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Smart Search List of the Day Paying Fantasy Short Stories

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Apex Magazine

Apex Magazine is an online zine of fantastical fiction. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display. Along with the genre short fiction, there are interviews with authors and nonfiction essays about current genre matters.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $0.08/word up to 9,000 words; $50 min. for stories, $10 min. for flash; an additional $0.01/word if chosen for podcast.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 46.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies

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. 13.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

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DILIM Anthology Series Fees

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Genres: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $0.07/word for originals; $0.01/word for reprints.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 68.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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The Fantastic Other

A place for the discussion of dreams, the analyses of fantasies, the prodding of popular larks.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 45.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Flame Tree Publishing Romantic Fantasy Anthology Series

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new series: Flame Tree Romantic Fantasy – a captivating blend of our signature Gothic Fantasy collections with the passion and magic of Romantasy.
Genres: Fantasy, Romance.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: GBP £0.06/word; reprints £0.04/word.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 122.9 days.
Acceptances: Average. 25.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Intrepidus Ink

Our stories are gutsy. An alarmingly individual spirit defines us. Achievement-oriented. Tales of those who struggle, risk everything, lose everything, gain it back—and overcome. Confidence. Emotion. Our words fearlessly and unapologetically fascinate.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.02/word for 300-1,000 words; $30 for 1,500-2,500 words.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 1.6 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Saros Speculative Fiction

Saros Speculative Fiction is a sister magazine to Fusion Fragment. Founded in 2024, it aims to provide a home not only for great new stories, but to provide an opportunity for prospective editors to run their own issue of a literary magazine. Each issue will be led by a different editor, who will be responsible for putting together the submissions call and any theme or length of story therein, submissions reading, story selection, story formatting, layout, and copy-editing.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: CAD $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 15.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.6% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Sci-Fi Lampoon Magazine

Send us your best fantasy, sci-fi, and horror themed humor. We’re looking for flash and short fiction, as well as high-res art, lampoon classifieds, and ads. We accept humorous speculative fiction, an umbrella genre encompassing narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements. This includes, but is not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, superhero fiction, science fantasy, horror, utopian and dystopian fiction, supernatural fiction as well as combinations thereof. Humor. Satire…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $5.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 12.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Total Quality Reading Wildcard

TQR takes anything, from romance to speculative future tense obscurities that only God or Donald Barthelme could understand. We don't put fiction in pigeonholes, but like to think of it all as an archaeologist views an eight centuries-old latrine: You can learn a lot from shit, but it's got to be good and solid to stand the test of time. All you need to do is touch the monkey.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $50.

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Writers of the Future Contest

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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. 100.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 4.0% of fiction submissions accepted.

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