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Folklore Review is a literary magazine for magic enthusiasts. We reject the stance that speculative fiction lacks the quality of realism. That stories about gnomes, fairies, and fauns don’t hold substance. Let the elitists live in beige–we want more. We want to read stories inspired by folklore. Tales about fantastic creatures, fairy rings, and witch hunts…
Genres:   General, Fantasy.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 13.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

The Garfield Lake Review is the annual literary and visual arts magazine produced by University of Olivet students, and it is a proud member of the University of Olivet Media Board. We have been in print since 1971 when a group of students and dedicated faculty met often at the Garfield Lake Review Tavern and dreamed up our journal. The Garfield Lake Review* accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, art, or any other form of original work…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 117.5 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.5% of fiction submissions accepted.

Monkeybicycle is an online literary journal which is updated almost daily. We were also a print journal for a time, publishing nine issues in total over several years. Many of these—which feature amazing writing from people like Ben Loory, Roxane Gay, Laura van den Berg, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt and tons more—can still be found [on Amazon]. Founded in 2002 in Seattle, WA, Monkeybicycle has continued to publish the absolute highest quality in a wide range of literary categories…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 56.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.7% of fiction submissions accepted.

Pinyon is a national journal of poetry, prose and art published at Colorado Mesa University. Submissions are invited from both established and emerging writers.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Short Story, Novelette.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 51.1 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in fiction.

Queen's Quarterly is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at the general educated reader. We print unpublished articles, essays, reviews, short stories and poetry.
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Short Story.
Payment: Unknown. Details: Payment is "determined at time of acceptance."
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 2.4 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

Dedicated to publishing fine fiction, non-fiction, plays, screenplays, poetry, literary cartoons, photography and art, The Southampton Review opens its pages to writers from across the globe whose work is compelling. Our pages are equally devoted to emerging and established writers and artists.
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: to Pays occasionally, unknown rates. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $100+.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 62.0 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 1.1% of fiction submissions accepted.

Strip Mall Magazine is a literary publication based out of the MFA program at California Institute of the Arts. We're named for the infamous suburban sprawl of Southern California, home to CalArts, and perhaps the strip mall capital of the world. For a lot of people, strip malls are places of ridicule. Self-negating in their ugliness, they represent the worst of America's instinct to bulldoze, impose, and forget…
Genres: General.
Lengths:   Flash Fiction, Short Story.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 35.4 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.7% of fiction submissions accepted.