Science fiction markets

Last checked Oct 10, 2026

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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.
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.
WordFire PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 15 · responds in ~92 days
WordFire Press is seeking original superhero-centered fiction and poetry for the Superheroes, Super Problems anthology.
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.
Passages NorthScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 15
Passages North is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrids, and short-shorts, with an emphasis on innovative, experimental, and genre-diverse work.
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.
Otherside (Originals)Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction, poetry · closes Oct 21 · responds in ~14 days
OTHERSIDE is a paying speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Orion's BeltScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction, poetry, nonfiction · closes Oct 31 · responds in ~30 days
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
Whitaker LyonScience Fiction · Mystery · Literary · Fantasy
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Oct 31
Whitaker Lyon Press publishes speculative-fiction anthologies and is accepting several themed short-fiction and flash-fiction submissions on stated schedules.
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.
PhanoScience Fiction
Open for fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~60 days
Phano is a speculative literary magazine seeking thoughtful, futuristic stories about emergent change and complex ideas.
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, New Weird science fiction and fantasy, and other dark, strange 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, flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~28 days
After Midnight is a literary magazine seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, pedagogy, and book reviews for Issue II, themed “New Beginnings & Letting Go.”
NunumScience Fiction
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 1 · responds in ~31 days
NUNUM is a Canadian literary magazine accepting flash fiction and running short-fiction anthologies and paid feedback services through Submittable.
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.
WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction ContestScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~38 days
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication opportunities.
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.
The Haiku Shack MagazineScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~30 days
The Haiku Shack Magazine publishes very short poetry and microfiction inspired by a theme and photograph.
Perseid PropheciesScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · closes Nov 30 · responds in ~60 days
Perseid Prophecies is a speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished fiction, flash fiction, and factual science essays in English.
WallstraitLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~60 days
Wallstrait is a journal of hard-to-define fiction publishing original, unpublished stories across genres.
WorldsmythsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1
Worldsmyths is seeking speculative stories and poetry inspired by paintings from Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven collection for the Books of Rot and Bloom anthology.
Best Horror of the YearScience Fiction · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Dec 1 · responds in ~210 days
The Best Horror of the Year is an all-reprint anthology seeking horror stories and poetry published during 2026 for Volume Nineteen.
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.
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 · Horror
Open for fiction · closes Dec 10
Triptych is a speculative-fiction journal publishing short stories online and in print issues, with submissions currently open.
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 amateur short story contest for science fiction, fantasy, and similar-genre stories.
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.
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.
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.
Escape PodScience Fiction
Open for fiction · closes May 31, 2027 · responds in ~60 days
Escape Pod is a science-fiction podcast and magazine publishing original and reprint short fiction in text and audio.
TriQuarterlyLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · closes May 31, 2027 · responds in ~180 days
TriQuarterly is Northwestern University’s student-edited literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, video essays, short drama, hybrid work, craft essays, interviews, and book reviews.
InkandescentScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · closes Jun 1, 2027
Inkandescent’s Green Light Prize seeks unpublished, bold and imaginative full-length genre-fiction novels from underrepresented writers for a royalty-based publishing pathway.
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.
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.
Analog Science Fiction and FactScience Fiction
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an established magazine publishing science fiction stories, fact articles, and poetry.
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 about craft, industry, and topics relevant to professional and professionalizing science fiction and fantasy writers.
The Daily TomorrowScience Fiction
Open for fiction · responds in ~89 days
The Daily Tomorrow is a daily science-fiction serial magazine seeking original stories.
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 the quarterly official journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, publishing speculative poetry and related articles, reviews, and essays.
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.
Body ShotsScience Fiction · Horror · Mystery · Literary
Open for fiction
Body Shots is an annual short-fiction anthology seeking ambitious, voice-driven unpublished fiction across genres, with selected authors paid by word count.
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 an open literary zine accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a strong interest in speculative fiction and new writers.
IncensepunkScience Fiction
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~90 days
Incensepunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction and nonfiction focused on faith, religion, and emerging technology in future-oriented settings.
Radon JournalScience Fiction · Horror
Open for fiction, poetry
Radon Journal is a no-fee literary magazine publishing short fiction and poetry with science-fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, or dystopian elements.
Synthesized SunsetsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~21 days
Synthesized Sunsets is a speculative fiction publication seeking short stories, currently accepting submissions for its Excess-themed season.
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.
After Dinner ConversationScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
After Dinner Conversation publishes short stories that stimulate ethical and philosophical discussion across genres, including children’s and young adult fiction.
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.
StarShipSofaScience Fiction · Young Adult
Open for fiction · responds in ~60 days
StarShipSofa is a long-running UK-based podcast publishing original and reprint science fiction stories in audio format.
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.
Futurist LettersScience Fiction
Open for nonfiction · responds in ~14 days
Futurist Letters is an independent publication accepting essays and short fiction, including previously published work, with a preference for clear, intellectually curious writing.
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.
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 · responds in ~21 days
Horrific Scribes is an online archive seeking provocative, scary, strange, and unconventional dark short fiction and some poetry.
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 ContestsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~84 days
Brilliant Flash Fiction is an international quarterly magazine publishing unusual flash fiction in English.
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.
SequestrumLiterary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~180 days
Sequestrum is a competitive, paying literary magazine publishing short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and occasional genre work.
Teach. Write.Literary · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction, poetry
Teach. Write. is a literary journal for writing teachers that publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, dramas, screenplays, and writing-prompt-inspired work.
Breaking Into the CraftScience Fiction · Fantasy · Literary · Humor
Open for fiction · responds in ~20 days
Breaking Into The Craft is a fiction market seeking character-driven original stories that have been rejected by at least three other markets.
Tall Tale TVScience Fiction · Fantasy
Open for fiction · responds in ~312 days
Tall Tale TV is a short story audiobook blog accepting science fiction and fantasy stories for narration and promotion.
Hollow Oak Presents: AcornsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~30 days
Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns publishes digitally short, speculative flash fiction for adults.
Sci-Fi LampoonScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction, flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
Sci-Fi Lampoon is a print and digital humor magazine seeking humorous speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror satire and parody.
City Owl PressScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Open for fiction · responds in ~84 days
City Owl Press is seeking adult and New Adult romance and speculative-fiction novels, with queries currently open to three named editors.
365 tomorrowsScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~42 days
365tomorrows publishes original science and speculative flash fiction of 600 words or fewer.
Aethon BooksScience Fiction · Fantasy · Mystery · Romance
Open for fiction · responds in ~90 days
Aethon Books is an open-door publisher seeking novel-length genre fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, and thrillers.
AlchemicalScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for fiction · responds in ~45 days
Alchemical is a literary speculative journal seeking short fiction and a broad range of essays and other nonfiction, with year-round submissions and no payment.
AntipodeanSFScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror
Open for flash fiction · responds in ~7 days
AntipodeanSF is an online and electronic-reader/audio publication focused on short-short speculative fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal, humorous, and subversive stories.
ArcadiaScience Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult
Open for fiction · responds in ~183 days
Arcadia is a publishing house accepting unsolicited complete novel submissions in speculative fiction genres, including firmly crossover YA.
Ash TalesScience Fiction
Open for fiction
Ash Tales is a fiction publication accepting completed short stories in post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, and dystopian genres.
Assemble Artifacts MagazineScience Fiction · Horror · Literary · Mystery
Open for fiction · responds in ~206 days
Assemble Artifacts Magazine accepts short story submissions featuring high-concept wonder and suspense, with particular interest in horror and grounded science fiction.
Baobab PressLiterary · Mystery · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Open for fiction · responds in ~81 days
Baobab Press seeks inventive, thoughtful book-length fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and children's picture or board books, often with a strong sense of place.

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