20 Magazines That Pay $500 or More

Updated 5/15/21

While most literary journals generally offer modest compensation (if any), there are some magazines that pay generous professional rates.

Many of these specialize in niche markets, which means they have a loyal readership. If you happen to have expertise or a background that would appeal to their audiences, these magazines will be happy to read your pitch. Quite a few accept poetry.

Many of these magazines have submission periods and some have themed issues, so read their guidelines carefully. 

For more paying markets see: Paying Markets

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325 Paying Markets for Short Stories, Poetry, Nonfiction

These magazines represent everything from speculative fiction, to poetry, to gardening. Payments range from $1.25 to $1,000. You will find a home for your work in this list.

Top 12 Paying Markets for Fiction, Personal Essays and Poetry 

Here are a dozen prestigious literary magazines that accept submissions of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction. None charge submission fees, and all pay writers at professional or semi-professional rates.

Mega-List of Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines - Paying markets

If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror you will want to pore over this list. I have included pay ranges as well as whether they accept simultaneous submissions and/or reprints.

185 Literary Magazines Accepting Reprints

Most magazines do not accept reprints, but some welcome them. I have indicated which markets are currently paying writers. 

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LitMag

Literary magazine publishing: Fiction: Short stories, novellas; Nonfiction: Creative nonfiction; essays on literature, art, and culture, music; biography, memoir; Poetry: No restrictions on style or form. "We are drawn to big minds, large hearts, sharp pens."

Length: Print: 15,000 words. Online: 4,000 words

Payment: LitMag Print: Upon acceptance, pays $500 for fiction or nonfiction; $125 for a poem (or the rare short short). LitMag Online: Upon acceptance, they pay $125. Charges $3 for online fiction submissions.

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Earth Island Journal

"We cover the entire spectrum of environmental issues, including: wildlife and lands conservation; innovations in science and technology; public policy and the politics of environmental protection; climate and energy; animal rights; public health; environmental justice and cultural survival; and environmentally related film, music, and books.

Whenever possible, we seek to tell the stories of individuals and communities who are successfully defending and restoring the Earth. On-the-ground reports from outside North America are especially welcomed. These pieces should be appropriate for an educated, environmentally savvy readership. We do not consider technical or academic reports."

Length and Payment: 25 cents/word for shorter dispatches (1,200-1,500 words) and for longer investigative features (2,500-3,000 words). You can expect to earn about $750-$1000 for an in-depth feature story. For online reports, the fee ranges from $50 to $100.

How to submit: Query only.

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VQR

"VQR strives to publish the best writing we can find. While we have a long history of publishing accomplished and award-winning authors, we also seek and support emerging writers. We read unsolicited fiction, poetry, and nonfiction submissions June 15 to July 15, and October 1 to November 1 each year through our Submittable portal. We read nonfiction pitches from June 15 to December 1." Note: No genre fiction.

Payment: $200 per poem, up to 4 poems; for a suite of 5 or more poems, payment is $1,000. For short fiction, $1,000.  For other prose, such as personal essays and literary criticism, $1,000 and above, at approximately 25 cents per word, depending on length. Online content is generally paid at $100-$200, depending upon genre and length.

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AMC Outdoors Magazine

"AMC Outdoors inspires readers to get outside and get involved by providing high-quality coverage of outdoor recreation, education, and conservation topics throughout the Northern Appalachian region, from Maine to Virginia. Our goal is to provide a balance of coverage that appeals to people new to the outdoors as well as experienced backcountry users. Our primary focus is recreation, but we also work to educate our more than 90,000 members on environmental issues that could affect the activities and natural areas they love. AMC Outdoors is published six times per year."

Payment and Length: $500 – $700 for features, which usually range from 2,000 to 2,500 words.

How to submit: Send query only.

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The Sun Magazine

"We publish essays, interviews, fiction, and poetry. We tend to favor personal writing, but we’re also looking for provocative pieces on political and cultural issues."

Payment: Personal Essays $300 to $2,000; Fiction $300 to $2,000; Poetry $100 to $250.

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The Nation

"We are a weekly journal of left/liberal opinion, covering national and international affairs as well as the arts publishing in both print and digitally. On the domestic front, we are particularly interested in civil liberties, civil rights, labor, economics, environmental, privacy and policing and feminist issues and politics. Because we have readers all over the country, it’s important that stories have national significance. In our foreign affairs coverage, we are interested in pieces on international political, economic and social developments. We are strongly committed to investigative reporting."

Payment: $250 for short comments of about 750 words and $500 for articles, 1,500-2,500 words.

Accepts poetry.

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The American Gardener

"The American Gardener is the official publication of the American Horticultural Society. The 64-page, four-color magazine goes out bimonthly to nearly 20,000 members. We stress environmentally responsible gardening practices, including minimizing use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, preventing illegal collection of plants from the wild, and avoiding plants with the potential to escape and damage natural ecosystems."

Payment: Payment for feature articles ranges from $300 to $600 on publication, depending on the article’s length and complexity, and the author’s background and publishing experience. Reimbursement for travel and other expenses can sometimes be negotiated at the time an article is accepted.

How to submit: Send proposal only.

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One Story

One Story is seeking literary short stories. "They can be any style and on any subject as long as they are good. We are looking for stories that leave readers feeling satisfied and are strong enough to stand alone." Single stories are sent to email subscribers every month.

Length: Between 3,000 and 8,000 words.

Payment: $500 and 25 contributors copies.

Simultaneous submissions okay.

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The American Scholar 

The American Scholar is a quarterly magazine of essays, fiction, poetry, and articles covering public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture. Published since 1932 for the general reader by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Scholar considers nonfiction by known and unknown writers, but unsolicited fiction, poetry, and book reviews are not accepted.

Payment: Up to $500 for accepted pieces and up to $250 for pieces taken only for their website.

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Herizons

"Herizons' audience is a feminist readership. Articles about applying feminist principles in work, in relationships and organizations, and in social justice are welcome. Our readers are interested in health issues, social and political issues, environmental issues, equality issues, justice issues, spiritual issues; parenting issues and all issues informed by diverse racial and cultural experiences. Articles in which the writer is engaged with the material work best; personal experiences, journalism style articles, interviews, articles which bring in current research and a clear feminist perspective are all things we look for."

Payment and length: Features - 1,000 to 3,000 words. In depth articles on feminist debates, current social/ political/legal/environmental/culture emerging issues or personal stories with a broader social relevance. Can be interview style, essay style or journalism style. Non academic. $250-$750 depending on length. Also publishes short new pieces for $175 and reviews for $65.

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The New Haven Review

"We like to see submissions from writers who can claim some connection to Greater New Haven, no matter how spurious, though it's not mandatory. We also like to see book reviews that are better than the book reviews you usually see out there, for whatever reason. But that said, we mostly publish essays, fiction (of any genre), poetry, and occasionally photojournalism."

Payment: At least $500 for prose pieces, fiction or nonfiction. $25 per poem, will publish more than one of an author's poems.

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One Teen Story

"One Teen Story is looking for great short stories written for the young adult audience ages 13 and up. These stories should deal with the teen experience (issues of identity, friendship, family, coming-of-age, etc.) and should be geared primarily toward an audience of teen readers. With that in mind, gratuitous profanity, sex and drug use are best avoided. We’re open to all genres of literary fiction between 2,000 and 4,500 words." 

Payment: $500

Note: Accepts submissions from writers ages 13 - 19 only.

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Oregon Humanities

"As a publication of ideas and perspectives, Oregon Humanities magazine offers a forum through which Oregon writers, scholars, and readers can use the humanities to explore timeless and timely ideas and themes. We only accept submissions of nonfiction writing and artwork when we announce each issue’s theme. All personal essays and features focus on a particular issue’s theme."

Payment: $50 to $200 for shorter department pieces and $300 to $800 for personal essays and features; payment varies depending on the length and complexity of the piece.

Note: Oregon writers only.

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Poets & Writers Magazine

"Poets & Writers Magazine reaches a national audience of 100,000 readers from emerging to established literary writers. The magazine has a strong following among both students and faculty in creative writing programs across the country. In addition, many of its readers pursue creative writing as an avocation, often pairing their literary lives with other careers."

Payment: Up to $500, query first

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Gay Mag

"I want nuanced, thoughtful work where the essayist looks both inward and outward. I am particularly interested in well-researched, voice-driven writing. Personal essays and cultural criticism are warmly welcomed." Submissions should be between 1500 and 3000 words. Submissions are only open to emerging writers. You can only have three publications or fewer and no books or book contracts. Nonfiction only.

Payment: $2,000. 

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Bare Life Review

"The Bare Life Review is the only literary journal whose sole mission is to publish immigrant and refugee writers. Our mission, from its earliest conception, has been not simply to "give voice to" or "elevate" the literature of migration, but to provide a forum where its inherent and manifest value is taken absolutely for granted. The project has remained steadfastly artistic in nature, a simple and unapologetic celebration of world literature, but deeply political insofar as it champions writers for whom persistence and survival are inherently, unavoidably, political acts." 

Payment: $750 for accepted full-length prose pieces,  $300 for accepted poems or shorter print journal prose (<2000 words) Anything timely (i.e. reviews of new books, or work responding directly to current events) should be addressed to The Latest, which pays $100.

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The Drift

"The Drift is a magazine of culture and politics. The Drift will introduce new work and new ideas by young writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind and don’t feel hemmed in by the boundaries of the existing discourse. We want socially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what’s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 1-3 sentence book/ movie/ TV/ art reviews."

Payment: $300 - $500. 

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Longreads

Longreads publishes nonfiction. Essays and features are generally between 2,000 and 6,000 words, but can be longer or broken up into a series depending on length and subject matter. For critical essays, reporting, and columns, they accept pitches. 

Payment: $500 for personal essays; critical essays and columns start at $500; features begin at $1,500. 

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Pipe Wrench 

An issue of Pipe Wrench is made of one core longform story and a constellation of conversation pieces — contributions in a range of styles and media that interpret, react to, or springboard off the core story. Core stories come from pitches; conversation pieces are commissioned. What they want: Longform nonfiction with a strong narrative and a critical lens that are at least 4,000 words, that take us on a journey beyond the Who-What-When-Where, and that dig deep into the Why. Personal essay, researched essay, cultural critique, creative nonfiction, historical inquiry, narrative reporting. Pitch first.

Payment: Rates for core stories start at $1500 and go up from there depending on the type of story, length, and research/reporting required. Rates for conversation pieces start at $150 and go up from there depending on the specifics — the length, the type of media, the work required. 

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Believer Magazine

"The Believer, a twelve-time National Magazine Award finalist, is a literature, arts, and culture magazine published by the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, and based in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In each issue, readers will find journalism, essays, intimate interviews, an expansive comics section, poetry, timely and untimely reviews, and on occasion, delightful and unexpected bonus items. The magazine is edited by a group of novelists, poets, artists, critics, regular readers of the Chicago Manual of Style, and aficionados of print and digital literature." Payment: $1000 for feature articles. Pitch first.

185 Literary Magazines Accepting Reprints

Updated 2/13/22

There is nothing quite like having your work published, especially after you have spent months sending your stories or poems to magazines that take forever to respond.

Sadly, the elation you feel when you have finally seen your work in print may be short-lived. Most stories and poems that make their way into literary journals have only a brief shelf-life. After readers have read your work and the issue has been archived, now what?

One good way to extend the life of your story is to send it to literary magazines that accept reprints.

Fortunately, there are a lot of literary magazines willing to accept stories that have already been published. Very few of them pay, because reprints have little value in the literary marketplace. (Only the first magazine that publishes your work will be credited.) However, some venues, notably podcasts, pay competitive rates for work that has been previously published.

All of these markets are currently accepting reprints and all allow simultaneous submissions. Make sure you read their websites carefully to see if your work will be a good fit. And make sure that all rights have reverted to you when you submit to them. (Look at the contract you signed with the original publisher. It should say "All rights revert to author upon publication" or "All rights revert to author after X months.")

Publication	Submission Guidelines	Payment	Medium	Genres
50-Word Stories	http://fiftywordstories.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	All genres, Flash Fiction only
Ancient Paths Online	https://www.skylarb.com/submit-your-work	$1.25 per poem or fiction piece; $1 will be added for any accompanying art work or photography (if also accepted)	Electronic	Poems, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Spiritual themes only
Apocrypha and Abstractions	https://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com /submissions/	No	Electronic	All genres, Flash Fiction only (fewer than 500 words_
Avatar Review	http://www.avatarreview.net/submissions	No	Electronic	All genres, poetry, nonfiction
The Bark 250,000 readers	http://thebark.com/content/submission-guidelines	No	Electronic	Life with dogs
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores	https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/ submissions/	2 cents/word for fiction, $1 per line for poetry	Electronic	Speculative Fiction Submission periods
Bewildering Stories	http://www.bewilderingstories.com/ submissions.html	No	Electronic	Speculative Fiction Submission periods
Allegory	http://www.allegoryezine.com/submissions	$15	Electronic	Speculative Fiction
Murderous Ink Press:Crimeucopia	https://www.murderousinkpress.co.uk/ submissions.html	Up to £7.00	Print and ebook	Crime fiction
Nightlight	https://nightlightpod.com/submissions/	$50	Audio	Black writers only See submission periods
Peach Velvet	https://www.peachvelvetmag.com/submit	$2	Electronic	Poetry, prose, art, and photography
Burningword Literary Journal	http://burningword.com/submissions/	No	Electronic and POD	Poetry and Flash Fiction (up to 300 words)
Cadaverine Only open to writers under 30	https://thecadaverine.submittable.com/submit	No	Electronic	Poetry up to 50 lines and Fiction up to 5000 words
cahoodaloodaling	http://cahoodaloodaling.com/about/	No	Electronic	Narrative non-fiction, Fiction, Screenplays, Excerpts, and Poetry
Canary	http://hippocketpress.org/submit_canary.php "Our theme is the environmental crisis and the losses of species and habitat that are a result of this ongoing disaster."	No	Electronic	Poetry, Essays, and Fiction (1500 words max)
Catharsis	https://www.catharsismagazine.com/submissions We prefer topics to deal with common social issues normal–or not so normal– problems people everyday.	No	Electronic	Fiction, Poetry
Century 121	https://c121poetry.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, Short Fiction (2000 words max) and Photography
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal	http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/14/41/	No	Electronic	Poetry, Fiction, Art and Photography
Children, Churches and Daddies	http://scars.tv/ccd.htm	No	Electronic and Print	Poetry, Fiction
Greenprints	http://greenprints.com/writers-guidelines/	$150	Print	Gardening
Columbia Journal	https://columbiajournal.submittable.com/submit	No	Electronic	Poetry, Fiction, Art, Film, Music
Mythic	https://www.mythicmag.com/p/submissions.html	$25	Electronic	Science fiction, fantasy short stories. Length: 2,000-5,000 words. See reading periods
Copperfield Review	http://copperfieldreview.com/?page_id=99	No	Electronic	Historical Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction Now charges $2 reading fee
Cricket Online Review	http://www.cricketonlinereview.com/submit.htm	No	Electronic	Poetry, fiction, essays, sound, film, short drama, & experimental visual art
Enrapturing Tales	https://knightwritingpress.com/open-and-upcoming-submissions/	Royalties	Electronic	Poetry, fiction, art on themes
Fusion Fragment	https://www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/	3.5 cents (CAD) per word	Electronic and Print	Speculative Fiction  See reading periods
Deep South Magazine	http://deepsouthmag.com/features/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction about the deep South
Forever Magazine	http://forever-magazine.com/	No	Electronic	Speculative Fiction
Down in the Dirt	http://scars.tv/down-in-the-dirt.htm	No	Electronic and Print	Almost any genre
East Coast Literary Review	http://www.eastcoastliteraryreview.com /submission-guidelines.html	No	Print	Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Stories (up to 8,000 words)
Cosmic Horror Monthly	https://www.cosmichorrormonthly.com/submissions/	1 cent per word for reprints	Electronic	Cosmic horror, Lovecraftian, Weird, and dark science fiction stories See reading periods
Ekphrastic	https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html	No	Electronic	Poetry, micro, flash, and shorter fiction, and interesting reflections, essays, and other prose about or inspired by art
Every Writer's Resource	http://www.everywritersresource.com/shortstories /submissions/	No	Electronic	Flash Fiction (500 words max)
Little Blue Marble	https://littlebluemarble.ca/submission-guidelines/	$0.01 CAD a word for reprints	Electronic and print	Speculative fiction that examines humanity's possible futures living with anthropogenic climate change.
Short Story Substack	https://shortstory.substack.com/about	$100 and 50% of subscription revenue	Electronic	Short story - publishes one story per month
Fabula Argentea	http://www.fabulaargentea.com/index.php /submissions/	$8 for short stories and poems, $3 for flash, $15 to $25 for longer stories	Electronic	Poems, flash fiction, short stories
LA Review of LA	http://www.robindunn.com/submitLA.html	A few pennies	Electronic	Stories and poems and stuff. Pictures. Sound files. Non fiction. Weird and offensive shit. Polite banter. Stuff about LA.
Bards and Sages Quarterly	https://www.bardsandsages.com/contact_ us/fiction_submission_guidelines	$15	Electronic and print	Speculative fiction
The Fear of Monkeys	http://twinenterprises.com/the_fear_of_monkeys/ submission_guidelines.htm	No	Electronic	Politically conscious stories, poems, essays
The Current	https://short-edition.com/en/contest/the-current-the-current/guidelines	25 euros	Print	Short stories, flash fiction or poems of maximum 7,500 characters (spaces included) or children's works of maximum 7,000 characters
The Feminist Wire	http://www.thefeministwire.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Feminist fiction and poetry See submission periods
Fiction on the Web	http://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p /submissions.html	No	Electronic	Short stories, all genres
Defuncted	https://medium.com/defuncted/why-defuncted-c7e361266000	No	Electronic	Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that has been previously published but was abandoned when the journals that published them shut down but did not archive the work Submissions are open for a short period three times a year: April 15-May 15, August 15-Sept 15, December 15-January 15
The Font – A Literary Journal for Language Teachers	http://thefontjournal.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Short stories, articles, essays, anecdotes, poems, cartoons and other forms of creative writing or visual art on the theme of language teaching or learning
FriGG	https://friggmagazine.submittable.com/submit	No	Electronic	Fiction, nonfiction, poetry - all topics
Front Porch Review	https://frontporchreview.com/guidelines/	No	Electronic	Fiction, poetry, essays and visual arts (5000 words)
Frontier Tales	http://www.frontiertales.com/submissions.php	No	Electronic and Print	Westerns
Geist	http://www.geist.com/writers/submit	Unknown	Print	Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, art, reviews either by Canadians or with a connection to Canada
Ginosko	http://www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com /guidelines.htm	No	Print	Short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, social justice, literary insights
Dwarf Stars anthology	https://sfpoetry.com/ds/dsguide.html	No	Print	Speculative poetry  Opens April 1
Jersey Devil Press	http://www.jerseydevilpress.com/?page_id=71	No	Electronic and Print	Speculative fiction and poetry
Jewish Literary Journal	http://jewishliteraryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, fiction, nonfiction - All submissions must be Jewish in nature See submission periods
Joyland	https://joylandmagazine.com/submit/	Unspecified	Electronic and Print	Fiction Submissions are free one weekend a month
Kaleidoscope	http://www.udsakron.org/kaleidoscope.aspx	$10 - $100	Electronic	Fiction, nonfiction, poetry - Must focus on some aspect of disability
fresh.ink	https://fresh.ink/reprints	$0.01 - $0.02 per word for accepted submissions, with a minimum of $20	Electronic	Fiction up to 5,000 words. Work must have been published by a reputable literary magazine or publisher
Lamp Light	http://lamplightmagazine.com/submissions/	Flat fee	Electronic and Print	Horror, Dark Fiction, Noir, flash fiction and short stories See submission periods
The Lascaux Review	http://lascauxreview.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Poetry, Fiction, Essays
Micro Podcast	https://micropodcast.org/about/	No	Electronic	Micro Fiction
The Linnet's Wings	http://www.thelinnetswings.org/?pageno=2#	No	Electronic	Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Literally Stories	http://literallystories2014.com/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Short stories, all genres (500 to 3000 words) Sometimes takes up to 4,000 words, but the work has to be "outstanding"
Literary Mama	http://www.literarymama.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Short stories, and poems about motherhood
Miramichi Flash	https://miramichiflash.ca/submit/	No	Electronic	Flash fiction - Canadians only
Phantasmacore	http://www.phantasmacore.com/submissions/	Token payment	Electronic	Speculative Submission periods
The Lorelei Signal	http://www.loreleisignal.com/Guidelines.html	$2	Electronic and Print	Fantasy featuring strong, complex female characters
Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles	http://www.robindunn.com/submitLA.html	"a few pennies"	Electronic	"Stories and poems and stuff. Pictures. Sound files. Non-fiction."
Lotus-eater	http://lotus-eatermagazine.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Poetry, prose (up to 5000 words), nonfiction, book reviews
Luna Station Quarterly	http://lunastationquarterly.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Speculative fiction written by women Submission periods
Maniacal	http://maniacal.freezeframefiction.com /about.html	$2	Electronic and Print	"Twisted humor, funny horror, or anything else you think will disturb and amuse us."
Utne Reader	https://www.utne.com/about/submissions/	No	Electronic	Nonfiction
Mediterranean Poetry	http://www.odyssey.pm/?page_id=2262	No	Electronic	Poetry and prose inspired in some way or the other by the Mediterranean world
Neon Hemlock: We're Here	https://www.neonhemlock.com/submissions	No	Electronic and Print	Queer science fiction
Flash Fiction Online	https://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/	2c/word	Electronic	Flash fiction up to 1000 words See submission periods
The Missing Slate	https://themissingslate.com/submissions-guidelines/	No	Electronic and Print	Fiction, poetry, essays, reviews and criticism
Uncharted	https://uncharted.submittable.com/submit	No	Electronic	Sci-ci, fantasy, horror, thriller/mystery/crime fiction
Mouse Tales Press	https://www.mousetalespress.com/submissions.html	No	Electronic and Print	Poetry and Prose (4000 words max)
Occult Detective Magazine	http://greydogtales.com/blog/occult-detective-magazine/	No?	Print and electronic	Short detective stories dealing with the occult
Parents & Kids	https://www.parentsandkids.com/writers-guidelines-2/	$25	Electronic	Nonfiction articles
Neon	http://neonmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=116	No	Electronic and Print	Poetry and prose focusing on isolation, post-modernism, technology, dislocation, apathy, the apocalypse, memory, Kirk Cameron and urban decay
Penumbric	https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html	$10	Print and Electronic	Fiction, poetry, illustration, graphic narrative, animation, music, or combinations of these. Work that constitutes the ever-moving edge of its kind, as a place between light and dark, consciousness and un, today and tomorrow; work exhibiting the strange, the bizarre, that which is not of the world we know, but more of a twilight realm or even altogether alien place.
Live Novel Digest	https://www.livenovel.com/manuscript-submission-guidelines/	$100	Electronic	Short stories 2,000 - 6,000 words
NonBinary Review	http://nonbinaryreview.com/submission-guidelines/	Semi-pro	Electronic	Themed issues
Mosaic	https://mosaicmagazine.org/about-us/submissions/	?	Electronic	Articles and reviews by writers of African descent
Van Gogh’s Ear: Best World Poetry, Prose & Art	https://theoriginalvangoghsearanthology.com/van-goghs-ear-volume-11-submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry and prose. Poem length shouldn’t be more than 165 lines and prose length no more than 1,500 words.
After Dinner Conversation	https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/submissions	$0.01 per word	Print	Children's, YA and Adult short stories
The Other Stories	https://theotherstories.submittable.com/submit	No	Audio	Fiction (up to 4000 words)
Aftermath	https://www.aftermathmag.org/submissions.html	2 cents/word for short stories; 1 cent/word for everything else	Electronic	Humans are doing so much damage to the natural world that it can only end in a spate of perfect storms that will wreck our civilization. These inevitable apocalyptic events offer a wealth of inspiration.
The Dirty Spoon	http://www.dirty-spoon.com/submissions/	$50	Electronic (Podcast and online journal)	Nonfiction: essays, interviews and articles about people who work in our consumable culture.
Pen Sword Magazine	https://penswordpress.submittable.com/submit	No	Electronic	Short form fiction and non-fiction that presents the military service experience
Pulp Literature	https://pulpliterature.com/submissions/submission-guidelines/	50% of rate for original fiction	Print	Pulp fiction up to 50 pages Submission periods
A Velvet Giant	https://www.avelvetgiant.com/submit/	$20	Electronic	All genres "We are especially interested in work by genderqueer & LGBTQ+ people, women, people of color, global writers, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault."
City. River. Tree.	https://cityrivertree.com/submissions/	2 cents/word	Electronic	Flash fiction, pictographs
Phenomenal Literature (India)	http://www.phenomenalliterature.com/ submission.php	No	Print	Novels, poetry, short stories, drama, plays, Critical/Research/ Academic Articles, translations, book reviews, interviews, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, essays, travelogues and creative writing
The Poeming Pigeon	http://www.thepoetrybox.com/ThePoemingPigeon. html#guidelines	No	Print	Poetry and Prose, themed issues
parABnormal	https://www.hiraethsffh.com/parabnormal-magazine-guidelines	$7	Print	Fiction, nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. "For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores."
Scrawl Place	https://scrawlplace.com/submit/	$35	Electronic	Your submission must be about or connected to or associated with a specific, physical place that someone could visit
The Voyage	https://thevoyagejournal.com/submit/	$200	Electronic	YA short stories and nonfiction up to 6,000 words
Quantum Muse (Offers peer reviews only)	http://www.quantummuse.com/submissions.php	No	Electronic	Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Alternative
Radon	https://www.radonjournal.com/submit	.5¢ per word for reprints	Electronic	Fiction, flash fiction, poetry, art. "Radon welcomes short story and poetry submissions containing elements of anarchism, transhumanism, dystopia, and/or science fiction."
r.kv.r.y.	http://rkvryquarterly.com/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, short stories and nonfiction (3000 words max) relating to recovery
The Deadlands	https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/	1¢/word	Electronic	Speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about death. They publish work “about the other realms, of the ends we face here, and the beginnings we find elsewhere.”
Reading Out Loud	http://www.readingoutloud.org/submissions.html	No	Audio	Fiction up to 4000 words
Jay Henge anthologies	https://www.jayhenge.com/submissions.html	$5 USD per 1000 words	Electronic	Speculative fiction
StarShipSofa	http://www.starshipsofa.com/submissions/	$50	Audio	Speculative fiction
Dark Moon Digest	https://perpetualpublishing.com/submissions/	$0.01 per word for reprints	Electronic	Speculative fiction
Sanitarium Magazine	https://www.thesanitarium.co.uk/submissions	Token payment	Electronic	Horror
Santa Fe Writers Project	https://santafewritersproject.submittable.com /submit	No	Electronic	Fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews
Synthetic Reality Magazine	http://syntheticrealitymagazine.com/submissions/	Payment varies	Electronic	Science Fiction, Fantasy, SHTF, Slipstream, Horror, Sword and Sorcery and Surreal Fiction.
Escape Pod	https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/	8¢ per word	Audio	Science Fiction
Breath and Shadow	https://www.abilitymaine.org/submission-guidelines	?	Electronic	Breath & Shadow only accepts work from people with disabilities.
DreamForge	https://dreamforgemagazine.com/call-for-submissions/	$0.04/word Poems are paid at the rate of $25 to $100	Electronic	SF and Fantasy Has submission periods
The Dread Machine	https://www.thedreadmachine.com/submit/	$.01/word for reprints	Electronic	Futuristic dark fiction, speculative fiction, cyberpunk, slipstream, and science fiction
Grimdark Magazine	https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/submissions/	Reprints: AUD$0.01 per word	Electronic	Grimdark fantasy and sci-fi Submission periods
Short Fiction Break	http://shortfictionbreak.com/want-to-submit-a-story/	No	Electronic	Fiction (2000 words max)
The Short Humour Site	http://www.short-humour.org.uk/submissionguidelines /submissionguidelines.htm	No	Electronic and Print	Humorous short fiction and nonfiction (500 words max)
TDot Spec	http://tdotspec.com/submissions/	CAD 2c/word for originals; 50% rate for reprints	Electronic	Speculative fiction anthologies See themes and deadlines
Tales From the Moonlit Path	https://talesmoonlitpath.com/	$10	Electronic	Speculative fiction and poetry
Polar Borealis & Polar Starlight	http://polarborealis.ca/submission-guidelines/	$10	Electronic	Science Fiction, Fantasy, Weird Fantasy, Horror with SF aspects, Lovecraftian Horror Contributors must be Canadian, or at least reside in Canada. Has submission periods
Daikaijuzine	https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines	$10 for fiction, $5 for poetry	Electronic	Speculative fiction, flash fiction, articles, and poetry
Dragon Soul Press	https://dragonsoulpress.com/anthologies/	Royalties	Electronic	Poetry and  fiction anthologies Drabbles All genres of fiction See deadlines
Shoreline of Infinity	https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/submissions/	£40/1000 words for reprints published in another language	Electronic and Print	Science fiction and fantasy Has submission periods Poetry submissions open all year round
Space Squid	http://www.spacesquid.com/scifi-fantasy-mag/contributorguidelines/	$5	Electronic and Print	Scifi/humor. Flash fiction, short stories (2000 words max)
Mithila Review	https://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/	$10	Electronic	Fantasy, science fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Martian: The Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles	https://themartianmagazine.com/submissions/	4 cents/word	Electronic	Science fiction, and sci-fi horror
Still Point Arts Quarterly	https://shantiartsllc.submittable.com/submit /30175/still-point-arts-quarterly-writing-submission	Token payment and 2 copies of issue	Print	Art, articles, essays, fiction, and poetry. Shanti Arts is focused on nature, art, and spirit.
Mesozoic Reader	https://farthertrees.wordpress.com/mesozoic-reader/	$10	Electronic and Print	Stories and poetry of any genre are welcome, so long as dinosaurs or other prehistoric creatures are a central element Has submission periods
Future Science Fiction Digest	https://future-sf.com/submissions/	8 cents/word	Electronic	Translated science fiction. Author or authorized translator may submit fiction  that has been previously published in source language but not in English Writers may not live in Anglophone countries
Sub-saharan Magazine	http://subsaharanmagazine.com/submission/	Semi-pro	Electronic and Print	Stories that present Africa in a Fantasy, science fiction, or horror setting or with speculative elements (2000 words max)
Poetry Super Highway	https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry
The Summerset Review	http://www.summersetreview.org/guidelines.htm	No	Electronic and Print	Literary fiction and nonfiction of up to 8,000 words, poets may submit up to five poems
Survivor's Review Open to cancer survivors, family members and caregivers	http://www.survivorsreview.org/submit.php	No	Electronic	Poetry, short stories, essays (up to 1000 words)
The Future Fire	http://futurefire.net/guidelines/index.html	$10 - $20	Electronic	Fiction and poetry that focuses on the social-political elements of imaginary, futuristic, fantastic, horrifying, surreal or otherwise speculative universes
Dark Matter	https://darkmattermagazine.com/submission-guidelines/	$0.02/word	Electronic	Dark science fiction, horror, poetry, comics, and art Has submission periods
Tales of the Zombie War	http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/submit.php	Semi-pro	Electronic	Zombies! (In poetry and prose)
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments	http://www.terrain.org/submit/regular-submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, essays, fiction, articles, artwork, videos, and other contributions
THEMA	http://themaliterarysociety.com/submissions.html	Token	Print	Poetry and prose - themed issues
The Stray Branch	http://www.thestraybranch.org/	No	Electronic	Fiction, poetry, photography, and art
Flame Tree Publishing	https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/topic/call-for-submissions	4 pence for reprints	Electronic and Print	Speculative fiction anthologies See deadlines
Glint	https://glintjournal.wordpress.com/glint-12-submissions/	No	Electronic	Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, visual art. "We’re especially fond of hybrids. That terms encompasses form as well as content. We appreciate lyric essays, prose poems, flash fiction, collaborations, visual poetry, graphic fiction, literary fantasy, excerpts from verse novellas or verse biographies."
Tall Tale TV Podcast	https://talltaletv.com/submission-guidelines/	Unspecified	Audio	Science fiction and fantasy
The Phlogiston Press	https://thephlogistonpress.substack.com/about?utm_source=menu-dropdown	Royalties	Electronic	"We’re looking for short form speculative fiction, old style, slipstream, horror, fantasy, science fiction, literary, poetry, flash with a maximum length of 8,000 words - or even a longer story to serialise over a few newszines."
TQ Review: A Journal for Trans* // Queer Voices	http://damagedgoodspress.com/tq-review/	No	Electronic and print	Poetry, fiction, art, essays See reading periods
SFS Stories	https://sfsstories.com/	No	Print	Science fiction and fantasy flash fiction (under 1000 words)
Silver Blade	https://www.silverblade.net/submissions-2/	$15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works.	Electronic	Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy; short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry
MetaStellar	https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/	No	Electronic	Speculative fiction
Underwater New York	http://underwaternewyork.com/submit/	No	Electronic	Fiction, nonfiction, art, music and poetry inspired by the underwater objects and phenomena that surround New York City
Unlikely Stories: MarkV	http://www.unlikelystories.org/mission.shtml	No	Electronic	Activist prose, music and poetry (They have the longest guidelines in the world...)
Boneyard Soup	https://www.boneyardsoup.com/submit	1 cent/word	Electronic	Dark fantasy, fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, art
East of the Web	http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/index.php?p=submissions/20131_1	5 cents/word	Electronic	Science Fiction
Toyon	https://www.toyonliterarymagazine.org/submission-guidelines.html	No payment	Electronic	Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art, audio, and translations
Frozen Wavelets	https://earthianhivemind.net/frozen-wavelets/?fbclid=IwAR0P-PiUCwG8VAQpRh8KK-zsLFsWtYa4IJA7B5nc7e4pE1M6e2H4IbE8Ugo	1 cent/word	Electronic	Speculative flash fiction and poetry
Alaska Parent	https://alaskaparent.com/write_for_us.html	$25-$40	Electronic and Print	Parenting in Alaska
Wordgathering	https://wordgathering.syr.edu/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Disability literature
Workers Write!	http://www.workerswritejournal.com/	Semi-pro	Print	Working class fiction - themed issues
Chesapeake Family Life	https://www.chesapeakefamily.com/writers-guidelines/	$35	Print and electronic	Nonfiction about family life in Maryland
Georgia Family Magazine	http://www.georgiafamily.com/writers-guidelines/	Unspecified	Print?	Nonfiction about family life in Georgia
Hudson Valley Parent	https://hvparent.com/Pages/WritersGuidelines.aspx	$25	Electronic	Parenting in the Hudson Valley of New York
The Writing Disorder	http://writingdisorder.com/submit-work/	No	Electronic and Print	Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Reviews, Interviews, Comic Art and Experimental work Youth Imagination
Western New York Family Magazine	https://www.wnyfamilymagazine.com/writer-s-guide/writer-s-guidelines	$40-$150	Electronic and Print	Parenting in Western New York
WritersWeekly	https://writersweekly.com/writersweekly-com-writers-guidelines	$30	Electronic	Nonfiction about the business of writing
Babybug	https://cricketmedia.com/babybug-submission-guidelines	Not specified	Print	Stories and poems for babies and toddlers
The Drabblecast	http://www.drabblecast.org/submissions/	Semi-pro	Audio	Weird stories (4000 words max)
GlitterShip	http://www.glittership.com/submission-guidelines/	Semi-pro	Audio	LGBTQ stories (6000 words max)
Ladybug	https://cricketmedia.com/ladybug-submission-guidelines	Not specified	Print	Stories, nonfiction, activities and poems for children 3 - 6 years old
Spider	https://cricketmedia.com/spider-submission-guidelines	Not specified	Print	"Fresh and engaging literature, poems, articles, and activities for newly independent readers."
The Dirty Spoon	http://www.dirty-spoon.com/submissions/	$50 (?)	Podcast	Essays, interviews and articles about people who work in our consumable culture. See submission periods
Gallery of Curiosities	http://gallerycurious.com/submissions/	$.01/word	Podcast	Weird speculative fiction
Hourglass Books	https://www.facebook.com/notes/2820174548307810/	No	Online?	Fiction anthologies
Reprint Poetry	http://reprintpoetry.com/about/	No	Online	Poetry
Pseudopod	https://pseudopod.org/submissions/	$.06/word for original fiction, $100 flat rate for short story reprints, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 1500 words).	Podcast	Horror
Cast of Wonders	https://castofwonders.submittable.com/submit	$.06/word for original fiction, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction reprints, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction reprints	Podcast	YA, High fantasy, Science fiction
Cricket	https://cricketmedia.com/cricket-submission-guidelines	Not specified	Print	Fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction for children aged 9 to 14
The Lascaux Review	http://lascauxreview.com/submissions/	$25	Digital	Stories, poems, and essays
Funds for Writers	http://fundsforwriters.com/submissions/	$10-$15	Digital newsletter	Practical tools and information related to getting paid to write
Ask Magazine	https://cricketmag.submittable.com/submit	Not specified	Print	Nonfiction for children 7–10 years old who are curious about science
Back to College	http://www.back2college.com/guide.htm	$27.50+	Digital	Issues of importance to the older student
Podcastle	http://podcastle.org/guidelines/	$20 - $100	Audio and text	Fantasy
Nightshift Radio: Storyteller Series	https://nightshiftradio.com/submissions	$25 - $50	Podcast and Print	Fiction, non-fiction, memoir up to 10,000 words Submissions periods
Dark Horses	https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com/	No payment	Electronic	Weird fiction  up to 10,000 words
Gwyllion	http://gwyllionmagazine.com/submissions/	£10	Print and Electronic	Speculative fiction, poetry, book reviews
Azure: A Journal of Literary Thought Published by Lazuli Literary Group	http://www.lazuliliterarygroup.com/ submissions.html	No	Electronic	Complex literary fiction
The Moth Ireland	http://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=1972	No	Print	Poetry and short stories
Quail Bell Magazine	http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/submit.html	No	Electronic	Short stories, art, multi-media, poetry
Memoir Mixtapes	https://memoirmixtapes.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Poetry and short stories
Manawaker Studios	http://www.manawaker.com/ffp-submissions/	$3	Podcast	Flash fiction
Craft	https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/	No	Electronic	Fiction and nonfiction
After the Pause	https://afterthepause.com/submission-guidelines/	No	Electronic	Poetry, flash fiction
Carrier Pigeon	http://carrierpigeonmag.com/submit/	No	Electronic	Fiction, poetry, short plays
Eunoia Review	https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/submissions/	No	Electronic	Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction
Selene	CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS	$15USD and 100-7500 words of fiction paid $0.01USD per word	Electronic	Speculative romance, mystery, and alternate history, translations
DNA Magazine	CLOSED	No	Print	Creative non-fiction, prose, poetry and Twitterature
The Lake	http://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/submit/	No	Electronic	Poetry
Nice Cage	https://www.nicecage.com/guidelines.html	No	Electronic	Poetry and short fiction
Defuncted	https://medium.com/defuncted/why-defuncted-c7e361266000	No	Electronic	They are looking for work that was previously published but is no longer available to read online because the journal it was published in has gone defunct.
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy	https://johnjosephadams.moksha.io/publication/ basff/guidelines	?	Print	Stories must be by a writer who is American or Canadian, or who has made the US or Canada their home. Story length must be 17,499 words or less.
Zooscape	https://zooscape-zine.com/guidelines/	$20 for reprints	Electronic	All stories must be furry.
Lighten Up Online	https://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.php/submissions	No	Electronic	Poetry
Empty House Press	https://www.emptyhousepress.com/submit	No	Electronic	"We are willing to read work that has appeared on an author’s personal site or blog or at an online venue that has closed provided that the work is otherwise no longer available or appears in a significantly different form and appropriate acknowledgements are included."
Serial Magazine	https://www.serialpulp.com/submissions	No	Electronic	"Accept genre fiction like action-adventure, science-fiction, mystery, fantasy, horror, thriller,  romance, and westerns."
No Sleep Podcast	https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/submissions	Yes (various)	Podcast	Horror
Doubleback Review	http://doublebackreview.com/guidelines/	No	Electronic	"We only publish previously-published work from journals that no longer exist; we do not publish previously unpublished work nor previously published work that is still available online or in active print circulation."
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22 Paying Markets for Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction

Updated 1/19/22

Finding a paying market for short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction is not easy if you are an emerging writer. The Poets & Writers database includes 1135 markets, only 154 of which are listed as paying. (Some of those only pay if your work is selected as a "best of." Others pay a token amount that can be as little as $1.50.)

In short, 90% of journals don't pay. The most a writer can expect from most literary magazines is a couple of contributor copies - provided the journal has a print version.

After culling through the P&W database, I identified 22 journals that pay their contributors and don't charge a reading fee. All accept online submissions.

If you submit to several journals at once, keep careful records. As soon as your story is accepted make sure to withdraw it immediately from the remaining journals, either through an email notification or directly on submittable. (If you have submitted through submittable, just click "withdraw.")

Also see: 

325 Paying Markets for Short Stories, Poetry, Nonfiction

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A&U

"As a national, nonprofit HIV/AIDS magazine, A&U is interested in publishing articles about AIDS-related advocacy, treatment and care, community-based organizations and campaigns, and artists and creative writers responding to the pandemic. We’re looking for writers of all serostatuses to help use showcase a wide range of perspectives about living with HIV/AIDS.

"We publish everything from sonnets to science fiction, and we are always on the lookout for fresh work in all genres that reflects current realities of living with HIV, whether the writers or characters identify as negative or positive, as world citizens, or as members of specific diverse communities. Although A&U has published several moving and insightful accounts from the first decades of the epidemic, we are excited by work that challenges older narratives about illness and reflects instead a complex and contemporary global reality."

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Details on request. Response time: 3 months.

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Agni

"We see literature and the arts as part of a broad, ongoing cultural conversation that every society needs to remain vibrant and alive. We look for the honest voice, the idiosyncratic signature, experimental where necessary but not willfully so. Writing that grows from a vision, a perspective, and a passion will interest us, regardless of structure or approach."

Submission period: September 1st to midnight December 15th, and again from February 15th to midnight May 31st. By mail: September 1st - May 31st. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: AGNI pays $20 per page for prose and $40 per page for poetry, with a $300 maximum. Response time: 3 months.

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Baltimore Review

"The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers."

Submission periods: Feb 1 through May 1. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $40 Amazon gift certificate or $40 through PayPal, if preferred. Response time: 3 months.

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Black Denim

"Black Denim Lit welcomes thoughtful writers, new and established. We are looking for fiction up to 7,500 words that has unique and lasting artistic merit. We may consider novelettes on a case by case basis." Genre fiction: Scifi, fantasy, mysteries, thrillers.

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: 1 cent per word. Response time: 3 months.

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Border Crossing

"Founded in 2011, Border Crossing is a literary and arts journal published by the Lake Superior State University Creative Writing Program. Uniquely situated on the border of the United States and Canada, we're committed to publishing the best work submitted by emerging and established writers on both sides of the border and abroad. We're especially interested in writing that crosses boundaries in genre or geography, and voices that aren't often heard in mainstream publications." Border Crossings does not accept unsolicited works of fiction.

Payment: $100 for featured authors. Response time: 4-6 months.

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Carte Blanche

"At carte blanche we believe there is more than one way to tell a story. Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms from fiction and nonfiction, to poetry and photo essays. carte blanche is published three times a year in the winter, spring/summer, and fall. carte blanche is a volunteer, not-for-profit literary project published by the Quebec Writers’ Federation, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and individual sponsors.

Submission period: 21 July to 21 August. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Modest. Response time: 3 to 6 months

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Contrary

"Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction, and poetry and especially specimens that defy those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago in 2003, it operates independently on the South Side of Chicago and publishes writers from throughout the world."

Submission periods: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $20. Response time: 3 to 6 months.

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Fiction Desk

"The Fiction Desk publishes a range of short stories from new and emerging authors, with a focus on strong plots and characters. We're based in the UK, but we accept submissions from authors around the world."

Submission periods: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment:£25 per thousand words. Response time: 3 months.

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Geist 

"Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture made in Canada with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue represents a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, art, reviews, little-known facts of interest, cartography, and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle. Geist is a Canadian magazine, and requires a Canadian connection in all non-contest submissions."

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 4 months.

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The Georgia Review

"The Georgia Review seeks memorable and distinctive poems, short stories, and essays, whether from Pulitzer Prize winners or previously unpublished writers. Thesis-oriented interdisciplinary essays are especially welcome. Occasional special features on topics or individual writers."

Submission period: Closed to submissions between May 15 and August 15. Submissions received during that period will be returned unread. Simultaneous submissions not allowed. Payment: $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry. Essay-reviews and standard reviews earn honoraria of $50/printed page; book briefs carry a fixed honorarium of $50. Response time: 3-6 months. $3 submission fee for online submissions. No fee for mailed submissions.

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Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

"The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly, without labels, and the labels here only exist to help us determine its best readers."

Submission period: September 15 - December15. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $50. Response time:  1-3 days.

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Kansas City Voices

"There is no “type” of work we are looking for, and while we would love for you to read through our previous issues, it is not an indicator of what kind of work we actively seek. Our editors rotate, our tastes evolve, and good work is just good work. We want to feel something when we encounter a piece. We want to be excited, surprised, thoughtful, and interested. We want to have a reaction. We want to share the best voices we find. Send us that one."

Submission period: January 1 - March 31. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Small. Response time: 3-6 months.

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The Masters Review

"Our New Voices category is open year round to any new or emerging author who has not published a work of fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length. Authors with short story collections are free to submit."

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $0.10/word up to $200. Response time: 3 months.

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The Nashville Review

"Nashville Review seeks to publish the best work we can get our hands on, period. From expansive to minimalist, narrative to lyric, epiphanic to subtle—if it’s a moving work of art, we want it. We hope to provide a venue for both distinguished and emerging artists. Most importantly, thank you for giving us a chance to read your work. We appreciate it."

Submission period: January, May and September. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections. Response time: 4-5 months.

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Neon

"We seek work that is beautiful, shocking, intense and memorable. Darker pieces are generally favoured over humorous ones - as are free verse poems over those that rhyme. Genre work is welcome, experimentation is encouraged. There are no limits on form or word count."

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Small royalty. Response time: 3 months. Reprints accepted.

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Okey-Panky

"Okey-Panky is a weekly online magazine of short, darkly comic, ironic, and experimental fiction, essay, poetry, and graphic narrative published by Electric Literature."

Submission period: Late summer. (Two calls per year.) Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $100. Response time: 3-6 months.

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One Story

"One Story is seeking literary fiction. Because of our format, we can only accept stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. They can be any style and on any subject as long as they are good. We are looking for stories that leave readers feeling satisfied and are strong enough to stand alone."

Submission Periods: January 15th - May 31st | October 4th - November 14th. Payment: $500.

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The Pedestal Magazine

"As editors of The Pedestal Magazine, we intend to support both established and burgeoning writers. We are committed to promoting diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual."

Submission period: February 28 – March 4: Poetry only. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $40 per poem, $.03 cents per word for flash fiction. Response time: 4-8 weeks.

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The Puritan

"The Puritan is an online, quarterly publication based in Toronto, Ontario committed to publishing the best in new fiction, poetry, interviews, and reviews. The Puritan seeks, above all, a pioneering literature. Work featured here may push toward the symbolic frontier, challenging limitations and forging into previously unexplored aesthetic territory. But it may also revisit and revitalize traditional forms. The Puritan embraces work wherever it lands on the conceptual spectrum, so long as it is original, intelligent, and engaging."

Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: See guidelines for schedule of payments. Response time: Not specified.

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Still Point Arts Quarterly

"Still Point Arts Quarterly is a publication with a clear focus on art, artists, and artistry. Within this focus, the Quarterly addresses topics such as inspiration, imagination, and creativity as well as offering articles on art history, artist biographies, and art criticism. Both non-fiction and fiction are published (up to approximately 5000 words), and poetry is published on occasion."

Submission period: Various deadlines. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: "Modest." Response time: 3 months.

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Virginia Quarterly

VQ has a long history of publishing accomplished and award-winning authors, but also seeks and supports emerging writers.

Submission period: July 1 - 31. 

Payment: For poetry, $200 per poem, up to 4 poems; for a suite of 5 or more poems, we usually pay $1,000; for poems longer than 50 lines, the payment is usually higher. For prose, approximately 25 cents per word, depending on length.  Book reviews are generally 2,000-2,400 words and are paid at a flat rate of $500.Online content is generally paid at $100-$200, depending upon genre and length.