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What's New in Fiction Publishing?

Want to know what's new in the publishing world? You've come to the right place! This is where you can see what publisher listings have been added or significantly updated in the last seven days.

Fiction Publishers Added (last 7 days)

TitleGenresLengthsPaymentMedia
Seaweed Literary Manuscripts (Seaweed Literary Magazine) FLEDGLING  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissionsGeneralNovella Fiction CollectionUnknown advance + Unknown royaltiesElectronic Publication Print Publication
Seaweed Literary Magazine  FLEDGLING  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissionsGeneralFlash Fiction Short StorySemi-pro payment to Professional paymentElectronic Publication
Writes of November Any Best Chapter Contest  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSEDGeneralNovel ExcerptUnknown paymentElectronic Publication
Writes of November First Page Frenzy Contest  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSEDGeneralFlash FictionUnknown paymentElectronic Publication
No Axis Press  FLEDGLING  NEW!GeneralFlash Fiction Short StoryNon-payingElectronic Publication
The Pony Express (The Great American Western) NEW! TEMP CLOSEDWesternFlash Fiction Short StorySemi-pro paymentElectronic Publication
The Waverly Review  FLEDGLING  NEW!General HorrorFlash Fiction Short StoryNon-payingElectronic Publication
Writes of November First Chapter Challenge Writing Contest  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSEDGeneralNovel ExcerptUnknown paymentElectronic Publication
Guava Penworks  FLEDGLING  NEW!Fantasy Horror Science FictionNovelUnknown advance + Unknown royaltiesPrint Publication

Fiction publishers that have recently opened to submissions (last 7 days)

1. Collaborature Monthly Contest
2. Indigo Fee-based
3. The Mersey Review
4. On the Premises
5. The Lemonwood Quarterly Fee-based
6. Tendrils Journal
7. Flash Point Science Fiction
8. Four Way Books Fee-based
9. heartwood literary magazine
10. North American Review Fee-based
11. Angel Food Magazine
12. The Pink Hydra
13. Pink Hydra Press
14. Channel
15. Dzanc Books
16. Flash Fiction Online
17. Hayden's Ferry Review Fee-based
18. Glossy Planet Literary Magazine
19. Off Topic Contest Fee-based
20. the Timberline Review
21. NonBinary Review
22. Story Unlikely Short Story Contest
23. The Robert Day Award for Fiction Fee-based
24. Kiss & Verse
25. Intricacy: A Literary Review
26. The Oracle's Almanac
27. What Blooms in Darkness: A Lunarpunk Anthology
28. Astral, Alien Fiction
29. The Alethean Review
30. Micro of the Month Writing Challenge
31. Author Gold Short Story Award Fee-based
32. Tome & Space
33. The Fifth Corner
34. The Colby Review
35. Rotting Leaf Mag
36. Interrobang Lit
37. Little Fruits Magazine
38. Rat Bag Lit
39. Inglenook Lit Mag
40. House of Arcanum: A Journal of Curated Fiction
41. Trace Fossils Review Fee-based
42. Scraps: a journal of rejection and abadonment
43. Philly Chapbook Review
44. New English Review
45. Dog Throat Journal
46. Thistledown Press
47. Stone's Throw
48. The Georgia Review Prose Prize Fee-based
49. Discretionary Love
50. Haven Speculative Magazine / Haven Spec
51. COMP: an interdisciplinary journal
52. Khoréo Magazine
53. Chapter House Journal
54. The Fool's World Magazine
55. Thimble Literary Magazine
56. X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine
57. The Write Launch Fee-based
58. American Literary Review Flash Flood Contest Fee-based
59. 53-Word Story Contest
60. Four Way Review
61. Split Lip Magazine
62. The Big Moose Prize Fee-based
63. Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction Fee-based
64. Meridian Editors' Prizes in Poetry and Prose Fee-based
65. The Zodiac Review
66. 100 Word Story Fee-based
67. 50-Word Stories
68. Eternal Haunted Summer: pagan songs & tales
69. Glint Literary Journal
70. Canary: A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis Fee-based
71. Black Lawrence Press Fee-based
72. The Piker Press
73. DASH Literary Journal
74. Chiron Review
75. Epiphany Magazine Fee-based
76. Cola Literary Review
77. Santa Clara Review
78. Fusion Fragment
79. Flint Hills Review
80. Right Hand Pointing
81. The Pinch Fee-based
82. The Greensboro Review Fee-based
83. Allegory e-Zine
84. The New Yorker
85. Boulevard Magazine Fee-based
86. Apex Magazine
87. Space & Time Magazine
88. Whimsy Fee-based
89. Folded Space: An Audio Science Fiction Anthology
90. Superlative Monthly Feature Competition Fee-based
91. Parracombe Prize Fee-based
92. Trash Cat Lit
93. Thin Skin: Showcasing Older Writers
94. Carmen et Error
95. New Flash Fiction Review Prize Fee-based
96. Henshaw Press Short Story Competition Fee-based
97. Lovecraftiana: the Magazine of Eldritch Horror
98. The Forge Literary Magazine
99. Masque & Spectacle: An Arts & Literary Journal
100. Schlock! Webzine
101. The London Magazine
102. Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series
103. The Apostrophe
104. The Big Fing C*
105. Varnish Online
106. Fremantle Press
107. University of Queensland Press
108. StylusLit
109. Meniscus Literary Journal
110. Black Inc.
111. The Chautauqua Janus Prize Fee-based
112. Hydra Publications
113. Dark Horses / Black Sheep / Mobius Blvd: The Magazine of Weird Fiction
114. Wild Greens Magazine
115. The Fifth Corner Press Fee-based
116. Dogwood Alchemy: Art & Literature Magazine
117. One Teen Story Contest
118. Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition Fee-based
119. Golgonooza Magazine
120. The Sine Qua Non Prizes Fee-based
121. Uncertain Stories Fee-based
122. The Sine Qua Non: A Journal of Creative Writing

Fiction publishers that have temporarily closed to submissions (last 7 days)

1. Horizon Review
2. Route 7 Review
3. The Kepler Award Fee-based
4. Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
5. cream city review Fee-based
6. Book*hug Press
7. Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize Fee-based
8. The Malahat Review Open Season Awards Fee-based
9. The Under Review Fee-based
10. Flyover Fiction
11. After Midnight Literary Magazine
12. The Ranger's Almanac
13. Copytext Magazine
14. Tendon Magazine
15. re•mediate lit mag
16. The Words Faire Quarterly
17. Fonograf Editions Open Genre Book Prize Fee-based
18. Crab Apple Literary
19. American Religion Journal
20. Onyx Publications Contests Fee-based
21. The Bluebird Word: an online literary journal Fee-based
22. Syncopation Literary Journal
23. Whisk(e)y Tit Journal
24. Call Me [Brackets]
25. the tiny journal Fee-based
26. Nixes Mate Review
27. University of Nebraska Press
28. Ninth Letter Web Edition
29. The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction Fee-based
30. The Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize Fee-based
31. The Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest Fee-based
32. Barely South Review
33. Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature
34. Santa Fe Literary Review
35. The Normal School Fee-based
36. The Madison Review Fee-based
37. So to Speak Journal Fee-based
38. Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts Fee-based
39. the minnesota review
40. Northwest Review Fee-based
41. Zone 3: a literary journal Fee-based
42. Portland Review
43. Michigan Quarterly Review Fee-based
44. Meridian: An Annual of Poetry and Prose Fee-based
45. The Paul Cave Prize for Literature Fee-based
46. Spellbinder: A Quarterly Literary and Art Magazine
47. Wyldblood Magazine
48. CBC Short Story Prize Fee-based
49. Christmas of the Dead Anthology Series
50. River Margin
51. Turbine | Kapohau: A New Zealand Journal of New Writing
52. Larina's Lit Lounge
53. Frost Zone Stories
54. Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook / Novella Contest Fee-based
55. Y2K Quarterly
56. The Pony Express
57. White Space Journal
58. eMerge Online Literary Magazine Fee-based
59. Sweet Cute Magazine
60. Pergola Literary Magazine
61. The Sam Hill! Review
62. Sapling Lit: Literary Journal for Environmental Activism
63. Misophist Magazine
64. Keepers of the Fire Contest Fee-based
65. The William Gay Memorial Prize in Short Story Fee-based
66. Disco Kitchen: A Literary Mag Fee-based
67. For Page & Screen Magazine
68. Zine Machine
69. Carnage House
70. Phylum Press Quarterly Journal
71. Micromance Magazine
72. The Good Life Review Buzz: Micro Monday Fee-based
73. The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
74. As Surely As the Sun Literary Journal
75. Chestnut Review Chapbooks Fee-based
76. Nat 1 Publishing
77. The Nelligan Review Fee-based
78. Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Fee-based
79. MIDLVLMAG: Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine
80. Atlantic Northeast Magazine
81. Jimson Weed: UVA Wise's Literary Journal
82. Troublemaker Firestarter
83. MicroLit
84. Hare's Paw Literary Journal Fee-based
85. Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts
86. Raleigh Review Flash Fiction Prize Fee-based
87. John Lent Poetry/Prose Award Fee-based
88. Peatsmoke Journal Fee-based
89. Santa Barbara Literary Journal Fee-based
90. Portrait of New England: A Literary Magazine
91. The /tEmz/ Review
92. The Larry Brown Short Story Award Fee-based
93. SNHU Fall Fiction Short Story Contest
94. The Spectacle
95. Polar Borealis Magazine
96. The Vern Rutsala Book Prize Fee-based
97. Angel City Review
98. EcoTheo Review
99. Orison Books
100. Mud Season Review
101. Tahoma Literary Review Fee-based
102. Tupelo Quarterly
103. Sugared Water
104. Doris Betts Fiction Prize Fee-based
105. The Black River Chapbook Competition Fee-based
106. mojo
107. The Adroit Journal
108. Prime Number Magazine
109. Raleigh Review Fee-based
110. Inscape: Washburn University's Literary Journal
111. The Hamilton Stone Review
112. Wigleaf: (very) short fiction
113. Blue Mesa Review
114. The Carolina Quarterly Fee-based
115. Stickman Review
116. Indiana Review Fee-based
117. The Paris Review
118. The Still Point Review
119. Swords & Rockets Anthology Series
120. The Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers
121. Splice Fee-based
122. Fun in the Dark Anthology Series
123. Men Matters Online Journal
124. manywor(l)ds
125. Orion's Belt
126. MetaStellar
127. Banshee: A Literary Journal
128. The Frogmore Papers
129. The Shallow Tales Review
130. B O D Y
131. The Tiger Moth Review
132. in case of emergency press
133. The Hope Prize Fee-based
134. Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Fee-based
135. The Fifth Corner Dark Fiction Prize Fee-based
136. The Carrier Bag Fee-based
137. Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine
138. Roses and Wildflowers
139. Paper Dragon
140. Neon Hemlock Press
141. Blood Tree Literature Fee-based
142. Paw&Claw Anthology Series
143. ELA Literary Magazine
144. Mythaxis Magazine
145. BAUXITE Magazine
146. The Varnish Prize for Fiction
147. t'ART Online
148. t'ART Magazine
149. Penumbra
150. Flock Publishing
151. Brown Hound Press
152. Blue Dot Kids Press

Fiction publishers with status changes (last 7 days)

1. ContiguousLyt BELIEVED DEFUNCT
2. Gouda & Cozy CLOSED
3. Heartsick Anthology CLOSED
4. The PATH Anthology CLOSED
5. The Gigas Testament CLOSED
6. I Want to Know What Love Is CLOSED
7. The Thing in the Dark CLOSED
8. Walrus Proetry BELIEVED DEFUNCT
9. Tales from the Moonlit Path CLOSED
10. The Blue Bell Review Space Contest CLOSED
11. Currant Jam BELIEVED DEFUNCT

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Latest update: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 7:59:00 AM UTC.

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