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LIMINAL.SPACESResponds: ~5 days

LIMINAL.SPACES is a minimalist magazine focused on literature and visual art exploring environmental themes, accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art with both speculative and realist elements.

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Closes Oct 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: $1000 prize for winner
nonfictionLiteraryHumor
Closes Oct 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: $1000 prize for winner
poetryLiteraryScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumor
Closes Oct 10Fee (amount not stated)Pays: $1000 prize for winner

Eye to the Telescope is an online magazine publishing speculative poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres) with themed quarterly issues.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 15Pays: US 7¢/word (min $7, max $30)
Star*LineResponds: ~3 weeks

Star*Line is the official print journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, publishing speculative poetry, articles, reviews, and art.

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Pays: 5¢ per word
otherScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: $7 per review
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: 7¢ per word for poems, minimum $7, maximum $30

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.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Dec 1Pays: $50 CAD
flashScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Dec 1Pays: $50 CAD
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Dec 1Pays: $50 CAD
Spec Colorways In VerseResponds: ~8 weeks

Spec Colorways In Verse is a digital publication and community centering queer BIPOC speculative poetry, seeking original, unpublished speculative poems from queer BIPOC writers.

poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirements
Pays: $50 per poem
SamovarResponds: ~4 months

Samovar is a triannual magazine publishing speculative fiction and poetry in translation, as well as critical essays and interviews about speculative fiction in translation.

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Pays: 8 US cents/word to author and translator (max $300 each)
fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: $100 to author and $100 to translator
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: $40
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: $40 per participant and translator
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: $40 to author and $40 to translator
Dreams & NightmaresResponds: ~3 weeks

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
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
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

Radon Journal publishes science fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, and dystopian short stories and poetry with leftist social commentary.

fictionScience Fiction
Closes Aug 31Pays: $0.025/word, $15 minimum
poetryScience Fiction
Closes Aug 31Pays: $25/poem
Trollbreath MagazineResponds: ~2 weeks

Trollbreath Magazine is a quarterly electronic journal publishing speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, with a focus on genres like dark fantasy, hope punk, fabulism, and slipstream.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: 4 cents/word for originals, 1 cent/word for reprints
nonfiction
Closes Oct 31Pays: $40 flat rate per article
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Oct 31Pays: $25 flat fee per poem
Horrific ScribesResponds: ~3 weeks

Horrific Scribes is an online archive publishing dark, provocative, and unconventional short fiction (mainly horror and adjacent genres) and some poetry.

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Pays: $25 per accepted submission
poetryHorrorFantasyScience Fiction
Pays: $25 per accepted submission
Haven SpecResponds: ~2 months

Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine publishing science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, and related poetry and nonfiction, with a focus on diverse and underrepresented voices.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Aug 31Pays: 8¢ per word
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Aug 31Pays: $20 per poem
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Further Light MagazineResponds: ~4 weeks

Further Light Magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry exploring Latter-day Saint themes through speculative genres, seeking work that connects gospel principles with imaginative storytelling.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Aug 31Pays: $25 honorarium per published story
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Aug 31Pays: $25 honorarium per published essay
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Aug 31Pays: $10 honorarium per published poem

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine publishes edgy, genre-blurring speculative fiction and poetry, with a focus on diversity and the strange.

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Closes Sep 15Pays: $10 on publication, plus possible anthology royalties
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Closes Sep 15Pays: $10 on publication, plus possible anthology royalties

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is a long-running magazine publishing science fiction stories with integral scientific or technological elements, as well as science fact articles and poetry.

fictionScience Fiction
Pays: 8-10 cents/word for short fiction, 6 cents/word for serials
nonfiction
Pays: 9 cents/word
poetryScience Fiction
Pays: $1 per line
Asimov's Science FictionResponds: ~5 weeks

Asimov's Science Fiction is a leading magazine publishing science fiction and some borderline fantasy, with a focus on character-driven stories.

fictionScience FictionFantasy
Pays: 8-10 cents/word up to 7,500 words; 8 cents/word over 7,500
poetryScience FictionFantasy
Pays: $1/line (up to 40 lines)

Alliteration's Forgotten Ground Regained is seeking alliterative poetry with speculative themes (science fiction, fantasy, or horror) for its Fall 2026 issue.

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Closes Sep 1Pays: No payment
GramaryeResponds: ~5 days

Gramarye is a peer-reviewed journal from the University of Chichester focused on literary and historical approaches to fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic, magic realism, science fiction, and speculative fiction, publishing articles, fiction, poetry, reviews, and art.

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Closes Sep 21
nonfictionFantasyHorrorScience Fiction
Closes Sep 21
poetryFantasyHorrorScience Fiction
Closes Sep 21
Best Horror of the YearResponds: ~7 months

The Best Horror of the Year is an annual reprint anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, seeking the best horror stories and poetry published in the current calendar year.

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Closes Dec 1
poetryHorrorFantasyScience FictionMystery
Closes Dec 1
Altered RealityResponds: ~4 weeks

Altered Reality Magazine publishes short speculative fiction and poetry (up to 3,000 words) with a focus on fantasy, science fiction, horror, and related genres.

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Black PetalsResponds: ~5 weeks

Black Petals is a long-running quarterly magazine publishing dark science fiction and horror fiction, flash, micro fiction, and poetry, with a focus on the bizarre and unusual.

fictionScience FictionHorror
Pays: Bragging rights only
flashScience FictionHorror
Pays: Bragging rights only
poetryScience FictionHorror
Pays: Bragging rights only
Gaslamp PulpResponds: ~4 weeks

Gaslamp Pulp is a non-paying magazine publishing short stories, poetry, and artwork with a focus on fantasy, science fiction, and themed issues.

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Pays: Free digital copy of the issue
poetryScience FictionFantasy
Pays: Free digital copy of the issue
HEXFILED SF MagazineResponds: ~2 weeks

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.

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flashScience FictionFantasyHorror
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
otherScience FictionFantasyHorror
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
HomunculiResponds: ~2 weeks

Homunculi is a literary magazine publishing speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from individuals involved in STEM fields.

Open to: Must be involved with the STEM fields (students, educators, academics, industry professionals, medical workers, etc.).

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Katabatic CircusResponds: ~6 months

Katabatic Circus is an annual print and ebook anthology from Angry Gable Press, publishing original, unpublished speculative poetry of literary merit in a wide range of styles and forms.

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Pays: No monetary compensation
Leading EdgeResponds: ~3 months

Leading Edge is a student-run magazine at BYU publishing science fiction and fantasy short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and art from contributors worldwide.

fictionScience FictionFantasy
Pays: 1 cent per word, $10 minimum, $50 maximum
nonfictionScience FictionFantasy
Pays: Payment discussed upon acceptance
poetryScience FictionFantasy
Pays: Payment discussed upon acceptance
Nat 1 Publishing LLCResponds: ~9 months

Nat 1 Publishing is a micro-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres, publishing both short works for anthologies and full-length books.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorRomanceMysteryHumorYoung Adult
Pays: Occasional small monetary payments; digital copy of anthology; every accepted work gets an original illustration.
fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorRomanceMysteryHumorYoung Adult
Pays: 50% of platform payouts (royalties) for novels/novellas/novelettes; chapbooks may opt for $25 lump sum; paid quarterly via PayPal.
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorrorRomanceMysteryHumorYoung Adult
Pays: Occasional small monetary payments; digital copy of anthology; every accepted work gets an original illustration.
Otherside (Originals)Responds: ~4 weeks

Otherside is a paying speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers, with quarterly themed and unthemed issues and strict eligibility requirements.

nonfictionEligibility requirements
Pays: $100/essay (USD)
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fictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Opens Oct 1
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Opens Oct 1
Savage PlanetsResponds: ~2 days

Savage Planets is a magazine dedicated to speculative fiction, poetry, art, and entertainment reviews with a focus on science fiction and related genres.

fictionScience Fiction
Pays: None
flashScience FictionEligibility requirements
Pays: None
nonfictionScience Fiction
Pays: None
poetryScience Fiction
Pays: None
Small World CityResponds: ~7 months

Small World City is a Dhaka-based online literary magazine publishing speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, accepting only Bangladeshi and POC authors.

Open to: Bangladeshi and POC authors

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The Kismet MagazineResponds: ~2 months

The Kismet Magazine is a volunteer-run publication seeking speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art, prioritizing marginalized voices and world-building themes.

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Pays: Complimentary first-run copy; no monetary payment.
nonfictionScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: Complimentary first-run copy; no monetary payment.
poetryScience FictionFantasyHorror
Pays: Complimentary first-run copy; no monetary payment.

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