The NoSleep Podcast is a horror anthology podcast seeking original horror fiction and audio scripts for adaptation.
Open to: Stories must be the submitter's own work, and the author must hold the rights to grant usage to The NoSleep Podcast; AI-generated stories are not accepted.
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Pays: $60 for flash fiction up to 1,199 words; $250 for regular stories of 1,200+ words; $500 for full-length productions over 90 minutes (approximately 15,000+ words). Payment is made in US dollars via PayPal, Wise, or Zelle (currently US only).
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Pays: $60 per flash-fiction story, paid in US dollars via PayPal, Wise, or Zelle (currently US only).
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graduates of the program within the past five years, and program faculty is not accepted; work must be original and unpublished.
Radon Journal★Work published here has won or been selected for: Wunderkammer Award for Best Magaz…, Glimmer Award for Best Best Flash…, ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculativ….
Radon Journal is a no-fee literary magazine publishing short fiction and poetry with science-fiction, anarchist, transhumanist, or dystopian elements.
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Pays: 2.5¢ per word for original work, with a guaranteed $15 minimum.
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.
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.
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.
Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk is Ruadán Books’ nonfiction column featuring essays about writing, the writing life, craft, business, and genre fiction.
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Pays: 10 cents per word for new nonfiction; 3 cents per word for reprints.
Haven Spec Magazine publishes science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, poetry, and nonfiction, with submissions scheduled in monthly demographic, general, and closed windows.
Open to: October is reserved for authors of color, LGBTQIA+ writers, and writers belonging to other underrepresented groups; November is open to anyone. English-language submissions
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Closes Oct 31Pays: 8¢ per word for original fiction
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