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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.
TitleGenresLengthsPaymentMedia
Dark Horses / Black Sheep / Mobius Blvd: The Magazine of Weird Fiction TEMP CLOSED    
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review  Charges fees for all submissions   Provides copies
DILIM Anthology Series (DILIM Press) Charges fees for all submissions      Provides copies
Bristol Noir  Charges fees for all submissions  
The 300 (Hollowpoint Press) TEMP CLOSED  
The Dribble Drabble Review  Charges fees for all submissions
Dead Fox Publishing TEMP CLOSED     +  
Dragon Soul Press Short Story Anthologies       
Flash Phantoms
Sci-Fi Shorts (SFS Stories) to
Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing)
FlashFlood Journal (National Flash Fiction Day) TEMP CLOSED
50-Word Stories TEMP CLOSED  to
101 Words to  
Flash the Court  Charges fees for all submissions 
CafeLit Magazine (The Creative Cafe Project)  Occasionally pays royalties  
The Brussels Review  Charges fees for all submissions  to  
Amazing Stories Online (Amazing Stories Magazine) TEMP CLOSED  to
TrashLight Press Website 
The Opiate  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   
Macabre Magazine: Where Horror Comes Home  
Bewildering Stories     
Matchlight Mystery  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
Dodo Eraser   to
BULL  
Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED
Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press) Charges fees for all submissions     
History Through Fiction Short Stories (History Through Fiction Press) Charges fees for all submissions    to
Halfway Down the Stairs TEMP CLOSED  
4LPH4NUM3R1C (Zoetic Press)    to
Bridge House Annual Anthology (CafeLit Single-Author Collections) TEMP CLOSED
Last Girls Club: The Witches’ Cosmo TEMP CLOSED  
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine 
The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College  
Sci Phi Journal 
Stanchion Magazine TEMP CLOSED  to Provides copies
Creepy Podcast
The Garfield Lake Review TEMP CLOSED  
Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout) 
Dirty Magick Magazine TEMP CLOSED    to
NonBinary Review (Zoetic Press) TEMP CLOSED     
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove  
Rat Bag Lit  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED     to  
National Flash Fiction Day Anthology TEMP CLOSED to
Roi Fainéant Press      
Tales from the Crosstimbers TEMP CLOSED   to  
Thin Places: A Journal for New Writing TEMP CLOSED 
foofaraw: a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations   
Tales from the Moonlit Path TEMP CLOSED    to
Emberwick Press     +
SPANK the CARP: Fiction & Poetry    
Granules (Mouthful of Salt) TEMP CLOSED 
Valparaiso Fiction Review 
Blue Lake Review 
Illustrated Worlds Magazine TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies  
Frost Zone Stories (Frost Zone Press)  to Provides copies  
Bright Flash Literary Review 
Chthonic Matter Quarterly (C.M. Muller Publications) TEMP CLOSED to Provides copies  
Literally Stories        
Bending Genres: An Innovative Online Journal
Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  to
Black Cat Weekly     to
WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout)  
TrashLight Press 
Root Smoke TEMP CLOSED  
Larina's Lit Lounge    to
Eunoia Review  
Blood+Honey TEMP CLOSED 
Fiction on the Web       to  
Triangulation Anthology Series (PARSEC Ink) TEMP CLOSED   
Ink & Consequences 
Mouthful of Salt TEMP CLOSED 
Cetera Magazine   
The Bloomin' Onion  
MetaStellar     to
Macrame Literary Journal  Charges fees for all submissions 
Marrow Magazine   
Troublemaker Firestarter 
Remember: The more people who report their response times to us, the more accurate our statistics are. Please report your responses to us!

Date compiled: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 5:23:36 PM UTC.

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