January 2026 Monthly Market Report

January 26, 2026

Hello, and welcome to a new Dream Foundry project. Every month we’ll be publishing a market report with data pulled from The Submission Grinder about market openings, closings, and other changes. You can check here for new reports and an archive of past ones, or sign up to receive them in your inbox through our Market Report Newsletter.

To be included here, each market must meet The Submission Grinder’s standards for a full listing, minimal standards for payment set by Dream Foundry, and publish speculative fiction or poetry. We may be making tweaks to the inclusion/exclusion criteria in the coming months to ensure we’re meeting our goal of including markets that meet our basic standards for professionalism in their business practices. Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement. If you have reason to believe a market doesn’t meet a basic threshold for professionalism, please report that to The Submission Grinder. If you think there’s an issue with the criteria used to curate the list, reach out to us here at Dream Foundry.

Fiction

Upcoming Market Changes

100-Foot Crow‘s “Coffee” Theme and Unthemed Submission Window ends soon.
Abyss & Apex‘s Submission window begins and 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.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups ends soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Submission window begins soon.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Mysterion‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Nightmare Magazine‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC authors ends soon.
Nightmare Magazine‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Summer in the City‘s Submission Window ends soon.

Poetry

New Markets

Ashton House Magazine
Parlyaree Press
Waxen

Markets Currently Open for Submissions

Alocasia (Recently Opened)
Book XI (Recently Opened)
BSFS Poetry Contest
Cozy in the Apocalypse
Dreams & Nightmares
Haven Spec Magazine (Recently Opened)
Heartlines Spec (Recently Opened)
Nightmare Magazine (Recently Opened)
PULP Literature
Radon Journal
Samovar
Strange Horizons
Tales of Horror
Torch Literary Arts
Trollbreath Magazine (Recently Opened)
Utopia Science Fiction (Recently Opened)

Markets Recently Closed for Submissions

Book Worms
DreamForge Anvil
Fantabulosa!
More Alternative Liberties (Permanent)
Otherside (Originals)
Solarpunk Magazine
The Deadlands
The Fabulist
The Orange & Bee
Your Body is a Fever Dream (Permanent)

Upcoming Market Changes

Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups ends soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Submission window begins soon.
Heartlines Spec‘s Submission window ends soon.
Nightmare Magazine‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC authors ends soon.
Nightmare Magazine‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.