| Name |
What they want |
Pay Per Word USD (originals) |
Flat Pay USD (originals) |
Website |
Notes |
| Clubhouse Magazine |
Christian-friendly fiction for 8-12-year-olds, specifically incl. SF/F |
$0.150 |
|
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/clubhouse-magazine/about/submission-guidelines/ |
Snail mail only. |
| Deadlands, The |
Death-themed speculative fiction |
$0.100 |
|
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/#fiction |
|
| Elegant Literature |
All genres, themed |
$0.100 |
|
https://www.elegantliterature.com/submission-guidelines/ |
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| Uncanny |
SF/F |
$0.100 |
|
https://uncannymagazine.com/submissions/ |
Fast response time. SUBMISSION PERIOD: Historically opens for subs in August. ONE-TIME FLASH FICTION SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/14/22 - 3/21/22 |
| Unidentified Funny Objects ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1 - 4/30 |
Funny F/SF |
$0.100 |
|
http://alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidentified-funny-objects/ |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: next opening expected in either 2022 or 2023 |
| Little Blue Marble |
SF themed to living with climate change, especially hopeful |
$0.086 |
|
https://littlebluemarble.ca/submission-guidelines/ |
Original material up to 2,000 words, reprints up to 5,000 words. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: open until 7/31/22 |
| Assemble Artifacts |
Stories of wonder and suspense |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts |
Does not respond if rejecting. 7,500+ wordcount stories preferred. NOTE: Check terms of contract carefully re “adaptation shopping rights” |
| Book of Witches, The (Harper Voyager) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/14/22 – 3/18/22 |
Speculative fiction, themed to witches. Limited author demographic: BIPOC |
$0.080 |
|
http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2022/01/12/open-submission-period-for-bipoc-writers-for-the-book-of-witches/ |
|
| Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea (Brigid’s Gate) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/1/22 - 6/30/22 |
Horror and dark fantasy themed to female water creatures |
$0.080 |
|
https://brigidsgatepress.com/?page_id=17 |
Story lengths 100 word drabbles, 500 - 3,000 word short stories |
| First Peoples Myths and Fables (Flame Tree Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/16/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to myths and legends of first peoples. Limited demographic: authors of that heritage |
$0.080 |
|
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/first-peoples-call-for-submissions-0 |
|
| Human Monsters (Dark Matter Magazine) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/15/22 |
Horror, no paranormal |
$0.080 |
|
https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/human-monsters-anthology/ |
|
| If There's Anyone Left |
Speculative fiction. Limited demographic: marginalized authors |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines |
ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: Summer 2022 |
| Infinite Horrors Magazine |
Horror |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs |
|
| Infinite Worlds Magazine |
SF |
$0.080 |
|
https://www.infiniteworldsmagazine.com/submissions-faqs |
|
| Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series - DUE 1/1 - 1/31 |
Historically accurate fiction with lesbian characters and optional historically consistent fantastic elements |
$0.080 |
|
https://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2022-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series |
|
| Podcastle (Podcast) |
Fantasy fiction |
$0.080 |
|
http://podcastle.org/guidelines/ |
An Escape Artists publication. Original fiction up to 6,000 words, reprints up to 17,000. ONE-TIME SUBMISSION PERIOD: 3/1/22 – 3/31/22 |
| Reckoning Magazine |
All genres, preferably speculative, themed to humanity's relationship to the earth |
$0.080 |
|
https://reckoning.press/submit/ |
|
| Tales & Feathers Magazine |
Fantasy, fairy tales, and myths with very little plot |
$0.080 |
|
https://twitter.com/talesfeathers |
ONE-TIME NOTE: website launching in Feb 2022, sibling to Augur Magazine. |
| Tempered Tales (Brigid’s Gate) |
Horror, fantasy, mystery, themed |
$0.080 |
|
https://brigidsgatepress.com/?page_id=17 |
Accepts 100-word drabbles, 500 – 1,500 word short stories. ONE-TIME THEME: “Medusa,” 3/1/22 – 3/15/22 |
| Galaxy’s Edge |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.070 |
|
http://www.galaxysedge.com/submissions/ |
|
| Picnic in the Graveyard (Cemetery Gates Media) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 |
Horror set in a graveyard or cemetery |
$0.070 |
|
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/submissions/ |
|
| Les Petites Morts (Ghost Orchid Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/22 - 8/30/22 |
Erotic horror |
$0.060 |
|
https://ghostorchidpress.com/submission-calls/ |
Funding dependent on Kickstarter. |
| Brute: Raunch, Scares, and Rough Trade (Lethe Press Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 8/1/22 |
Horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction themed to gay rough trade |
$0.050 |
|
https://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html#/ |
Query first |
| Black Static |
Horror and dark fantasy |
$0.041 |
|
http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/guidelines/ |
Do not submit the same story to other magazines at the same press |
| Interzone |
Science fiction and fantasy |
$0.041 |
|
http://ttapress.com/interzone/guidelines/ |
Do not submit the same story to other magazines at the same press |
| Moonflowers & Nightshade ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/22 |
Sapphic horror |
$0.040 |
|
https://samreadswhat.wixsite.com/books/about-us |
|
| Alternative Holidays (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/30/22 |
Holiday-themed speculative fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/alternative-holidays/guidelines |
|
| Bourbon Penn |
Odd and imaginative, slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism |
$0.030 |
|
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions |
|
| It Was All a Dream ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 – 4/30/22 |
Horror, weird, dark fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://bapplegate.com/it-was-all-a-dream-submission-guidelines |
|
| Madame President (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/30/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to a female president of something (PTA? Coven?) |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/madam-president/guidelines |
|
| Scott’s Planet (B-Cubed Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/30/22 |
Shared world SF set on an abandoned colony |
$0.030 |
|
https://bcubedpress.moksha.io/publication/scotts-planet |
|
| Translunar Travelers Lounge |
Fun speculative fiction |
$0.030 |
|
https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIOD: Mar 15 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Oct 15 |
| Triangulation ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1-2/28 |
All spec-fic, themed. |
$0.030 |
|
http://parsecink.com/index.php/triangulation-submissions/ |
RIGHTS: North American rights, Spanish language rights, audio and electronic rights. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: Energy (sustainable) |
| Corporate Catharsis: The Work From Home Edition (Water Dragon Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/30/22 |
Speculative fiction themed to work during the Covid-19 pandemic |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/corporate-catharsis-2022/ |
|
| Dragon Gems (Water Dragon Publishing) |
Fantasy or science fiction |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/dragon-gems/ |
|
| The Future’s So Bright... (Water Dragon Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/30/22 |
Fantasy or science fiction, themed to a positive future |
$0.020 |
|
https://waterdragonpublishing.com/submissions/future-so-bright/ |
|
| Tree and Stone |
Speculative and literary fiction |
$0.020 |
|
https://tree-and-stone.com/submission/ |
|
| NewMyths.com |
All spec-fic except graphic horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/submissions |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: 1/1 - 2/28, 6/1 - 7/31 (ONE-TIME THEME 6/1/22 - 7/31/22: Farmers and growers) |
| Weird Horror Magazine |
Pulpy, weird fiction and horror |
$0.015 |
|
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: March, September |
| Wyldblood Press |
Literary SF/F/H |
$0.014 |
|
https://wyldblood.com/guidance-submissions/ |
Also publishes novellas and novels, paying royalties only. |
| Metaphorosis |
SF and fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
http://magazine.metaphorosis.com/guidelines/ |
Pays upon acceptance. |
| Monster (Antimony and Elder Lace Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/25/22 |
Horror themed to original monsters |
$0.010 |
|
https://aelpress.com/index.php/2022/01/20/call-for-submission-monster/ |
|
| Mythic Magazine |
SF/F |
$0.010 |
|
http://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html |
Submission periods: 2/1/22 – 2/15/22 (reprints only), 3/1 – 3/31, 6/1 – 6/30, 9/1 – 9/30, 12/1 – 12/31 |
| Sacrament, The (Horror Oasis) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 7/1/22 |
Religion-themed horror |
$0.010 |
|
https://horroroasis.com/the-sacrament/ |
|
| Speculatief |
SF, fantasy, and SF horror reprints |
$0.010 |
|
https://speculatief.be/submissions/ |
Reprints-only market, will be translated into Dutch. |
| Wyngraf |
Cozy fantasy |
$0.010 |
|
https://wyngraf.com/submissions/ |
|
| Air (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 8/1/22 - 8/31/22 |
Horror themed to air |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Earth (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Horror themed to earth |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Fire (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/1/22 - 5/31/22 |
Horror themed to fire |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Lackington's |
Speculative fiction, themed |
$0.008 |
|
https://lackingtons.com/submissions/ |
|
| Water (Eerie River Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 12/1/22 - 12/31/22 |
Horror themed to water |
$0.008 |
|
https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission |
|
| Phantom Thieves & Sagacious Scoundrels (JayHenge Publishing) ONE-TIME PUBLISHING - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Spec-fic themed to admirable thieves and scoundrels |
$0.005 |
|
http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html |
|
| Imagine 2200 (Fix Solutions Lab) ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 5/5/22 |
Hopeful climate fiction |
|
$3,000.00 |
https://grist.org/fix/climate-fiction-writing-contest-imagine-2200-prizes/ |
|
| My Dark Library (Cemetery Gates) Novellas |
Horror novellas |
|
$1,000.00 |
https://cemeterygatesmedia.com/2022/01/11/my-dark-library-novella-series/ |
|
| If There's Anyone Left Flash Fiction Contest ONE-TIME CONTEST – DUE 4/1/22 |
Flash speculative fiction. Limited demographic: marginalized authors |
|
$250.00 |
https://www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/submission-guidelines |
|
| Last Five Minutes of a Storm, The (Sans. Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/7/22 |
All genres, themed to title and provided art |
|
$170.38 |
https://www.sanspress.com/submissions |
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| Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Moonstone Books) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 5/22/22 or until full |
Supernatural mysteries themed to Kolchak TV series. |
|
$120.00 |
https://www.jamesaquilone.com/submissions |
|
| Disabled Authors SFF Anthology (Forest Ave Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/17/22 |
Speculative fiction. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: disabled US authors |
|
$100.00 |
https://forestavepress.submittable.com/submit |
|
| Nightmares of Strangers (Touchpoint Press) ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY – DUE 5/31 |
Horror |
|
$100.00 |
https://touchpointpress.com/about/submissions/ |
Annual horror anthology, ONE-TIME 2022 title. |
| Sley House Publishing Presents Lit Bits ONE-TIME PODCAST – DUE UNTIL FULL |
SF, fantasy, horror, mystery, or thriller, for full-cast reading |
|
$100.00 |
https://www.sleyhouse.com/submissions |
|
| Three-Lobed Burning Eye |
All speculative fiction, western, and suspense |
|
$100.00 |
http://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html |
|
| Queer Sci Fi's Flash Fiction Contest ANNUAL CONTEST - DUE 3/1 - 5/1 |
Queer speculative flash fiction, themed. ONE-TIME 2022 THEME: clarity |
|
$75.00 |
https://queerscifi.com/flash-contest-rules/ |
|
| Abandoned: An Anthology of Vacant Spaces ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/31/22 |
All spec-fic, themed to abandoned spaces. |
|
$50.00 |
https://curseddragonship.com/submissions-2/ |
50% profit donated to Toys for Tots |
| Great Wars! (Lost Boys Press) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 4/1/22 |
Alternate history themed to a war |
|
$50.00 |
https://lostboyspress.com/2022/01/great-wars-fall-2022-anthology/ |
|
| James Gunn's Ad Astra |
Science fiction |
|
$50.00 |
http://www.adastrasf.com/submissions/short-fiction-submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Bleak Midwinter (Quill and Crow) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 9/13/22 |
Winter horror |
|
$45.00 |
https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/anthologysubmissions |
|
| Carnival Macabre (Quill and Crow) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/13/22 |
Horror themed to a dark carnival |
|
$45.00 |
https://www.quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com/anthologysubmissions |
|
| Strange Sunrises: Tales from Distant Planets (War & Whiskey Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 6/30/22 |
SF set on other planets |
|
$30.00 |
http://publishing.warandwhiskey.com/index.php |
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| Strange Sunsets: Terrors on Distant Planets (War & Whiskey Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/1/22-8/31/22 |
SF horror set on other planets |
|
$30.00 |
http://publishing.warandwhiskey.com/index.php |
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| Peculiar Monstrosities (Planet Bizarro) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/1/22 |
Bizarro fiction themed to monsters |
|
$27.18 |
https://www.planetbizarro.com/submissions |
|
| History Through Fiction Short Stories |
Historical fiction, incl. Alternate history and with fantasy elements |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.historythroughfiction.com/submissionguidelines |
|
| Hunger of Old Stars, The (Splatter Ink Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE UNTIL FULL |
Cosmic horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.splatterinkpublishing.com/projects-3 |
|
| Hyphen Punk |
Speculative fiction in -punk subgenres like steampunk, splatterpunk, solarpunk etc. |
|
$25.00 |
https://hyphenpunk.com/submissions/ |
|
| Kingdoms of Wrath and Ice ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/1/22 – 4/30/22 |
Fantasy themed to a wintery villain |
|
$25.00 |
https://tourmalineandquartzpublishing.com/submissions/ |
|
| Pulp Modern |
Crime, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western pulp, themed |
|
$25.00 |
http://www.pulpmodern.net/pulp-modern-submissions/ |
ONE-TIME THEME 3/1/22: 1981 (especially horror) |
| Tales of the Dark Fae (Colors in Darkness) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 2/28/22 |
Fairy-themed horror and dark fantasy. LIMITED DEMOGRAPHIC: PoC authors. |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.colorsindarkness.com/single-post/open-call-announcement-tales-of-the-dark-fae |
|
| Their Ghoulish Reputation (Dark Lake Publishing) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY - DUE 3/28/22 |
Folk horror |
|
$25.00 |
https://darklakepublishing.com/folkhorror.html |
|
| Unleashed (Skywatcher Press) BIANNUAL ANTHOLOGY SERIES |
Horror, themed |
|
$25.00 |
https://www.skywatcherpress.com/anthologies |
ONE-TIME 2022 Spring theme (due 2/20/22): dead and reanimated |
| Alien Dimensions |
Fun, adventurous space SF with aliens |
|
$20.00 |
http://aliendimensions.com/submission-guidelines/ |
|
| Midnight in the Dying Garden ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 4/30/22 |
Horror |
|
$19.67 |
https://kopfkinomedia.com/open-submissions/ |
|
| A Coup of Owls |
All genres, especially experimental. Limited author demographic: underrepresented or marginalized |
|
$13.59 |
https://www.acoupofowls.com/submissions |
|
| Gwyllion Magazine |
All science fiction, fantasy, and horror, especially fun. |
|
$13.58 |
http://gwyllionmagazine.com/submissions/ |
SUBMISSION PERIODS: January, February, July, August |
| Mithila Review |
All speculative fiction |
|
$10.00 |
http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/ |
NOTE: also takes audio rights |
| Propagule |
All genres, experimental |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.propagule.co/submissions |
|
| Pyre Magazine |
Dark, genre-bending fiction and flash fiction |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.pyremagazine.com/submissions |
|
| Tall Tale TV PODCAST |
Science fiction and fantasy |
|
$10.00 |
https://talltaletv.com/how-it-works/ |
|
| That is SO Wrong (Black Hart Entertainment) ONE-TIME ANTHOLOGY – DUE 3/30/22 |
Offbeat horror |
|
$10.00 |
https://www.blackhartentertainment.com/submissions.html |
|
| Frost Zone Zine |
Dark fiction and quiet horror |
|
$9.43 |
https://frostzonezine.com/submissions/ |
|
| Story Brewing PODCAST – DEAD MARKET |
All genres, exciting |
|
$5.00 |
https://storybrewingpodcast.com/story-submissions/ |
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| Theme of Absence |
SF/F/H |
|
$5.00 |
http://www.themeofabsence.com/submission-guidelines/ |
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