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From its earliest days in 1977 under the editorial direction of Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has maintained the tradition of publishing the best stories, unsurpassed in modern science fiction, from award-winning authors and first-time writers alike. In recent years, Asimov's has placed more stories on the Final Hugo Ballot than all of its competitors combined, and more than twice as many as its closest competitor…
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08-$0.10/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a non-profit, SFWA-qualifying pro-rate online magazine dedicated to publishing literary adventure fantasy: fantasy set in secondary-world or historical paranormal settings, written with a literary focus on the characters. We love traditional adventure fantasy, but we also love how the influence of literary writing on fantasy short fiction has expanded the genre, encouraging writers to use literary devices such as tight points-of-view and discontinuous narratives;…
Genres: Fantasy.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 11.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is. The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing four to five short stories and serialized novellas a quarter in genres ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to slipstream or magical realism, we hope to help our readers see the world just a bit differently than before they came to our website…
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths:     Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $10 for flash; $20 for stories; for novellas, $20 for first 10,000 words, and $1 per 1,000 words over that.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 4.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Genres:   Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.05/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 2.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

Factor Four Magazine is a magazine featuring flash fiction stories from the Speculative Fiction realm.
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.11/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 10.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 3.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. We publish six issues every year, two of which (the DRY Issue and the WET Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement (very broadly defined)…
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 41.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

PodCastle is looking for fantasy stories. We’re open to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between. Fantastical or non-real content should be meaningful to the story. We are an audio magazine. Our audience can’t skim past the boring parts. Ideally, fiction should have strong pacing, well-defined characters, engaging dialogue, clear action, and still be beautiful…
Genres: Fantasy.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word for first publication; $100 flat rate for reprints over 1,500 words; $20 for reprints under 1,500 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 21.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

Since August of 2021, Uncharted Magazine has been a premier publisher of short fiction and the newest platform from the team behind The Masters Review, CRAFT, Fractured Lit, and The Voyage Journal. We seek stories that provide a thrilling escape, a surprising new world, or a brain-twisting mystery.
Genres:      Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $200 for original fiction; no payment for reprints.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 47.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest is an ongoing competition designed to discover new and amateur writers of science fiction and fantasy, present certificates of merit when earned and award monetary prizes to the winners. All types of science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy are welcome.
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 70.8 days.
Acceptances: Average. 5.7% of fiction submissions accepted.