The Top 100: Fiction Publications that are Fastest to Respond

The following fiction publishers are among the Top 100 fastest to respond, according to response times 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
Hawkeye: A reliquary for beautiful words	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
scaffold literary magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Doric Literary	General	Short Story Novelette Novel Excerpt	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Eunoia Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
FlashFlood Journal (National Flash Fiction Day) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
HAD TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Milk Candy Review	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Intrepidus Ink	Open to All/Most Genres General Action-Adventure Fantasy Romance Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Hollow and Sky: a literary journal of spiritual inquiry and the natural world TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Clarkesworld: Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine (Wyrm Publishing)	Fantasy Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette Novella	Professional payment	Audio Publication Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Dark Magazine (Prime Books)	Fantasy Horror	Short Story	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Neon & Smoke Charges fees for some submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General Horror Suspense/Thriller	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Flash Phantoms	Horror	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Larina's Lit Lounge	General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Queen's Quarterly: A Canadian Review	Open to All/Most Genres General	Short Story	Unknown payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
trampset	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Bright Flash Literary Review	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Ink & Consequences	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Brown Hound Press	General Mystery/Crime	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
New World Writing Quarterly TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
January House Literary Journal	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Disappointed Housewife	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Night Shades Magazine	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Ghost Parachute: A Literary Magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Ink In Thirds TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	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
Interzone	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story Novelette Novella	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Dishsoap Quarterly	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Remains Magazine	Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Print 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
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press) TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine	General	Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Bending Genres: An Innovative Online Journal	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
McSweeney's Internet Tendency	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Unknown payment	Electronic Publication
Flash Frog	General	Flash Fiction	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
OTHERSIDE TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Romance Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Trollbreath Magazine	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine	Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette Novella	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Claudine: A Literary Magazine	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Five on the Fifth: an online literary magazine	General Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
SmokeLong Quarterly Charges fees for some submissions	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Sky Island Journal Charges fees for all submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Pithead Chapel: an online literary journal	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Brilliant Flash Fiction	Open to All/Most Genres General	Flash Fiction	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Woolf TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Wildness	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The Welkin Writing Prize TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Strange Hymnal TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Midwest Weird: An Audio Literary Magazine	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Audio Publication
Neither Fish Nor Foul	General Horror	Flash Fiction	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
House of Long Shadows	General Horror Mystery/Crime Romance	Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Horrific Scribes (Horrific Scribblings) MATURE	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
34 Orchard: A literary journal that takes you dark places TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General	Short Story	Token payment to Professional payment	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
Points in Case	General	Flash Fiction	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
MENACE Magazine MATURE TEMP CLOSED	General Fantasy Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
BULL	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
The Penn Review TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Centaur	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
+Horror Library+ Anthology Series (Dark Moon Books) TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror	Short Story	Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Print Publication
96th of October: Tales of the Extraordinary	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (SmokeLong Quarterly) Charges fees for all submissions	General	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
100-Foot Crow TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Kaleidotrope TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication
Thriller Magazine Charges fees for all submissions	Suspense/Thriller	Short Story	Non-paying to Semi-pro payment Provides copies	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Pink Hydra Press MATURE TEMP CLOSED	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy Romance	Novelette Novella Novel	Unknown advance + Unknown royalties	Electronic Publication
A Midnight Kind of Place TEMP CLOSED	Horror	Flash Fiction Short Story Novelette	Token payment to Semi-pro payment	Audio Publication Electronic Publication
Vestal Review Charges fees for all submissions	Open to All/Most Genres General Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Bristol Noir Charges fees for all submissions	General Mystery/Crime	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Amethyst Review: New Writing Engaging with the Sacred	General	Flash Fiction	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Sci-Fi Lampoon Magazine	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Heartlines Spec	Fantasy Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Stanchion Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Token payment to Professional payment Provides copies	Print Publication
Little Fruits Magazine TEMP CLOSED	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Not One of Us	Open to All/Most Genres Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Short Story	Token payment Provides copies	Print Publication
AC \| DC: A Journal for the Bent	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Maudlin House Journal (Maudlin House Press) Charges fees for some submissions	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Non-paying	Electronic Publication
Fahmidan Journal	General	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment to Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Radon Journal	Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Semi-pro payment	Electronic Publication Print Publication
Plott Hound Magazine TEMP CLOSED	Fantasy Horror Science Fiction	Flash Fiction Short Story	Professional payment	Electronic Publication
Beneath Ceaseless Skies	Fantasy	Short Story Novelette	Professional payment	Audio Publication Electronic Publication

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Date compiled: Thursday, September 10, 2026 12:51:15 AM UTC.