The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between today and January 16, 2020.
This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines.
Eye to the Telescope
DEADLINE: December 15, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Crossroads: “poems that pay homage to the supernatural nature of the crossroads: poems that embody the heaviness and darkness that seem to emanate from the crossroads of fantasy”
FORMS: poetry
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: “US 3¢/word rounded to nearest dollar; minimum US $3, maximum $25.”
Folio
DEADLINE: December 15, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: “All Systems Go. For this issue, we are looking for any and all interpretations of this theme, including writing that wrestles with systems of every kind: from government and economics, systems of liberation and oppression, to the workings of the body and the natural universe. Systems govern and contain technology, pop culture, healthcare, family, and more. They are often the means by which human progress, innovation, and solidarity are enacted.”
FORMS: art, fiction, non-fiction, poetry
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: “All submissions to this category will be considered for FOLIO’s Editor’s Prize in Poetry for Volume 35. One prize-winner will receive notation within our Spring 2020 issue, with a small monetary token of our appreciation ($50).”
Newfound
DEADLINE: December 21, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Virtual Realities
FORMS: Fiction, Flash, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Visual Arts.
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: “The honorarium for publication is $25.”
Poetry Magazine (Poetry Foundation)
DEADLINE: December 22, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Prose (essays about poetry, reviews)
FORMAT: print and online features
PAYMENT: “Payment is made on publication at the rate of $10 per line (with a minimum payment of $300), and $150 per page of prose, for first serial rights.”
Existere
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019 (rolling)
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, short plays, short stories, postcard/flash fiction, art and literature reviews, critical essays, interviews, sketches, photos, etc.
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: “A small honourarium to writers and artists upon publication. The exact rates vary by length of submission, but will include a copy of Existere (minimum).”
Carrion Blue 555
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: fiction, poetry, art (black and white)
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: Fiction – $0.02USD per word. $5 minimum, $100 maximum; Poetry – $10USD per poem; Art – $10USD per piece.
Autonomous Press: Spoon Knife 5 - Liminal
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: “We are looking for fiction, poetry, and memoir that explores thresholds and liminalities of all kinds -- including those not listed here. The work must further intersect with themes of neurodivergence, queerness, and/or the intersections of neurodivergence and queerness.”
FORMS: Fiction, poetry, and memoir
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: 1 cent per word
Arc Poetry Magazine
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry
FORMAT: print with some online features
PAYMENT: $50/page
Wax Poetry and Art: 45 Poems of Protest
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Social justice poems of protest, more detail on their submissions page. “The goal of this project is that these poems will become an essential poetic record and provide inspiration to social justice movements for generations to come.”
FORMS: Poetry, reprints are okay
FORMAT: online and print
PAYMENT: royalties, see specifics on their site
Sword & Kettle Press: Corvid Queen -- Feminist Fairy Tales
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Fairy tales from a feminist perspective.
FORMS: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and hybrids
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: $5
Air: Sylphs, Spirits and Swan Maidens (Elemental Anthologies #3)
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: “I want to fit as many airy creatures into this anthology as possible, so in addition to sylphs, spirits and swan maidens I want air dragons, fae, griffins, sirens, rocs, Thunderbird, Pegasus' and because I'm open to combining aether with air in this situation why not also hit me with your angels, phantoms, YÅkai and nymphs too!”
FORMS: Poems and stories
FORMAT: online and print
PAYMENT: $50 CDN flat fee and a paperback copy of the anthology for stories. $20 CDN flat fee and a paperback copy of the anthology for poems.
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Speculative fiction that grapples with the question: "What is the legacy and the future of Africa and the African Diaspora?"
FORMS: Poetry, fiction, reprints are okay
FORMAT: online and print
PAYMENT:
- POETRY: Any length paid $50USD per poem.
- REPRINTS: Any length of poetry paid $15USD and 1,000-17,500 words of fiction paid $0.01USD per word.
- FICTION: 1,000-17,500 words paid $0.08USD per word for the first 1,000 words, and $0.01USD above 1,000 words.
The Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award
DEADLINE: January 1, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: “The winning poet will receive $500 and publication in the Spring 2019 issue of Fourteen Hills.”
Scum
DEADLINE: Opens Jan. 1 and closes Jan. 7, 2020
THEME: Feminist-friendly
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Fiction, non-fiction, column, poetry, review
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: "We pay $60AUD per piece of writing."
carte blanche
DEADLINE: January 15, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations. comics, photography
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: “carte blanche pays a modest honorarium per submission.”
The Stinging Fly
DEADLINE: January 16, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: publishes work by Irish and international writers
FORMS: poetry, short stories
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: “Contributors receive a copy of the issue in which their work is featured and can order further copies at a discounted rate. Fiction and nonfiction: €25 per magazine page. Poetry: €40 for single poem/magazine page. Featured Poet: €200.”
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Categories: Call for Submissions, Paying Submission Calls
Existere no longer exists, given the four-oh-ones on each issue.
Since the publications pay different rates, I have to determine which of my poems are ten dollars each, other five dollars each and at the top, which would be a twenty-thirty-or-fifty dollar poem. Of course I could just take whatever I could get, but one cent a word? Five bucks a poem, and not to mention the numbers involved in an honorarium .
I'll have to check Existere, since they just accepted one of my poems in November. It's likely just a site issue.