These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Not all of them are open through the month.
Also see Emily Harstone’s insightful article on Why and Where You Should Start Submitting Your Writing This September.
Chestnut Review
They have fee-free and fee-based submission categories for all writers. There is no submission fee for up to 3 poems, or for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words). And, Black and Indigenous writers can submit longer fiction free. They read submissions through the year, with cut-off dates for issues.
Deadline: 30 September 2024 for the Winter issue
Length: See above
Pay: $120
Details here.
Toronto Journal
This journal publishes in print and sound. You can read about them here. They accept short stories from anywhere in the world, and non-fiction pieces about local history (Toronto, the GTA, or surrounding areas – see guidelines).
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here.
Wild Peach Magazine
This is a new magazine, and they have yet to publish their first issue. They have detailed guidelines, including, “Wild Peach Magazine publishes work by unpublished and emerging creators, and features profiles and interviews with all kinds of people that thoughtfully explore the varying approaches to being a human.” They want fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, and art.
Deadline: Open now
Length: No length guidelines for fiction or nonfiction
Pay: $100-500 for essays, $100-500 for fiction, $25 for poems, $50 for reviews, $50-700 for original art/comics/illustrations/photos, $25-200 for reprints
Details here.
The School Magazine
This is an Australian magazine for children. They publish fiction, articles, poetry, plays, and activities that have literary and academic merit, as well as comics and cartoons. For fiction, they say, “Stories can be realistic, fantastical or humorous genres with contemporary or historical settings. Stories should demonstrate clear, intriguing prose, originality of characters and fresh storylines. No longer than 1500 words (shorter stories are encouraged). Occasionally a longer story may be considered for serialisation.”
Deadline: Open now
Length: See above for fiction; varies for other genres
Pay: AUD0.50/word for fiction, articles and plays; AUD55-230 for poetry
Details here and here.
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
