New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Apex
Magazine
http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 9,000 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Exceptionally well-written science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and all its sub-genres.
NOTE: ALSO Open to Flash Fiction contest, usually between the 7th
through last day of each month. Stories up to 1,000 words based on a
theme to be announced on the 7th day of the month.
TWO SEPARATE ANTHOLOGIES: Romantic Fantasy from Flame Tree Publishing
https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/romantic-fantasy-first-submissions-0
Payment: 8 cents a word (6
cents/ word for reprints)
Story Length: 2,000–4,000 words (soft range)
Deadline: November 10, 2025
Reprints?: Yes
Response: within 4 months of the submission deadline
1. Of Blood & Petals: Tales featuring strong-willed, independent
leads who are resilient, perhaps flawed or possess hidden powers, secrets or
royal bloodlines. Such protagonists would not be defined solely by their love
interests but grow through emotionally charged journeys. Friendships and love
interests might be brooding, mysterious or dangerously alluring. Relationships
might emphasize deep emotional connections, with lyrical, romantic scenes
central to each character’s arc. Ideal submissions will weave emotional tension
such as longing, betrayal and love into epic fantasy worlds depicting
prophecies, injustice and conflict.
2. The Tarot of Love: The Lovers Tarot card can signify attraction, love, and commitment, but
reversed, it may represent failure and foolishness. Which fate will it be?
Since ancient times, divination has been a tool for seeking answers through
mediums such as readings, tangible objects, or tapping into other realms and
spirit worlds to gain guidance… in these tales of romance, will lovers meet
their fated end, and will the prophecy be fulfilled?
Shotgun Honey (flash fiction)
https://shotgunhoney.com/submissions/flash-fiction/
Payment: $15 flat
Story Length: Flash fiction up to
700 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed crime, noir,
and hard-boiled flash fiction.
DreamForge Magazine
https://dreamforgemagazine.com/for-authors/call-for-submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: 6–9 weeks
Description: Positive (and “clean”)
science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. Hope and advancement;
https://jamieflanagan.com/guidelines-2/
Payment: $2,000 flat rate
Story Length: 3,000–5,000 words
Deadline: March 2, 2026
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Original stories set in
the infamous hotel from Stephen King’s THE SHINING; stories that take place in
Stephen King’s world of THE SHINING, prior to the Torrance family’s arrival at
the Overlook Hotel. The anthology will be based on lore from King’s writings
(follow the books; not the films). NOTE: Only “1 or 2” stories to be accepted.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
https://interzone.press/submissions/
Payment: 1.5 euro cents a
word
Story Length: 2,000–17,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: usually within 5 weeks
Description: Fantastika fiction:
non-themed, general audience, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
https://www.propagule.co
Payment: $5 per 1,000 words
for the first 2,000 words, and $10 per 1,000 words thereafter (up to a maximum
of $30)
Story Length: 1,500–10,000 words
Deadline: December 15, 2025
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Speculative,
non-traditional stories, preferring science fiction and fantasy.
https://horrificscribblings.com/submissions/
Payment: $25 flat rate
Story Length: 1,500–5,000 words
Deadline: Is open intermittently
(currently open) with no listed closing date.
Reprints?: No
Response: Two weeks up to six weeks
Description: Dark, transgressive
fiction, horror and horror-adjacent, e.g. dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and
surreal and experimental work with dark edges.
