, oceany horror, <10K flash/shorts/novelettes, $50, until July 10 (or 15? they have both on the same page)(it’s a month later and it’s still like that…) [link]
- 🩳Slapshots in Space & Magical Marathons, sports! but SFFH, 1-5K shorts, $50 CAD, until Aug 31 [link]
- 🪶 Also poetry ($20 CAD)
- 🩳Solarpunk, this is for their horror-themed issue, 1.5K-7.5K shorts, 10 c/w, until Jul 14 [link]
- Also nonfiction ($100)
- 🪶 Also poetry ($50)
- 🩳📚️Space Ace anthology, SF stories with ace/aro characters, 1-10K shorts/novelettes, 2 c/w (p/w?) GBP, until Sep 30 [link]
- 🩳Sweet screams, horror, 1-5K shorts, 8 c/w, women/gender diverse writers only, until Aug 15 [link]
- 🩳Tales from the Menu, cannibalism, 3-5K shorts, $3, until Aug 1 [link]
- 🩳📚️Tales to Terrify, horror, 2-10K shorts/novelettes, 3 c/w, no specific close date [link]
- 🩳Thyme Travelers, SFFH, 1-5K shorts, 8 c/w, Palestinian writers only, until Aug 31 [link]
- ⚡️🩳Trollbreath Magazine, SFFH, <7.5K flash/shorts, 4 c/w, until Oct 31 [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($25 per)
- Also nonfiction (“articles” <2.5K, $40)
- ⚡️🩳Whim and Wander, “stories that reflect transcendent goodness and the triumph of light over darkness,” <5K flash/shorts, $20, until ??? [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($10 per)
- ⚡️Zine Machine, zines!, <8K flash/shorts, $20, until Jul 31 [link]
- 🪶Also poetry ($2.50/page)
Open SOON (later this month)(so mark your calendars!)
