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Literary-quality poetry with a clear speculative element, including fantasy, science fiction, or surrealism; dark poems are welcome but horror is not. There are no formal length restrictions, though traditional poems should generally have at least 9 lines and prose poems at least 50 words. Poetry is read only during the one-month periods of November and May; the next periods are November 2026 and May 2027. Payment is $5.50 per poem.

Speculative and imaginative genre fiction, including flash fiction; up to 10,000 words, with special interest in flash of 1,000 words or less. No horror, zombies, elves, retold fairy tales, sports, westerns, werewolves, vampires, gratuitous sex or violence, or strongly political stories. Fiction reading periods are February 1–7 and August 1–7, 2027, Eastern Time; submissions outside those periods are deleted unread. Payment is eight cents per word up to 1,000 words and $80 for longer stories.

Speculative flash fiction of 1,000 words or less is especially welcome. Submit in the body of the email during the February 1–7 or August 1–7, 2027 fiction reading periods, Eastern Time; submissions outside those periods are deleted unread. No horror, zombies, elves, retold fairy tales, sports, westerns, werewolves, vampires, gratuitous sex or violence, or strongly political stories. Payment is eight cents per word.