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Smart Search Fee-Free Science Fiction Poetry

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Altered Reality Magazine Wildcard

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We are looking for speculative art, poetry, fiction, cosplay, and photography to be featured on our e-zine!
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.

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Crow & Cross Keys

Seeking the wonderful and the bizarre, the beautiful and dark… Crow & Cross Keys is a new, online literary journal that plucks fiction and poetry from skeletal trees and gives it a place to take root. We love writing that sings: strong, unexpected imagery; lyrical prose; and an afterimage that lasts long after the lights go out. Crow & Cross Keys seeks to be a haven for all things speculative. Give us your fairy tales and your fables, sneak a scary story under the mat…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 88.8 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 11.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

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The Future Fire

The Future Fire (TFF) is our flagship online magazine, always open to submissions of beautiful and useful short stories and poetry in Social-political and Progressive Speculative Fiction, Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, World SF and Cyberpunk, and an experiment in and celebration of new writing.
Genres: Open to all/most genres, including: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.8 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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The Genre Society

Dedicated to the stories that are out-of-this-world, leave us on the edge of our seats, sweating, laughing, crying, The Genre Society presents all that is Genre and Good. Think, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells. Focusing on fiction and poetry, we seek to provide a space for new, unread writers to publish their weird, their creepy, their fantastical stories.
Genres: General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 17.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Horrific Scribes Mature

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: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per accepted submission.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 13.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Radon Journal

Radon is a journal publishing prose and poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and dystopia. Radon nominates its writers for nearly a dozen awards. They include the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, O. Henry Prize, Best Microfiction, PEN/Dau Short Story Prize, Best Small Fictions, New Weird Horror Award, Best Horror of the Year, and Best New Poets.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 16.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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Star*Line

StarLine* is the official print journal of the SFPA, established in 1978. It is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry—by members and nonmembers.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $0.07/word, minimum $7 and maximum $30.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 14.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 39.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Strange Horizons

Strange Horizons is a weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art. Our definition of speculative fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and all other flavors of fantastika. Work published in Strange Horizons has been shortlisted for or won Hugo, Nebula, Rhysling, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree Jr., and World Fantasy Awards…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Professional. Details: USD $50 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 40.8 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

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Syncopation Literary Journal

“Syncopation” refers to an accented beat that occurs when the listener least expects it. Syncopation adds rhythmic interest to a piece of music. Syncopation Literary Journal seeks unique stories that pique a reader’s interest from the opening line. Syncopation Literary Journal is a free online open-access literary journal for musicians, and for writers inspired by music…
Genres: General, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 22.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

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Trollbreath Magazine

Trollbreath Magazine is a journal of speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Our interests are as varied as the endless amount of genres, from dark fantasy to hope punk to surrealism, and everything in between. We have a particular fondness for slipstream and fabulism in all their delightful forms, but what motivates us most are great stories by wonderful authors eager to share their visions of the past, the future, the in between, and everything that lies outside the margins…
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25 per poem.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 7.1 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 2.7% of poetry submissions accepted.

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