Welcome to the April edition of the SFWA Market Report.

Please note: Inclusion of any venue in this report does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA. Those markets included on this list pay at least $0.08/word USD in at least one category of fiction. This compilation is not exhaustive of all publication opportunities that pay our recommended minimum professional rate. Additionally, SFWA adheres to our DEI Policy when making selections for this report. We strongly encourage writers to closely review all contracts and consult our resources on best contract practices.

New Markets

Anomaly (Upcoming)

Markets Currently Open for Submissions

Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Asimov Press
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Clarkesworld Magazine
Crepuscular Magazine
Escape Pod
Factor Four Magazine
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals) (Recently Opened)
Haven Spec Magazine (Recently Opened)
Infinite Worlds
Issues in Earth Science
It Was Paradise
Nature: Futures
Orion’s Belt
Planet Scumm
PseudoPod (Recently Opened)
Reckoning
Samovar
Small Wonders
Solarpunk Magazine (Recently Opened)
The Daily Tomorrow (Recently Opened)
The Deadlands (Recently Opened)
Torch Literary Arts
Uncharted Magazine
Utopia Science Fiction (Recently Opened)
Women of the Weird West (Recently Opened)
Wrath Month

Markets Recently Closed for Submissions

Banshee (Magazine)
Cast of Wonders
Cursed Morsels Zine
khoréo magazine (khoreo)
Metastellar (Originals)
Mmeory
Plott Hound Magazine
PodCastle
The Orange & Bee
Uncanny

Other Opportunities

Al Blanchard Award
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest
The Tomorrow Prize

Upcoming Market Changes

Al Blanchard Award‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Anomaly‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)‘s Submission window ends soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Submission window ends soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups begins soon.
Planet Scumm temporarily closes soon.
Solarpunk Magazine‘s Submission window ends soon.
The Cosmic Background opens soon.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Women of the Weird West‘s Submission window ends soon.

The SFWA Market Report is compiled by David Steffen, editor of Diabolical Plots and The Long List Anthology series, and administrator and co-founder of the Submission Grinder.  The Kickstarter campaign for the Long List Anthology Volume 9 is running until Monday April 14th. You can support Diabolical Plots and the Submission Grinder on PayPal or Patreon or by buying books or merch.