These magazines accept climate and environmental fiction. While cli-fi is usually a speculative fiction genre, in this list, we have also added magazines that accept environmental fiction in literary and other genres. Most of them also accept other themes and genres. Some of them pay writers. Most, but not all, of them are open for submissions now. As always, please read the magazines to get a sense of the kind of work they like.
Solarpunk
“Solarpunk Magazine publishes hopeful short stories and poetry that strive for a utopian ideal, that are set in futures where communities are optimistically struggling to solve or adapt to climate change, to create or maintain a world in which humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather than in conflict. We also publish solarpunk art as well as nonfiction that explores real world, contemporary topics and their intersection with the solarpunk movement for a better future.” They accept fiction of 1,500-7,500 words (pays $.08 per word, $100 minimum), one poem ($40), and nonfiction of 1,000-2,000 words ($75) via their submission portal during their reading periods; the upcoming one is 1st to 14th July 2025. Details here.
Channel
They have detailed guidelines, including, “Although we draw inspiration from local and international traditions of nature writing, as well as from the many dedicated platforms for writing on climate and ecology that exist today, much of what we publish falls outside common definitions of nature writing and eco-writing. We love work that speaks directly of a writer’s bond with and fear for our planet, and work that takes a local landscape, or a local flower, as its subject; equally, though, we love work that draws on an aspect of nature as setting, image or metaphor. We believe that all writing relies to some extent on historical engagement with nature, in that all human language has been shaped by our embeddedness in our shared environments. The kind of work we want to publish is the kind that takes this seed of connection and runs with it, revelling in its potential and exploring how it might grow.” While they have specific reading periods for fiction and poetry (closed now), they are always open for essays and art. They also accept translations in Irish or English. They accept prose of up to 6,000 words. They pay €35/page up to €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50 for single-page works; for work published online, they pay €35 per 400 words, up to €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50. Details here.
Orion’s Belt
They accept speculative fiction, poetry, and art. They have listed the kind of fiction they like, including (but not limited to) ecological storytelling that avoids clear answers or easy moralizing; stories told through another medium, i.e., journal articles, mission reports, diary entries, etc.; characters who are rogues or tricksters working outside oppressive bureaucratic systems; characters forced to make difficult decisions that may conflict with their moral codes; hard-won optimism; and the blurring of lines between poetry and prose. Send fiction of up to 1,200 words, or a poem. They pay $0.08/word for fiction and poetry, and the deadline is 31 August 2025. Details here.
Variety Pack: ISSUE XII – Voices of The Modern Diaspora
They have detailed guidelines, including, “For this issue, we will be accepting submissions from Diasporic writers only, but strictly folks who understand the marginalization that comes with the territory of being a Diasporic voice. Refugees, Asylum Seekers, First-generation Immigrants, Second-generation immigrants, Third-generation immigrants, folks who can trace the homeland of their roots within recent times. Although we also realize that with Diaspora, this term can refer to a wide-ranging group of folks. … we stand with all peoples who have had to flee the destruction of their own countries in different ways. The destruction of democracies, climate crises events… there is no way in hell we can remain silent, and so, we are doing what we can to help use the power of literary arts, to publish those voices.” They accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and visual art. They pay $10-20. The deadline is 15th June 2025. Details here.
After the Storm
This is a quarterly Medium-based publication. They accept fiction and nonfiction. “This is a publication for stories that describe a world beyond our current oppressive society. We want to tell stories that span beyond white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism, imperialism, capitalism, and so much more. We operate under the assumption that to reach a place, you first have to imagine it. …Keep in mind that we are not asking you to construct a narrative devoid of tension and problems. You can still write about epic space operas or funny love stories, but a core system of oppression must have been reduced in your story far more significantly than in our present society. For example, if you write a detective story, perhaps you can set it inside a post-patriarchal world. … Telling a story where one system of oppression is significantly reduced; however, it does not mean that all of them have to be gone in your story. It’s perfectly possible in your detective story for there to be gender equality, in whatever way you define it, but for other pressing problems like climate change to also exist.” Their minimum word count is 1,000 words. They pay $50. Please note, they can only accept a couple of stories / articles per quarter. Details here.
Noema
While this magazine, published by the Berggruen Institute, isn’t a literary magazine, they do publish climate-focused fiction. Their About page says, “Noema is an award-winning magazine exploring the transformations sweeping our world. We publish essays, interviews, reportage, videos and art on the overlapping realms of technology, philosophy, governance, economics, geopolitics and culture. In doing so, our unique approach is to get out of the usual lanes and cross disciplines, social silos and cultural boundaries. From artificial intelligence and the climate crisis to the future of democracy and capitalism, Noema Magazine seeks a deeper understanding of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.” While they don’t have guidelines for fiction, you can read the fiction they have published here to get a sense of the kind of work they publish. Details here and here.
The Ecological Citizen
This is a peer-reviewed ecocentric journal. Their tagline is, ‘Confronting human supremacy in defence of the Earth’. Their mission statement says, ‘The Ecological Citizen is an online journal that is striving to address the central issue of our time: how to halt and reverse our current ecocidal course and create an ecological civilization.’ For fiction, “Until 30 September 2025, we will be open for submissions of flash fiction for a special collection titled ‘Feral Lines‘. … From 1 October 2025 onwards, we will be open for general submissions of eco-fiction.” They have detailed general guidelines for fiction, including, “we are looking for pieces that in some way further the ecocentric worldview.” They also accept poetry, art, as well as nonfiction. Please note, they have different themes, deadlines, and submission details/requirements for fiction and nonfiction. Details here.
Haven Speculative
This speculative fiction magazine accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. They’re open for submissions each month, and have alternate reading periods — one month for all writers, the following month for underrepresented writers, and so on (during May, they want writing from underrepresented writers only and in June, will accept submissions from all writers). They publish two climate crisis issues each year. “Each September, we publish our WET Issue! Here we focus on stories of water—monsoons and the rising tides, hurricanes and the disappearing coast—we’ll center stories by authors directly affected by the climate crisis, though we’ll consider anything that fits the theme, even vaguely!” And, “Each March, we publish our DRY Issue! Here we’re looking for content that focuses on the dry aspects of climate change—desertification and falling reservoirs, rising temperatures and endless droughts—we’ll center stories by authors directly affected by the climate crisis, though we’ll consider anything that fits the theme, even vaguely!” They pay $0.08/word for fiction up to 6,000 words, $20/poem for up to 5 poems; nonfiction and art are currently closed. Details here.
Reckoning: It Was Paradise
Reckoning is an annual magazine that publishes speculative works on environmental justice. Apart from their regular submissions for Issue X themed around communication, deadline 22nd September), they’re also accepting works for a special theme, It Was Paradise. For this theme, they say, “In a world devastated by catastrophes, we need stories that confront these horrors. This is all out war on the planet, on life itself. War and conflict as viewed through the lens of environmental justice, are the themes for this volume of Reckoning. Probe into the heart of extinction, genocide, and climate crisis. Expose the exploitation of the earth. Show us how the world could be on the other side. Send us your stories of violence, imperialism, fascism, and resistance, of destruction, survival, and of triumph. Send us your creative writing about war and environmental justice. It Was Paradise is open for submissions now through the summer solstice, June 22, 2025, with tentative release scheduled for October. Payment rate will be 15 cents (US) per word for prose, $75 per page for poetry and art. As always, we’re seeking submissions from Black, Brown, Indigenous, queer, trans, disabled, neurodivergent, imprisoned, impoverished, and otherwise marginalized human beings from everywhere, but in particular for this issue, we will be prioritizing work by people with lived experience of war and conflict. We’ll continue to accept submissions to our communication-themed regular issue, Reckoning X, throughout.” See details of this themed call here, for issue X here, and general guidelines here.
The Spectacle
This magazine is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis. “We welcome and embrace all styles, genres, and modes of writing, but we are particularly interested in vivid, striking imagery and language that lingers with us long after we’ve finished reading. We value relationships between the literary and visual arts, and aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, and conceal. Send us your slipstream and irrealism. Send us your eco-fabulism. Send us your villanelles about time travel and your reimagined fairy tales. Send us something new to believe in. Push and break boundaries. Stretch a genre to its extreme. Invent a new genre. Redefine Spectacle.” They are usually open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry during the months of September and January. Details here and here.
Club Chicxulub
“We teeter on the threshold of another mass extinction, driven by human-induced climate change. Club Chicxulub is a space to lament, to rage, to witness—and dare we try to spread some hope?—by way of dark and weird fiction and music. This is catharsis, dirge and celebration, submission and defiance.
We like sci-fi, slipstream, satire, steampunk, African- and Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurisms, gothic, ecological, pulp, fabulist, and horror fiction from a diversity of voices and identities.” They have a literary magazine and an audio production. For their fourth issue, they want work on the Limbo theme. The deadline is 20th June 2025. Submission is via a form on their website. Details here.
New Maps
This magazine publishes deindustrial fiction. They have detailed guidelines, including, “As New Maps uses the term, deindustrial fiction is:
Fiction that takes into account the effects of resource depletion and environmental damage on the future of the world, and the existence of hard limits to what humankind can do to mitigate these effects.
Fiction that takes place in the world that you and I live in: that is, an Earth that obeys the same physical laws as the real Earth. Stories may include elements of the metaphysical, supernatural, or paranormal, but only to the extent that you, the author, find it plausible that these things may actually happen in our world as you understand it.” They pay a quarter cent a word for stories and rarely publish works above 10,000 words. Details here.
Gaia Lit
Their About page says, “Gaia Lit is a student-run online literary magazine dedicated to spreading awareness about the climate crisis. We at Gaia aim to make climate activism more accessible through the vehicles of art and literature, and, in doing so, hope to uplift unheard voices through seasonal issue publications.” They accept writing in various genres, and art. Details here.
The Future Fire
The Future Fire is a project of Futurefire.net Publishing. Their tagline is, ‘Social Political & Speculative Cyberfiction’. They publish “fiction and poetry that focuses on the social-political elements of imaginary, futuristic, fantastic, horrifying, surreal or otherwise speculative universes. We are particularly interested in feminist, queer, postcolonial and ecological themes, and writing by under-represented voices (but nobody is required to self-identify, publicly or privately, as any identity).” They pay $10-20 for fiction, poetry, and art. Details here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
