Illustrations of Elena Dudina These nine publications are currently open to submissions for speculative fiction, horror, poetry, general fiction, and nonfiction. All are paying markets.
Before you submit, take a tour of their websites to see if your work will be a good fit.
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Inaccurate Realities
Deadline: June 15, 2015
Payment: $15-$25
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Diverse young adult stories for the theme "Hate" – science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, horror, dystopian, steampunk, cyberpunk, alternate history etc. Take the theme and do something unique and unexpected with it.
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Black Treacle
Deadline: June 23, 2015
Payment: $50 CAD
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Original short stories in the genres of Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Speculative fiction.
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Allegory
Deadline: June 30, 2015
Payment: $15
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres. They will consider other genres, such as humor or general interest, provided that the work possesses an original, "quirky" slant in the Northern Exposure, Ally McBeal vein.
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Imaginate *New Market
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Payment: 5 cents a word
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Not indicated
Looking for: For the September 2015 edition, use the photo on homepage as your inspiration to write a short story, poem or nonfiction article. Chosen entries will be published in the September issue and winning authors will receive a byline and bio.
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Lazy Fascist Review
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Payment: $75
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: No
Looking for: This is the Lovecraftiana issue of Lazy Fascist Review. That means stories submitted should seek to explore some combination of Bizarro with the themes typically found in Mythos fiction.
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Lightspeed
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: 8 cents a word
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: No
Looking for: All types of science fiction and fantasy are welcome. No subject should be considered off-limits.
Note: Also receives nominations for BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
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Lamplight
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: $150 per story, $50 for flash fiction
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Literary dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction.
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Story
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: $30 per poem, $20 per page of prose (up to $200), and $100 per interview upon in print editions.
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Narrative of any shape and kind, experimental forms of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, hybrid forms, research, lists, and charts too. Theme is "Climate Change." Climate change is one of the most significant issues of our time. How do we tell stories of it? How do its stories inform us? For Issue #4, send your best work in any form that explores the natural and built worlds here on Earth. Glaciers and cityscapes. Flora and fauna and concrete. From the pastoral all the way to Mega City One. Currently 9-12 month response time.
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New Myths
Deadline: July 31, 2015
Payment: Short stories (1,000+ words): $50; Flash fiction (1-999 words): $20; Poems (any length): $20; Non-fiction articles (any length): $50; Artwork: $60 or more. Send a thumbnail.
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Speculative fiction.
Before you submit, take a tour of their websites to see if your work will be a good fit.
_____________________
Inaccurate Realities
Deadline: June 15, 2015
Payment: $15-$25
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Diverse young adult stories for the theme "Hate" – science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, horror, dystopian, steampunk, cyberpunk, alternate history etc. Take the theme and do something unique and unexpected with it.
___________________
Black Treacle
Deadline: June 23, 2015
Payment: $50 CAD
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Original short stories in the genres of Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Speculative fiction.
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Allegory
Deadline: June 30, 2015
Payment: $15
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres. They will consider other genres, such as humor or general interest, provided that the work possesses an original, "quirky" slant in the Northern Exposure, Ally McBeal vein.
___________________
Imaginate *New Market
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Payment: 5 cents a word
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Not indicated
Looking for: For the September 2015 edition, use the photo on homepage as your inspiration to write a short story, poem or nonfiction article. Chosen entries will be published in the September issue and winning authors will receive a byline and bio.
____________________
Lazy Fascist Review
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Payment: $75
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: No
Looking for: This is the Lovecraftiana issue of Lazy Fascist Review. That means stories submitted should seek to explore some combination of Bizarro with the themes typically found in Mythos fiction.
____________________
Lightspeed
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: 8 cents a word
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: No
Looking for: All types of science fiction and fantasy are welcome. No subject should be considered off-limits.
Note: Also receives nominations for BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
___________________
Lamplight
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: $150 per story, $50 for flash fiction
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Literary dark fiction, both short stories and flash fiction.
___________________
Story
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Payment: $30 per poem, $20 per page of prose (up to $200), and $100 per interview upon in print editions.
Reprints: Yes
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Narrative of any shape and kind, experimental forms of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, hybrid forms, research, lists, and charts too. Theme is "Climate Change." Climate change is one of the most significant issues of our time. How do we tell stories of it? How do its stories inform us? For Issue #4, send your best work in any form that explores the natural and built worlds here on Earth. Glaciers and cityscapes. Flora and fauna and concrete. From the pastoral all the way to Mega City One. Currently 9-12 month response time.
___________________
New Myths
Deadline: July 31, 2015
Payment: Short stories (1,000+ words): $50; Flash fiction (1-999 words): $20; Poems (any length): $20; Non-fiction articles (any length): $50; Artwork: $60 or more. Send a thumbnail.
Reprints: No
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Looking for: Speculative fiction.
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