Here are 26 calls for submissions in June. All are paying markets.
Genres include speculative fiction, horror, personal essays, poetry, steampunk, children's literature, and nonfiction articles. Some of these calls are for themed issues, so make sure you read the full guidelines before submitting.
Note: I post calls for submissions during the last week of every month. But if you want to get a jump on upcoming calls, you can find a list of sites that regularly post submission calls (paying and non-paying markets) on Calls for Submissions.
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Horrors of Hudson Valley
"We want original, supernatural horror stories set within the Hudson Valley Region within the State of New York (please note that New York City is NOT considered a part of the Hudson Valley). The time period for your story is up to you–past, present, future, alternate history–but it must take place whole or in part within the Hudson Valley. Hudson Valley is a real place, with a real history, so please respect the reality of the setting."
Genre: Supernatural horror
Payment: $25 per story
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Theories of HER
Genres: Poetry, stream-of-consciousness, flash fiction, micro non-fiction (in various forms including essays/opinion pieces and personal anecdotes), and visual art on what it means to BE, admire, and/or interact, etc with women and/or girls.
Payment: .025/word for flash fiction/non-fiction, excerpts etc.
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Steampunk Universe
Your story should take place in a non-Western culture, stories that take place in the diverse cultures of Central/South America, Asia, and Africa. This call for submissions is aimed particularly at marginalized writers, especially those who are identify as members of a minority, LGBTQ, or living with exceptionality.
Genre: Steampunk
Payment: .06/word
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Guardian Angel Kids Magazine
Theme: Pets with disabilities
Genre: Stories, articles, poems for children ages 2 -12
Payment: .03/word
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Arc Magazine
Theme: “Art In The End Times”
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $50 a page
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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NonBinary Review
NonBinary Review is a quarterly digital literary journal that joins poetry, fiction, essays, and art around each issue's theme. We invite authors to explore each theme in any way that speaks to them: re-write a familiar story from a new point of view, mash genres together, give us a personal essay about some aspect of our theme that has haunted you all your life. We also invite art that will accompany the literature and be featured on our cover. All submissions must have a clear and obvious relationship to some specific aspect of the source text (a character, episode, or setting)
Theme: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction
Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction and nonfiction, and a flat fee of $10 per poem
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Tech Edge Magazine
Theme: Teaching Complex Thinking
Genre: Nonfiction articles for educators
Payment: $50-$125 per article
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Goblin Fruit
"We want poetry that we can call "of the fantastical", poetry that treats mythic, surreal, fantasy and folkloric themes, or approaches other themes in a fantastical way. Re-write a fairytale, ponder an old story, consider history from an unusual perspective — really, it's up to you, so long as the fantastical element is there. Since what qualifies as "the fantastical" is easily debatable, however, here's what we're not interested in: science fiction poetry (it's not you, it's us), horror for horror's sake, and poetry that's self-consciously gothic."
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $15
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation
"The anthology will focus on times of environmental crisis and the people inhabiting these tipping points, fighting to effect change and seek solutions, even if it’s already too late. But these are times of hope, not just disaster! Turn your lens to those crucial moments in a world’s history when great change can be made by the right people with the right tools. Remember: hope can spark in even the grimmest of situations."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 6 cents USD per word for original fiction, and poetry. Reprints are paid a flat rate of $50 for stories under 2000 words and $100 for stories over 2000 words. Please include a complete publication history for reprint submissions.
Deadline: June 4, 2016
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DOA III — Extreme Horror Anthology
Genre: Horror
Payment: 5 cents per word
Deadline: June 6, 2016
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Between Worlds
Genre: Speculative fiction short stories and flash fiction. Stories must in some way feature the idea of portals between alternate worlds.
Payment: £5 per short story. Payment will be made via PayPal upon publication.
Deadline: June 7, 2016
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Third Flatiron: "Keystone Chronicles" Anthology
"A keystone is a central stone at the summit of an arch locking the whole together. It's something on which other things depend for support, the heart or core of something, the crux, or central principle. Anything keystone is fine, be it keystone species, pipelines, cops, beer, or ski resorts, as long as it's speculative fiction."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 6 cents per word (SFWA professional rate)
Deadline: June 15, 2016
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The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Genre: Fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction "if they are compressed in some way"
Payment: $50
Deadline: June 15, 2016
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Enter the Apocalypse
Genre: Speculative fiction about the start and / or middle of any type apocalypse
Payment: $0.01-0.08 per word (averaging close to $0.03 per word)
Deadline: June 15, 2016
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Inside The Bell Jar
Inside The Bell Jar is a quarterly journal accepting poetry, short stories and flash fiction of absolutely any genre. The only real requirement we have is that your piece is related to mental illness in some way; through a character, the general theme, something about the setting – you decide.
Genre: Any
Payment: 5 pounds
Deadline: June 15, 2016
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Eye to the Telescope 21, the Male Perspective
"The Science Fiction Poetry Association is no stranger to gender and sexuality politics. In 2012, Stephen M. Wilson edited our LGBTQ issue. More recently, in 2015, Anastasia Andersen edited our All-Women’s issue. We are also in the discussion stages for a gender issue. For our next issue, our ongoing exploration of gender and sexuality through the lens of SF poetry addresses the male perspective. This issue—guest-edited by Marge Simon, a woman—will explore the male perspective through SF poems written by men and male-identifying persons, and male-persona poems written by anyone."
Genre: Speculative poetry
Payment: US 3¢/word rounded to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25
Deadline: June 15, 2016
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Grub Street Grackle
Genre: Humorous fiction, poetry, satire
Payment: Between $30 and $50/piece
Deadline: June 16, 2016
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Duality and Doppelgangers
"Send us your terrible twosomes: distorted mirrors, shape-shifters, uncanny similarities, life-stealing doppelgangers. What might you find in a reflection? A perfect copy? Sometimes you might only understand a thing by looking at what it is not. Duality might mean pitting two opposite but equal forces against one another—and not just good/evil or light/dark!"
Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Payment: Fiction: up to 10¢ per word, Nonfiction: up to 25¢ per word, Poems: up to $3.00 per line; $25.00 minimum
Deadline: June 20, 2016
Accepts reprints.
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Sanguine Press Anthology: Transitions & Awakenings
Theme: I Regret Nothing.Your story must feature a predominantly POC cast to be considered.
Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, or Horror (no poetry, please)
Payment: .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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BLACK POWER: The Superhero Anthology
Genre: Speculative fiction. The main character in your story must be Black or of Afrikan descent. The character can be from the continent of Afrika or anywhere in the Diaspora.
Length: 1500-10000 words. This is firm.
Payment: $25.00 per story
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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EVENT
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $25/page
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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The Threepenny Review
Genre: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction
Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Stories about Teachers and Teaching. ‘Tell us your stories about the great teachers who changed your life. And if you’re a teacher, tell us about the kids who changed yours, who motivated you to keep on teaching, who showed you that it was all worth it. We’d love to share your best advice with other teachers as well—what works, what doesn’t, how you stay enthusiastic about your jobs. What advice do you have for your colleagues? Tell us the funny stories too—we know you have lots of those.’
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Blended Families. "Are you part of a blended family, enjoying stepchildren, stepsiblings, etc.? Blending two families after a second marriage can be a real joy… and sometimes a challenge too. Tell us about your own blended families. How did you make it work? What advice do you have for other families? We are looking for true stories about all aspects of blending families—stories that will make us laugh and cry, nod our heads in recognition, and give us great advice. Tell us about your kids if you’re a parent, your parents if you’re a kid, your pets, whatever you think would enlighten and entertain someone else in the same situation."
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Curvy & Confident. ‘Women come in all shapes and sizes. We’re all beautiful and the key is to be fit and healthy within the body type that we were issued at birth. Our new book is all about body image, self-esteem, and feeling comfortable within our own skins.’
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Litmag
Genres: Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction up to 3,000 words
Payment: $1,000 for a short story or an essay; $250 for a short short or a poem, $250 for online publication
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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New Zenith Magazine
Genres: Any up to 3,000 words. Flash fiction up to 400 words, based on prompt: “I woke up and found myself …”
Payment: Prose/poetry: All works 250 or less words will receive $5.00. Works of 251 words or more will receive $0.02 per word.
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Meanjin
Restrictions: Meanjin accepts submissions from outside of Australia, but they publish a majority of work from Australian or Australia-based writers.
Genre: Poetry (charges fee for all other submissions)
Payment: $50 per poem
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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Alban Lake: Potter’s Field 6
Theme: Unmarked graves
Genre: Horror (no poetry)
Payment: Pay rates for original stories: $25.00 Pay rate for reprinted stories: $7.00.
Deadline: June 30, 2016
Accepts reprints.
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Manawaker Studio: Starward Tales
Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Reinterpretations and retellings of legends, myths, and fairytales
Payment: $2 per accepted poem, $2 per 1k words ($1 minimum.) for accepted fiction ($3 per page for graphic narrative fiction)
Deadline: June 30, 2016
Genres include speculative fiction, horror, personal essays, poetry, steampunk, children's literature, and nonfiction articles. Some of these calls are for themed issues, so make sure you read the full guidelines before submitting.
Note: I post calls for submissions during the last week of every month. But if you want to get a jump on upcoming calls, you can find a list of sites that regularly post submission calls (paying and non-paying markets) on Calls for Submissions.
____________________
Horrors of Hudson Valley
"We want original, supernatural horror stories set within the Hudson Valley Region within the State of New York (please note that New York City is NOT considered a part of the Hudson Valley). The time period for your story is up to you–past, present, future, alternate history–but it must take place whole or in part within the Hudson Valley. Hudson Valley is a real place, with a real history, so please respect the reality of the setting."
Genre: Supernatural horror
Payment: $25 per story
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Theories of HER
Genres: Poetry, stream-of-consciousness, flash fiction, micro non-fiction (in various forms including essays/opinion pieces and personal anecdotes), and visual art on what it means to BE, admire, and/or interact, etc with women and/or girls.
Payment: .025/word for flash fiction/non-fiction, excerpts etc.
Deadline: June 1, 2016
____________________
Steampunk Universe
Your story should take place in a non-Western culture, stories that take place in the diverse cultures of Central/South America, Asia, and Africa. This call for submissions is aimed particularly at marginalized writers, especially those who are identify as members of a minority, LGBTQ, or living with exceptionality.
Genre: Steampunk
Payment: .06/word
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Guardian Angel Kids Magazine
Theme: Pets with disabilities
Genre: Stories, articles, poems for children ages 2 -12
Payment: .03/word
Deadline: June 1, 2016
____________________
Arc Magazine
Theme: “Art In The End Times”
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $50 a page
Deadline: June 1, 2016
____________________
NonBinary Review
NonBinary Review is a quarterly digital literary journal that joins poetry, fiction, essays, and art around each issue's theme. We invite authors to explore each theme in any way that speaks to them: re-write a familiar story from a new point of view, mash genres together, give us a personal essay about some aspect of our theme that has haunted you all your life. We also invite art that will accompany the literature and be featured on our cover. All submissions must have a clear and obvious relationship to some specific aspect of the source text (a character, episode, or setting)
Theme: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction
Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction and nonfiction, and a flat fee of $10 per poem
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Tech Edge Magazine
Theme: Teaching Complex Thinking
Genre: Nonfiction articles for educators
Payment: $50-$125 per article
Deadline: June 1, 2016
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Goblin Fruit
"We want poetry that we can call "of the fantastical", poetry that treats mythic, surreal, fantasy and folkloric themes, or approaches other themes in a fantastical way. Re-write a fairytale, ponder an old story, consider history from an unusual perspective — really, it's up to you, so long as the fantastical element is there. Since what qualifies as "the fantastical" is easily debatable, however, here's what we're not interested in: science fiction poetry (it's not you, it's us), horror for horror's sake, and poetry that's self-consciously gothic."
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $15
Deadline: June 1, 2016
_______________________
Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation
"The anthology will focus on times of environmental crisis and the people inhabiting these tipping points, fighting to effect change and seek solutions, even if it’s already too late. But these are times of hope, not just disaster! Turn your lens to those crucial moments in a world’s history when great change can be made by the right people with the right tools. Remember: hope can spark in even the grimmest of situations."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 6 cents USD per word for original fiction, and poetry. Reprints are paid a flat rate of $50 for stories under 2000 words and $100 for stories over 2000 words. Please include a complete publication history for reprint submissions.
Deadline: June 4, 2016
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DOA III — Extreme Horror Anthology
Genre: Horror
Payment: 5 cents per word
Deadline: June 6, 2016
____________________
Between Worlds
Genre: Speculative fiction short stories and flash fiction. Stories must in some way feature the idea of portals between alternate worlds.
Payment: £5 per short story. Payment will be made via PayPal upon publication.
Deadline: June 7, 2016
____________________
Third Flatiron: "Keystone Chronicles" Anthology
"A keystone is a central stone at the summit of an arch locking the whole together. It's something on which other things depend for support, the heart or core of something, the crux, or central principle. Anything keystone is fine, be it keystone species, pipelines, cops, beer, or ski resorts, as long as it's speculative fiction."
Genre: Speculative fiction
Payment: 6 cents per word (SFWA professional rate)
Deadline: June 15, 2016
____________________
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Genre: Fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction "if they are compressed in some way"
Payment: $50
Deadline: June 15, 2016
____________________
Enter the Apocalypse
Genre: Speculative fiction about the start and / or middle of any type apocalypse
Payment: $0.01-0.08 per word (averaging close to $0.03 per word)
Deadline: June 15, 2016
____________________
Inside The Bell Jar
Inside The Bell Jar is a quarterly journal accepting poetry, short stories and flash fiction of absolutely any genre. The only real requirement we have is that your piece is related to mental illness in some way; through a character, the general theme, something about the setting – you decide.
Genre: Any
Payment: 5 pounds
Deadline: June 15, 2016
____________________
Eye to the Telescope 21, the Male Perspective
"The Science Fiction Poetry Association is no stranger to gender and sexuality politics. In 2012, Stephen M. Wilson edited our LGBTQ issue. More recently, in 2015, Anastasia Andersen edited our All-Women’s issue. We are also in the discussion stages for a gender issue. For our next issue, our ongoing exploration of gender and sexuality through the lens of SF poetry addresses the male perspective. This issue—guest-edited by Marge Simon, a woman—will explore the male perspective through SF poems written by men and male-identifying persons, and male-persona poems written by anyone."
Genre: Speculative poetry
Payment: US 3¢/word rounded to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25
Deadline: June 15, 2016
____________________
Grub Street Grackle
Genre: Humorous fiction, poetry, satire
Payment: Between $30 and $50/piece
Deadline: June 16, 2016
____________________
Duality and Doppelgangers
"Send us your terrible twosomes: distorted mirrors, shape-shifters, uncanny similarities, life-stealing doppelgangers. What might you find in a reflection? A perfect copy? Sometimes you might only understand a thing by looking at what it is not. Duality might mean pitting two opposite but equal forces against one another—and not just good/evil or light/dark!"
Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry.
Payment: Fiction: up to 10¢ per word, Nonfiction: up to 25¢ per word, Poems: up to $3.00 per line; $25.00 minimum
Deadline: June 20, 2016
Accepts reprints.
____________________
Sanguine Press Anthology: Transitions & Awakenings
Theme: I Regret Nothing.Your story must feature a predominantly POC cast to be considered.
Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, or Horror (no poetry, please)
Payment: .10/word for the first 1,000 words, .05/word for the next 5,000 words and .03/word after that
Deadline: June 30, 2016
____________________
BLACK POWER: The Superhero Anthology
Genre: Speculative fiction. The main character in your story must be Black or of Afrikan descent. The character can be from the continent of Afrika or anywhere in the Diaspora.
Length: 1500-10000 words. This is firm.
Payment: $25.00 per story
Deadline: June 30, 2016
_____________________
EVENT
Genre: Poetry
Payment: $25/page
Deadline: June 30, 2016
_____________________
The Threepenny Review
Genre: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction
Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece
Deadline: June 30, 2016
____________________
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Stories about Teachers and Teaching. ‘Tell us your stories about the great teachers who changed your life. And if you’re a teacher, tell us about the kids who changed yours, who motivated you to keep on teaching, who showed you that it was all worth it. We’d love to share your best advice with other teachers as well—what works, what doesn’t, how you stay enthusiastic about your jobs. What advice do you have for your colleagues? Tell us the funny stories too—we know you have lots of those.’
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
______________________
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Blended Families. "Are you part of a blended family, enjoying stepchildren, stepsiblings, etc.? Blending two families after a second marriage can be a real joy… and sometimes a challenge too. Tell us about your own blended families. How did you make it work? What advice do you have for other families? We are looking for true stories about all aspects of blending families—stories that will make us laugh and cry, nod our heads in recognition, and give us great advice. Tell us about your kids if you’re a parent, your parents if you’re a kid, your pets, whatever you think would enlighten and entertain someone else in the same situation."
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
_____________________
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Theme: Curvy & Confident. ‘Women come in all shapes and sizes. We’re all beautiful and the key is to be fit and healthy within the body type that we were issued at birth. Our new book is all about body image, self-esteem, and feeling comfortable within our own skins.’
Genre: Non-fiction
Payment: $200
Deadline: June 30, 2016
______________________
Litmag
Genres: Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction up to 3,000 words
Payment: $1,000 for a short story or an essay; $250 for a short short or a poem, $250 for online publication
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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New Zenith Magazine
Genres: Any up to 3,000 words. Flash fiction up to 400 words, based on prompt: “I woke up and found myself …”
Payment: Prose/poetry: All works 250 or less words will receive $5.00. Works of 251 words or more will receive $0.02 per word.
Deadline: June 30, 2016
______________________
Meanjin
Restrictions: Meanjin accepts submissions from outside of Australia, but they publish a majority of work from Australian or Australia-based writers.
Genre: Poetry (charges fee for all other submissions)
Payment: $50 per poem
Deadline: June 30, 2016
____________________
Alban Lake: Potter’s Field 6
Theme: Unmarked graves
Genre: Horror (no poetry)
Payment: Pay rates for original stories: $25.00 Pay rate for reprinted stories: $7.00.
Deadline: June 30, 2016
Accepts reprints.
_____________________
Manawaker Studio: Starward Tales
Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Reinterpretations and retellings of legends, myths, and fairytales
Payment: $2 per accepted poem, $2 per 1k words ($1 minimum.) for accepted fiction ($3 per page for graphic narrative fiction)
Deadline: June 30, 2016
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