October 2025 Open Markets
Contests
World Stone Publishing (Summer Of Sci-Fi) (October)
Disability
HealthLine (NoPayMent) (September 15 - October 31)
Magnets And Ladders (AI Concerns) (August 15 - February 14)
Disability (No RePrints) (NoPayMent)
The Healing Muse (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (September 1 - April 15)
Word Gathering (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (March, April September, October)
Drabble
Apparition Literary Magazine (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 4)
Emerge (No RePrints) (January 1 - February 15, April 1 - May 15, July 1 - August 15, October 1 - November 15)
Flash Fiction Online (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 21)
Flash Frog (No RePrints) (February, March, April, May, June (July - Ghost), August, September, October, November, December)
Flash Point SF (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January 15 - March 30, May 15 - July 31, October 15 - October 31)
In Short (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (No Simultaneous) (NonFiction) (March, April, October, November)
Many Wor(l)ds (AI Concerns) (January, March, April, June, July, September, October, December)
The Horror Tree (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January, April, July, October 1 - 15) also
(Valentines - December - January)
(Summer - April - July)
(Halloween - August - October 13)
(Christmas - November - December 7)
The Stray Branch (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (January, February, October, November, December)
Drabble (No RePrints) (NoPayMent)
Ink In Thirds (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (April 1 - July 31, October 1 - January 31)
Lost Balloon (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (February, April, June, August, October 1 - 7)
Passages North (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January - February 15, September 1 - October 15, (Poetry) September 1 - April 25)
The Mersey Review (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (February, June, October)
WildScape Lit (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (January, February 1 - 15, March, April, May 1 - 15, June, July, August 1 - 15, September, October, November 1 - 15, December)
Y2K Quarterly (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October)
Fantasy
Augur (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (October, November)
Crow & Cross Keys (NoPayMent) (February 15 - October)
Lorelei Signal (January 15 - February 15, April 15 - May 15, July 15 - August 15, October 15 - November 15)
The Orange Bee (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (1 - 14 January, July, October)
Fiction
Academy Of The Heart And Mind (NoPayMent) (October, November, December)
Crow Name (NoPayMent) (Themed) (August 2024 - March 2025)
Fragmented Voices (NoPayMent) (No Simultaneous) (October 15 - December 15)
MSlexia (No RePrints) (January 9, March 6, April 10, June 5, July 10, October 9)
MudRoom (No RePrints) (October, November)
MythAxis (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (January, April, July, October, 23 - 30)
Stone's Throw Magazine (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Themed - Haunted) (Monthly 1 - 4)
Tabula Rasa (NoPayMent) (August 15 - December 31)
The Forge Literary Magazine (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 5)
The MetaWorker (NoPayMent) (January, February, April, May, July, August, October, November)
Fiction (Poetry) (No RePrints) (NoPayMent)
Creation Magazine (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January 26 - April 25, June 20 - August 5, September 25 - December 1)
Kelp Journal No RePrints) (NoPayMent) Fees? (February 15 - May, August - October 15)
New Feathers Anthology (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (February, June, October)
StickMan Review (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (February, March, April, August, September, October)
StrayLight (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (No Simultaneous) (January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November, December)
Unfortunately (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October)
WaxWing (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (August - April)
Y2K Quarterly (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October)
Fiction (No RePrints) (NoPayMent)
New World Writing (No RePrints) (No PayMent) (January, April, July, October 1 - 14)
Horror
Dusty Attic (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (October)
Spooky (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (May - July, October - December)
Poetry
32 Poems (No RePrints) (Charges Fees!) (February, March, April, August, September, October)
Cacti Fur (No RePrints) (No PayMent) (January, February, March, April, October, November, December)
Consililence (No RePrints) (No PayMent) (AI Concerns) (Change - January 6 -12), (Chaos March 32 - April 6), (Waves June 30 - July 6), (Tension) September 29 - October 5)
The Turning Leaf Journal (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (March, April, September, October)
Oat Leaf Poetry (No RePrints) (No PayMent) (AI Concerns) (1 - 20 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December)
Poet Lore (No RePrints) (April, May, October, November)
PostCard (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (February, March, April, May, August, September, October, November)
Tiger Leaping Review (No PayMent) (AI Concerns) (January, February, March, May, June, July, September, October, November, December)
Science Fiction
Apex Magazine (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January 15 - November)
Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 2)
Escape Pod (No Simultaneous) (September - May)
Fusion Fragment (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) ()
Speculative Fiction
Andromeda Space Ways (No RePrints) (February - March 3)
Cast Of Wonders (AI Concerns) (October 1 - 14)
Haven Speculative (No RePrints) (February, April, June, August, October, December)
Inner Worlds (AI Concerns) (January, April, July, October 15 - 30)
Penumbric Speculative (No RePrints) (December 15 - March 15)
Speculative City (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (September 2 - October 20)
TransLunar Travelers Lounge (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (September 22 - October 15)
October 2024 Open Markets
Drabble
Antler Velvet (No RePrints) (No PayMent)
(Theme - Religion - Yearling) February, March,
(Theme - Buck) April, May, June
(Theme - Doe) July, August, September,
(Theme - Fawn) October, November, December)
Flash Fiction Online (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 21)
Flash Point SF (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January 15 - March 30, May 15 - July 31, September 15 - November 30)
Ink In Thirds (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (April 1 - July 31, October 1 - January 31)
Lost Balloon (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (February, April, June, August, October 1 - 7)
Many Wor(l)ds (AI Concerns) (January, March, April, June, July, October, December)
Months To Years (No RePrints) (No PayMent) (January 15 - February 30, April 15 - May 30, July 15 - August 30, October 15 - November 30)
Passages North (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (September 1 - October 15)
Pidgeon Holes (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October 1 - 15)
The Horror Tree (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January, April, July, October 1 - 15) also
(Valentines - December - January)
(Summer - April - July)
(Halloween - August - October 13)
(Christmas - November - December 7)
The Shore (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (Poetry) (January, February, April, May, July, August, October, November)
Disability
Magnets And Ladders (AI Concerns) (August 15 - February 14)
Months To Years (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January 15 - February 28, April 15 - May 30, July 15 - August 30, October 15 - November 30)
Spectrum Literary Journal (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (July 1 - December 31)
The Healing Muse (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (September 1 - April 15)
Word Gathering (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (March 1 - April 30, September 1 - October 30)
Fantasy
Astrolabe (No RePrints) (March 20 - April 20, June 21 - July 21, September 22 - October 22, December 21 - January 21)
Lorelei Signal (January 15 - February 15, April 15 - May 15, July 15 - August 15, October 15 - November 15)
Fiction
Academy Of The Heart And Mind (NoPayMent) (October)
Alien Literary (No RePrints) (May 22 - August 5, October 3 - January 13)
Fragmented Voices (NoPayMent) (No Simultaneous) (September - December 15)
MythAxis (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (23 - 30, January, April, July, October)
New Feathers Anthology (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (AI Concerns) (February, June, October)
New World Writing (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October 1 - 14)
Rock And A Hard Place (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) Themed (Monthly 15 - 30)
Split Lip Magazine (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (January - June, August - December)
Stone's Throw Magazine (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) Themed (Monthly 1 - 7)
Terrain (No RePrints) (October - March)
The Forge Literary Magazine (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 5)
Unfortunately (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (January, April, July, October)
WaxWing (No RePrints) (NoPayMent) (August - April)
Horror
Dusty Attic (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (October)
Spooky (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (May - July, October - December)
Science Fiction
Apex Magazine (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (January 15 - November)
Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (Monthly 1 - 2)
Escape Pod (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (September - May)
Kaleidotrope (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (AI Concerns) (July, October)
Triangulation (February - April)
Speculative Fiction
Andromeda Space Ways (No RePrints) (February - March 3)
Haven Speculative (No RePrints) (February, April, June, August, October, December)
Inner Worlds (AI Concerns) (January, April, July, October 15 - 30)
Penumbric Speculative (No RePrints) (December 15 - March 15)
Solar Punk (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (1 - 14 January, July, October)
TransLunar Travelers Lounge (No RePrints) (No Simultaneous) (March 22 - April 15, September 22 - October 15)
UnCanny Magazine (No RePrints) (AI Concerns) (October 2 - 16)