Here are 16 magazines that want your work - essays, short stories, flash fiction, regular fiction, humor, humour, complaints, fantasy, mythology - you name it, they want it!
All of these are paying markets.
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Bitch Magazine: Pitches wanted for 'Kids These Days' Issue
"This issue's goal is to explore childhood as more than just a rite of passage or a target market. We want to hear about parenting, youth culture, and generational crossover today.
What does it actually mean to be an '80’s, '90s or 2000s kid, and what does our collective nostalgia say about us? We also want to look across generations—what can kids these days learn from the past, and vice versa? How have cultural products from Sailor Moon to Netflix influenced the framework of our world? What does the evolution of writing—from the elimination of cursive to the universe of emoji—mean for the future of language and understanding?
This issue will look last everything from kitschy advertising and formative cartoons to single motherhood and the school-to-prison pipeline in an attempt to fill out the often overlooked pockets of youth as a culture force."
Payment: $200 for features
Deadline: February 1, 2016
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The First Line
Genre: Short story, any genre, with a first line “Unfortunately, there is no mistake,” she said, closing the file.
Length: 300 - 5,000 words
Payment: $25-$50
Deadline: February 1, 2016
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Skirt! Magazine
"Skirt! publishes two personal essays every month on topics relating to women and women’s interests. All essays for consideration should be submitted in their entirety and be between 800 and 1,100 words. Essays must fit one of our monthly themes."
Genre: Personal essays, theme is "Happiness"
Payment: $200 per piece
Deadline: February 1, 2016 for "Happiness" issue
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Canadian Comedy Anthology
"Submissions can be on any topic you want, so long as the end result falls within the definition of “Hey, that’s funny.” No topic is taboo; no target is safe. Comedy being a necessarily subjective genre, we’re looking to cast the widest possible net. We will take all stories at face value. The final set should run the gamut of genres and styles, encapsulating the many forms humour may take. Texts of subtle wit will contrast with bawdy humour, giggles will compete with guffaws, gutbusters will share space with others that make you stroke your chin and offer up a mild “Hmm… that’s a good one.” The book as a whole will be a meeting of multiple styles united under the genre of comedy, a meeting place for the wittiest dreamers across the whole spectrum of CanLit. We want this book to showcase as broad a diversity of Canadian writers as possible in terms of location, background, race, gender, genre, experience, and more."
Restrictions: Open to Canadians only
Genre: Funny stories, plays, poetry
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Payment: 5 cents a word (CAN)
Deadline: February 7, 2016
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New Legends: The Hero • The Antihero • The Vigilante, Book 2
"We are looking for exceptional, well-written, engaging stories with subject matter reasonably free from sexually explicit content, gore, and obscenities."
Genre: Short story. Your story can be of any genre, but must be relevant to the theme of the Hero, the Antihero, and the Vigilante.
Length: 2,500 - 8,000 words
Payment: $25 per story
Deadline: February 8, 2016
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Subterrain
"Poetry, fiction, nonfiction exploring the idea of secrecy. Personal, corporate, governmental, military -- secrecy is used to cement personal relationships, to guarantee state security, to harbour knowledge. Some consider secrecy one of the main sources of human conflict. We intend to open the doors on the subTerrain confessional."
Genres: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction submissions wanted for Issue 73: Secrets
Payment: $50 per page
Deadline: February 15, 2016 (11:59PM PST)
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On Spec
Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry
Length: Up to 6,000 words (stories)
Payment: $50 to $200 depending on word count
Deadline: February 15, 2016 for stories, poetry is accepted all year
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People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction
"We’re looking for science fiction short stories of up to 10,000 words, reflective of the issue’s theme, written by writers of colour."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 8 cents per word
Deadline: February 19, 2016
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New Myths
NewMyths.com publishes speculative fiction of every stripe except graphic horror. We like each issue to have an eclectic variety of stories: funny, frightening, hard and soft sci-fi, adventure, thoughtful, etc.
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: $50 per story, $20 per poem
Deadline: February 28, 2016
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LESS THAN DEAD — LGBTQIA Anthology Call
Length: At least 10,000 but not more than approx 20,000 words in length
Genre: Zombies! Stories may be any pairing except cisgender heterosexual M/F (trans* M/F, M/M, F/F, poly, ace/aro, and all permutations thereof are acceptable).
Payment: $200
Deadline: February 28, 2016
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SpeckLit
"As the name suggests, we focus on speculative fiction and non-fiction – fantasy, science fiction, myth, fairy tale, dark fantasy, etc… – all on a more or less PG level. We also celebrate the quick review – of books, movies, video games, TV shows, or any media that contains some sort of speculative fiction element. Long reviews tend to give away too much (how many times have you seen a 3 minute trailer and decided you don’t need to see the movie itself?). A drabble review gives you just what you need – whether the item under review suits your tastes or not."
Genres: Speculative fiction, nonfiction, 100 words
Payment: 5 cents per word
Deadline: February 28, 2016
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The New Quarterly
Restrictions: Canadian citizens only
Genres: Prose and poetry
Payment: $250 for a short story and $40 per poem or "postscript" story
Deadline: February 28, 2016
Note: Postal submissions only
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Ninth Letter
"Ninth Letter is a published semi-annually at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We are interested in prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work."
Genre: Prose, essays, and poetry.
Length: For poetry, submit 3-6 poems (max. 10 pages) at a time. For fiction and nonfiction, please send only one story or one essay at a time, up to 8,000 words.
Deadline: February 28, 2016
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Lazarus Risen
"Lazarus Risen will seek SF (no fantasy or horror, please) short stories that explore the economic, political, social and psychological consequences of life extension, human cloning, the hard upload and other forms of the biological singularity. Dreams of immortality and eternal youth are almost as old as human culture itself. But what would the world look like if everyone could live and be young forever? What would it look like if only some of us had that privilege? These are only some of the questions your story might try to answer. Surprise us, shock us, illuminate us but most of all tell us a great story."
Genre: Science fiction, short stories
Payment: 4 cents per word (Canadian)
Deadline: February 29, 2016
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Funny Fantasy Anthology
Genre: Short stories, humorous fantasy (reprints only)
Payment: 2 cents per word
Deadline: February 29, 2016
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Triangulation: Beneath The Surface
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Length: Up to 6,000 words. There is no minimum word count
Payment: 2 cents per word
Deadline: February 29, 2016
All of these are paying markets.
_________________
Bitch Magazine: Pitches wanted for 'Kids These Days' Issue
"This issue's goal is to explore childhood as more than just a rite of passage or a target market. We want to hear about parenting, youth culture, and generational crossover today.
What does it actually mean to be an '80’s, '90s or 2000s kid, and what does our collective nostalgia say about us? We also want to look across generations—what can kids these days learn from the past, and vice versa? How have cultural products from Sailor Moon to Netflix influenced the framework of our world? What does the evolution of writing—from the elimination of cursive to the universe of emoji—mean for the future of language and understanding?
This issue will look last everything from kitschy advertising and formative cartoons to single motherhood and the school-to-prison pipeline in an attempt to fill out the often overlooked pockets of youth as a culture force."
Payment: $200 for features
Deadline: February 1, 2016
______________________
The First Line
Genre: Short story, any genre, with a first line “Unfortunately, there is no mistake,” she said, closing the file.
Length: 300 - 5,000 words
Payment: $25-$50
Deadline: February 1, 2016
______________________
Skirt! Magazine
"Skirt! publishes two personal essays every month on topics relating to women and women’s interests. All essays for consideration should be submitted in their entirety and be between 800 and 1,100 words. Essays must fit one of our monthly themes."
Genre: Personal essays, theme is "Happiness"
Payment: $200 per piece
Deadline: February 1, 2016 for "Happiness" issue
______________________
Canadian Comedy Anthology
"Submissions can be on any topic you want, so long as the end result falls within the definition of “Hey, that’s funny.” No topic is taboo; no target is safe. Comedy being a necessarily subjective genre, we’re looking to cast the widest possible net. We will take all stories at face value. The final set should run the gamut of genres and styles, encapsulating the many forms humour may take. Texts of subtle wit will contrast with bawdy humour, giggles will compete with guffaws, gutbusters will share space with others that make you stroke your chin and offer up a mild “Hmm… that’s a good one.” The book as a whole will be a meeting of multiple styles united under the genre of comedy, a meeting place for the wittiest dreamers across the whole spectrum of CanLit. We want this book to showcase as broad a diversity of Canadian writers as possible in terms of location, background, race, gender, genre, experience, and more."
Restrictions: Open to Canadians only
Genre: Funny stories, plays, poetry
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Payment: 5 cents a word (CAN)
Deadline: February 7, 2016
_____________________
New Legends: The Hero • The Antihero • The Vigilante, Book 2
"We are looking for exceptional, well-written, engaging stories with subject matter reasonably free from sexually explicit content, gore, and obscenities."
Genre: Short story. Your story can be of any genre, but must be relevant to the theme of the Hero, the Antihero, and the Vigilante.
Length: 2,500 - 8,000 words
Payment: $25 per story
Deadline: February 8, 2016
_____________________
Subterrain
"Poetry, fiction, nonfiction exploring the idea of secrecy. Personal, corporate, governmental, military -- secrecy is used to cement personal relationships, to guarantee state security, to harbour knowledge. Some consider secrecy one of the main sources of human conflict. We intend to open the doors on the subTerrain confessional."
Genres: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction submissions wanted for Issue 73: Secrets
Payment: $50 per page
Deadline: February 15, 2016 (11:59PM PST)
_____________________
On Spec
Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry
Length: Up to 6,000 words (stories)
Payment: $50 to $200 depending on word count
Deadline: February 15, 2016 for stories, poetry is accepted all year
_____________________
People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction
"We’re looking for science fiction short stories of up to 10,000 words, reflective of the issue’s theme, written by writers of colour."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 8 cents per word
Deadline: February 19, 2016
____________________
New Myths
NewMyths.com publishes speculative fiction of every stripe except graphic horror. We like each issue to have an eclectic variety of stories: funny, frightening, hard and soft sci-fi, adventure, thoughtful, etc.
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: $50 per story, $20 per poem
Deadline: February 28, 2016
____________________
LESS THAN DEAD — LGBTQIA Anthology Call
Length: At least 10,000 but not more than approx 20,000 words in length
Genre: Zombies! Stories may be any pairing except cisgender heterosexual M/F (trans* M/F, M/M, F/F, poly, ace/aro, and all permutations thereof are acceptable).
Payment: $200
Deadline: February 28, 2016
___________________
SpeckLit
"As the name suggests, we focus on speculative fiction and non-fiction – fantasy, science fiction, myth, fairy tale, dark fantasy, etc… – all on a more or less PG level. We also celebrate the quick review – of books, movies, video games, TV shows, or any media that contains some sort of speculative fiction element. Long reviews tend to give away too much (how many times have you seen a 3 minute trailer and decided you don’t need to see the movie itself?). A drabble review gives you just what you need – whether the item under review suits your tastes or not."
Genres: Speculative fiction, nonfiction, 100 words
Payment: 5 cents per word
Deadline: February 28, 2016
___________________
The New Quarterly
Restrictions: Canadian citizens only
Genres: Prose and poetry
Payment: $250 for a short story and $40 per poem or "postscript" story
Deadline: February 28, 2016
Note: Postal submissions only
____________________
Ninth Letter
"Ninth Letter is a published semi-annually at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We are interested in prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work."
Genre: Prose, essays, and poetry.
Length: For poetry, submit 3-6 poems (max. 10 pages) at a time. For fiction and nonfiction, please send only one story or one essay at a time, up to 8,000 words.
Deadline: February 28, 2016
____________________
Lazarus Risen
"Lazarus Risen will seek SF (no fantasy or horror, please) short stories that explore the economic, political, social and psychological consequences of life extension, human cloning, the hard upload and other forms of the biological singularity. Dreams of immortality and eternal youth are almost as old as human culture itself. But what would the world look like if everyone could live and be young forever? What would it look like if only some of us had that privilege? These are only some of the questions your story might try to answer. Surprise us, shock us, illuminate us but most of all tell us a great story."
Genre: Science fiction, short stories
Payment: 4 cents per word (Canadian)
Deadline: February 29, 2016
____________________
Funny Fantasy Anthology
Genre: Short stories, humorous fantasy (reprints only)
Payment: 2 cents per word
Deadline: February 29, 2016
____________________
Triangulation: Beneath The Surface
Genre: Speculative fiction.
Length: Up to 6,000 words. There is no minimum word count
Payment: 2 cents per word
Deadline: February 29, 2016
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