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

Nightmare Magazine
This is an award-winning magazine of horror and dark fantasy; you can read more about them here. They publish fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. “We feature works spanning the broad spectrum of dark fiction, with an emphasis on fascinating characters and delicious prose. Our motto? Horror is for everyone!” Their website says, “We will be opening to all submission types in from January 14-20, 2024, with an extended submissions window for BIPOC-identifying writers running from January 21-27.”
Reading period: See above
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here and here.

(And Cosmic Horror Monthly is open weird and cosmic fiction; they accept fiction up to 5,000 words, the deadline is 7 January 2024; nonfiction and art are open through the year; pay for prose is $0.03/word; details here.)

Augur Magazine
This is a Canadian magazine of fantasy fiction and poetry; they also accept translations. They are open for general submissions (from all writers) until end-January, and have an extended submission period for Canadian writers who are BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled during the first two weeks of February (see guidelines).
Deadline: 31 January 2024 for general submissions, submissions from Canadian underrepresented writers only from 1-14 February 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: CAD60/poem and CAD0.11/word for prose
Details here.

(And Tales & Feathers, Augur’s sibling magazine of cozy slice-of-life fantasy stories, is open for submissions from all writers until 31 January 2024, and have an extended submission period for writers who are BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled from all over the world, from 1^st to 14^th  February (see guidelines). Pay is $0.08/word for stories up to 2,500 words; details here.)

The Paris Review
They opened for poetry submissions only on 1^st January, and will accept submissions via Submittable until they hit their submission cap, or 31 January, whichever is earlier. They will continue to accept postal submissions of poetry till 31 January (postmarked). Translations are welcome. They have listed their open reading periods for poetry and prose on the website. (Their reading period for prose is February – see guidelines).
Deadline: See above
Length: Up to 6 poems
Pay: Unspecified
Details here.

(Also, berlin lit, a journal of new poetry, is accepting poetry submissions until 16^th January 2024. Send up to 5 poems; they pay €20 per poem. Details here.

And Heartlines Spec wants speculative poetry from all writers; they want speculative fiction submissions and nonfiction queries from Canadian writers only. They publish work that focuses on relationships, both romantic and non. They pay CAD60/poem – send up to 5 poems, and $0.08/word for fiction of 1,000-3,500 words; the deadline is 15 January 2024. Details here, here, and here.)

Split Lip Magazine
Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist. They publish online monthly and in print annually – memoir, flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and art, as well as interviews and reviews (for interviews and reviews, query first via webform – see guidelines). Fee-free submissions for all writers are open during certain months, including January; these can close earlier by category, if their Submittable cap is reached. Fee-free submissions for Black writers are open till mid-June.
Deadline: 31 January 2024, or until filled, for general fee-free submissions
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction; up to 2,000 words for memoir; one poem
Pay is $75 for web contributions, $5/page for print, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews for their web issues
Details here and here.

Bennington Review
They publish fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, film writing, cross-genre work, and translations. They are affiliated with Bennington College. All work will be considered for the print journal; some work will additionally feature on the website. “We do not accept unsolicited reviews or interviews, though we are always happy to entertain queries about genres of work that fall outside the journal’s current scope.”
Deadline: 8 March 2024
Length: Up to 30 pages for fiction and creative nonfiction; 3-5 poems
Pay: $120 for prose of six typeset pages and under, $250 for prose of over six typeset pages, $25 per poem
Details here and here.

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Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.