Written by April 4th, 2024

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in April 2024

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all are open through the month.

Translunar Travelers Lounge
They want fun speculative fiction. “A fun story, at its core, is one that works on the premise that things aren’t all bad; that ultimately, good wins out. … Swashbuckling adventure, deadly intrigue, and gleeful romance are some of the most obvious examples of what we’re looking for, but we won’t say no to more subtle or complicated topics, as long as they fit under the wider “fun” umbrella.”
Deadline: 15 April 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Pay: $0.03/word
Details here.

Brick
This is a Canadian magazine of literary nonfiction, and they accept submissions from all over the world – submissions opened on 1st April, and will stay open until the submission cap for free submissions is reached (see guidelines). They publish a wide range of nonfiction – see guidelines for some of the works they’ve published. They do not want fiction or poetry.
Deadline: 30 April 2024, or until filled
Length: “While Brick does not set a word limit, we tend towards a range of 1,000–5,000 words.”
Pay: $55-720
Details here (guidelines and pay rates – scroll down) and here (Submittable).

The Paris Review
They accept poetry submissions; via Submittable until they reach a cap, and via post, through April. They also accept translations. They will open later in the year again for both prose (June, October) and poetry (July, October) submissions.
Deadline: 30 April 2024
Length: Up to 6 poems
Pay: Unspecified
Details here.

The Georgia Review
This literary magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews. Online submissions for non-subscribers are charged, but there is no fee for mailed submissions.  
Deadline: 14 May 2024
Length: Up to 9,000 words for prose, 6-10 pages of poetry
Pay: $50/printed page of prose and $4/line of poetry, up to $800; $150 for reviews published on GR2
Details here.

Factor Four Magazine
They want flash fiction “in the genres of speculative fiction, specifically science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination of these.  We are looking for stories that are engaging to our readers in such a short word count.  Please take note of these factors (pun intended) when submitting stories to us.” They also want artwork (see guidelines).
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $0.11/word
Details here.


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