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This June there are more than seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.
I post upcoming calls for submissions shortly before the first day of every month. But as I am collecting them, I post them on my page, Calls for Submissions. You can get a jump on next month's calls for submissions by checking that page periodically throughout the month. (I only post paying markets.)
Also see Paying Markets for hundreds of paying markets arranged by form and genre.
Happy submitting!
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Rebel Satori: Bijou Series. Genre: Short form fiction, novels, and novelettes. Themes may include LGBTQIA+ fiction and queer speculative fiction/fantasy. Manuscripts should be 25-30K words in length. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Vastarien. Genre: Horror. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: 5 cents/word for prose; $50 for poetry and art. Deadline: Opens June 1. Submissions close when they reach their cap of 300.
Extra Teeth. Genre: Short fiction and nonfiction between 800 and 4,000 words. "We look for short stories that stick with you, lingering in the memory long after reading, and essays that explore specific interests or issues from a new perspective. We offer a space for writers to be strange, bold and experimental, and to express their unique style however they see fit." Payment: £100. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2023.
Eternal Haunted Summer. Genre: Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Genesis. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
The Offing: Translation. Genre: Translated work in any genre. Payment: $25–$100. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Old Moon. Genre: Weird fiction and sword-and-sorcery. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
sin cesar: Climate. Restrictions: They prioritize work by Black and Brown artists. “We do not accept work that sustains the traditional white literary Western canon that has continuously ignored and poised itself as an authority over the voices of the oppressed. We do not give a voice to stories from the perspectives of cisgender, heterosexual, white, upper-class males that continue this tradition. We also do not give a voice to feminist works that only consider white female perspectives.” Genre: Fiction (including flash fiction), nonfiction (memoir essays, critical essays, book reviews, & interviews), and poetry on the Climate theme. “We look for subversive and bold voices; thought-provoking pieces that seek to illuminate a truth for the reader.” Payment: $25-75 for poetry, $100 for prose. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
llustrated Worlds Genre: Fantasy, dark fantasy and horror. Payment: fiction will pay one copy of the printed magazine and 1 cent per word. Poetry will pay one copy of the printed magazine and $10. Cover art will receive one copy of the magazine and $50. Inside art will receive one copy of the printed magazine and $10 - $20 depending on the size of the printed version. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2023.
Olit. Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. "Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird." Payment: $10. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Massachusetts Review. Genre: Personal essays, stories, interviews, and poems about womanhood as it relates to modern times. Payment: $200. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Third Flatiron. Genre: SF, fantasy, space opera, hopepunk. Theme: Rhapsody of the Spheres. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Dead Letters. Genre: Short horror stories in the epistolary format—meaning, stories written as letters, journal entries, transcripts of radio broadcasts, newspaper clippings, text messages, etc. Furthermore, each story should include some mention of how its manuscript was “discovered.” A letter found in a historian’s archive, for example. Or emails saved as part of a missing persons investigation. Or an audio file recovered from a dead podcaster’s PC. Length: 2,500 – 7,000 words. Payment: $0.01 per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Gemma Files. Genre: Horror short stories based on the themes set out in Gemma Files’ classic work, Experimental Film. Payment: $50 per piece. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
The New Lesbian Pulp. Genre: Short stories, scripts. Length: 3,000 - 10,000 words. "The landscape of relationships, queer embodiment, and womanhood has shifted past our cultural focus. We the editors want stories that pull the lens back to where we are now: what is the reality of the contemporary dyke?" Payment: $300 to $1,000 per contributor. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Tales from the Moonlit Path. Genre: Dark, eerie speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: $10 for fiction. Deadline: June 2, 2023.
Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy tales and poetry on theme: Love. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 2, 2023.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: June 2, 2023. Opens June 1.
Space Cat Press. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short stories and creative non-fiction inspired by the theme ‘Into the Forest’. "We welcome submissions from a variety of genres. Whatever the theme inspires YOU to write – be it traditional science fiction, memoirs, poetry, (mild) otherworldly horror, fairy tales, or something else entirely – we want to read it." Payment: flat rate fee for each piece - £5 for poetry/flash fiction and £10 for short stories. Deadline: June 2, 2023. (Extended)
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction on theme of Legendary People. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: June 4, 2023.
Mizna. Restrictions: Contributors do not need to identify as of Arab/SWANA descent, provided their work is of relevance to or in dialogue with the social realities of the SWANA/Arab region or community. Genre: Poetry, stories, creative essays, flash fiction, comics. Theme: Cinema. "We are seeking works which explore the relationship between moving image–making and writing and what the two practices can offer one another." Payment: $200. Deadline: June 4, 2023.
The Margins. Restrictions: Open to Asian American and diasporic poets. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $50 to $90 (USD) for original and translated poetry; the fee varies based on the number and length of poems. Deadline: June 5, 2023. Accepts reprints.
Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction poetry, nonfiction. Theme: Poison. Payment: £30. Deadline: June 5, 2023.
The Victorian Writer. Genre: Poems and articles. Payment: Poems ($70), and articles of 600 words ($100) and 1200 words ($200) in the print edition with particular interest in the craft of writing and the writing life. Deadline: June 6, 2023. Note: Pitches only. See themes.
Tasavvur. Genre: South Asian speculative fiction. Payment: 2.5 cents per word, up to a maximum of 5,000 words. Deadline: June 6, 2023.
Lightspeed. Genre: Science fiction flash fiction Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Words and Sports. Genre: Baseball/football/basketball/hockey/soccer stories & comics & poems & collages & cnf & hybrid & other genres we're not even thinking about, but we'd really love to see stuff in any way related to non-major sports! Payment: $50. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Stone’s Throw. Genre: Noir stories on theme: Freedom. Length: Between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: June 7, 2023. This is a monthly call.
Bright Wall/Dark Room. Genre: Essays on film and TV on theme of Vacation. "For our July issue, we’re looking at Vacations on film—the good, the bad, and the furiously funny." Payment: $100 per essay. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Samjoko Magazine. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, play, screenplay. Payment: $20. Deadline: June 10, 2023.
Antithesis. Genre: Poetry, research articles, art, and short fiction, creative nonfiction, and personal essays up to 3,500 words on the theme of Cosmos. Payment: $50 AUD. Deadline: June 11, 2023.
Solarpunk Magazine. Genre: Solarpunk. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $40/poem, and $75/essay. Deadline: June 14, 2023.
Cast of Wonders. Genre: YA Speculative fiction. Podcast. Theme: Banned Books Week. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. Deadline: June 14, 2023.
Neon. Genre: Speculative fiction on theme of Childhood. "Neon is a magazine of slipstream fiction, poetry, and artwork. We publish creative work that is fantastic or surreal, and which crosses the boundaries between science-fiction, horror and literary fiction." Payment: Minimum of £10. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Bull City Press. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks. Payment: Royalties (?) Deadline: June 15, 2023
Baffling. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. Length: Under 1200 words. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See themes.
Eye to the Telescope. Genre: Speculative poetry. Payment: $0.04/word, up to $25. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See theme.
Muse Magazine. Genre: Nonfiction articles for children. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See themes. Queries only.
Eastover Press: Rural Writers of Color. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales in the U.S. and whose short stories feature characters living or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. Genre: Short stories. Payment: $100-$300. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
A Public Space. Genre: Fiction, essays, poetry, as well as graphic and hybrid work. Payment: Honorarium. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Augur Magazine. Restrictions: Open to creators who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Disabled, and/or Trans, who are also Canadian citizens/permanent residents and/or who are living within the settler-defined borders of the land colonially known as Canada. Genre: Fantasy. "Give us your most gorgeous fairy tale retellings, your most earnest and subversive fables. Introduce us to your beloved mythical creatures; your trans mages and gay knights; your deeply immersive worlds and dreamworlds and underworlds." Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under). Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Grain Magazine. Genre: Fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: CAD50/page up to CAD250 for writing, up to CAD500 for art. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, "and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Propertius Press. Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 15, 2023. May close early if cap is reached.
Propagule. Genre: Short stories that are intrepid with regard to experimentation and oddity; the strange, the surreal, the atypical, the unexpected. Payment: $20 (max). Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Transit Books. Genre: Translations (fiction & nonfiction) and nonfiction proposals for their Undelivered Lectures series. They are not considering English-language fiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Saltbush. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction of up to 3,000 words on the theme of ‘Fracture.’ Shorter works are also welcome, as are works that challenge genre boundaries. Payment: AUD$150 per piece of fiction and non-fiction and AUD$100 per poem or piece of flash fiction. Deadline: June 16, 2023.
The Offing: Insight. Genre: Creative nonfiction (usually personal essay) that centers one’s personal experience against the backdrop of art, literature, and culture. Insight essays generally fuse together two topics that don’t typically belong together, weaving—and investigating—what is perceived versus what is true. Payment: $25–$100. Deadline: June 16, 2023.
Luna Press. Genre: Speculative fiction novels and collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 18, 2023.
Witch House. Genre: Cosmic horror. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 18, 2023.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: June 24, 2023. See themes.
Anthesis. Genre: Creative writing (short fiction, creative non-fiction, personal essays) up to 3,000 words; Scholarly research articles up to 7,500 words; Poetry up to 100 lines; Artwork (paintings, drawings, photography, digital art, comic art, graphic narratives, etc.) Payment: AU$50. Deadline: June 25, 2023. See theme.
Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box. Genre: Poetry. Payment $40 CAD. Deadline: June 25, 2023.
Afreada. Restrictions: Open to African writers. Genre: Short fiction, personal essays. Payment: £25. Deadline: June 29, 2023.
Mud Season Review. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, CNF, Art. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Freeze Frame Fiction. Genre: Flash fiction. "Any genre, no content restrictions. We want your science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, drama, literary works, satire, bizarre fiction, or anything else you can come up with or mix together. The more original, the better. The weirder, the better.” Payment: $10. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Green Writers Press. Genres: Poetry, fiction, short story collections, environmental essay collections, middle-grade and YA/teen fiction, artwork, and photography. Green Writers Press is an independent, Vermont-based publishing company, is dedicated to spreading environmental awareness and social justice by publishing authors who promulgate messages of hope and renewal through place-based writing and environmental activism. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Harbor Editions: Hybrid Chapbook Reading Period. Genre: Hybrid chapbook. Chapbooks should be around 20-50 pages. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023. No fee for BIPOC writers.
Dracula Beyond Stoker. Genre: Fiction based on Stoker’s characters. See theme. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Sinister Smile Press: If I Die Before I Wake – Tales of Death and Destruction. Genre: Horror. Length: Between 4,000 and 10,000 words. See theme. Payment: $30 - $50 depending on length. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Written in the Wind – Fantastic Tales on the Power of Names. Genre: Fantasy short stories will explore names and the power they hold over us. Length: 2000-4000 words (+/- 250 words) Payment: $20. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Poet Lore. Genre: Poetry translations. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Greater Than His Nature. Genre: Short stories based on the theme of “mad science.” Cackling Victorian scientists, giant atomic monsters, and Cronenbergian body horror are all fair game. I’m even open to the right piece of nonfiction for this one. I’m especially interested to include stories from disabled and chronically ill writers. You don’t need to self-identify if you don’t want to or give me any information you don’t feel comfortable with; just know that, if you’ve got some medical trauma you need to work through with monsters and mayhem, I’m here for you." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Open All Night. Genre: Horror and fantasy (and all and any assorted sub- and cross-genres) based around the theme of “open all night.” "While not strictly necessary, I’ll definitely be looking for retail and service industry-based stories. Give me graveyard shifts, overnight inventories gone bad, and haunted diners, shit so sordid and spooky that even the most seasoned of waitresses can’t handle what’s happening." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Meerkat Press. Genre: Full-length speculative fiction, novellas and novels. Darker themes. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2023. In celebration of Pride, there are no submission fees for LGBTQIA2+ writers in June. We are especially interested in trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming voices.
Unicorn Press. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Midnight & Indigo. Restrictions: Open to black women. Genre: Fiction, personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Bamboo Ridge. Genre: All works by and about Hawaii's people. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Chestnut Review. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Deadline: June 30, 2023. No fee for BIPOC writers.
Haven Speculative. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction and $5 - $10 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
They Hunt By Night. Genre: Horror stories set in the real world, before 1950. "Vampires and werewolves. Ghouls and gargoyles. History is filled with legends of those who walk among us, living seemingly innocent lives by day, only to transform into fearsome creatures as the daylight fades and the shadows deepen." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Eerie River. Genre: Horror inspired by Tarot: 1500 - 7000 firm. Payment: ¢1 per word CAD. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Small Harbor Publishing. Genre: Hybrid chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023. Submission fee waived for BIPOC writers only.
JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Allegory. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Payment: $15. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Dancing Star Press. Genre: Speculative fiction novellas. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
The Hudson Review. Genre: Fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 30th, 2023. (Poetry only)
Dragon Soul Press: To Hunt and to Hold. Genre: "All stories featuring vampires. Any era, setting, genre is acceptable. Outer space is also an option." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Dragon Soul Press: Beautiful Darkness2. Genre: " In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
B Cubed Press: Alternative Truths, Southern Edition: Bless Their Hearts. Genre: Stories, essays, and poems. "Bless Their Hearts will examine the South, a place where politicians and their followers compete to peg the outrage meter. Why—and how—are they turning the United States into a cauldron of bigotry and hate? This book will look at the mindset behind these and other efforts to bring back the Old South, a mythical place and time when everyone knew their place. We want stories that speak to the consequences of such a mindset and where it may be taking us as individuals and as a culture. What, if left unfettered, would these efforts make of America, the world, and the future? And more importantly, how will we fight to stop them?" Payment: $.03 a word upon publication, plus a share of the profits. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Lightspeed. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers only. Genre: Fantasy flash fiction. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
A Coven of Witches. Genre: Short stories and poems with witches, or a witch, as the main theme of the piece. Payment: £10. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Happy Hellidays. Genre: Horror. "We want your stories of of holidays (any holiday at all!) filled with terror and dread, blood and guts, ghosts, and demons most foul." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Nightlight (Podcast). Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Genre: Horror. Flash fiction (750-1,500 words) Payment: 5 cents per word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Space Brides. Genre: Speculative fiction about mail-order brides or husbands. "Looking to settle off world? We have husbands and wives searching for you." No erotica. Payment: $15. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Nonprofit Quarterly. Genre: Climate fiction. "Inspired by Janelle Monáe, Octavia E. Butler, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we’re looking for short climate fiction stories that spark imaginative visions of the future. Particularly, we want to see writing that is largely speculative in nature but scientifically grounded." Payment: Up to $500 per piece. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
And a few more...
Lupercalia. Genre: Chapbooks. Art and writing by trans and queer creators that focuses on themes of transgender and queer sex/sexuality/excess/celebration. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
A Velvet Giant. Genre: "We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work." Payment: $20. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
The Cafe Irreal. Genre: Magical realism. 2,000 words max. Payment: 1 cent/word. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood. Genre: Horror short stories. See theme. Payment: 3 cents per word. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
Reservoir Road Literary Review. Genre: Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Deadline: Opens July 1, 2023. Note: Submission window closes when their cap is reached.
Thema: The Magic of Light and Shadow. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: The Magic of Light and Shadow. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: July 1, 2023. Accepts reprints.
It Came from the Trailer Park. Genre: Horror-comedy with the same feel as The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Shaun of the Dead, or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
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I post upcoming calls for submissions shortly before the first day of every month. But as I am collecting them, I post them on my page, Calls for Submissions. You can get a jump on next month's calls for submissions by checking that page periodically throughout the month. (I only post paying markets.)
Also see Paying Markets for hundreds of paying markets arranged by form and genre.
Happy submitting!
________________
Rebel Satori: Bijou Series. Genre: Short form fiction, novels, and novelettes. Themes may include LGBTQIA+ fiction and queer speculative fiction/fantasy. Manuscripts should be 25-30K words in length. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Vastarien. Genre: Horror. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. Payment: 5 cents/word for prose; $50 for poetry and art. Deadline: Opens June 1. Submissions close when they reach their cap of 300.
Extra Teeth. Genre: Short fiction and nonfiction between 800 and 4,000 words. "We look for short stories that stick with you, lingering in the memory long after reading, and essays that explore specific interests or issues from a new perspective. We offer a space for writers to be strange, bold and experimental, and to express their unique style however they see fit." Payment: £100. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2023.
Eternal Haunted Summer. Genre: Poetry, short fiction. Theme: Genesis. Payment: $5. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
The Offing: Translation. Genre: Translated work in any genre. Payment: $25–$100. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Old Moon. Genre: Weird fiction and sword-and-sorcery. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
sin cesar: Climate. Restrictions: They prioritize work by Black and Brown artists. “We do not accept work that sustains the traditional white literary Western canon that has continuously ignored and poised itself as an authority over the voices of the oppressed. We do not give a voice to stories from the perspectives of cisgender, heterosexual, white, upper-class males that continue this tradition. We also do not give a voice to feminist works that only consider white female perspectives.” Genre: Fiction (including flash fiction), nonfiction (memoir essays, critical essays, book reviews, & interviews), and poetry on the Climate theme. “We look for subversive and bold voices; thought-provoking pieces that seek to illuminate a truth for the reader.” Payment: $25-75 for poetry, $100 for prose. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
llustrated Worlds Genre: Fantasy, dark fantasy and horror. Payment: fiction will pay one copy of the printed magazine and 1 cent per word. Poetry will pay one copy of the printed magazine and $10. Cover art will receive one copy of the magazine and $50. Inside art will receive one copy of the printed magazine and $10 - $20 depending on the size of the printed version. Deadline: Opens June 1, 2023.
Olit. Restrictions: Strong preference for Orlando based writers/submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography. "Send us all kinds of stuff. We love the artfully weird." Payment: $10. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Massachusetts Review. Genre: Personal essays, stories, interviews, and poems about womanhood as it relates to modern times. Payment: $200. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Third Flatiron. Genre: SF, fantasy, space opera, hopepunk. Theme: Rhapsody of the Spheres. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Dead Letters. Genre: Short horror stories in the epistolary format—meaning, stories written as letters, journal entries, transcripts of radio broadcasts, newspaper clippings, text messages, etc. Furthermore, each story should include some mention of how its manuscript was “discovered.” A letter found in a historian’s archive, for example. Or emails saved as part of a missing persons investigation. Or an audio file recovered from a dead podcaster’s PC. Length: 2,500 – 7,000 words. Payment: $0.01 per word. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Gemma Files. Genre: Horror short stories based on the themes set out in Gemma Files’ classic work, Experimental Film. Payment: $50 per piece. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
The New Lesbian Pulp. Genre: Short stories, scripts. Length: 3,000 - 10,000 words. "The landscape of relationships, queer embodiment, and womanhood has shifted past our cultural focus. We the editors want stories that pull the lens back to where we are now: what is the reality of the contemporary dyke?" Payment: $300 to $1,000 per contributor. Deadline: June 1, 2023.
Tales from the Moonlit Path. Genre: Dark, eerie speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: $10 for fiction. Deadline: June 2, 2023.
Fairy Tale Magazine. Genre: Fairy tales and poetry on theme: Love. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 2, 2023.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: June 2, 2023. Opens June 1.
Space Cat Press. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short stories and creative non-fiction inspired by the theme ‘Into the Forest’. "We welcome submissions from a variety of genres. Whatever the theme inspires YOU to write – be it traditional science fiction, memoirs, poetry, (mild) otherworldly horror, fairy tales, or something else entirely – we want to read it." Payment: flat rate fee for each piece - £5 for poetry/flash fiction and £10 for short stories. Deadline: June 2, 2023. (Extended)
Havok. Genre: Flash fiction on theme of Legendary People. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each story selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: June 4, 2023.
Mizna. Restrictions: Contributors do not need to identify as of Arab/SWANA descent, provided their work is of relevance to or in dialogue with the social realities of the SWANA/Arab region or community. Genre: Poetry, stories, creative essays, flash fiction, comics. Theme: Cinema. "We are seeking works which explore the relationship between moving image–making and writing and what the two practices can offer one another." Payment: $200. Deadline: June 4, 2023.
The Margins. Restrictions: Open to Asian American and diasporic poets. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $50 to $90 (USD) for original and translated poetry; the fee varies based on the number and length of poems. Deadline: June 5, 2023. Accepts reprints.
Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction poetry, nonfiction. Theme: Poison. Payment: £30. Deadline: June 5, 2023.
The Victorian Writer. Genre: Poems and articles. Payment: Poems ($70), and articles of 600 words ($100) and 1200 words ($200) in the print edition with particular interest in the craft of writing and the writing life. Deadline: June 6, 2023. Note: Pitches only. See themes.
Tasavvur. Genre: South Asian speculative fiction. Payment: 2.5 cents per word, up to a maximum of 5,000 words. Deadline: June 6, 2023.
Lightspeed. Genre: Science fiction flash fiction Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Words and Sports. Genre: Baseball/football/basketball/hockey/soccer stories & comics & poems & collages & cnf & hybrid & other genres we're not even thinking about, but we'd really love to see stuff in any way related to non-major sports! Payment: $50. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Stone’s Throw. Genre: Noir stories on theme: Freedom. Length: Between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Payment: $25. Deadline: June 7, 2023. This is a monthly call.
Bright Wall/Dark Room. Genre: Essays on film and TV on theme of Vacation. "For our July issue, we’re looking at Vacations on film—the good, the bad, and the furiously funny." Payment: $100 per essay. Deadline: June 7, 2023.
Samjoko Magazine. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, play, screenplay. Payment: $20. Deadline: June 10, 2023.
Antithesis. Genre: Poetry, research articles, art, and short fiction, creative nonfiction, and personal essays up to 3,500 words on the theme of Cosmos. Payment: $50 AUD. Deadline: June 11, 2023.
Solarpunk Magazine. Genre: Solarpunk. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $40/poem, and $75/essay. Deadline: June 14, 2023.
Cast of Wonders. Genre: YA Speculative fiction. Podcast. Theme: Banned Books Week. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. Deadline: June 14, 2023.
Neon. Genre: Speculative fiction on theme of Childhood. "Neon is a magazine of slipstream fiction, poetry, and artwork. We publish creative work that is fantastic or surreal, and which crosses the boundaries between science-fiction, horror and literary fiction." Payment: Minimum of £10. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Bull City Press. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Chapbooks. Payment: Royalties (?) Deadline: June 15, 2023
Baffling. Genre: Speculative flash fiction. Length: Under 1200 words. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See themes.
Eye to the Telescope. Genre: Speculative poetry. Payment: $0.04/word, up to $25. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See theme.
Muse Magazine. Genre: Nonfiction articles for children. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 15, 2023. See themes. Queries only.
Eastover Press: Rural Writers of Color. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales in the U.S. and whose short stories feature characters living or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. Genre: Short stories. Payment: $100-$300. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
A Public Space. Genre: Fiction, essays, poetry, as well as graphic and hybrid work. Payment: Honorarium. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Augur Magazine. Restrictions: Open to creators who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Disabled, and/or Trans, who are also Canadian citizens/permanent residents and/or who are living within the settler-defined borders of the land colonially known as Canada. Genre: Fantasy. "Give us your most gorgeous fairy tale retellings, your most earnest and subversive fables. Introduce us to your beloved mythical creatures; your trans mages and gay knights; your deeply immersive worlds and dreamworlds and underworlds." Payment: $0.11 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (1000+ words), and a flat fee of $110.00 per flash fiction piece (1000 words and under). Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Grain Magazine. Genre: Fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. Payment: CAD50/page up to CAD250 for writing, up to CAD500 for art. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, "and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way.” Payment: $50. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Propertius Press. Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 15, 2023. May close early if cap is reached.
Propagule. Genre: Short stories that are intrepid with regard to experimentation and oddity; the strange, the surreal, the atypical, the unexpected. Payment: $20 (max). Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Transit Books. Genre: Translations (fiction & nonfiction) and nonfiction proposals for their Undelivered Lectures series. They are not considering English-language fiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Saltbush. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction of up to 3,000 words on the theme of ‘Fracture.’ Shorter works are also welcome, as are works that challenge genre boundaries. Payment: AUD$150 per piece of fiction and non-fiction and AUD$100 per poem or piece of flash fiction. Deadline: June 16, 2023.
The Offing: Insight. Genre: Creative nonfiction (usually personal essay) that centers one’s personal experience against the backdrop of art, literature, and culture. Insight essays generally fuse together two topics that don’t typically belong together, weaving—and investigating—what is perceived versus what is true. Payment: $25–$100. Deadline: June 16, 2023.
Luna Press. Genre: Speculative fiction novels and collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 18, 2023.
Witch House. Genre: Cosmic horror. Payment: $10. Deadline: June 18, 2023.
The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: June 24, 2023. See themes.
Anthesis. Genre: Creative writing (short fiction, creative non-fiction, personal essays) up to 3,000 words; Scholarly research articles up to 7,500 words; Poetry up to 100 lines; Artwork (paintings, drawings, photography, digital art, comic art, graphic narratives, etc.) Payment: AU$50. Deadline: June 25, 2023. See theme.
Off Topic Publishing: Poetry Box. Genre: Poetry. Payment $40 CAD. Deadline: June 25, 2023.
Afreada. Restrictions: Open to African writers. Genre: Short fiction, personal essays. Payment: £25. Deadline: June 29, 2023.
Mud Season Review. Genre: Poetry, Fiction, CNF, Art. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Freeze Frame Fiction. Genre: Flash fiction. "Any genre, no content restrictions. We want your science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, drama, literary works, satire, bizarre fiction, or anything else you can come up with or mix together. The more original, the better. The weirder, the better.” Payment: $10. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Green Writers Press. Genres: Poetry, fiction, short story collections, environmental essay collections, middle-grade and YA/teen fiction, artwork, and photography. Green Writers Press is an independent, Vermont-based publishing company, is dedicated to spreading environmental awareness and social justice by publishing authors who promulgate messages of hope and renewal through place-based writing and environmental activism. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Harbor Editions: Hybrid Chapbook Reading Period. Genre: Hybrid chapbook. Chapbooks should be around 20-50 pages. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023. No fee for BIPOC writers.
Dracula Beyond Stoker. Genre: Fiction based on Stoker’s characters. See theme. Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Sinister Smile Press: If I Die Before I Wake – Tales of Death and Destruction. Genre: Horror. Length: Between 4,000 and 10,000 words. See theme. Payment: $30 - $50 depending on length. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Written in the Wind – Fantastic Tales on the Power of Names. Genre: Fantasy short stories will explore names and the power they hold over us. Length: 2000-4000 words (+/- 250 words) Payment: $20. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Poet Lore. Genre: Poetry translations. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Greater Than His Nature. Genre: Short stories based on the theme of “mad science.” Cackling Victorian scientists, giant atomic monsters, and Cronenbergian body horror are all fair game. I’m even open to the right piece of nonfiction for this one. I’m especially interested to include stories from disabled and chronically ill writers. You don’t need to self-identify if you don’t want to or give me any information you don’t feel comfortable with; just know that, if you’ve got some medical trauma you need to work through with monsters and mayhem, I’m here for you." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Open All Night. Genre: Horror and fantasy (and all and any assorted sub- and cross-genres) based around the theme of “open all night.” "While not strictly necessary, I’ll definitely be looking for retail and service industry-based stories. Give me graveyard shifts, overnight inventories gone bad, and haunted diners, shit so sordid and spooky that even the most seasoned of waitresses can’t handle what’s happening." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Meerkat Press. Genre: Full-length speculative fiction, novellas and novels. Darker themes. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2023. In celebration of Pride, there are no submission fees for LGBTQIA2+ writers in June. We are especially interested in trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming voices.
Unicorn Press. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Midnight & Indigo. Restrictions: Open to black women. Genre: Fiction, personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Bamboo Ridge. Genre: All works by and about Hawaii's people. Payment: $50. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Chestnut Review. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Deadline: June 30, 2023. No fee for BIPOC writers.
Haven Speculative. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction and $5 - $10 for poetry. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
They Hunt By Night. Genre: Horror stories set in the real world, before 1950. "Vampires and werewolves. Ghouls and gargoyles. History is filled with legends of those who walk among us, living seemingly innocent lives by day, only to transform into fearsome creatures as the daylight fades and the shadows deepen." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Eerie River. Genre: Horror inspired by Tarot: 1500 - 7000 firm. Payment: ¢1 per word CAD. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Small Harbor Publishing. Genre: Hybrid chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023. Submission fee waived for BIPOC writers only.
JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Allegory. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Payment: $15. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Dancing Star Press. Genre: Speculative fiction novellas. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
The Hudson Review. Genre: Fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews; criticism of literature, art, theatre, dance, film, and music; and articles on contemporary cultural developments. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: June 30th, 2023. (Poetry only)
Dragon Soul Press: To Hunt and to Hold. Genre: "All stories featuring vampires. Any era, setting, genre is acceptable. Outer space is also an option." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
Dragon Soul Press: Beautiful Darkness2. Genre: " In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: June 30th, 2023.
B Cubed Press: Alternative Truths, Southern Edition: Bless Their Hearts. Genre: Stories, essays, and poems. "Bless Their Hearts will examine the South, a place where politicians and their followers compete to peg the outrage meter. Why—and how—are they turning the United States into a cauldron of bigotry and hate? This book will look at the mindset behind these and other efforts to bring back the Old South, a mythical place and time when everyone knew their place. We want stories that speak to the consequences of such a mindset and where it may be taking us as individuals and as a culture. What, if left unfettered, would these efforts make of America, the world, and the future? And more importantly, how will we fight to stop them?" Payment: $.03 a word upon publication, plus a share of the profits. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Lightspeed. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers only. Genre: Fantasy flash fiction. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
A Coven of Witches. Genre: Short stories and poems with witches, or a witch, as the main theme of the piece. Payment: £10. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Happy Hellidays. Genre: Horror. "We want your stories of of holidays (any holiday at all!) filled with terror and dread, blood and guts, ghosts, and demons most foul." Payment: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Nightlight (Podcast). Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Genre: Horror. Flash fiction (750-1,500 words) Payment: 5 cents per word. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Space Brides. Genre: Speculative fiction about mail-order brides or husbands. "Looking to settle off world? We have husbands and wives searching for you." No erotica. Payment: $15. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Nonprofit Quarterly. Genre: Climate fiction. "Inspired by Janelle Monáe, Octavia E. Butler, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we’re looking for short climate fiction stories that spark imaginative visions of the future. Particularly, we want to see writing that is largely speculative in nature but scientifically grounded." Payment: Up to $500 per piece. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
And a few more...
Lupercalia. Genre: Chapbooks. Art and writing by trans and queer creators that focuses on themes of transgender and queer sex/sexuality/excess/celebration. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
A Velvet Giant. Genre: "We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work." Payment: $20. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
The Cafe Irreal. Genre: Magical realism. 2,000 words max. Payment: 1 cent/word. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood. Genre: Horror short stories. See theme. Payment: 3 cents per word. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
Reservoir Road Literary Review. Genre: Literary short stories, lyrical creative non-fiction, photography. Payment: $5. Deadline: Opens July 1, 2023. Note: Submission window closes when their cap is reached.
Thema: The Magic of Light and Shadow. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: The Magic of Light and Shadow. Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: July 1, 2023. Accepts reprints.
It Came from the Trailer Park. Genre: Horror-comedy with the same feel as The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Shaun of the Dead, or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
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