Paying Literary Fiction

One of the largest short story prizes, the winning story features in our anthology, so you will see your words in print, maybe for the first time. That’s not all. It opens up further opportunities where your story needs to have been published. You will be invited to our awards celebration and get insightful feedback from the judges and our professional partners. Finally, we will champion you not only as our winner but always as part of the Bridport Prize family…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: GBP £5,000 First Prize.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 82.9 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

Doric Literary is a bare-bones fiction site that takes its name from the oldest order of Greek architecture. Known for simple and unadorned but highly functional and enduring forms, a Doric temple perfectly represents what we look for in a short story: a solid foundation or beginning, soaring columns or plotlines that lead directly to a satisfying and beautiful conclusion that still has impact and relevance in the modern world…
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: CAD $20.00.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 0.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination-to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing favorite first lines in literature. The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. All stories must be written with the first line provided…
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25-$50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 52.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

Founded in 1948, The Hudson Review is a magazine of literature and the arts published in New York City. Since its beginning, the magazine has dealt with the area where literature bears on the intellectual life of the time and on diverse aspects of American culture. It has no university affiliation and is not committed to any narrow academic aim or to any particular political perspective…
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Short Story, Novelette, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 72.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for first place.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 73.5 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

M E N A C E publishes work that encapsulates the dark, the transgressive, and the gross. While not strictly a space for the speculative, M E N A C E seeks the “literary weird”—work that would be rejected from big literary magazines for being too genre…
Genres:    General, Fantasy, Horror.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

Ninth Letter is the award-winning literary arts journal edited and produced by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The journal’s mission is to present original literary writing of exceptional quality, illuminated by cutting-edge graphic design…
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $100 for prose.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 141.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.4% of fiction submissions accepted.

My mother recently told me that when I was a wee little thing, my nursery school teacher asked me what was my mummy’s real name. I was a confident child, and knowing the answer, I announced to the entire classroom that my mummy’s name was Rat Bag. After I recovered from the fit of laughter that overtook me upon hearing this, I asked my mother why I had given that answer. It turns out that my father, a good humored Scotsman, had given my mother the affectionate nickname as a joke…
Genres:     General, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $1-$20 depending on length; reprints paid at half rate.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.6 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 17.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

The Razor is a literary magazine produced by Gotham Writers Workshop.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 130.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.8% of fiction submissions accepted.