Paying submissions

Paying Submissions

A directory of markets for submitted writing, grouped by form. Flash, speculative, poetry, short story, chapbook, themed calls, and haiku. Pay, fees, windows, and simultaneous-submission rules come from each market's own page. Unpaid haiku markets are listed and marked Unpaid. You can sort and filter by those fields. Gaps are marked unknown.

Flash

5 open · 6 listed

Flash — short fiction, typically 1,000 words or fewer.

Speculative

2 open · 9 listed

Speculative — science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Lengths on this list range from about 500 words to 22,000.

Poetry

9 open · 9 listed

Poetry — poems. This list has single poems and full-length manuscripts. Line and page limits come from each market's page.

Short story

5 open · 5 listed

Short story — fiction longer than flash, usually a few thousand words. This list is no-fee contests with a stated cash prize.

Chapbook

7 open · 7 listed

Chapbook — a short book of poems or prose, typically a few dozen pages, shorter than a full collection. Page counts come from each press page.

Themed

3 open · 8 listed

Themed — anthology and magazine calls with a stated theme.

Haiku

4 open · 5 listed

Haiku — very short poems, often three lines. Senryu and tanka appear here too. Unpaid markets are marked Unpaid on the card.