New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Skull X Bones (Zombies
Need Brains, LLC)
https://zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io/publication/skull-x-bones/guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: by July 31
Description: Original stories of science
fiction or fantasy pirates, whether they be on the sailing ships of the deep
wide ocean or the spaceships of the black void.
The Daily
Tomorrow
https://www.thedailytomorrow.com/submissions
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 2,100–3,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown (reports within a
month)
Description: High concept science
fiction stories. (A preference for stories that bring a new idea to the genre
and explore it efficiently in a story with compelling characters.)
Dracula Beyond Stoker: Issue 7: Mina
Harker
https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 1,500–5,000 words
Open From: Open between May 1–June
30, 2025
Reprints?: Yes (if older than 10
years) (and paid flat rate of $55)
Response: Unknown, but reported as
generally between 30 and 60 days.
Description: The best new fiction
based on Stoker’s characters, locations, and themes. This issue: Mina is
teacher, a wife, and the heart and the hero of the novel. Her spirit and
intelligence keep her resilient even when darkness closes in. But who is Mina
beneath the surface? Did her experiences leave her haunted? How did her
connection to Dracula affect her view of the world or her family? Whether it’s
before, during, or after the events of the novel, let’s explore her strength,
her struggles, and her secrets.
Story Unlikely
https://www.storyunlikely.com/#submit
Payment: 8 cents a word (up
to $200 cap; no longer minimum “pro” pay after 4,000 words)
Story Length: up to 10,000 words
Deadline: September 29, 2024
Reprints?: Yes (paid at 1 cent/ word
up to $75)
Response: 90 days
Description: Good stories that
elicit emotion. Any genre. NOTE: Submissions require (free) subscription to
monthly e-mag publication.
Utopia SF Magazine (Flash Fiction
issue)
https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,000 words for
flash fiction issue (normally up to 4,000 words)
Deadline: June 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Up to four months
Description: See site for quarterly
themes. Current issue is non-themed. Mag is also interested in art and
non-fiction, all science-fiction related.
http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 5 cents a word (1 cent a word for reprints)
Story Length: 2,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Currently open, but intermittent
Reprints?: Yes
Response: between 1 day to 1 week
Description: Unique Horror and Dark Fantasy (No graphic/ violent
content); fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories (Tons of great
authors publish here).
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://goblinsandgalaxies.com/submissions/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: Open between May 7–May 14,
2025
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Sword & sorcery,
dark fantasy, and science fiction stories. A sense of adventure in the story is
important. Action should take center stage.
https://belangerbooks-sherlockholmes.blogspot.com/2025/02/call-for-submissions-for-new-sherock.html
Payment: $125 flat
Story Length: 5,000–10,000 words
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Stories must feel like
traditional Holmes and Lovecraft stories. The stories should have the
traditional Holmes and Watson working with the traditional characters,
creatures, and/or gods of H.P. Lovecraft. Remember, there was a logic to the
writing of Lovecraft, a rationale behind the otherworldly beings even if humans
couldn’t conceive it, that should blend well with the deductive skills of
Sherlock Holmes.
Self (S)care: Best of 2026 Self Published Horror (Edited by Candace Nola
and Paul Carro)
https://www.uncomfortablydark.com/uncomfortablydarkdozen
Payment: 2 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–8,500 words
Deadline: Opens mid-May for work previously self-published Jan–April
2025
Reprints?: Exclusively
Response: By end of 2025
Description: Seeking unique voices in horror and unique stories that
were originally self-published.
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