Fiction Publications

Beneath Ceaseless Skies publishes literary adventure fantasy: stories with a secondary-world setting and some traditional or classic fantasy feel, but written with a literary approach. Length: under 10,000 words. Pays: 5 cents/word.

View Submission Guidelines

Best Fiction is an online publication of brilliant stories by new, emerging writers alongside the work of established authors. We celebrate authors and their fiction. Stories should contain between 1,500 and 7,500 words. Pays: a minimum honorarium of $25 US for first electronic and first North American serial rights.

View Submission Guidelines

Betwixt publishes speculative fiction of all sortsfantasy, science fiction, speculative horror, slipstream, weird fiction, steam/ diesel/ cyber/ etc.punk, you name it. Length: Stories of 4,000 to 7,000 words are ideal, but we will consider a range from 1,000 to 30,000 words. We pay $0.02 per word up to $150.

View Submission Guidelines

Clarkesworld Magazine is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short fiction, interviews, articles and audio fiction on a monthly schedule. Clarkesworld Magazine pays 10 a word for works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Word Limit: 1000-8000 words (preferred length is 4000). Fiction Guidelines–Word Limit: 1000-8000 words (preferred length is 4000). Pay Rate: 10 per word for the first 4000 words, 7 for each word over 4000. Genres: Science fiction and fantasy.

View Submission Guidelines

Lightspeed is an online magazine focusing exclusively on science fiction. Here you can expect to see all types of science fiction, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between. Lightspeed is seeking original science fiction and fantasy stories of 1500-7500 words. Stories of 5000 words or less are preferred. Pays 8 cents/word for original fiction, on acceptance.

View Submission Guidelines

SpeckLit publishes short stories told in 100 words. This form of storytelling fits perfectly in a world where readers want to absorb a piece of fiction. Pays 5 cents/word.

View Submission Guidelines

Strange Horizons publishes fiction, poetry, reviews, essays and interviews. We strongly prefer stories under 5,000 words long, but we will consider stories up to 9,000 words. We pay 8 cents/word, with a minimum payment of $50.

View Submission Guidelines