These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines.

Translunar Travelers Lounge
They want fun speculative fiction; stories must have elements of science fiction or fantasy. “A fun story, at its core, is one that works on the premise that things aren’t all bad; that ultimately, good wins out. This doesn’t necessarily mean that your story has to be silly or lighthearted (though it certainly can be). Joy can be made all the more powerful when juxtaposed against tragedy. In the end, though, there should be hope, and we want stories that are truly fun for as many different kinds of people as possible.
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.” They are open till mid-October for their February issue.
Deadline: 15 October 2026
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Pay: $0.03/word
Details here.

(And Elegant Lich magazine wants fiction and poetry submissions for their inaugural issue; “We aim for refined fantasy for a more civilized age.” They pay $0.03/word for stories up to 7,000 words, and the deadline is 14^th October 2026.

Kaliedotrope will also for speculative fiction and poetry submissions too, from 18^th to 24^th October; they pay $0.01/word for stories of 250-10,000 words, and pay $5 for poetry; they’re open now for artwork submissions.

Sci Phi Journal will open for submissions from 15^th October to 5^th November 2026; they want Campbellian hard science fiction, fictional nonfiction, and speculative philosophy. They also accept translations; their submission portal will open during the reading period. They pay €0.03/word for original fiction and €0.01/word for translations up to 2,000 words; there’s no payment for nonfiction.)

Skylight 47 Poetry
This is an Ireland-based print journal of poetry, and they accept submissions from all over the world. You can download back issues here to see the kind of work they publish. They also accept artwork.
Deadline: 16 October 2026 (midnight Irish time)
Length: Up to 3 poems (up to 40 lines each)
Pay: €50 per poem, €250 for art
Details here.
(And The Shade Journal, a new poetry magazine, is open as well; send 3-5 poems; they pay $20, and the deadline is 31^st October 2026.)

Metastellar
They pay for flash speculative fiction, and are open till end-October. “Meanwhile, we also accept reviews, essays, reprints, and book excerpts for non-paid publication at any time.”
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Length: Up to 1,200 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here. 

Deep Cut Magazine
This is a new literary horror magazine, and they want submissions for their inaugural issue. They are accepting fiction and nonfiction. “We publish literary horror: the quiet dread, the long shadow, the wrongness that trails you out of the room. We want work that stays under the skin after the lights come back on. Atmosphere over gore. The human thing inside the monstrous one. An ending you feel in your teeth. We are not squeamish, but we will take craft over shock every time.” They want “Horror in the wide sense: quiet, weird, folk, psychological, cosmic, the haunted and the haunting. If it unsettles and it’s well made, we want to see it.”
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Length: 1,500-6,000 words for fiction, 5,000-7,000 words for horror essays/scholarship
Pay: $0.08/word for fiction, $25 for essays
Details here and 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. They are also open for contest submissions in all three genre categories, for which there is a submission fee.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Length: Up to 5,000 words for prose, up to 3 poems
Pay: $75 (via a gift certificate or PayPal, if preferred)
Details here and here.

(And Banshee,a journal of Irish and international literature, is open till 31^st October 2026. They publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; length guidelines are up to 1,000 words for flash fiction, up to 5,000 words for short fiction, up to 4 poems – see guidelines. They pay €350 for a story/essay; €120 for flash fiction; €90 per poem.)

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