These journals pay their contributing writers!
As always, read submission guidelines CAREFULLY. Don’t get rejected for not following the rules. Read as many reading samples or past issues you can for each of the journals you’re submitting to, in order to make sure you are sending your best work which fits their theme and/or is similar to the work they have already published.
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The Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR)
DEADLINE: November 15!
Submissions Open: June 15 to July 31 and October 1 to November 15
Accepts: poetry, short fiction, nonfiction
Payment: "For poetry, we pay $200 per poem; for poems longer than 50 lines, the payment is higher. For prose, we generally pay approximately 25 cents per word, depending on length. For investigative reporting, we pay at a higher rate, sometimes including pre-approved travel expenses."
Duotrope Listing – Extremely Challenging Poetry Market
For more about Duotrope, see this related post: Submissions stats'
New England Review
NOTE: This one does have a very small submission fee of only $2-$3
Submissions Open: September 1 through May 31
Accepts: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, translation, creative writing, cover art
Payment: "Payment for published work is $10 per page ($20 in 2014, thanks to a grant from the NEA), $100 for cover art, two copies of the issue in which the work appears, and a one-year subscription."
Duotrope Listing – 25 Most Challenging Fiction Markets
Black Warrior Review
Submissions Open: December 1 to March 1 and June 1 to September 1
Accepts: poetry, prose, nonfiction
Payment: "BWR pays a one-year subscription and a nominal lump-sum fee for all works published."
Duotrope Listing – Extremely Challenging Poetry Market, Extremely Challenging Fiction Market
More great journals with submission deadlines coming as early as November 15 through December 31.
Note: these are not paying markets
The Atlas Review
DEADLINE: November 15!
Submissions Open: Currently open until November 15 for Issue #5
Accepts: fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art
Duende
DEADLINE: November 15!
Submissions Open: Currently open until November 15
Accepts: prose, poetry, hybrid writing, and visual art
Clockhouse
DEADLINE: December 1!
Submissions Open: Currently open until December 1 for the Summer 2015 issue
Accepts: fiction, poetry, memoir and creative nonfiction, dramatic work for stage or screen
Salmagundi Magazine
DEADLINE: December 1!
Submissions Open: November 1 to December 1
Accepts: poetry, fiction, personal essays, or cultural criticism
Duotrope Listing – If you don’t hear from them within two months, assume they won’t be accepting your submission.
Cahoodaloodaling
DEADLINE: December 31!
Submissions Open: Currently open until December 31 for Issue #15 – Travelogue; open until March 21, 2015 for Issue #16 – He Said/She Said
Accepts: visual and audio art, poetry, literature, as well as essays, non-fiction, screenplays, collaborations and even letters home
Duotrope Listing – Want more insight into the editors’ preferences? Read the Duotrope interview with the editor(s).
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