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.

BAM! Magazine
They publish pulpy fiction. “BAM! Wants your stories with PUNCH! … Genre really doesn’t matter but we are more likely to pick up an adventurous space opera, or gritty crime story, or gun slinging western over something like a teen romance, but that doesn’t mean we’ll turn down a punchy, pulpy teen romance.”
Deadline: 23^rd November 2026
Length: 3,000-6,000 words; can serialize up to 10,000 words (see guidelines)
Pay: $50
Details here.

Haven Spec
They publish speculative fiction and poetry. “Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories and poems for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. We especially like writing that is subtle in its telling and that sticks with us long after we’ve finished, and we’re more likely to buy stories that balance a sense of wonder with a bold plot and emotional depth. For poetry, most important to us is vivid imagery, clever lyricism, and a strong emotional core.” They also publish a Dry themed issue in March, and a Wet themed issue in September (see guidelines). Their November submission window is open to all writers. They welcome work from diverse writers around the world.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $0.08/word for fiction, $20 per poem
Details here and here.

Fusion Fragment
This Canadian magazine wants science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes. ““Although any science fiction subgenre is fair game, our tastes lean towards slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and anything with a little taste of the bizarre. FF prefers character-driven stories, and often skews towards quiet, reflective pieces. If the primary tone of your story is one of high adventure or humour, it’s probably not the right fit for FF. That said, quality always outstrips genre preference in terms of importance, so feel free to send us anything that even vaguely resembles science fiction.”
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Length: 2,000 to 15,000 words
Pay: CAD0.04/word up to CAD400
Details here.

(Apex Magazine is open, too. They want “Dark, weird, and beautiful speculative fiction — horror, science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream.” They pay $0.08/word for stories up to 9,000 words, and the deadline is 30 November 2026; details here and here. 

And, adventitious will open next month. “Adventitioushopes to be an intelligently mischievous literary magazine for the curious and unclassifiable. … We love speculative, surreal, and literary fiction.” You can read about them here, and the issues they have published are here. They publish stories from micro to novelette length, up to 17,000 words, and pay $0.08/word. They open on the 1^st of every alternate month and close when they reach their submission cap; they’ll open on 1^st December 2026. Details here and here.)

Poet Lore
This is a biannual print journal of poetry and translations. “At Poet Lore, we are always looking for poems that excite us. Send us your experimental pieces, your long sequences, your poems that create new ways of meaning and surprise readers. Poetry is urgent and expansive, and we want our pages to reflect your unique voices and perspectives.” They highly encourage submissions from marginalized voices.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Length: Up to 5 poems
Pay: $50/poem
Details here and here.

(The Rialto is open for poetry submissions as well; the deadline for Submittable is 15^th November for Issue 105, and they also accept poems by post. Send up to 4 poems; they pay £20 per poem published. Details here and here.)

Matter Press: The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
They read fiction, including fictional prose poems, and creative nonfiction, including creative nonfiction prose poetry. All work should be compressed in some way.
Deadline: 15 December 2026
Length: Up to 600 words
Pay: $50
Details here and here.

(Nashville Review is accepting submissions of nonfiction, translations, and comics; other genres were closed at the time of writing. Please note, they have a submission cap and may close earlier than their deadline of 18^th December 2026; they pay  $25/poem, $100 for prose and art; details here and here.

One Story publishes one piece of literary fiction of 3,000-8,000 words in print, and also accept translations and some reprints; they open for submissions early December, and close when they hit their submission cap; they pay $500 and 25 contributor copies; details here.)

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