Going Down Swinging. Genre: Fiction, creative non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, digital and interactive literature, poetry, comics, artworks, spoken word, commentary, and essays. “This month, we’re particularly looking for submissions of speculative fiction and pieces about love, but we’re also happy to receive your submissions of any theme.” Payment: Prose under 500 words $60; Prose over 500 words $170; Poem $100; Comic (less than 5 frames) $180; Comic (longer than 5 frames/demonstrative of extensive effort) $220. Deadline: October 20, 2021. https://goingdownswinging.org.au/submission-guidelines/

Flash Fiction Online. Genre: Speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction. Payment: $80. Deadline: October 21, 2021. https://ffo.submittable.com/submit

Story Seed Vault. Genre: Microfiction tweets based on science. Payment: Short Fiction (<150CH) $3AUD per story; Long Fiction (>150CH/<200CH) $2AUD per story. Deadline: October 24, 2021. Opens on the 10th. https://storyseedvault.wordpress.com/submissions/

580 Split. Genre: Poetry, visual art, photography, short stories, creative nonfiction on theme “Fever Dreams.” Payment: $50. Deadline: October 27, 2021. https://580split.org/#editors_letter

Thuggish Itch. Genre: Horror, sci-fi and speculative fiction stories. Theme: By the Seaside. Payment: AU$5.00 for stories under 2500 words / AU$10.00 for anything above 2500 words. Deadline: October 30, 2021. http://www.gypsumsoundtales.com/Thuggish-Itch.php

Rahila’s Ghost Press. Genre: Poetry chapbooks. Payment: Royalties (?) Deadline: October 30, 2021. https://rahilasghostpress.com/submit-2/

khōréō. Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. “This includes, but is not limited to, first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, persons who identify with one or more diaspora communities, persons who have been displaced or whose heritage has been erased due to colonialism/imperialism, transnational/transracial adoptees, and anyone whose heritage and history includes ‘here and elsewhere’. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work.” Genre: stories, essays, and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Payment: 0.08/word for fiction, $100 for nonfiction, and $40–300 for art. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions/

Room Magazine. Restrictions: Room publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art by folks of marginalized genders, including but not limited to women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people. Genre: Original short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, or art. Payment: $50 (CAD) Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://roommagazine.com/call-for-submissions-issue-45-2-contest-open-issue/?mc_cid=7792da0cf8&mc_eid=d7887087e3

Rattle. Genre: Poetry. Ekphrastic Challenge. Payment: $100. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/34289/ekphrastic-challenge-online-only

Kissing Dynamite. Genre: Poetry microchap manuscripts. Payment: $50. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.kissingdynamitepoetry.com/microchap-submission-guidelines.html

Madhouse Books: Dark Secrets Anthology. Genre: Horror stories of sinister secrets and hidden evil. “We are seeking stories of the evil of mankind. We are not seeking stories with paranormal elements. Think serial killers, secret identities, and hidden pasts.” Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://madhousebooks.com/2021/08/21/open-call-dark-secrets/

Harbor Review. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.harbor-review.com/submit

And the Walls Came Crashing Down. Genre: Short stories about the Fuller family. (The editors provide you with the characters and the setting.) “Anything that’s dark, creepy, weird and just a little off-kilter. We’re open to genre fiction, particularly anything related to horror, science-fiction, speculative fiction or weird fiction. But we’re also interested in anything that twists or subverts these genres in some unexpected way.” Payment: $15. Deadline: October 31, 2021. (May close early) https://www.inputoutputenterprises.com/and-the-walls-came-crashing-down

Otoroshi Journal. Genre: Horrorku, horror tanka, and horror haibun, art. Payment: Poetry, $1. Art, $10. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://otoroshijournal.wixsite.com/home/guidelines

JMS Books: Jolly Holidays. Genre: LGBT romance. “Stories set during winter holidays: New Year’s, Valentine’s Day. Please state the holiday in your submission so we know where it might fit into our schedule.” Length: 12,000 words or higher. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.jms-books.com/2021-submissions-calls-lgbtq-romance-stories-ezp-36.html

Nonbinary Review. Genre: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and flash, up to 3000 words on theme of Person of Interest. Payment: For prose, 1¢ US per word, and $10 US per poem. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.zoeticpress.com/new-page

Titanic Terastructures. Genre: Speculative fiction set in or about megastructures, gigastructures, TERASTRUCTURES! Payment: $5 per thousand words. Deadline: October 31, 2021. Reprints accepted. http://www.jayhenge.com/callforstories.html

Dream Pop Press. Genre: Chapbook manuscripts in the genres of poetry, speculative diary, and hybrid work that confounds definition 20–50 pages in length. “We lean heavily toward more experimental, non-narrative work in general.” Payment: $200. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/dream-pop-press-YicB3

Dead Stars and Stone Arches: A Collection of Utah Horror. Genre: Cosmic Horror. Payment: Poetry — $10 USD, Flash — $15 USD, Short Fiction — $35 USD, Novelette — $75 USD. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.timberghostpress.com/dead-stars.html

Trees Anthology. Genre: Dark speculative fiction involving trees. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2021. (Or until filled.) https://www.jerseypinesink.com/

Mythaxis. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html

Eerie River Publishing: It Calls from the the Veil. Genre: Horror. “Give me your nightmares. These stories should take place in our reality with a supernatural twist. Think evil entities.” May have elements of Dark Fantasy, Dark Fiction and Cosmic horror. But must have the intention to scare the readers. Payment: Up to 3000 words $10.00; Up to 5000 words $15.00; Above 5001 words $20.00. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.eerieriverpublishing.com/open-submission

Brick. Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: $55–660, depending on the length of accepted work, plus two copies of the issue the work appears in and a one-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://brickmag.com/about/#submissions

The Toilet Zone. Genre: Horror. Payment: $5. Deadline: October 31, 2021. http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.com/subs-anthologies.html

(I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired By One-Hit Wonders. Genre: Crime stories based on songs. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.untreedreads.com/i-just-died-in-your-arms-crime-fiction-inspired-by-one-hit-wonders

Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry and prose. Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem. Deadline: October 31, 2021. http://www.gordonsquarereview.org/submit.html

Black Hare Press: War Anthology. Genre: Short stories. THEME : War/conflict. Must be dark, any genre. 5,000 words minimum. Payment: $50. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions

Death of a Bad Neighbor Anthology. Genre: Crime and mystery fiction. Payment: Payment: 10 cents/word and royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.jackcalverley.com/cozy-crime-mystery-anthology-submission.html

Welkin. Genre: Magical realist, fabulist, fairy tale, fantasy, gothic, metafictional, slipstream, fantastic, weird, surrealist, and experimental genres. Payment: 1cent/word. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://welkinmag.com/submit/

Lost Boys Press: Heroes Anthology. Genre: “Write a story using a hero/heroine from any era or culture and the original major plot points from their legends to craft a retelling in an entirely alternate setting.” Payment: $50. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://lostboyspress.com/2021/07/heroes-spring-2022-anthology/

Save the World. Genre: Speculative fiction. “We’re focusing exclusively on climate change futures. Stories should be science fiction/climate fiction (cli-fi) with a hopeful tone. Stories can focus on a proposed solution to part or all of climate change, or on adaptations that will allow us to live with it.” Length: Minimum 2,500, Maximum 15,000 words. Payment: $75-$125 per piece. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://www.otherworldsink.com/submissions

The Book of Queer Saints. Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ+ writers. Genre: Horror. “It is an anthology where unabashedly queer villains, anti-heroes, and outlaws reign supreme.” Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://maemurray.net/post/658414082557411328/the-book-of-queer-saints-horror-anthology

Ghost Orchid Press: Beyond the Veil: Queer Tales of Supernatural Love. Genre: Short stories, 1000–6000 words. “We’re looking for queer tales of supernatural love for our next major anthology, slated for a February 2022 release to coincide with Valentines Day. Sweet, sexy, scary or tragic… We’d love to see your own interpretations on what queer love means to you. We only ask that your story has a supernatural / Gothic / dark element of some kind.” Payment: 0.01 USD per word via PayPal and a digital contributor’s copy. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. https://ghostorchidpress.com/submission-calls/

Escape Pod: Joy. Genre: Science fiction on theme of “Joy.” (Audio and written format). Payment: USD $0.08 per word for original fiction. USD $100 per story for reprint fiction. Deadline: October 31st, 2021. Reprints accepted. https://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction/

The Temz Review. Genre: Fiction and creative non-fiction up to 10,000 words long. Payment: $20 for prose, $20 per batch of poems. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html

Opulent Syntax. Restrictions: Open to writers living in Ireland as well as Irish writers abroad. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment; 8 cents/word. Deadline: October 31, 2021. https://www.neonhemlock.com/opulent-syntax

The First Line. Genres: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided. (See site.) Payment:$25.00 — $50.00 for fiction, $5.00 — $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction. Deadline: November 1, 2021. http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm

Ornithopter. Genre: Poetry chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://www.ornithopterpress.com/submissions.html

Death in the Mouth. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers and other ethnically marginalized writers and artists from around the world. Genre: Horror. “We’re looking for original manifestations of horror, dread, grief, fear, and anxiety. Embodiments of mania and displacements of faith. Harrowing ecstasy and debilitating hope. Consuming, relentless love. Transgressions of the body, the spirit, and the community. Quiet, creeping absurdities. Unique and terrifying alien mythology from the future. Weird and unsettling folklore from secondary worlds. Quiet contemporary techno-panic.” Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: November 1, 2021. Some reprints accepted. https://deathinthemouth.com/

Lethe Press. Genre: Speculative fiction, especially queer speculative fiction, historical fiction. Full-length manuscripts. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html#/

Thema: Get It Over With! Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: Get It Over With! Payment: $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: November 1, 2021. Accepts reprints. http://themaliterarysociety.com/submissions.html

Foglifter. Genres: Poetry, prose, cross-genre work. “Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work.” Payment: $25. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://foglifter.submittable.com/submit

ellipsis… literature & art. Genre: Poetry, short fiction, drama, and creative non-fiction. Payment: $3 per page. Deadline: November 1, 2021. (Only pays American writers.) https://ellipsis.submittable.com/submit

The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on theme of Video Games. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://theotherstories.net/submissions

Future Fire: Noir. Genre: “We are looking for stories that combine themes or aesthetic from Noir fiction and cinema with the existing goals of TFF (progressive, feminist, queer, postcolonial, inclusive, accessible, ecological and international speculative and genre fiction).” Payment: $50. Reprints $25. Deadline: November 1, 2021. Reprints accepted. http://press.futurefire.net/p/tff-noir.html

United Faedom. Genre: Cozy Romance. Theme: Young Adult/Clean Adult. Length: 8k-10k. Payment: $20. Deadline: November 1, 2021. Some reprints accepted. https://unitedfaedompublis.wixsite.com/unitedfaedompub/anthology-submissions

United Faedom. Genre: Romantic Fantasy. Theme: Adult rated, mild erotica. Length: 8k-10k. Payment: $20. Deadline: November 1, 2021. Some reprints accepted. https://unitedfaedompublis.wixsite.com/unitedfaedompub/anthology-submissions

Cardinal Rule Press Genre: Children’s picture books that empower children through meaningful stories for readers, age 4–11. They also publish non-fiction books for parents (word count up to 70k). Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/

Solarpunk Sunscapes: Optimistic Visions of the Future. Genre: Speculative fiction. “Solarpunk tells optimistic and hopeful stories about future societies (near-future or distant) powered by renewable energy, and where nature and technology coexist in harmony rather than in conflict.” Payment: $.02 per word, $30 per poem + contributor copy. Deadline: November 1, 2021. https://justinenortonkertson.medium.com/submissions-for-solarpunk-anthology-e4015346c1de