No-fee Lit Mags That Pay
A starter pack for writers and poets seeking a home for their work.
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@erratawrites.bsky.social
@thesprawl.bsky.social
🛸 (Cyber-)feminist, anti-colonial speculative fiction, poetry and visual art 🛸 Submissions are closed. https://linktr.ee/thesprawlmag?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa2UQ-3X9X-71v4ihy4CWKyi_4idxsOsO0C_ItDcYsgsFIl5-JQT36VsLY_aem_Uq7zKlwqz5ilZu8g-MjcvQ
@vastchasmmag.bsky.social
cultivating community and publishing bold work: flash, short fiction, cnf, poetry, and other nonconforming pieces
@sinetheta.net
Sine Theta Magazine is an international quarterly print creative arts magazine by and for the Sino diaspora. Est. 2016. http://patreon.com/sinetheta
@therazormag.bsky.social
Literary mag by Gotham Writers Workshop, seeking Fiction and CNF. Submissions CLOSING 12/15/23 - 1/31/24. Reopening on 2/1/24. Paying + original artwork + professional audio. https://therazormag.com/ https://www.writingclasses.com/
@bluepresslit.bsky.social
Printed international literary magazine featuring work from debut authors. Submissions open | IG: @bluepresslit
@thesunlightpress.bsky.social
A nonprofit digital literary journal for new and established voices. We welcome fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and photography. www.thesunlightpress.com
@wallstrait.bsky.social
A Literary Journal of Hard-to-Define Fiction. New fiction published biweekly. Fast response times. Paying Market. Free to Submit. All genres welcome. www.Wallstrait.com
@raisingmothers.bsky.social
We amplify & provide a supportive & inclusive space for Black, Asian, Latine(x), Indigenous and other marginalized writers from the global majority, while also advocating for social justice & equity. Read us. Become a member. Linktr.ee/raisingmothers
@fahmidanjournal.bsky.social
Fahmidan: Journal/Publishing & Co: Diversity in Action. EIC A.R. Arthur Team: Managing Editor Yasmine Dashti Proud member of @CLMPorg
@icaruszine.bsky.social
🏺a literary magazine dedicated to retelling + adapting myths + classics 🏛️ 🏹 bringing the "then" to our "now" 🖋️ issue 3 OUT NOW 🩸 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/monstrous
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
A magazine of intrepid culture. Stories about alarmingly individual, honorable characters who fight, love, fail, risk, and OVERCOME. #flashfiction #shortstories intrepidusink.com
@variantlit.bsky.social
Variant Literature is a small press and magazine. http://variantlit.com/ Next issue coming Summer 2025 ✨️
@flashfrog.bsky.social
Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch. ⚡️🐸 New story every Monday. EIC: @ericscottryon.bsky.social https://flash-frog.com/
@alwayscrashing.bsky.social
A magazine of fiction, poetry, & nameless things around and in-between. // alwayscrashing.com // https://alwayscrashingmagazine.substack.com/
@seasidegothic.com
A literary magazine from the edge of the sea. Edited by @SebReilly.com. Buy #SeasideGothic Issue 13 now! seasidegothic.com
@radonjournal.bsky.social
Publisher of short prose & poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and cyberpunk dystopia. Pays semi-pro rates. Simultaneous Times partner. CLMP member. Like Black Mirror but more political. RadonJournal.com
@rhinopoetry.bsky.social
Annual collection of literature by new and established writers, hosting programs that have served countless emerging and established poets for 49 years. rhinopoetry.org/
@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
very queer lit and art publishing space brainrot subs close 5/4 learn more about us: fifthwheelpress.com/links
@theforge.bsky.social
The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/
@theoffingmag.bsky.social
Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities. theoffingmag.com
@electricliterature.com
Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive electricliterature.com
@afterdinnerconversation.com
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers. Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
@handle.invalid
Independent since 2009. Read The Rumpus Magazine. Become a Member. Receive Letters in the Mail from Authors. Read and write in community! Asheville, NC and all over. http://linktr.ee/The_Rumpus2.1
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@translunartl.bsky.social
Stop by for a sip of fun. Stay as long as you want; enjoy the view. Edited by Bennett North and Aimee Ogden. https://translunartravelerslounge.com/
@alocasiamag.bsky.social
ALOCASIA: an online quarterly journal of queer plant-based writing EIC: @sarahclark.bsky.social 💌 https://alocasia.org/newsletter/ 🌱🌱🌱 ALOCASIA.org
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
www.poetrycurrency.com Anti-capitalist and inclusive online literary magazine. Always open for poems. Posts by editor https://bsky.app/profile/stevendschroeder.bsky.social
@baltimorereview.bsky.social
A literary journal, founded in 1996, publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. https://baltimorereview.org/
@archiveoftheodd.bsky.social
An archive of uncanny occurrences. In other words, a horror zine of unusual formats. Non-profit. Issue 3 out now! EIC: Cormack Baldwin
@altmilkmag.bsky.social
Independent literary and art magazine. http://www.altmilkmag.com/links
@beestung.bsky.social
a quarterly mag of non-binary & genderqueer & two-spirit writers that’s sweet & stings | imprint of sundress publications | eic sarahclark.bsky.social http://www.beestungmag.com https://beestungmag.com/newsletter
@100footcrow.bsky.social
We're the home of speculative drabbles! A new 100-word sci-fi, fantasy, or horror story drops every Wednesday! https://100footcrow.com/
@bafflingmag.bsky.social
Website: www.bafflingmag.com A publication from Neon Hemlock.
@mythaxis.bsky.social
Publishing speculative fiction without distraction since 2008 (mythaxis.co.uk) Edited by Andrew Leon Hudson @noumenon.bsky.social
@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. https://matchbooklitmag.com
@lunastation.bsky.social
Stellar Short Fiction by Women-Identified Writers Since 2010 The station: https://lunastationquarterly.com/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/lunastation Elsewhere: https://bio.link/lunastation Posts hand-crafted by EIC @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
International litmag ALWAYS open for submissions. Pays $120/piece. Responds in 30 days. Free subs in most genres. Free issues online. Paid feedback options. If you don't submit, we can't pay you. Home: chestnutreview.com Support: patreon.com/ChestnutReview
@dustanddark.com
A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/ Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
@rattlepoetry.bsky.social
#Poetry without pretension since 1995. Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3, and not affiliated with any other organization. www.rattle.com
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social
Bold. Brief. Beautiful. We publish a new story at least once a week at flashfictiononline.com. Ebooks for our monthly issues are available on the 1st of the month. Published & edited by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social
@kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006. Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine Avatar and cover art by Cita A F
@diabolicalplots.com
SF/F/H magazine, Ignyte Award winning Submission Grinder tool for writers, Long List Anthology. https://ko-fi.com/diabolicalplots
@cincinnatireview.bsky.social
Publishing great literature and art since 2003. All submissions are currently OPEN.
@apparitionlit.com
Apparition Lit is an online, quarterly magazine publishing genre short stories & poems. 💀 Read stories online or buy Issues: http://apparitionlit.com/issues/
@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social
A bimonthly online publication of radically hopeful science fiction and fantasy. https://linktr.ee/solarpunkmagazine
@khoreo.bsky.social
An Ignyte and Shirley Jackson award-winning magazine and podcast of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists. Issue 5.1 is out now! https://linktr.ee/khoreomag
@podcastle.org
Short fantasy from @EAPodcasts BFA winner WFA, Hugo, Ignyte, Aurora finalists
@smallwondersmag.com
An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com.
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
SF mag from Canada | 2007-2013, 2020- | Always open to submissions Publisher of Saros SF, open April 16-22 for marginalized creators For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
@heartlines-spec.com
Heartlines Spec is a speculative magazine bringing you SFF stories and poetry focused on long-term friendships and relationships. $0.08CAD/word 🇨🇦🌎 (posts by @rebecca-b)
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/
@asimovssfmag.bsky.social
The world’s leading science fiction magazine.
@havenspec.bsky.social
Online SFF magazine featuring stories for the 21st century! We publish six issues a year, two of which are focused on the climate crisis. Editor: Leon Perniciaro. HavenSpec.com
@escapepod.org
Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast magazine. New stories every week in audio and text. Find us wherever you get your podcasts!
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
Get knee-deep in grit with Grimdark Magazine. GdM presents the darker side of SFF.
@analogsf.bsky.social
The oldest continuous running magazine of science fiction & fact.
@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling. https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/
@tacobellquarterly.org
Taco Bell Quarterly is a Literary Magazine more prestigious than the New Yorker and Paris Review. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
@interzone.press
a European magazine publishing fiction and non-fiction Subscribe: https://interzone.press/patreon Get issues: https://shop.interzone.press Listen: https://interzone.press/pod Banner art by Carly A-F Posts by Gareth Jelley
@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Award-winning Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. • Home of #FiyahLitMag, #FIYAHCON. • Submissions CLOSED. Publisher + Executive Editor: @davaun.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social
Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters.
@nightmare-magazine.com
Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social.
@pseudopod.org
We have always lived in the tower. We are legion. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Alex Hofelich and Shawn Garrett | Deputy Ed: Kat Day | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Assistant Ed: Scott Campbell | Social Media: M.M. Schill | Audio: Chelsea Davis 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
@thedeadlands.com
a journal of ends and beginnings https://thedeadlands.com published by @psychopomp.bsky.social
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff. https://barrelhousemag.com/
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Canadian quarterly speculative fiction semiprozine ⬣ Publishing the weird, wondrous, and whimsical ⬣ #BLM *SUBMISSIONS CLOSED* Posts by @jsbrevik.bsky.social Hexagonmagazine.ca/issues
@augursociety.bsky.social
Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre https://linktr.ee/augurmag
@thebaffler.com
Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
@seizethepress.bsky.social
Anticapitalist magazine of dark fantasy, bleak science fiction, and unsettling horror. Here for a bad time. Read past issues at seizethepress.com Subscribe and support our work at patreon.com/seizethepress
@clarkesworldmagazine.com
Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Three-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director. clarkesworldmagazine.com neil-clarke.com
@apexmag.bsky.social
Apex Magazine is a lit zine focusing on strange, surreal, beautiful, and shocking scifi & horror. Also posts for Apex Book Company and Reach Your Apex. https://apex-magazine.com https://apexbookcompany.com https://reachyourapex.com
@bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Hugo, World Fantasy, and Ignyte Award finalist online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, since 2008. Read/listen online: https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
@lightspeedmagazine.com
A Hugo Award-winning digital science fiction & fantasy magazine edited by @johnjosephadams.com.
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, & articles Mondays, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024. linktr.ee/strangehorizons
@erratawrites.bsky.social
they/them writer & poet 🌲 reader & researcher I'm a simple finch; I see paid submission calls or other opportunities to connect with the lit scene, I reskeet.