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Fee-Free Mainstream Fiction

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Betascape Magazine

Betascape Magazine [is] an interactive digital literary journal dedicated to the raw anatomy of storytelling. We are an open-market publication welcoming everything from Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Action-Adventure to Mystery and Crime, Suspense and Thrillers, and General or Literary fiction. Our name comes from the landscape of beta reading—the critical, deeply analytical phase of development where a story is tested, refined, and shaped for the world…
Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 32.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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CafeLit Magazine

We’re looking for thought-provoking and entertaining stories, though ones which might be a tad different from what you normally read in a woman’s magazine. They should be the sort of length that would make easy reading whilst you drink a cup of coffee, even if you linger a while, but without you needing to rent-a-table.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment. Occasionally pays royalties. Details: Those included in the annual print volume receive royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 47.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 29.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Fabula Argentea

Fabula Argentea (FA for short) is Latin for “silver story” and the name is pronounced FAH-boo-la ar-GEN-tee-ah (where the “g” is hard as in “grape”). FA is a paying market. Our goal is to bring its readers the best writing we can find. Period. We accept a wide variety of material: genre, literary, humor, the grit of life, happy endings, sad endings, and perhaps the occasional spicy story.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5 up to 1,000 words, $10 for 1,000-5,000 words, $15 for 5,000-8000 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 20.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Frost Zone Stories

Frost Zone Stories will publish dark literary, quiet horror, or literary horror stories.
Genres: General, Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Pays occasionally, up to Token. Free copy(ies). Details: CAD $20, or $15 and 1 copy, or no payment and 2 copies.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 20.3 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 15.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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History Through Fiction Press

Founded in 2019 by Minnesota Author and Historian Colin Mustful, History Through Fiction is an independent press publishing high quality fiction that is rooted in accurate and detailed historical research. As publishers of historical fiction, we seek to provide readers with compelling narratives that also act as valuable historical resources…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 50.9 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 10.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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MEMEZINE

MEMEZINE believes that memes not only inspire art, literature, and poetry, but that they also hold artistic merit in and of themselves. Whether or not we are aware, interacting with a meme is a way of engaging in a larger cultural moment. And, like, they can make us laugh. They’re also a means of forming connection in ways that cannot be put into simple words…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10 per contributor.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Scottish Book Trust 50-Word Fiction Competition Wildcard

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Can you write a story in just 50 words? Each month we’ll provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you. The competition includes four categories, Adult Writers, All-age Gaelic Writers, Young Writers 5-11 and Young Writer 12-18.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 178.2 days.

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Storm Publishing

Storm is a brand-new digital-first publisher. We’re starting small, but we have BIG plans and are looking for writers to be part of an innovative, author-focused new business. Storm Publishing is a new company, but our team are highly experienced – with over 100 years of publishing between them, working for some of the biggest names in the industry.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 26.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Sudden Flash

Sudden Flash is an online magazine of extremely short fiction. We empathize with the reader whose time is limited and with the author who can produce the beginning and the end, but not the middle.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 5.1 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 63.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Unsolicited Press

Unsolicited Press is small press located in Portland, Oregon. We focus on literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Novella, Fiction Collection, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 229.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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