- Qwerty.
Qwerty is open for submissions from poets and artists. For poetry they accept up to six pages of poetry in a single document, with 1-inch margins on all sides, in 12-point font, and with 1-inch margins on all the pages.In your cover letter, they request you include your name and full contact information, and if your submission has been simultaneously submitted elsewhere. After submitting, they request you wait at least six months before submitting again.
Deadline: October 12, 2026.
https://qwertymagazine.submittable.com/submit
- Rebel Satori Press.
It is open to LGBTQIA+ writers only. Book-length speculative fiction involving LGBTQ+ characters written by LGBTQ+ authors, including but not limited to: sci-fi, interstitial, slipstream, horror, and supernatural fictional manuscripts are accepted. Payment is in royalties.
Deadline: October 14, 2026.
https://rebelsatoripress.submittable.com/submit
- Solarpunk Magazine.
Solarpunk is open for submissions from speculative writers. It publishes almost all genres. The payment is $0.08/word for fiction, $40/poem, and $75/essay, $100 for reprint cover art, $200 for original unpublished cover art, $50 for reprint interior art, $100 for original unpublished interior art.
Deadline: October 14, 2026.
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
- New Orleans Review.
New Orleans Review is open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment is $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. “In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, there are no submission fees for Latinx writers from September 15th to October 15th.”
Deadline: October 15, 2026.
https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
- Rattle
Tribute to Youth Poet Laureates. “We invite previously uncurated poems from current or former Youth Poet Laureates at any level. The poems may be any length or subject, but together they reflect how this growing cohort is writing and shaping contemporary poetry.” Contributors to the print magazine receive $200 and a complimentary one-year subscription. Poems for “Online” categories receive $100.
Deadline: October 15, 2026.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
- Chicken Soup for the Soul
True humorous stories. “Share your funny stories about something that happened to you in your life – in your relationship with a partner or spouse, a parent or child, a family member or friend, at work or at home – that made you and the people around you laugh out loud. Did you mean for it to be funny? Did the other person mean to make you laugh? Did a situation just get out of control? Did a misunderstanding turn into a comedy of errors?” Payment is $200.
Deadline: October 15, 2026, extended deadline.
https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics
- Foglifter.
Foglifter is a biannual compendium of queer and trans writing. It’s a space where LGBTQ+ writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace. “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. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you’re working on now that’s keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.” Payment: $100.
Deadline: October 15, 2026.
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit
- 3 Sisters.
All genres, including but not limited to fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, mixed media, essay, video pieces, computational work, audio offerings, objects, and more. “We are especially interested in hybrid works, work that falls in between genres, and pieces that are not easily categorized.” Payment is modest honorarium.
Deadline: October 15, 2026.
https://threesisterslit.org/submit/
- Indie Novella.
Debut works that align with our mission to amplify underrepresented narratives, with particular focus on: Working-class writers and narratives. Writers from marginalised communities – LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, Black, Asian, and diaspora voices in the UK. Stories addressing mental health. Payment are in royalties.
Deadline: October 16, 2026.
https://www.indienovella.co.uk/submissions
- Kaleidotrope.
Kaleidotrope is open to speculative fiction and poetry – science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories. Payment varies by genre. For fiction, $0.01/word (1 cent a word) USD. For poetry, a flat rate of $5 USD per accepted piece. For artwork, a flat rat of $60 for cover art.
Deadline: October 24, 2026.
https://kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
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