Short fiction · paying markets only
Get paid for your short stories
Magazines, podcasts, anthologies and contests that pay writers, with pay rates, word limits, reading windows and fees taken from each market's own guidelines. Plus a free tracker for where every story is out.
Open now, best per-word pay
- Clarkesworld Magazine15¢/word
- Analog Science Fiction and Fact8¢/word
- Asimov's Science Fiction8¢/word
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies8¢/word
- Escape Pod8¢/word
- Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine6¢/word
- Bourbon Penn5¢/word
- The Dark5¢/word
Open on October 31, 2026. See all open markets
Find a market for the story you have
Filter by genre, by what they pay and by the length of your story. Every listing says whether they take simultaneous submissions, reprints or charge a fee, and when we last checked it.
Know where every story is
Log each submission, its date and the reply. The tracker warns you when a story is out at a market that bans simultaneous submissions, and it keeps your data in your browser. Export to CSV or JSON at any time.
Before you submit
How payment works
Per-word rates, flat fees, first rights, reprint pay and when the money arrives.
Read the guideHow to submit
Manuscript format, cover letters, simultaneous submissions and what to do after a rejection.
Read the guideAvoiding scams
Which fees are normal, which contests are worth entering and the signs of a bad contract.
Read the guideHow each listing is checked
We read the market's own guidelines page and copy what it says: rate, length, rules, window, fee, rights. If the page wouldn't load or didn't state a pay rate, the market isn't listed. Each listing carries the date it was read.
Something changed?
Editors raise rates, close for a year or move their guidelines. If you spot a change, send it and we'll recheck the page.
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