Tasavvur is a South Asian speculative-fiction magazine publishing short fiction and nonfiction pitches, with a strong focus on South Asian and other BIPOC authors.
F(r)iction is a speculative-leaning literary publication accepting short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and genre-focused blog submissions, with paid print contributions and free blog submissions.
Story Sanctum seeks compelling fiction and nonfiction about the sacredness, strangeness, heartbreak, horror, and hope of the human condition, with submissions open for 2027 until its limit is reached.
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Pays: Option of $10 per story or applying the full amount toward social-media promotion.
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Pays: Option of $10 per story or applying the full amount toward social-media promotion.
Burial Books is an indie publisher primarily seeking horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, weird, and blog-related writing for books and anthologies.
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Pays: $5 plus a future copy of the annual book if published.
Best Horror of the Year is an annual all-reprint horror anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, seeking notable stories and poetry published during the relevant year.
Alchemical is a year-round literary journal seeking speculative short fiction and a broad range of nonfiction, with no submission fees and no payment.
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Pays: Not a paying market; favorite pieces may be nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net awards, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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Pays: Not a paying market; favorite pieces may be nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net awards, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Cul-de-sac of Blood publishes horror-focused poetry, fiction, essays, and other writing engaging with monstrosity, the macabre, the weird, and the eerie.
HEXFILED is an independent literary magazine publishing science fiction and speculative fiction, including stories, poetry, nonfiction, and archival artifacts for its serialized Parallel Biome sub-issue.
Homunculi publishes speculative fiction and poetry by people involved in STEM fields, including students, researchers, educators, and professionals.
Open to: Submitters must be involved in the STEM fields, including students, educators, academics, communicators, industry professionals, and medical workers.
Rawhead is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art, with a focus on emotionally resonant writing and art that engages resistance, unsettling beauty, and lived experience.
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Pays: $30 for each featured Point Blank contributor.
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Pays: $30 for each featured Point Blank contributor.
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Pays: $30 for each featured Point Blank contributor.
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Pays: $30 for each featured Point Blank contributor.
The Kismet Magazine is a speculative publication seeking fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about horror, science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and related concepts.
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Pays: Unpaid; published authors receive complimentary first-run copies of the issue.
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Pays: Unpaid; published authors receive complimentary first-run copies of the issue.
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Pays: Unpaid; published authors receive complimentary first-run copies of the issue.
Pill Bottle Press is a literary magazine seeking raw, unfiltered work about mental and physical illness and difficult emotions, with a preference for personal work.
Samovar is a triannual Strange Horizons magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, alongside criticism and interviews about speculative fiction in translation.
Strange Hymnal is a literary magazine publishing mystery-, ritual-, and obsession-focused writing, including poetry, essays, short stories, translations, and hybrid work.
Folklore Review is a biannual folklore-inspired literary magazine seeking unusual poetry, fiction, flash, and creative nonfiction, with themed micro-series calls.
Gramarye is a peer-reviewed University of Chichester journal seeking scholarly and creative work on fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic, magic realism, science fiction, and speculative fiction.
Phantom Drift is an annual literary journal devoted to fabulist, fantastic, surreal, and new-weird literature, publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that explore imaginative alternatives to conventional realism.
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