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graduates of the program within the past five years, and program faculty is not accepted; work must be original and unpublished.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.
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.
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.
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
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores publishes science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy-tale, eldritch, fact-based, and poetry work, including new pieces and eligible reprints.
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Closes Nov 3Pays: 8¢ per word for new fiction; 2¢ per word for fiction reprints.
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Closes Nov 3Pays: 2–8¢ per word for new fact-based work; 1–4¢ per word for reprinted fact articles.
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Closes Nov 3Pays: $1 per line for new poetry; 50¢ per line for reprints; words over 40 lines are paid at 8¢ per word.
Escape Pod is a science-fiction podcast and magazine publishing original and reprint short fiction in text and audio.
Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old or have parental/guardian permission; the submitter must hold the work's copyright and available rights.
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.
Star*Line is the quarterly official journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, publishing speculative poetry and related articles, reviews, and essays.
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Pays: 5¢ per word for articles and essays; payment is made on publication.
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Pays: Book and chapbook reviews pay a flat $7; payment is made on publication.
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Pays: 7¢ per word, with a minimum of $7 and maximum of $30; payment is made on publication.
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