These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month.
The Stinging Fly
This Ireland-based magazine opens for fiction (including novel excerpts and graphic fiction), nonfiction, and poetry. They also accept translations. They also have a submission FAQ page. Submission is via Submittable for general prose and poetry and featured poet sections.
Deadline: 18 November 2025 (5pm Irish time)
Length: One prose piece; up to three poems
Pay: Fiction and nonfiction: €50 per magazine page, with a minimum/maximum payment of €350/€1250; Flash fiction/shorter essays (1 – 2 pages): €150; Poetry: €50 per magazine page, but with a minimum payment of €75 per poem; Featured poet: €600; cover artwork image: €450
Details here.
Baltimore Review
They publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some editor preferences are in the bios on their Staff page, and some guidelines are on their Submittable page. Please note, fiction submissions may be capped, so may close earlier than the deadline. There are other opportunities listed too on Submittable, please be sure to submit in the correct one.
Deadline: 30 November 2025, or until filled
Length: Up to 5,000 words for prose, up to 3 poems
Pay: $50 (via a gift certificate or PayPal, if preferred)
Details here and here.
(– And, The Rumpus is open, too; they want fiction, essays, criticism, interviews, poetry book reviews, poetry, and comics; They pay $100 for prose submissions and comics, $50 for poetry; details here.
— Also, The Cincinnati Review will open for fiction, fiction translations, literary nonfiction, poetry, poetry translations, and art submissions for the print magazine on 1st December, and will close on the deadline, or when they reach their submission cap, whichever is earlier (they usually reach the cap well before the deadline); they also accept submissions for their online flash feature, miCRo, on an ongoing basis. Pay is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry for print, $25 for miCRo contributions; details here and here.)
Claudine
They accept micro fiction, micro creative nonfiction, and they also have a section for new writers (who have published three or fewer literary pieces); they’re reading now for their February issue. They want “Pieces that move; pieces that surprise. Stunning prose. Thoughtful punctuation over strict grammar. Innovative form over arbitrary paragraphing. Intentional language over wordsmithing. Specificity and context over vague emotion. Interrogation and transcendence over bald trauma. We crave discovery and wonder and awe. Bittersweet is our favorite emotion. We love myths, fairy tales, fabulism, slipstream, and haunting vibes, but horror is not the best fit, neither is fantasy nor sci fi that leans more genre (plot-forward) than literary. We love personal essays that bend and twist and braid, but op-eds, rants, and heavy-handed issue pieces aren’t the best fit. More than any genre, we love prose that makes us ache and images that linger. (Sea creatures always a plus.)” If you have a prose chapbook, they also accept requests for prose chapbook reviews. They’re open till end-November, and will take a hiatus for December.
Deadline: 30 November 2025 (see this post on Bluesky)
Length: Up to 400 words for fiction and creative nonfiction
Pay: $25
Details here.
Haven Speculative
They publish speculative fiction and poetry. November 1st to 30th is their general Fall submission window (for all writers). They have Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall submission periods; “Our submission cycle is split into four reading periods, each containing three parts: a month explicitly reserved for submissions by authors of color, members of LGBTQIA+ communities, and writers belonging to other underrepresented groups; a month open to general submissions, during which anyone may submit; and a month in which we’re closed to submissions so that we may do the difficult (and exciting!) work of choosing content for future issues.” They also publish climate crisis focused Dry and Wet issues each year; scroll down on the guidelines page for these themes.
Deadline: 30th November 2025 (for general submissions)
Length: Up to 6,000 words for fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $0.08/word for fiction, $20/poem
Details here and here.
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 2025
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.
