7 Places to Get Paid for your Fiction
Ranging from flash fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and more!
Now that we’re all stuck at home, many of you have likely gotten a lot more writing done in these couple of weeks. Why not get paid for it? Here are eight publications that are free to submit to and will pay you for your story!
Threepenny Review
Pay: $400 per story, $200 per poem.
Word Count: 4,000 words or less for a story, 100 words or less for poetry
The Threepenny Review publishes four times a year, including poetry, fiction, and essays on a wide variety of subjects.
GigaNotoSaurus
Pay: $100 per story
Word Count: 5,000–25,000 words
“GigaNotoSaurus publishes one longish fantasy or science fiction story monthly. Longish meaning longer than a short story, and shorter than a novel.”
Flash Fiction Online
Pay: 8 cents per word
Word Count: 500–1,000 words
Flash Fiction Online an open-genre publication and is currently open to all submission categories. They define flash fiction as “a complete story in a tiny package” with an emphasis on “developed empathetic characters and discernible resolved plots”.
Analog
Pay: 8–10 cents for short fiction, $1 per line of poetry
Word Count: up to 20,000 words for short fiction
Analog’s Science Fiction and Fact magazine accepts science fiction stories that “reflect both the highest standards of scientific accuracy and the far reaches of the imagination, as well as lively articles about current research on the cutting edge of science”. They also encourage submissions from new writers.
Asimov’s
Pay: 8–10 cents per word, 8 cents per word over 7,500; $1 per line of poetry
Word Count: up to 7,500 words for short stories
Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine looks specifically for “‘character-oriented’ stories, those in which the characters, rather than the science, provide the main focus for the reader’s interest”.
Clarkesworld Magazine
Pay: 8–10 cents per word
Word Count: 1,000–22000 words
Clarkesworld Magazine publishes science fiction and fantasy issues monthly. They are open for submissions in art, non-fiction, and short stories.
Strange Horizons
Pay: 10 cents per word
Word Count: up to 10,000 words (under 5,000 preferred)
Strange Horizons publishes speculative fiction, “broadly defined”. They are open to fiction submissions between Monday 1600 UTC and Tuesday 1600 UTC (see current UTC time), every week of the year except during the month of December.
And that’s the seven! Please feel free to comment on other publications you’ve found that are also accepting submissions right now. When submitting, don’t forget to double-check the guidelines (I’ve linked them in the header for each publication) and read a couple of stories to get a feel for the type of submissions they accept. Good luck!
