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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. 3.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Aurealis is Australia’s most successful SF/fantasy magazine. Our aim when we released our first issue in September 1990 was to produce something that had never been produced before in Australia: a professional mass market SF/fantasy magazine. We’ve been doing that ever since. Before Aurealis there were hundreds of thousands of avid SF/fantasy readers in Australia, but the amount of Australian SF they were reading was miniscule…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: Between AUD $20 and $60 per 1,000 words.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 137.1 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

Remember that twisty-turny story you once read that removed you from this world completely, that actually caused you to think Wow, or maybe even led you to say out loud, "That was a cool story"? We do. And we miss stories like that. And we want to encourage people of all ages (yes, we think teenagers and octogenarians can write cool stories) and social classes (yes, we think privilege and education can cause storytelling to become stilted) to write the kinds of stories they want to read…
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 5.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

First and foremost, we are interested in urban fantasy which we define as fantasy adventure fiction which takes place in modern settings. These places can be real or imaginary (although we prefer the former), but the story must have some combination of those typical elements: magic, other sentient races, enchanted objects, and mythical backgrounds. These all may be underground and hidden, but they must play a part in the story…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.2 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 46.2% of fiction submissions accepted.

Interzone is a European zine publishing fiction and non-fiction from all over the planet IZ was founded in 1982 by David Pringle, John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham Jones, Roz Kaveney, and Simon Ounsley. It was published by TTA Press and edited by Andy Cox from 2004 to 2022 and is now published by MYY Press and edited by Gareth Jelley.
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: EUR €0.015/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 5.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Sally Port Magazine? What’s that? For that matter, what’s a Sally Port in the first place? Last question first: A Sally Port is a door. In the days of stone walled castles, it was a human sized door that allowed people to enter or exit without lowering a drawbridge or opening a main gate. Since then, the term’s been used for other kinds of doors as well. But, the purpose remains the same. A Sally Port is a door, a way to get to where you want to be. It grants access to opportunities…
Genres:   General, Fantasy.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novella.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.05/word.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 44.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 15.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

Mission = Revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful.
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Royalties. Details: USD $100, plus 50% of subscription revenue.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 90.7 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.