Eyetothetelescope★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best of the Net.
Eye to the Telescope is an online speculative poetry publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
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Closes Oct 15Pays: US 7¢ per word, rounded up to the nearest dollar; minimum $7 and maximum $30. Payment within a month of publication, normally via PayPal or by check.
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.
TriQuarterly★Has a Wikipedia article.Responds: ~6 months
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.
Open to: Creative work by current Northwestern MA/MFA students, graduates of the program within the past five years, and program faculty is not accepted; work must be original and unpublished.
Passages North is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrids, and short-shorts, with an emphasis on innovative, experimental, and genre-diverse work.
Fractured Lit publishes flash and micro fiction, including original and eligible reprint work, with year-round submissions and occasional themed prizes.
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Closes Nov 22Pays: $3,000 and publication for the winner; publication and $300 for second place; publication and $200 for third place.
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Pays: $75 for original Flash Fiction; reprints are unpaid.
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Pays: $50 for original Micro Fiction; reprints are unpaid.
The SFWP Literary Awards Program is an international English-language competition seeking fiction and creative nonfiction, with publication opportunities and cash prizes.
North American Review is a long-running literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews, with seasonal submission windows and contests.
Open to: Current University of Northern Iowa students are not eligible.
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Closes Nov 1Fee: $23Pays: First prize $1,000; finalists considered for publication.
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Closes Nov 1Fee: $23Pays: First prize $1,000; winner, runners-up, honorable mentions, and finalists offered publication.
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Closes Nov 30Fee: $3Pays: A contributing writer receives a copy of the print issue and a contributor discount.
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.
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is a literary and arts journal publishing eclectic, mainstream-to-experimental writing, including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Open to: Previously unpublished work; AI-generated writing is not accepted.
Lucent Dreaming is a UK-based literary publisher and magazine seeking novels and poetry pamphlets, with the magazine's issue 15 submissions currently closed.
Solarpunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction and other writing centered on solarpunk themes, including ecological balance, mutual aid, radical imagination, resistance, and repair.
Open to: Original, unpublished work in English; translations previously published in languages other than English are accepted, but unsolicited reprints are not.
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Closes Oct 14Pays: 10 cents per word, with a $100 minimum.
WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication opportunities.
Open to: Open globally; entries must be in English; all ages
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Closes Oct 31Fee: $12 entry; $25 with optional critiquePays: Prizes include $500 for first place, $300 for second, $200 for third, and gift certificates for runners-up; winning essays are published.
Closes Nov 30Fee: $10 entry; $20 with optional critiquePays: Prizes include $400 for first place, $300 for second, $200 for third, and gift certificates for runners-up and honorable mentions; winning entries are published.
Planetside is SFWA’s online magazine publishing nonfiction articles about craft, industry, and topics relevant to professional and professionalizing science fiction and fantasy writers.
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Pays: $0.10 per word on the final-draft word count.
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