Worldsmyths is seeking speculative fiction and poetry inspired by Inna Vjuzhanina’s The Coven series for its 'Books of Rot and Bloom' anthology, with a focus on witch-themed stories deeply connected to selected artwork.
MENACE is a magazine seeking speculative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and hybrid work, with a focus on marginalized voices and a strong preference for speculative elements.
Fahmidan Journal is a quarterly online literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and flash, with a focus on diverse, thought-provoking, and existential writing.
Open to: Must be at least 18 years old; present and past staff members prohibited.
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Closes Sep 14Pays: $35 per piece (from Issue 24, Sept 2025, paid on publication).
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Closes Sep 14Pays: $35 per piece (from Issue 24, Sept 2025, paid on publication).
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Closes Sep 14Pays: $35 per piece (from Issue 24, Sept 2025, paid on publication).
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Closes Sep 14Pays: $35 per piece (from Issue 24, Sept 2025, paid on publication).
Dreams & Nightmares is a long-running print magazine primarily publishing poetry and a small amount of short short fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and fantastic horror.
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Pays: $15 per story on acceptance + 1 contributor's copy ($30 + 1 copy for color covers); contributors outside North America may receive a 3-issue subscription plus 1 copy instead
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Pays: $15 per poem on acceptance + 1 contributor's copy ($30 + 1 copy for color covers); contributors outside North America may receive a 3-issue subscription plus 1 copy instead
The Icarus Writing Collective is a themed literary magazine publishing short fiction and flash fiction with a speculative focus, offering a small honorarium.
Trembling With Fear is a weekly online publication of dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark sci-fi, and dark fantasy, with regular themed calls and an annual anthology.
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Closes Oct 13Pays: $5 per story (by the time the annual anthology is released)
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Pays: None (drabbles are considered donations)
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Pays: $5 per story (by the time the annual anthology is released)
Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.
Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.
Rat Bag Literary is a semi-pro paying magazine seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, microfiction, drabbles, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction with a focus on speculative and offbeat work.
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $5Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $25Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
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Closes Aug 31Fee: $20Pays: 1 cent per word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10
Propagule is an independent literary magazine focused on experimental, surreal, and boundary-pushing fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction, with a strong emphasis on speculative and unconventional work.
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Closes Dec 15Pays: $5 per 1,000 words for the first 2,000 words, $10 per 1,000 words thereafter (up to $30)
96th of October is a quarterly magazine publishing extraordinary tales, poetry, and flash fiction with a focus on fantasy, horror, magic realism, satire, and whimsy.
AntipodeanSF is an Australian online magazine devoted to short speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal) of 500-1000 words, with a focus on flash fiction and no payment to contributors.
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Pays: No payment; publication, bio, and promotion via radio show and podcast
Bewildering Stories is a weekly online magazine publishing speculative, experimental, and mainstream fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of any length, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, and literary work.
Bitterleaf Books anthologies publish fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from all writers, with a focus on fantasy and subgenres, and donate anthology proceeds to charity.
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Pays: No payment; all proceeds from anthologies are donated to charity.
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Pays: No payment; all proceeds from anthologies are donated to charity.
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Pays: No payment; all proceeds from anthologies are donated to charity.
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter and Flame Tree Press publish speculative fiction novels, anthologies, and monthly flash fiction, with regular paid opportunities for writers worldwide.
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Pays: Industry standard royalty contracts; not generous advances.
Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher specializing in speculative fiction novels and professional, paid short story anthologies, with regular submission windows and a monthly flash fiction call via their newsletter.
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Pays: Industry-standard royalty contracts; not generous advances.
HEXFILED SF Magazine is an independent publication focused on science fiction and speculative fiction exploring the boundary between organism and machine, with a preference for strange, thoughtful, and emotionally resonant work.
Lucent Dreaming is a UK-based publisher and magazine seeking novels, poetry pamphlets, and (in periodic windows) short fiction, flash, poetry, and art, with a focus on literary, speculative, and surreal work.
Tales to Terrify is a volunteer-run podcast publishing horror, dark fantasy, and disturbing fiction, currently open for flash fiction submissions only.
The Yard: Crime Blog publishes crime fiction, true crime, horror, and related genres, accepting poetry, flash fiction, fiction, and nonfiction submissions with a focus on crime-related content.
Abyss & Apex is a Hugo-nominated magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry with a strong emphasis on imaginative, character-driven stories and poems containing a speculative element.
All Worlds Wayfarer is a speculative fiction magazine publishing immersive, character-driven stories in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related genres, with a focus on sincerity and meaning.
DreamForge Anvil is a speculative fiction magazine focused on positive, hopeful science fiction and fantasy, currently closed for submissions but planning to reopen after September 2026.
Flash Point SF is a magazine dedicated to flash-length speculative fiction, seeking science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream stories between 100 and 1,000 words.
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