Publishers: Creative Writing / Short Stories

101 Publishers
  • 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.

  • FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. They accept submissions of short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words and novelettes up to 15,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay 0.08/word and $50 USD for poetry. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Flame Tree publishes beautiful books with timeless storytelling for the modern reader. According to one of their calls for submisisons, they pay 8 cents/6 pence per word. To see their most recent calls, refer to this page

  • The Virginia Quarterly Review is a literary magazines published by the University of Virginia. They welcome poetry of all types and length, short fiction of 2,500–8,000 words, and nonfiction of 3,000–7,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay $200 per poem and $1,000 and above for short fiction and other prose. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • The Suburban Review is a quarterly digital journal of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art. They’re interested in publishing the work of writers from all over Australia and the world. According to their guidelines, they pay $450 for fiction of 2000-2500 words, $400 for creative non-fiction of 1250-2000 words, and $375 for one poem over 30 lines. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Poetry Wales is the national poetry magazine of Wales. In addition to poetry, they are open to pitches for features, interviews, and reviews. According to their guidelines, they pay £20/page for poetry, £67.50/1500-word for reviews, and £150/3000 word for articles. To learn more, refer to this page.