These magazines publish various types of author interviews. They accept either pitches or direct submissions. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. All of them also accept other genres, like fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry. As always, please read the relevant section in the magazine to get a sense of the kind of work they publish. Also see this list of magazines accepting book reviews, and this one of magazines accepting books for review.
The Masters Review
They’re “now accepting submissions of completed book reviews, interviews, and craft essays for publication on our blog. … At the moment, we are unable to pay for book reviews or interviews, but we can pay $50 for craft essays.” And, they have other fee-free submission categories, including New Voices (fiction by emerging authors), for which they pay $100-200. Details here.
The Writer’s Workshop Review
They publish one interview per issue on the art and craft of writing. They also accept creative nonfiction and fiction. “We love strong narratives, compelling characters, stories told with style, verve and wit. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine writing with a strong narrative element.” Pay is $50 per interview and $25 per story. Details here.
Mystery Tribune
For The Daily section, they say, “We publish daily online non-fiction essays, stories, interviews, and reviews on the genre of mystery and suspense. … Pitches or submissions are preferred to pieces written on spec; please keep submissions to under two thousand words.” Nonfiction, flash fiction, and art are accepted year-round. Details here.
Write or Die Magazine
This magazine is run by ChillSubs. They accept pitches for author interviews; “We accept pitches from interviewers interested in covering authors with a forthcoming or recently published book. We are especially interested in featuring books by debut authors and/or books published by indie presses.” They pay approximately $25 for interviews (see guidelines). They also accept fee-free submissions of fiction and essays during the first week of every month, and pay $50 for these. Details here and here.
Craft
“For interviews and hybrids, we are interested in conversations with fiction and creative nonfiction writers focusing on the craft of writing. … We often schedule interviews well in advance—please contact us as soon as possible with your proposed interview. In your pitch, please include several potential topics and/or at least six possible questions.” More details about interviews and hybrid interviews (the latter format also includes a critical essay about one or more of the interviewee’s books) are available on their Submittable page. They also accept critical essays, as well as creative nonfiction and fiction. For creative work, they pay $100-200, and $50-100 for craft content (see guidelines). Details here.
Vagabond City
They are open for interviews, art, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and reviews by marginalized authors. They read submissions year-round. Details here.
Strange Horizons
This speculative fiction magazine publishes nonfiction – interviews, essays, roundtable discussions, columns. For interviews (3,000-5,000 words), they have detailed guidelines, including, “Strange Horizons publishes interviews with notable individuals within the speculative fiction community, including but not limited to authors, editors, artists, critics, and other commentators”. Interviews should be presented in a question-and-response format. For essays, interviews and round-tables you may send queries first. They pay $45 to an interviewer, and $45 to an interviewee; for nonfiction in general, rates are $20-150. They also publish fiction, poetry, reviews, and art, and pay $0.10/word for fiction and $50 for poetry. See their nonfiction (including interview) guidelines here, and links for all genre guidelines here.
The Journal
They accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews & reviews, and art. Interviews are 6-12 pages. Poetry submissions are capped. Details here and here.
Horroraddicts.net
“HorrorAddicts.net is a podcast, blog, and publisher run by horror addicts, for horror addicts. Our main goal is to promote horror authors, musicians, artists, and entertainers for our listener’s entertainment.” They are open for interviews, essays, reviews, or commentary. They publish work on horror – Dark Fantasy, Monster, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Clockpunk, Alternative, Goth, Metal, Industrial, Avant-garde themes. They are currently closed to fiction. Details here and here.
diode
This poetry journal publishes various types of poetry, as well as related nonfiction. “There are no length restrictions for submissions of reviews, interviews, or essays.” Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
