Publishers: Creative Writing / Short Stories

101 Publishers
  • Fantasy Magazine is a speculative fiction magazine published by Psychopomp. They are looking for original fiction and poetry submissions, and accept only anonymous submissions. According to their guidelines, they pay 10¢/word for original fiction and $50 for original poetry. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Griffith Review is a quarterly literary journal. Every edition explores a different theme, bringing together long-form critical and analytical non-fiction and creative writing from the finest emerging and established writers from Australia and overseas. They run open calls for submissions throughout the year. According to their guidelines, fiction and non-fiction commissioned for the print edition is paid at AUD$0.75 per word, poetry is paid at AUD$200 per poem, and work commissioned for GR Online is paid at AUD $500 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Belmont Story Review is a national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture. They seek to publish new and established writers, and feature works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. According to their guidelines, they pay $100 for prose and $50 for poetry. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Split Lip Magazine is a literary journal that loves stories, poetry and art. They only accept free submissions a few times a year. According to their guidelines, they pay $75 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, and interviews/reviews, and $50 for mini-reviews for our web issues. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • EVENT is one of Western Canada’s longest-running literary magazines, and publishes contemporary new poetry and prose. They normally have two open submissions windows per year, and are looking for fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and reviews. According to their guidelines, they pay $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Sci Phi Journal is a cosy waystation for travellers who, through no fault of their own, find themselves at the cosmic intersection between speculative philosophy, cultural anthropology and hard SF. They are not too keen on stories predominantly about the sentiments and subjective experiences of fictional people. They want hard SF that zooms out of the personal and lifts off into the structural, the systemic, the epic. They are looking for stories no longer than 2000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay 3 (Euro) cents per word for original fiction, and are unable to provide payment for non-fiction. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Electric Literature is a nonprofit digital publisher with the mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. They accept submissions of short stories, personal narratives, cultural criticism, poetry, flash prose, and graphic narratives through Submittable during designated submission periods two to four times a year. Pitches for critical essays, humor pieces, interviews, and reading lists are accepted via email year-round. According to their guidelines, they pay $300 for fiction and $100 for poetry, flash prose, graphic narratives, and essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • The Ex-Puritan is an independent online magazine run from Toronto. Since expanding its mandate to include poetry, reviews, and experimental work, The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing. They seek submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world. According to their guidelines, they pay $100 per interview, $200 per essay, $100 per review, $150 per work of fiction, and $50 per poem. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Southword: New International Writing is a print literary journal published twice a year by the Munster Literature Centre. Unsolicited submissions of poetry and short fiction are open annually, during the windows for submissions. According to their guidelines, they pay €50 per poem and €400 per short story. Stories should be up to 5000 words. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Brink is an in-print literary journal dedicated to publishing hybrid, cross-genre work of emerging and established creatives who often reside outside traditional artistic disciplines. They accept a variety of hybrid work from work that resists categories, Nonfiction to Fiction, from Poetry to Translation. According to their guidelines, they pay $25 per poem, $50 for work less than 1500 words, and $100 for work more than 1501 words. To learn more, refer to this page.