Magazines and Online Publications Who Want Your Short Stories!

Hello all!

As a self-published author, I understand the struggles of earning credibility and being recognized. After you publish your book, you are left to market and promote your novel, as well as conduct a lot of research.

But there are more ways to promote your knack for writing! In this post, I will discuss more ways to become a seasoned writer and get your name out there in the world with the use of magazines and online publications!

While receiving payment for your work can be gratifying, all writers who are serious about their craft want recognition for their hard work as well as build an audience for their future projects! With these magazines and online publications, you can do just that!

Flash Fiction Online

At Flash Fiction Online you can submit new or reprinted stories for them to publish. But if the story you want to submit is in the “reprint” category, then your pay is then minimized to $0.02 (two-cents) per word.

The formatting guideline is also very important for authors to follow! The publication asks that the author uses “Times New Roman” font, in a standard manuscript format with any and all author information completely erased. Also, make sure you send in a cover letter with your short story! Properly writing a cover letter for a short story is imperative for consideration!

Make sure to read all submission guidelines before submitting your work!

Fireside Magazine

This magazine has two goals in mind: Publish great short stories and pay authors well for their work. Fireside pays writers above average at 12.5 cents per word for up to 5,000 words. At this publication, their goal is to publish 10,000 new words of fiction stories each month.

Each year, they have a short submission period. For more information about the types of stories they are interested in, please refer to their submission guidelines.

Subtropics Magazine

Essays, novellas, and poems are all accepted at Subtropics Magazine. There is a $3 submission fee, but they pay $1,000 for short stories, $500 for short shorts, and $100 per poem upon publication.

Subtropics aims at publishing the best fiction essays, stories, and poems by emerging and seasoned authors.

Make sure to read their guidelines before submitting your work!

Boulevard Magazine

Boulevard Magazine is devoted to publishing the greatest in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. They published seasoned authors, as well as emerging authors that show remarkable promise.

There is a $3 fee to submit online, but it is free to submit your work by mail. They accept short stories up to 8,000 words and poetry should be no longer than 200 lines. The author can send in up to five poems at one time. Boulevard Magazine pays from $100 to $300 for short stories and $25 to $250 for poems!

This publication accepts submissions from October 1st to May 1st, (as of 2019). Make sure to familiarize yourself with the magazine and their guidelines before submitting your work!

Fantasy & Science Fiction

The publication Fantasy & Science Fiction is a great place to submit your stories (in the genre mentioned in the magazines title). They publish stories up to 25,000 words in length and pay 7 – 12 cents per word.

The magazine is asking for more science fiction and humor stories! They receive more stories in the fantasy genre and would love to publish stories that are more in the science fiction and humor genre! So if you have a science fiction story that meets their guidelines, submit it to them!

At Fantasy & Science Fiction, there are some guidelines, which you should look through and become familiar with prior to submitting your work! Such as, it takes eight weeks to hear a response from this publication and they ask that you only submit one story at a time.

Crazy Horse

At Crazy Horse Magazine, there is a lot going on with submissions throughout the entire year. They accept general submissions for non-fiction, poetry, and fiction from September 1st through May 31st. All submissions for the month of January are accepted as an entry for Crazy Horse Prizes and all submissions during the month of July are entries for the CrazyShorts!, which is their annual short short fiction contest.

All non-fiction and fiction short stories must fall between 2,500 and 8,500 words. A set of three to five poems can be sent at one time.

Response time at Crazy Horse is sixteen weeks, however, it can take longer.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine is an accepted and recognized publication for science fiction short stories! For short fiction works (approximately 20,000 words), they pay writers 8 – 10 cents per word. For serials (40,000 to 80,000 words), the publication pays authors six cents per word. For poetry, they pay writers $1 per line and fact articles (roughly 4,000 words) are compensated with 9 cents per word!

Response times for this publication is two to three months. However, if you have not heard back from them in four months, you may send a query.

One Story

One Story accepts submissions from September 3rd to November 14th and from January 15th to May 31st. This publication seeks fiction stories, ranging from 3,000 words to 8,000 words in length.

Payment from this publication includes $500 as well as 25 contributor copies!

You should hear back from them within three months of your submission, but it can take longer.

Virginia Quarterly Review

At the Virginia Quarterly Review, you can submit poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. They accept poetry of any length, fiction (no genre fiction such as romance, fantasy, or science fiction)that is between 2,000 and 8,000 words, and non-fiction between 3,500 and 9,000 words.

For poetry, The Virginia Quarterly pays $200 per poem up to four poems or $1,000 for five or more poems. For short fiction pieces, they generally pay $1,000 and for non-fiction work, the publication pays about 25 cents per word, which is roughly $1,000, depending on word length.

There are more guidelines to go through and more that they compensate authors for including book reviews.

Iron Horse

Iron Horse Literary Review publishes short fiction stories, non-fiction stories, and poetry. This publication pays $50 per poem, $100 for short stories or essays. They also give cash prizes for different awards that they provide to their authors.

Visit the submission guidelines page to find out more about awards and prizes! Also, make sure you become familiar with their general guidelines before submitting any work!

Your Turn!

I know that there are quite a few places you can submit your work to in order to receive recognition for your writing as well as receive cash prizes upon publication.

Are there any magazines and other online publications that accept short stories for payment and recognition that you would recommend?

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