The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between April 30 and May 31, 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.
The Fiddlehead
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: short fiction, excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, and poetry
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: CAD60/page; CAD200 for artwork
Consequence
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None for veterans ($3 otherwise)
FOCUS: Culture of War
FORMS: poetry, fiction, non-fiction
FORMAT: print and online
PAYMENT: "Poetry: $25 per page; Prose: $10 per page ($250 maximum); Translations: $15 per page ($250 maximum)"
The First Line
DEADLINE: May 1, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: Writing inspired by the first line “The door was locked”
FORMS: fiction, non-fiction, poetry
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 – $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars)
Scum
DEADLINE: Opens May 1 and closes May 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."
Bennington Review
DEADLINE: May 8, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, film/television writing
FORMAT: print
PAYMENT: "We pay contributors $100 for prose of six typeset pages and under, $200 for prose of over six typeset pages, and $20 per poem, in addition to two copies of the issue in which the piece is published and a copy of the subsequent issue."
Chicken Soup for the Soul
DEADLINES/THEMES:
- Dogs and Covid-19 – April 19,2020
- Christmas Is in the Air – May 15, 2020
- Age is Just a Number – May 31, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Stories and poems
PAYMENT: $200
Split Lip
DEADLINE: May 31, 2020
SUBMISSION FEE: None in Jan, Mar, May, Sept, Nov
FEE NOTE: “Sometimes we have to shut free subs early due to a really-rad-but-also-overwhelming response. (A peek behind the curtain: our free sub cap with Submittable maxes out ðŸ˜ðŸ’¸).”
FORMS: Fiction, flash fiction, memoir, poetry, art
FORMAT: online
PAYMENT: "We pay (via PayPal) $50 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, and $25 for interviews/reviews for our web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription."
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Hi Trish, this may seem like a dumb question but I am new to the poetry world, I write poems but don't submit them very often. I'm wondering what happens to the copyright of a poem I write and submit and if it's accepted, who gets the copyright? I'm not sure how the copyright thing works and will do some research while I'm waiting for your reply. Thank you, SARAH GRIESEDIECK.
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Most lit mags and journals use First North American Serial Rights (FNASR) which means the rights revert to the author after publication. Here’s a post that will give you all the info: https://trishhopkinson.wpcomstaging.com/2016/11/14/what-do-poets-and-writers-need-to-know-about-copyrights-4/
Thank You, Trish. This is one of your better collection of “no-fee” submission lists.
You’re welcome!
Hi Trish are the paying for submissions of poems from lit mags/journals r they contests or do they pay for every submissions been writing poem’s for years just never submitted any thanks
Some lit mags/journals charge an admin fee or reading fee for submissions. The ones I post on my site have no fees to submit. Some of the lit mags and journals pay contributors if they publish their work, but many are unable to pay due to limited funding.