The SFWP Literary Awards Program is an international English-language competition seeking fiction and creative nonfiction, with publication opportunities and cash prizes.
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative magazine publishing microfiction, flash fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews.
Open to: Translator must acquire permission from the author or copyright holder and provide contact information; AI-assisted translations are not allowed.
fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$0.08 per word
fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$0.08 per word for prose, paid to both author and translator; translated-story reprints pay US$40 flat, paid to both
flashScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$0.08 per word
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorMystery
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$45 flat per review
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$40 flat per poem
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: US$40 flat per poem, paid to both author and translator; translated-poem reprints pay US$20 flat, paid to both
Trollbreath Magazine is a quarterly speculative journal publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with an open submission period through September 30, 2026.
fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Sep 30Pays: 4 cents per word for original works; 1 cent per word for reprints.
Futurist Letters is an independent publication accepting essays and short fiction, including previously published work, with a preference for clear, intellectually curious writing.
nonfictionScience FictionEligibility requirements
No submission feePays: $40 for accepted work; no exclusivity requirement.
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.
Pays: Newly translated stories: US$0.08 per English-language word to the author and US$0.08 per word to the translator, up to 3,750 words; longer pieces may be considered with payment capped at US$300 each. Reprints: US$100 each to the author and translator.
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.
Open to: Work must be previously unpublished; AI-generated submissions are not accepted.
Vector is a BSFA critical journal publishing accessible, intellectually sophisticated writing about science fiction and fantasy, science, technology, and related subjects.
otherScience FictionFantasy
Closes Sep 30Pays: Not a paying market; contributors to the print edition receive contributor copies.
nonfictionScience FictionFantasy
Pays: Not a paying market; contributors to the print edition receive contributor copies.
Enough Trope is an Australian literary magazine focused on commentary, essays, and reviews of Australian genre fiction, including horror, romance, crime, science fiction, and fantasy.
HEXFILED is an independent literary magazine publishing science fiction and speculative fiction, including prose, poetry, nonfiction, and archival-format work.
Leading Edge is a student-run magazine at BYU publishing science fiction and fantasy short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and art from contributors worldwide.
Savage Planets is a speculative-fiction publication seeking original science-fiction stories, poetry, entertainment articles, and two-sentence science-fiction messages.
fictionScience Fiction
Pays: Authors will not be compensated at this time.
fictionScience FictionEligibility requirements
Pays: Contributors will not be compensated at this time.
nonfictionScience Fiction
Pays: Authors will not be compensated at this time.
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