The Top 100: Most Approachable Fiction Publications

The following fiction publishers are among the Top 100 most approachable (highest acceptance percentage), according to responses reported by our users. (A minimum of 25 people reporting responses to fiction submissions required. "Fledgling" listings are not included.)
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.

Title	Genres	Lengths	Payment	Media
Dark Horses / Black Sheep / Mobius Blvd: The Magazine of Weird Fiction	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Print Publication
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying Provides copies	Print Publication
DILIM Anthology Series (DILIM Press) Charges fees for all submissions	General Action-Adventure Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime Science Fiction	Short Story	Professional payment Provides copies	Print Publication
Bristol Noir Charges fees for all submissions	General Mystery/Crime	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The 300 (Hollowpoint Press) TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Quotidian Bagatelle (foofaraw Press)	General	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
The Dribble Drabble Review Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Dead Fox Publishing TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror Romance Suspense/Thriller	Novel	No advance + >=15% royalties	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Sci-Fi Shorts (SFS Stories)	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Flash Phantoms	Horror	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Dragon Soul Press Short Story Anthologies	Open to All/Most Genres Fantasy Romance Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette Novella	Non-paying Royalties	Electronic Publication Print Publication
50-Word Stories	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
FlashFlood Journal (National Flash Fiction Day) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing)	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
101 Words	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Flash the Court Charges fees for all submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
CafeLit Magazine (The Creative Cafe Project)	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying Occasionally pays royalties	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Amazing Stories Online (Amazing Stories Magazine) TEMP CLOSED	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
TrashLight Press Website	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Opiate Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Brussels Review Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying to Unknown payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Bewildering Stories	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Halfway Down the Stairs TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
History Through Fiction Short Stories (History Through Fiction Press) Charges fees for all submissions	General Fantasy Science Fiction	Short Story Novel Excerpt	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press) Charges fees for all submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette Novel Excerpt	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
BULL	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Matchlight Mystery Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	Mystery/Crime	Short Story Novelette	Token payment Provides copies	Print Publication
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Bridge House Annual Anthology (CafeLit Single-Author Collections) TEMP CLOSED	General	Short Story	Non-paying Royalties	Print Publication
Dodo Eraser	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Macabre Magazine: Where Horror Comes Home	General Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
4LPH4NUM3R1C (Zoetic Press)	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Audio Publication
Last Girls Club: The Witches’ Cosmo TEMP CLOSED	Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Sci Phi Journal	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Penstricken TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Literary Hatchet (PearTree Press)	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying to Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication
NonBinary Review (Zoetic Press)	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout)	Open to All/Most Genres	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Dirty Magick Magazine TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Stanchion Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Professional payment Provides copies	Print Publication
The Garfield Lake Review TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
National Flash Fiction Day Anthology TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Print Publication
Rat Bag Lit Charges fees for some submissions	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Creepy Podcast	Horror	Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Audio Publication
Thin Places: A Journal for New Writing TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Tales from the Crosstimbers TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Emberwick Press	Open to All/Most Genres General Horror Suspense/Thriller	Novella Novel	No advance + >=15% royalties	Print Publication
Valparaiso Fiction Review	General	Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Blue Lake Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Eunoia Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Illustrated Worlds Magazine TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Literally Stories	General Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/Thriller	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Bright Flash Literary Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Frost Zone Stories (Frost Zone Press) TEMP CLOSED	General Horror	Short Story	Non-paying to Token payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Chthonic Matter Quarterly (C.M. Muller Publications) TEMP CLOSED	Horror	Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Roi Fainéant Press	General Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette Novella Novel	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
TrashLight Press	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Black Cat Weekly	Action-Adventure Fantasy Mystery/Crime Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Granules (Mouthful of Salt) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Fiction on the Web	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Audio Publication Electronic Publication
WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout)	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine Charges fees for some submissions	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Root Smoke TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
foofaraw: a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations	General Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Bending Genres: An Innovative Online Journal	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Blood+Honey TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
SPANK the CARP: Fiction & Poetry	Open to All/Most Genres General Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Larina's Lit Lounge TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Cetera Magazine	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Troublemaker Firestarter TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Print Publication
Mouthful of Salt TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Triangulation Anthology Series (PARSEC Ink) TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Print Publication
Identity Theory Micros	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Marrow Magazine	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying Royalties	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Bloomin' Onion	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Ink & Consequences	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication

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Date compiled: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 6:50:30 AM UTC.