Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form. They consider prose fiction, verse fiction, nonfiction, creative scholarship, and poetry; they also welcome work that does not fall neatly into any category. According to their guidelines, they pay a $50 honorarium. To learn more, refer to this page.
Grain is an internationally acclaimed literary journal that publishes engaging, surprising, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. They are interested in poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. According to their guidelines, all contributors, regardless of genre, are paid $50 per page to a maximum of $250. To learn more, refer to this page.
The Bombay Literary Magazine‘s mission is to promote writers through their fine work. They are interested in nonfiction that looks at literature from a “writerly” perspective. They publish stories, poems, essays, reviews, visual narratives and graphic fiction. According to their guidelines, they pay around $60 USD per published contribution. To learn more, refer to this page.
Channel is an Irish journal born out of the climate crisis, publishing poetry and prose that fosters connection with the natural world. They welcome poetry, fiction and prose non-fiction. According to their guidelines, they pay €35 per printed page, up to a total maximum of €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50 for single-page works. For work published online, they pay €35 per 400 words, up to a maximum of €250 per piece and with a minimum fee of €50. To learn more, refer to this page.
Mysterion is an ezine of Christian-themed speculative fiction. They are looking for speculative stories--science fiction, fantasy, horror--with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology. Stories can be up to 9000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay 8 cents/word for original stories and 4 cents/word for reprints. To learn more, refer to this page.
Extra Teeth is a Scottish literary magazine. They accept creative fiction and nonfiction between 800 and 4,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay £140 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.
Fusion Fragment is a speculative fiction magazine. They are looking for science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes ranging anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay 4 cents (CAD) per word, up to a maximum of $400 (CAD) per story. To learn more, refer to this page.
Orion’s Belt is a literary speculative-fiction online magazine. They publish fiction and poetry, one story and one poem per month. All submissions must be 1200 words or less. According to their guidelines, they pay a flat 8 cents USD per word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Baffling Magazine is a quarterly online magazine of flash fiction. They are looking for speculative stories that explore science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a queer bent. According to their guidelines, they pay $0.08/word. To learn more, refer to this page.
Tasavvur, which literally means Imagination in Urdu/ Hindi, aims to provide a warm and cozy space for imaginative short stories. According to their guidelines, they pay 3 cents per word for stories up-to 5,000 words and $100 for commissioned non-fiction pieces. To learn more, refer to this page.