| Market/Link |
Genre(s) |
Description |
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The Back Alley |
Hard Boiled and Noir
Fiction |
If you're unsure of what Hard Boiled
and Noir are, this website gives a detailed definition.
Pays up to $20.00. |
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Blazing Adventures Magazine |
Action/Adventure,
Drama/Suspense, Fantasy/SF, Articles |
Stand alone or serial shorts. Must be
old style 'Pulp' stories. See guidelines for specifics.
Short stories limited to 5000. Serial
Stories limited to 2500 to 3000 words per chapter (query first).
Pays $5.00. |
|
Clonepod |
Fantasy & Science Fiction |
A podcast (audio) market for
short fiction from 2000 to 7000 words.
Pays $25.00 for fiction above 2000 words. Will consider
shorter fiction but will not compensate other than a link. |
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A Fly
in Amber |
Fiction and NonFiction |
Accepts flash fiction (up to 1000
words) and short fiction (1000 to 10,000 words)
For NonFiction, seeking essays
and articles that present
unique insight into unique issues.
Looking for articles that make readers feel or think in ways they
haven’t before.
Pays a flat rate of $10.00 per
piece. |
|
Flashing
Swords |
Fantasy |
A
quarterly ezine looking publish the finest heroic fantasy, sword and
sorcery, sword and planet and swashbuckling historicals.
They pay 1-2 cents per word for
fiction (2000 to 6000 words) and $10.00 for flash fiction (1000
words or less) |
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Futures Mystery
Anthology Magazine |
Mystery |
This market is
switching to an annual anthology.
Will open to
submissions for the anthology
August 15, 2010
and will pays a flat rate based on word count (to be
determined). If sales go over 2000 copies, then royalties will be
paid in addition to the initial payment.
Check the
FMAM web site for more info. |
|
GlassFire Magazine |
Open Genre and Poetry |
A quarterly ezine with an anthology.
Welcomes all genres but they are not looking for R rated material,
so don't submit erotica or stories with unnecessary language or
violence.
Pays 1 cent per word (up to 3000 words) but there isn't a word limit
to submissions. Pays $5.00 flat rate for poetry. |
|
joyful! |
Mainstream, Inspirational |
Seeks fiction and articles up to 2500
words and poetry up to 100 lines.
Has some themed issues.
Pays $5.00 for
story/article/picture and up to $5.00 per poem (depending on the
length) |
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Midnight Echo |
Horror, Dark Fantasy and Macabre fiction |
A magazine supported by the Australian
Writers Association. Accepts
fiction up to 5000 words and pays 1 cent per word. |
|
MindFlights |
SF and Fantasy |
A merger of
Double-Edged
Publishing's
The Sword
Review and
Dragons,
Knights and Angels. Seeking Fantasy and Science Fiction stories and
poetry. Accepting submissions and begins publication in
January of 2008
Pays 1/2 of a cent per
word up to $25.00. Prefers works under 5000 words. |
|
Necrotic Tissue |
Horror |
Accepts horror fiction, including dark
humor.
Pays 1 cent per word (5 cents per word
for best story per issue up to $250.00) (plus a T-Shirt). |
|
Over My Dead Body! |
Mystery Related
Fiction and Nonfiction |
Accepts anything from
Cozy to Hardboiled and anything in between.
Fiction: 750 to 4000 words. Pays 1 cent per word
Nonfiction: 500+
words. Pays $10.00 to $25.00. |
|
Panverse Publishing |
Fantasy/Science Fiction |
Seeks works from 15,000 to 40,000
words. (one of few novella markets)
Will accept slipstream, alternate history, dark fantasy, and magic
realism.
Pays $60.00 plus two contributor copies. |
|
Ramble Underground |
Literary |
A quarterly ezine that accepts poetry
and fiction under 4000 words (preferred).
Pays $15.00 for short fiction. |
|
Reflection's Edge |
science fiction, fantasy, horror,
erotica, adventure stories, westerns, magical realism, myths,
fables, and fairy tales |
All work must be original
and previously unpublished. The stories we accept typically run
between 500 and 10,000 words. Pays $15.00 for first electronic
publishing rights and the right to archive the story. Awards a $50
bonus to their favorite story or essay each month, which is
“featured” as the first and most visible title listed on the
website. |
|
Shimmer |
Speculative Fiction |
This
online market is interested in urban fantasy, magical realism,
fairy tale retellings, character-driven SF, cyberpunk, and horror
stories. They pay 1 cent per
word, with a minimum of $10.00 and a maximum of $30.00. They
strongly prefer stories of 5000 words or less. |
|
Shred of Evidence |
Mystery, Crime and Suspense Fiction |
The
categories of fiction accepted include all subgenres and cross-genre
stories. Accepts flash
fiction (under 1000 words), short fiction (1000 to 21,000 words with
2000-6000 words are ideal) and serials (22,000 or more).
Pays $10.00 for short fiction, $5.00 for flash and reprints, and
$30.00 to $50.00 for serials. |
|
Sinister Tales |
Literary Horror/Gothic Tales, Poetry |
Accepts
flash fiction to 20,000 words, but prefers 5000 to 7000 words.
Pays lead Story $125.00 and lead
Poetry $25.00 via paypal only. All other works published earn
exposure only. |
|
Sorcerous Signals |
Fantasy |
An online
market that publishes a print anthology.
Accept fiction up to 10,000 words
and poetry. Pays $5.00 for 1000+ word fiction and $2.00 for flash
fiction and poetry. Pays $10.00 for works selected for the
anthology. |
|
Talebones |
Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy |
A print
market that accepts fiction up to 6000 words. Does not want horror.
Pays 1-2 cents per word. For
poetry pays a flat rate of $10.00 |
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Third Order |
Mainstream,
Experimental, Speculative Fiction |
Seeks fiction that
deals with religion and faith. See guidelines for specifics.
Pays $20 for fiction
up to 4000 words and $30.00 for fiction up to 10,000 words. |
|
The Storyteller |
All Genres |
It is a
family magazine and submit accordingly in fiction, non-fiction,
essays and poetry.
Accept shorts up to 2500 words and
acquires first North American rights only.
Send complete manuscript with cover letter. Please include your
name, address and phone number on the first page of manuscript,
along with an accurate word count.
Pays ¼ cent per
word. |
|
The Thrilling Detective |
Mystery |
This
market seeks fiction up to 10,000 words, with 7000 to 8000 being
about right for them (most of the time).
The story must be about a Private Eye.
See guidelines for specifics, including 'thundering clichés'.
Pays $15.00 for fictional stories. |
|
Wayfarer's Journal |
Science Fiction |
This market seeks to publish quality
science fiction with a spiritual dimension (mainly Christian)
Pays:
$10 for works from 50 to 1000 words
$10 to $20 works from 1000 to 5000 words
$10 to $40 for works from 8000 to 20,000 words
Accepts reprints and pays about 1/2
rate offered for previously unpublished works. |