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KIRBY Fantasy Fiction Magazine #1

📅 Open through May 31, 2026
💰 £0.05 per word
📏 300 to 7,500 words
🌍 Second-world fantasy only
✨ Theme: Reborn

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Wyrd Wizard West

📅 Feb 28 to May 29, 2026
💰 Royalty based
📏 5,000 to 10,000 words
🌵 Paranormal western

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WAXEN Summer 2026

📅 Open through June 15, 2026
💰 $50 flat + contributor copy
📏 Up to 5,000 words
🌑 Weird, experimental horror

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Eggplant Emoji Vol. 6

📅 Mar 4 to Apr 29, 2026
💰 $25 + contributor copy
📏 1,000 to 8,000 words
😂 Theme: Character-driven comedy

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Technological Horror Anthology

📅 Open through Aug 31, 2026
💰 $5 flat
📏 3,000 to 6,000 words
⚙️ Theme: Tech gone wrong
😱 Horror

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Tales from the Cryptids

📅 Mar 1 to Apr 30, 2026
💰 Up to $0.10 per word
📏 Up to 1,000 words
🌀 Theme: Cryptids with agency

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Wired Hearts Anthology
📅 Mar 15 to Apr 30, 2026 or until full
💰 $5 to $10 flat fee
📏 500 to 2,000 words
⚙️ Theme: Robots and AI
📚 Science fiction reprints only
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Ruadán Books Novella Call
📅 April 1 to April 30, 2026
💰 10¢ per word (pro rate)
📏 25k to 40k words
🌑 Dark speculative fiction
Bring us flawed characters, tension, and the darkness within.
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Revenants Anthology

📅 April 1 to April 30, 2026
💰 Revenue share
📏 3,000 to 5,000 words
🕯️ Theme: Spirits & ghosts
📚 Dark fiction

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Carnage House Issue 11

📅 Apr 2 to May 1, 2026
💰 $5 flat
📏 500 to 5,500 words
🔪 Extreme & splatterpunk horror

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Short Story Substack April Window

💰 $100 + 50% of subscription revenue
📅 April 1 to April 30
📏 6 to 10,000 words
📚 Any genre

One winning story receives the full payout.

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📹 Taking Submissions: HellBound Books Found Footage Horror Anthology

💰 $5
📅 Deadline: Aug 31, 2026
📚 Terrifying “found footage” horror stories

Original unpublished work only.

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⚔️ Taking Submissions: Goblins & Galaxies Magazine

🗓 April 7 to April 14
💰 6¢ per word fiction
📏 Up to 6,000 words
📚 Sword & sorcery, dark fantasy, science fiction

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Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores

🗓 April 1 to April 2
💰 8¢ per word original
💰 2¢ per word reprints
📚 Sci-fi, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy tale, eldritch

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Perilous Plants Anthology

📅 Open through March 31, 2026
💰 $0.02 per word
📏 2,000 to 6,000 words
🌱 Theme: Plants with peril
📚 Sci-fi, fantasy, light horror

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Wyldblood Magazine April Window

🗓 Submit on April 1 only
💰 £0.01 per word
📏 500 to 5,000 words
🚀 Science fiction and fantasy

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🌕 Taking Submissions: WERE-2
💰 $0.08 per word + royalties
📅 Deadline: May 31, 2026
📏 Up to 7500 words
Urban fantasy and speculative stories featuring were-creatures that are not werewolves.
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Sinister Scales Anthology

📅 Open through March 31, 2026
💰 $0.02 per word
📏 2,000 to 6,000 words
🦎 Theme: Reptiles
📚 Sci-fi & fantasy

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🔥 Taking Submissions BloodClot!Zine Issue #2
Theme: REVOLUTION
Stories by writers who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour.
💰 Up to $30 CAD
📅 Deadline: May 7, 2026
📝 Fiction, essays, micro-fiction, poetry
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Tales From the Crosstimbers Summer 2026 Issue

📅 Deadline: March 31, 2026
💰 $10 per story or 1¢/word up to $50
📝 Speculative fiction

Character driven stories where imagination and reality collide.

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Last Girls Club Summer 2026 Issue

Theme: Live and Die by Your Words

📅 Apr 1 to Apr 15
💰 Up to $0.015 per word
📚 Feminist horror fiction, flash, and poetry

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Graphic notice that says today is the last day to submit to the 2026 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. Deadline is March 9, 2026 at 11:59 P.M.

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Annoucement that our Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest is now open for submissions. Deadline is March 28, 2026.

Our contest season continues with our 16th annual Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest!

Share your passion with us and submit your personal essay by March 28th: tnq.ca/contests/

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Story Unlikely Magazine is open for speculative fiction.
PG-13 tone, strong storytelling, cross-genre welcome.

🗓 Deadline: Oct 14, 2026
💰 8¢ per word | 1¢ reprints

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HellBound Books wants folk horror tales steeped in ritual, superstition, and ancient dread.

🗓 Deadline: June 30
💰 $5
📖 4k–8k words

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The Whumpy Printing Press wants whump-focused novelettes, novellas, novels, collections, and graphic novels.

🗓 March 1 – Sept 30, 2026
💰 $25–$100 upfront + 50% royalties
📖 7,500+ words

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The First Line Summer 2026 issue must begin with:
“The summer between [his/her/their] junior and senior years, Alex worked as a server at Wharf Mountain.”

🗓 Deadline: May 1, 2026
💰 Up to $50

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SciFi To Go: Food For Thought is open.

Funny short stories in science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Food themes and clever ideas welcome.

🗓 Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
💰 8¢ per word

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Horror Library Volume 10 is open.
Original, thoughtful horror short stories wanted.

🗓 Feb 23 – March 9, 2026
💰 $0.02 per word + contributor copy

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STREET MAGIC III is open.
Urban fantasy where magic lives just under the surface of the city.

🗓 Deadline: March 31, 2026
💰 Royalty-share

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