Fantasy markets

Last checked Oct 7, 2026

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Otherside (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 7 · responds in ~28 days
OTHERSIDE is a paying speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.
LIMINAL.SPACESScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Oct 10 · responds in ~5 days
LIMINAL.SPACES is a literary platform focused on environmental concerns through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
Night ShadesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 11 · responds in ~5 days
Night Shades is a fiction magazine publishing two speculative stories per month.
Trembling With FearScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 13 · responds in ~90 days
Trembling With Fear publishes dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark science fiction, and dark fantasy, in short-story, drabble, serial, themed, and unholy-trinity formats.
Solarpunk MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 14 · responds in ~60 days
Solarpunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction and other writing centered on solarpunk themes, including ecological balance, mutual aid, radical imagination, resistance, and repair.
Ichor MagazineFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 14
ICHOR Magazine is seeking visceral, weird sword-and-sorcery, dark fantasy, and dying-Earth stories with horror elements.
Superheroes Super ProblemsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~92 days
Superheroes, Super Problems is an original anthology seeking superhero-centered fiction and poetry across several speculative and genre categories.
EyetothetelescopeFantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Oct 15
Eye to the Telescope is an online speculative poetry publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
Little District BooksScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Little District Books is seeking original queer hopepunk stories for its first publishing project, Radiant Dawn: A Queer Hopepunk Anthology.
We're HereScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for other work, fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~120 days
Neon Hemlock Press publishes speculative fiction and queer chapbooks, with current calls for a queer speculative-fiction reprint anthology and speculative chapbook manuscripts.
Carmina MagazineFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~60 days
Carmina Magazine publishes myth-inspired poetry and prose, including reimaginings and retellings from mythological traditions across cultures and eras.
KaidankaiHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~25 days
Kaidankai seeks fiction featuring ghosts or supernatural elements for its podcast and is currently running a December 2026 winter-themed contest.
Plott Hound MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Plott Hound Magazine is a quarterly literary magazine publishing amazing animal stories, including prose, essays, and poetry.
Rebel Satori PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 15
Rebel Satori Press is an independent publisher seeking full-length LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction and witchcraft and occult nonfiction.
The Hoolet's NookScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~14 days
The Hoolet's Nook is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and micro-poetry or haiku three times a year.
Emerald City GhostsHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 20 · responds in ~14 days
Emerald City Ghosts publishes paranormal ghost stories, flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and reviews, with general submissions always open and themed calls opening monthly.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Oct 21 · responds in ~70 days
Flash Fiction Online publishes short fiction across speculative and literary genres.
Diabolical PlotsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 25 · responds in ~30 days
Diabolical Plots publishes speculative short fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Every Day FictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 27 · responds in ~90 days
Every Day Fiction publishes very short adult flash fiction in any genre and pays a token amount for accepted stories.
Ps and Qs PublishingFantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Oct 30 · responds in ~55 days
Ps and Qs Publishing solicits 5,000–10,000-word fictional stories for themed paranormal and speculative anthologies, paying royalties through PubShare.
Elegant LiteratureLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~31 days
Elegant Literature is a fiction magazine publishing new or unpublished writers’ themed stories and paying ten cents per word.
Apex MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~60 days
Apex Magazine is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine publishing original short fiction.
Haven SpecScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~70 days
Haven Spec Magazine publishes science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, poetry, and nonfiction, with submissions scheduled in monthly demographic, general, and closed windows.
Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~30 days
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing microfiction, flash fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
The Submission Pit SubstackScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~15 days
The Submission Pit is a speculative-fiction publication offering a monthly prize for the best submitted short story.
Flash Point SFScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~60 days
Flash Point Science Fiction publishes short speculative fiction and flash fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream stories.
ReckoningScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction, fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~182 days
Reckoning is a magazine publishing creative writing about environmental justice, including speculative fiction and nonfiction.
SpliceScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~60 days
Splice is a small press seeking book-length fiction collections, novellas, and novels for publication in 2027 and 2028.
North American ReviewScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~150 days
North American Review is a long-running literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews, with seasonal submission windows and contests.
Spec Colorways In VerseScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for poetry · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~56 days
Spec Colorways In Verse is a zine and community space publishing queer BIPOC speculative poetry.
Tenebrous PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~90 days
Tenebrous Press publishes New Weird Horror, strange science fiction and fantasy, and dark genre mashups for mature audiences.
The Ranger's AlmanacScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~7 days
The Ranger's Almanac is an annual literary journal seeking work inspired by national or state forests and parks.
After MidnightScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~28 days
After Midnight is a literary magazine publishing fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, pedagogy, and book reviews.
Call Me [Brackets]Fantasy
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~7 days
Call Me [Brackets] invites fantastical prose and poetry exploring whimsy, magic, strange adventures, and imaginative worlds.
Flame Tree Fiction NewsletterFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~60 days
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter is a publishing outlet that regularly seeks speculative stories for print anthologies and its monthly fiction newsletter.
New Feathers AnthologyLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~42 days
New Feathers Anthology is an online literature and art magazine published three times annually with a year-end print anthology.
SunSpot LitScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, other work, flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~14 days
Sunspot Literary Journal accepts unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, translations, and genre or literary work through several paid, length-specific submission categories.
Timeless ReflectionsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Nov 1
Timeless Reflections is a semiannual online and print anthology seeking themed short stories and poetry for Volume 8.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch ShoresScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Nov 3 · responds in ~56 days
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores publishes science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy-tale, eldritch, fact-based, and poetry work, including new pieces and eligible reprints.
Behind the Shadows Anthology SeriesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Mystery · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 15 · responds in ~62 days
Inkd Publishing is soliciting speculative-fiction anthology stories, including fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, suspense, and horror themes.
Luna Station QuarterlyScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Nov 15 · responds in ~31 days
Luna Station Quarterly publishes speculative short fiction by women-identified writers.
Vestal ReviewLiterary · Humor · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 16 · responds in ~30 days
Vestal Review is a flash-fiction magazine that also accepts proposals for interviews and reviews and maintains a flash-fiction book list.
Fractured LitFantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 22 · responds in ~90 days
Fractured Lit publishes flash and micro fiction, including original and eligible reprint work, with year-round submissions and occasional themed prizes.
ClaudineLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction, other work · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~10 days
Claudine is a literary magazine seeking very short fiction and creative nonfiction with innovative, emotionally resonant prose.
F(r)ictionLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~219 days
F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and publishing project accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, and related editorial work through several routes.
Black Fox Literary MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~120 days
Black Fox Literary Magazine is an international biannual print and online publication seeking fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with additional year-round submission options.
Indie BitesFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~48 days
Indie Bites is a quarterly fantasy magazine publishing unpublished original short fiction centered on issue themes.
The Haiku Shack MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
The Haiku Shack Magazine seeks meaningful, impactful very short poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph.
Common House MagazineLiterary · Fantasy · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~120 days
Common House Magazine is a volunteer-run literary magazine accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other written work for seasonal issues.
Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
Perseid Prophecies is a speculative fiction magazine accepting unpublished fiction and science articles in scheduled submission windows.
WallstraitLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~60 days
Wallstrait is a paying journal of hard-to-define fiction that welcomes fiction across genres, including flash, longer, hybrid, and experimental work.
WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative stories inspired by a witch from Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven paintings for the Books of Rot and Bloom anthology.
The Beast Under Your BedFantasy · Romance · Horror · Science Fiction
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~42 days
Dark Moon Rising Publications is accepting submissions for multiple horror, dark romance, fantasy, poetry, and young-adult anthologies, generally by email and often accepting reprints.
C&R Press Poetry Book AwardLiterary · Mystery · Romance · Science Fiction
Open for other work · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~365 days
C&R Press publishes full-length books in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, essays, and experimental or hybrid forms through open submissions and genre prizes.
Enchanted LivingFantasy · Literary
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~10 days
Enchanted Living welcomes writers to submit original enchanting articles, stories, poetry, and excerpts for forthcoming themed issues.
DefenestrationHumor · Literary · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Open for fiction · closes Dec 5 · responds in ~28 days
Defenestration is a humor magazine publishing funny short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and fake nonfiction online.
TriptychScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Dec 10
Triptych is a speculative-fiction journal publishing short stories online and in print issues, with submissions currently open.
Fahmidan JournalLiterary · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Dec 15 · responds in ~25 days
Fahmidan Journal is a quarterly English-language literary journal accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and flash submissions year-round through Submittable.
PropaguleScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · closes Dec 15 · responds in ~68 days
Propagule is an independently run literary magazine publishing experimental, transgressive, and surreal fiction alongside flash fiction and nonfiction.
National Fantasy Fan FederationScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · closes Dec 31
The National Fantasy Fan Federation sponsors an annual amateur science fiction and fantasy short story contest with cash prizes.
foofarawScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Dec 31 · responds in ~21 days
Foofaraw is a webzine and print publisher seeking strange, speculative, literary, and experimental fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and related work.
Northern Shadows MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Jan 1, 2027 · responds in ~120 days
Northern Shadows Magazine is a speculative fiction and poetry magazine seeking dark, dreamlike, and nightmarish work.
AlliterationLiterary · Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction
Open for poetry · closes Jan 1, 2027
Alliteration’s Forgotten Ground Regained seeks alliterative poetry for its Winter 2027 issue.
SFWP (Santa Fe Writers Project) Literary AwardsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, nonfiction · closes Jan 4, 2027 · responds in ~276 days
The SFWP Literary Awards Program is an international English-language competition seeking fiction and creative nonfiction, with publication opportunities and cash prizes.
Sound & ColorScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Jan 31, 2027 · responds in ~30 days
Sound & Color is an inclusive Black, queer, femme-run market publishing original human-derived speculative fiction through themed submission windows.
Further Light MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Feb 28, 2027 · responds in ~212 days
Further Light Magazine publishes speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry connecting imaginative or analytical work with Latter-day Saint gospel principles and audiences.
EmbarkLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Mar 1, 2027 · responds in ~31 days
Embark is a year-round literary journal seeking novel openings and author statements for its upcoming issues.
ConfrontationLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Apr 15, 2027 · responds in ~120 days
Confrontation is a literary magazine open to submissions from any writer, publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.
InkandescentScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Jun 1, 2027
The Green Light Prize is Inkandescent’s fiction competition for unpublished, bold and imaginative novels by underrepresented writers, offering a royalty-based publishing contract and editorial support.
Tractor BeamScience Fiction · Fantasy · Mystery · Romance
Open for fiction · closes Jun 30, 2027
Tractor Beam is a speculative science-fiction publication focused on soilpunk visions of hopeful, anti-apocalyptic futures on Earth and harmonious relationships between humans and nature.
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg ReviewLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is a literary and arts journal publishing eclectic, mainstream-to-experimental writing, including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
TriQuarterlyScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
TriQuarterly is Northwestern University’s student-edited literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and related prose and hybrid work.
ClarkesworldScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction, nonfiction · responds in ~2 days
Clarkesworld is an award-winning monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing short fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and audio fiction.
Lucent Dreaming (Novels)Literary · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~60 days
Lucent Dreaming is a UK-based literary publisher and magazine seeking novels and poetry pamphlets, with the magazine's issue 15 submissions currently closed.
Asimov's Science FictionScience Fiction · Fantasy · Humor
Open for fiction, poetry · responds in ~35 days
Asimov’s Science Fiction is an established science fiction magazine publishing character-oriented speculative fiction and poetry.
Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWAScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for nonfiction · responds in ~45 days
Planetside is SFWA’s online magazine publishing nonfiction articles and essays about craft, industry, and topics relevant to science fiction and fantasy writers.
PodCastleFantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
PodCastle is a fantasy fiction podcast seeking short speculative fiction for text and audio publication.
SamovarScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry · responds in ~113 days
Samovar is a triannual Strange Horizons magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, along with nonfiction about speculative works and communities from non-Anglophone countries.
Star*LineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for nonfiction, other work, poetry · responds in ~21 days
Star*Line is a quarterly SFPA journal publishing speculative poetry along with related nonfiction, essays, reviews, and member news.
Strange PilgrimsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~120 days
Strange Pilgrims is an independent literary magazine publishing surreal, speculative, philosophical, experimental, and realist prose and essays.
Torch Literary ArtsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
Torch Literary Arts accepts original creative work by Black women writers for its online Torch Friday Feature on a rolling basis.
Lady Churchill's Rosebud WristletScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet is a twice-yearly zine accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a strong interest in speculative fiction and new writers.
Synthesized SunsetsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~21 days
Synthesized Sunsets is a speculative-fiction magazine seeking short stories, currently open until further notice and themed around excess.
TasavvurScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for nonfiction · responds in ~21 days
Tasavvur is a magazine dedicated to publishing South Asian and other BIPOC speculative fiction, nonfiction pitches, and related reprints.
Wyldblood Press (Novellas)Science Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~30 days
Wyldblood Press publishes science fiction and fantasy fiction, novellas, and non-fiction, with fiction submissions accepted on the first day of each month in 2026.
After Dinner ConversationScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
After Dinner Conversation publishes short stories that stimulate ethical and philosophical discussion across genres and perspectives.
Dirty Magick MagazineFantasy · Horror · Mystery · Humor
Open for fiction · responds in ~77 days
Dirty Magick Magazine publishes original short speculative fiction, especially urban fantasy, sword and sorcery, and gothic or supernatural horror.
James Gunn's Ad AstraScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~60 days
James Gunn's Ad Astra is a speculative-fiction journal publishing science fiction and some fantasy in online and print formats.
Leading EdgeScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry · responds in ~98 days
Leading Edge is a student-run magazine at BYU publishing science fiction and fantasy short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and art from contributors worldwide.
BiomeScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~14 days
Biome is a speculative-fiction audio podcast that seeks ecosystem- and organism-centered stories for narrated publication with transcripts.
Rat Bag LiteraryScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~60 days
Rat Bag LIT is a paying market seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, with regular microfiction, drabble, flash, and short-story calls.
Tales of Sley HouseScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · responds in ~79 days
Tales of Sley House publishes genre-focused novels, short stories, poetry, and podcast scripts in speculative and mystery-oriented categories.
PolymorphicHorror · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~209 days
Polymorphic is a Montreal-based magazine publishing horror and weird fiction stories and art, with a focus on creator rights and annual summer issues.
Berkeley Fiction ReviewLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~365 days
Berkeley Fiction Review is an annual literary journal seeking innovative, reflective, previously unpublished short fiction from writers worldwide.
Et Sequitur MagazineLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~74 days
Et Sequitur Magazine publishes short stories that connect creatively with an element of its latest story.
Horrific ScribesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~21 days
Horrific Scribes is an online archive seeking provocative, scary, strange, and transgressive dark fiction and some poetry.
Okay DonkeyLiterary · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Okay Donkey is a paying literary magazine seeking odd, experimental, surreal, funny, and genre-bending poetry and flash fiction, including slipstream work.
The Wild UmbrellaScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction
The Wild Umbrella is an Irish literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with optional feedback, contributor promotion, and an annual print anthology.
Brilliant Flash Fiction ContestsLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Brilliant Flash Fiction is a quarterly, international literary magazine publishing original flash fiction of 1,000 words or fewer.
Electric SpecScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~105 days
Electric Spec is a quarterly speculative-fiction magazine seeking short stories in science fiction, fantasy, and macabre genres.

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