These literary 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.
The Stinging Fly
This Ireland-based magazine has just opened for fiction, nonfiction, including graphic fiction and nonfiction, and poetry. They also accept translations. They are not accepting works for the Featured Poets section during this submission window (see the notice on Submittable). They also have a submission FAQ page.
Deadline: 27 November 2024
Length: One prose piece; up to three poems
Pay: Fiction and nonfiction: €45 per magazine page, with a minimum/maximum payment of €325/€1200; flash fiction/shorter essays (1 – 2 pages): €150; Poetry: €45 per magazine page, but with a minimum payment of €70 per poem; Featured poet: €425
Details here and here.
(– And One Story is also open for literary fiction submissions of 3,000-8,000 words. Their submission portal will close when they hit a submission cap. They pay $500, and 25 contributor copies. Details here and here.)
Escape Artists: PodCastle
This is a fantasy podcast and online magazine. They accept all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy. “Above all, we’re looking for stories that are fun to listen to. Humor is encouraged. … We’d particularly like to see more stories set outside America, and stories that feature characters who represent a range of backgrounds and ethnicities.” They also accept translations, as well as reprints; writers can send one original story and one reprint at a time.Deadline: 30 November 2024
Length: Up to 6,000 words (longer for reprints – see guidelines)
Pay: $0.08/word for original short fiction, $20-100 for reprints
Details here and here.
(And, Weird Horror Magazine is open now; they publish horror and weird fiction, and also accept translations. “We are seeking horror and weird fiction from 500 to 5,000 words … We are a home for the strange, the macabre, the eerie, the esoteric, the fabulist, and the gothic. The darkly numinous. The odd. We are not interested in extreme horror. Do not send science fiction or fantasy.” Submission is via a form on the website. Pay is $0.02/word, up to $100, and the deadline is 15th November 2024; details here.)
Kaleidotrope
Their website says, “Kaleidotrope publishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. (Man does not live on space ships, elves, and ghostly ax murderers alone, after all.)” And, “We have no minimum or maximum word count for fiction but strongly prefer stories over 250 words and under 10,000.
We consider all forms of poetry, but individual haiku, or other very short poems, may be a tougher sell.”
Deadline: 30 November 2024
Length: See above
Pay: $0.01/word for fiction, $5 for poetry
Details here.
Eastover Press: Cutleaf Journal
Cutleaf is the literary journal of Eastover Press. They want literary nonfiction submissions. “We take a narrative, literary, and imaginative approach to nonfiction. We welcome traditional essay formats but we also welcome variations such as speculative essays, essays in verse, “hermit crab” essays, or essays that explore the use of language in imaginative ways.
We are open to any topic that moves a writer, but particularly invite work that addresses the ethics and practice of distinctive occupations. The nonfiction editor, a physician, takes special interest in reading work from physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, scientists, technicians, and other clinicians and caregivers involved in health care and public health.”
Deadline: 30 November 2024
Length: Unspecified
Pay: $100 to $300 for published prose
Details here.
(They are also open for other opportunities, including nonfiction manuscripts; please be sure to submit in the correct category.)
Matter Press: The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
They publish fiction and creative non-fiction, as well as fiction and creative non-fiction prose poetry, as long as it is compressed in some way.
Deadline: 15 December 2024
Length: Up to 600 words
Pay: $50
Details here and here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
