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Smart Search Paying Mainstream Fiction

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Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Mainstream Fiction. Check back tomorrow for a new list.
Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else.

Brilliant Flash Fiction

Our goal is to present the best and most unusual international fiction for readers. We welcome submissions from writers at all levels of experience.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 7.5 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Dark Harbor Press

Founded in 2024, Dark Harbor Press was born from a passion for storytelling that pushes boundaries. We believe that great fiction should be a visceral and unforgettable experience. Our commitment is to work closely with authors to bring their creative vision to life, ensuring every book we publish is a polished work of art.
Genres: General, Horror, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novella, Novel.
Payment: + Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 56.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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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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Emberwick Press

Emberwick Press is an independent, upstart publishing house dedicated to bringing bold, character-driven fiction to the forefront. We exist to champion innovative storytelling that challenges the boundaries of traditional genres. We are seeking strong voices in middle-grade, young adult, and adult fiction. We are especially interested in middle-grade / YA titles, as well as Adult Horror / Thriller novels and novellas.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Horror, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Novella, Novel.
Payment: + No advance. >=15% royalties. Details: 50% royalties on gross receipts.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 94.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 17.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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F(r)iction Fees

F(r)iction is a literary anthology carefully curated to evaluate an important cultural topic from vastly different perspectives. From historical origins and nonfiction essays to the wildest reaches of fiction, poetry, comics, and art, each issue inspires us to think differently. F(r)iction is the imprint of the 501(c)(3) literacy and storytelling nonprofit Brink Literacy Project…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $25 per final printed page.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 140.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Overtime Wildcard

Overtime, a series of one-story chapbooks, was created to showcase some of the work-place stories we receive that are a little too long for our Workers Write! series, but are worthy of publication.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $40-$60.

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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. 25.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

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Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest Fees

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Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $1,000 for first prize.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 82.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.8% of fiction submissions accepted.

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Wallstrait

Wallstrait is all about publishing quality, hard-to-define fiction and treating writers right. We don't have any demands on style or genre. If we love it, we'll publish it. We love discovering and championing great prose across all genres, especially bold stories that don't quite fit the aesthetic of other journals. We don't solicit stories from established authors. Everything we publish comes from general submissions. Our mission is simple: to find and publish great prose…
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 19.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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WOW! Women On Writing Flash Fiction Contest Fees

The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles of writing, although we do encourage you to take a close look at our guest judge for the season (upper right hand corner) if you are serious about winning. We love creativity, originality, and light-hearted reads. That's not to say that our guest judge will feel the same.…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Flash Fiction.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $400 for first place.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 57.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 5.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

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