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
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying Provides copies	Print Publication
Bristol Noir Charges fees for all submissions	General Mystery/Crime	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Dribble Drabble Review Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Dead Fox Publishing TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror Romance Suspense/Thriller	Novel	No advance + >=15% royalties	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing)	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	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
Patty Friedmann Writing Competition (LMNL Arts) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Professional payment	Print Publication
FlashFlood Journal (National Flash Fiction Day) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
101 Words	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
50-Word Stories	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
The Brussels Review Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying to Unknown payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
TrashLight Press Website	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Bewildering Stories	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic 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
Granules (Mouthful of Salt) TEMP CLOSED	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
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
Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine	General	Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Amazing Stories Online (Amazing Stories Magazine) TEMP CLOSED	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
BULL	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Macabre Magazine: Where Horror Comes Home	General Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Halfway Down the Stairs TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	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
TrashLight Press TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Bridge House Annual Anthology (CafeLit Single-Author Collections) TEMP CLOSED	General	Short Story	Non-paying Royalties	Print Publication
Creepy Podcast	Horror	Short Story	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
Painted Pebble Lit Mag TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Sci Phi Journal TEMP CLOSED	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Blood+Honey TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic 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
Tales from the Crosstimbers	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Garfield Lake Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout) TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Stanchion Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Professional payment Provides copies	Print Publication
National Flash Fiction Day Anthology TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying to Professional payment	Print Publication
SPANK the CARP: Fiction & Poetry	Open to All/Most Genres General Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
NonBinary Review (Zoetic Press) TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Emberwick Press	Open to All/Most Genres General Horror Suspense/Thriller	Novella Novel	No advance + >=15% royalties	Print Publication
Illustrated Worlds Magazine TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Mouthful of Salt TEMP CLOSED	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
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
Bending Genres: An Innovative Online Journal	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Blue Lake Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Valparaiso Fiction Review	General	Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic 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
Bright Flash Literary Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Literally Stories	General Fantasy Horror Mystery/Crime Romance Science Fiction Suspense/Thriller	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
foofaraw: a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Thin Places: A Journal for New Writing TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Roi Fainéant Press	General Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette Novella Novel	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Marrow Magazine	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Larina's Lit Lounge	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Macrame Literary Journal Charges fees for all submissions	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
Cutleaf Journal (EastOver Press) TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Black Cat Weekly	Action-Adventure Fantasy Mystery/Crime Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
History Through Fiction Press	General	Novel	Unknown advance + Unknown royalties	Print Publication
WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Necessary Fiction	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
House of Long Shadows	General Horror Mystery/Crime Romance	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Luna Station Quarterly (Luna Station Press) TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	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
Cosmic Horror Monthly TEMP CLOSED	Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Troublemaker Firestarter	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Print Publication
Y2K Quarterly 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
Hobart	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The NoSleep Podcast MATURE	Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette Novella	Non-paying to Semi-pro payment	Audio Publication
Eunoia Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
MetaStellar TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novel Excerpt	Non-paying to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
JMWW Charges fees for some submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Spotlong Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication

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Date compiled: Saturday, September 12, 2026 7:44:49 AM UTC.