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  • Railroad Model Craftsman is a railroading magazine published by White River Productions. They always welcome detailed articles describing efforts to model locomotives, rolling stock, structures, scenery and model railroad-related accessories along with photo tours of finished layouts. They pay for submissions featured in the print edition; pay rates are not mentioned. 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 $100 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, and interviews/reviews, and $50 for mini-reviews for their 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, $100 for poetry, flash prose, graphic narratives, and essays, and $75 for interviews and reading lists. 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.

  • Brigids Gate Press is an indie press that seeks to be a forge where new and underrepresented talents are refined and developed, and their stories shaped and tempered into tales that will delight readers. The anthologies the publish have specifc themes for which they are looking for submissions, and they only accept them during the submission window. According to their submissions page, they pay 10¢ per word and $50 for poems. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • The First Line's aim is to jump start the imagination--to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line. All stories must be written with the first line provided. For fiction, the story should be between 300 and 5,000 words. They are open to all genres. They also accept poetry and non-fiction. According to their guidelines, they pay $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Cast of Wonders is a young adult speculative short fiction market dedicated to publishing fiction that reflects the entire spectrum of the human experience. They are open to stories up to 6,000 words in length, and aim for a 12-17 age range. All submissions must be anonymous. According to their guidelines, they pay $.08/word for original fiction of any length. For reprints, they offer a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Old Moon publishes character-focused, weird sword-and-sorcery: stories dark and tragic, set in a secondary or historical-paranormal world. They are looking for fiction submissions of 1,000-10,000 words, and also accept poetry. According to their guidelines, they pay 8c (0.08 USD) per word per short story and $50 per poem. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Nashville Review is an online, MFA student-run literary magazine at Vanderbilt University. A triannual review, they publish fiction, poetry, comics, art, nonfiction, and performance art videos. They consider submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction two times a year — August and January. According to their guidelines, they pay $25 per poem and $100 for prose and art pieces. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Pulp Literature is a literary magazine. They are looking for any genre or between-genre work of literature up to 50 pages in length. That includes short stories, novellas, poetry, and comics. According to their guidelines, they pay $0.05 – $0.08 per word for short stories (up to 5000 words), $0.03 – $0.06 per word between 5000 and 10000 words, and $0.02 – $0.04 per word for works over 10000 words. Poetry pays between $25 – $50. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Oestrogeneration is a magazine platform highlighting the voices of trans women and transfeminine writers in the UK. They publish essays, opinion pieces, first-person stories, arts and culture content, pop culture reviews, think-pieces and other forms of journalistic writing with a word limit of 1200. According to their pitch guide, they pay a flat rate of £50 per piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Rooted is a publication uplifting underrepresented voices in media, arts, and entertainment. They are interested in interviews and profiles, media commentary and critiques, narrative journalism, personal essays, news, and reviews. Their rates are negotiable depending on the needs of a story and are determined at the time of assignment. They pay a 50% cancellation fee. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Follow the Money is an investigative news outlet for radically independent journalism. They want to hear from freelance journalists. They are always on the hunt for investigative stories that expose wrongdoing and corruption, and hold the powerful to account. They are looking for investigations that shed light on individuals, corporations, or institutions that abuse their power to the detriment of European society – whether in politics, finance, media, or beyond. All writers are paid, but rates are not mentioned. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Military Families is a magazine owned by U.S. Military Publishing. They cover a variety of topics, including (but not limited to) education, money, travel, career, health, veterans, military spouses/kids, deployment and relocation. According to their guidelines, payment ranges anywhere from $75 to $300 USD. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • TechRaptor is a games media website that covers topics around video games and tabletop games. They accept freelance features and guides. According to this page, they pay $20-$30 for features. For guides, they pay on a pay scale. To learn more, refer to this write for us page.

  • ProThots is passionate about all things gaming. They are always looking for excited and knowledgeable gamers to join their writing team, and are interested in reviews, guides and tutorials, and opinion articles. They value great writing and offer competitive rates to regular contributors. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • GameSpot is a website about games and pop culture. They are seeking stories that explore the way we access and play games today; that explore games culture and the many ways it's changing. Length can be anywhere from 1500 to 4000 words, and rates are negotiable depending on a writer's experience and/or how complex a story is. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • GamesRadar+ is a games, movies, TV, and comics website. They accept pitches for original reporting, op-eds, and features from contributors of all backgrounds and experience. All accepted stories are paid at competitive rates, based on the access, word count, and type of work. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • RPG Site was created with one clear-cut mission in mind: to be a one-stop destination for coverage of all games in the broader world of role-playing video games. RPG Site is open to one-off freelance pitches from any and all writers, and rates vary based on the nature of the work undertaken. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Cosmic Horror Monthly is a magazine specializing in cosmic horror and weird fiction published by Randolph Literary Press. They are looking for weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words, and are not always open to submissions. They do not take unsolicited reprints. According to their submissions page, they pay 3 cents (USD) per word for original fiction. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • The Fairy Tale Magazine is an online lit magazine that publishes two full issues per year and one bonus mini-issue for their Prose & Poetry Contest. They seek fairy tale stories and poems from and about a wide range of backgrounds. They accept only previously unpublished stories and poems and welcome unsolicited submissions. Short stories should be between 900-2,000 words and poetry has a 500 word limit. They pay all writers; payment rates are not mentioned. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Augur is a literary magazine that makes room for writing from uncommon perspectives, and brings together the often disparate realms of literary and genre fiction. They are not always open to submissions, and are looking for sci-fi, fantasy, and dreamy realism. According to their submissions page, they pay $0.14 cents (CAD) per word for short fiction (800+ words), and a flat fee of $112.00 per flash fiction piece (800 words and under). They pay $100.00 CAD per poem. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • The Threepenny Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1980. Maintaining a quarterly schedule, it offers fiction, memoirs, poetry, essays and criticism to a readership of 10,000. They only accept submissions through January 1 to April 14. According to their guidelines, they pay $400 per story or article, and $200 per poem or Table Talk piece. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • EPOCH publishes fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and graphic art. In continuous publication since 1947, the magazine is edited by students and faculty of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, in Cornell University’s Department of Literatures in English. They are open for electronic submissions only during the months of August and January. Each submission costs $3, but there is a free-submission weekend during each submission period. According to their guidelines, they presently pay between $100 and $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length. To learn more, refer to this page.

  • Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971 and has been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston since 1989. They welcome unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction during their Regular Reading Period. Ploughshares is published four times a year: blended poetry and prose issues in the winter and spring, a prose issue in the summer, and a special longform prose issue in the fall. They accept up to 6,500 words of prose, and 1-5 pages of poetry. If you are submitting to their Fall Longform issue, they accept up to 15,000 words. According to their guidelines, they pay $45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, and $450 maximum per author. To learn more, refer to this page.