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SmokeLong Quarterly
Section flash
Pay $100/story or $150/story with audio
Window Year-round*
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Finishing Line Press 2026 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition
Section chapbook
Pay A prize of $1,500 and publication by Finishing Line Press. In addition to the winner, 10 manuscripts will be accepted for the New Women's Voices Chapbook Series.
Window — - October 15, 2026*
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Split Lip Magazine
Section flash
Pay $100 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, and interviews/reviews (web issues); $50 for mini-reviews
Window October 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026*
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The 2026 Comstock Review Chapbook Contest
Section chapbook
Pay $1000 plus publication and 50 author’s copies
Window August 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026.
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CRAFT 2026 Short Fiction Prize
Section short-story
Pay Winner $2,500 + online publication; 2nd $500; 3rd $300 ("$3,300 Awarded"); all winners get guest-judge introduction + author's note
Window September 15, 2026 - November 15, 2026*
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Fractured and Fused Prize
Section flash
Pay Winner $3,000 + publication; 2nd $300; 3rd $200 (contest labeled Prize $3500); all entries considered for publication
Window September 21, 2026 - November 22, 2026*
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Escape Pod
Section speculative
Pay USD $0.08 per word for original fiction; USD $100-$175 per story for reprint fiction (length-based; Moksha guidelines also state $100 flat for reprints)
Window September 1, 2026 - May 31, 2027*
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Flash

14 open · 14 listed

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

Speculative

10 open · 16 listed

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

Poetry

14 open · 16 listed

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

Short story

10 open · 11 listed

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

Chapbook

5 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

10 open · 10 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.