Speculative Fiction Markets:
Below is a list of over one hundred active publishers (mostly paying) of short speculative fiction, science fiction and fantasy. Click each link for the submission guidelines.
Obviously the usual rules apply: read the guidelines, buy at least one copy of the publication and read it to get a feel for the type of stories they like, and of course, only submit your BEST work!
$ indicates a paying market, $$ indicates semi-pro or pro rates.
Last updated December 2022
- Speculative fiction. $
- University of Kansas publication. $
- Environmental and post-apocalyptic stories. $
All Worlds Wayfarer Literary Magazine
- Speculative fiction with vivid characters. $
- Biannual. $
- Speculative fiction.
- SF, themed. $$
- Mostly SF. $$
- Open to queer & POC writers. $
- Based in Australia. SF, fantasy, horror. $
- Flash fiction. Non-paying.
- Dark speculative fiction. $$
- Speculative fiction. $
- SF, fantasy, pulp. $
- Mostly SF. $$
- Canadian literary spec-fic.
- SF, non-fiction. Priority to Australian & NZ writers. $
- Speculative fiction with a queer bent. $$
Bards and Sages Quarterly see also Society of Misfit Stories
- Speculative fiction quarterly. Society of Misfit Stories takes longer stories, up to 20,000 words. $
- Literary adventure fantasy set in a different world. $
- SF, horror, dark fantasy. Aust & NZ writers. $
- Fantastic irreal fiction, Kafka-esque. $
- Short SF. Pays in Bitcoin.
- Thrilling adventures.$
- SF and fantasy. $$
- Dark fantasy and shared universe stories. $
- Spanish and English speculative fiction, themed. $$
- Feminist retelling of fairy tales. $
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
- Spec fic. $
- Actively seeking under-represented writers. $$
- Australian. Spec fic grounded in real life. $
Curiosities see also The Gallery of Curiosities
- Steampunk, retropunk, print & online. $
- SF under 1500 words. $$
- SF, fantasy and horror. $$
- Hard SF, Australian. $
- Weird fiction. $
- Spec fiction, no horror. $
- Brazilian SFF, translations.
- SF, fantasy and macabre. $
- Fairy tales and myths. $
- SF podcast. $$
- Spec fiction from Australia & elsewhere. $
- Annual for stories with a fairy tale feel.
- Any genre.
- Fantasy. $$
- Speculative flash and literary fiction.$
- Reprint e-zine, SF.
- Fantasy, print-only. $
- Myths, legends, fables.
- SF, slipstream. $
- SF by non-EOFL writers. $$
- SF & fantasy, up to 10k words. $$
- Fantasy and SF. One long story per month. $
- Hard SF.
-Speculative flash, themed.
- Exceptional SF and fantasy. Pays professional rates. $$
- Speculative fiction in English or French. $
- Weird fiction. $
- Flash fiction by marginalized authors.$$
- Science fiction. $
International Speculative Fiction
- Speculative fiction.
- Speculative fiction, illustrated. $$
- Spec fiction & poetry. $
- Immigrant and diaspora writers.
- Speculative fiction. Themed issues. $
- SF and fantasy. $
- Clean SF and fantasy. Offers critiques.
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
- Speculative fiction. Submit by mail.
- SF and fantasy. $$
- Strange and unsettling tales. $
- Emerging women writers. $
- Mermaid-related fiction and artwork. $$
- SF and fantasy. Vegan. $
- Mostly flash. $$
- Poetry and fantasy. $
- International speculative fiction. $
- Speculative fiction < 7500 words. $
- Diverse SF and fantasy. $
- Literary speculative fiction, loosely themed. UK. $
- SF and fantasy. $
- SF and fantasy, also does anthologies. $
- Dark Fantasy. $$
- Stories with out of place characters. $
- African and diaspora writers.
- Contest winners only. $
- Canadian SF. $
- Literary specfic. $$
- Hard SF. $
- Fantasy. Reprints welcome. $
- Speculative fiction from BIPOC writers. $$
- SF, fantasy and horror.
- Based in Scotland. SF. $
- Flash stories set in space. $$
- Speculative cityscape fiction. Themed. $
- Dutch language magazine. $
- SF. $
- <300 words. No payment.
- SF and fantasy. Creative Commons licence.
- Speculative fiction. $$
- Speculative fiction audio. $
- Speculative fiction. $
- Dark fantasy. $
- Speculative fiction, New Zealand based.
- Dark fantasy, horror. $
- Fiction that inspires dread. $
- Multiple genres.
- Fantasy novellas. $
- Socially aware speculative fiction.$
The Gallery of Curiosities see also Curiosities
- Steampunk, retropunk, podcast version.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- More SF than fantasy. $$
- SF drabbles. $$
- Dinosaurs, fossils, time travel. $
- Speculative fiction podcast, PNW connection. $
- Flash and poetry. $
- SF, fantasy, horror. Non-paying.
- Fantastic flash.
- Bi-annual speculative fiction. $
- Dark & weird, Slavic speculative fiction. $
- Bi-annual speculative fiction. $
- Themed issues. Also check out Parsec Ink's contests. $
- SF and fantasy. $$
- SF. $
- Themed SF. $
- Dark and perverse.
Welkin & The Book of Idle Tales
- Fantastic stories, and flash fiction. $
- Pulp, sword & sorcery. $
- Speculative and literary fiction. $
- Cosy fantasy, secondary worlds. $
- Only for witches.
- Fantastically furry fiction. $
- Far future SF.