Paying Short Stories

Chatterbox is a rebellion against the shortening attention span of readers, as well as the current pacing trends of popular short fiction. We love maximalism, pertinent rambling, and stories that build to a crescendo, even if they take a while to get there.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: Token. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative…
Genres: Horror.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Professional. Details: GBP £0.06/word; £0.04/reprints.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 136.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum, which counts amongst its members and alumni winners of numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Bridport Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Pinch Literary Award in Fiction. Former members’ novels have been published by Bloomsbury, Chatto & Windus, Sceptre, Headline and Little, Brown…
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: $100.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.9 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.3% of fiction submissions accepted.

Horrific Scribes is an expanding online archive of dark short fiction (and some poetry) by various authors who share the Horrific Scribblings imprint’s dedication to the provocative, scary, and strange. Most of the stories will have elements of horror, ranging from bloodless slow burns to raucous extreme romps, but related genres–dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, surrealist and other experimental writing with dark tendencies–are likely to appear…
Genres:    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per story.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

Liars' League is a themed short fiction performance night based in central London (UK), where the stories are written by emerging authors, read by professional actors, & watched by a literature-loving crowd. Liars' League stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, published in award-winning print anthologies by our partners Arachne Press, & performed at festivals and events up and down the UK, & our alumni have gone on to write bestselling novels in the UK and US…
Genres: General.
Lengths:    Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novel Excerpt.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: GBP £20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

At Literally we embrace the complexity, intelligence, and creativity of women around the world. Inspired by Anita Loos’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, we strive to abolish the idea that beauty and brains are mutually exclusive. Our pages consist of thought-provoking literature, essays, and other art forms for women contrasted with the aesthetics of the feminine magazines we know and love, showing that the two can and do co-exist…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Professional. Details: USD $25 per piece.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.7 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

StarShipSofa is one of the top SF podcasts in the multiverse that delves into the world of SF. There are a number of shows that fall under the Sofa's wing.
Genres:   Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: $50.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 69.3 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.9% of fiction submissions accepted.

We are looking for great speculative fiction, namely Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Don’t overthink it! Just write an incredible story and you will find yourself in this anthology.
Genres:   Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: CAD $0.005/word, with a min. of $15.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 60.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

Sundog Lit is committed to publishing pieces that engage with tension, introspection, empathy, considered positionality, thoughtful form play, emotional courage, and musicality. Sundog Lit is equally committed to uplifting voices from all corners in hopes of breaking down ideas of who is widely read and rebelling against normative power structures that stifle expression…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 111.8 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.9% of fiction submissions accepted.