March 2026 Market Report
Welcome to the monthly market report brought to you via a collaboration between Dream Foundry and the Submission Grinder. 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
New Markets
Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity
Markets Currently Open for Submissions
Adi (Recently Opened)
Al Blanchard Award
Apex Magazine (Recently Opened)
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest (Recently Opened)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Cast of Wonders (Recently Opened)
Clarkesworld Magazine
Crepuscular Magazine
Escape Pod
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals) (Recently Opened)
Gavagai
Metastellar (Originals) (Recently Opened)
Night Shades (Recently Opened)
Orion’s Belt (Recently Opened)
Otherside (Reprints) (Recently Opened)
PodCastle
PseudoPod (Recently Opened)
Quest (Recently Opened)
Reckoning
Story Unlikely
The Daily Tomorrow
The No Sleep Podcast
The Tomorrow Prize
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
Torch Literary Arts
Uncharted Magazine
Utopia Science Fiction
What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style
Markets Recently Closed for Submissions
Anomaly
Haven Spec Magazine
Mmeory (Permanent)
Plott Hound Magazine
The Tributary
Upcoming Market Changes
100-Foot Crow‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Adi‘s “I will no longer lightly walk behind a one of you who fear me —June Jordan” Theme ends soon.
Adventitious‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Anomaly‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Apex Magazine‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s “Birthday” Theme ends soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s “Halloween” Theme begins and ends soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s “Solstice/Christmas/New Year” Theme begins and ends soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s “Banned Books Week” Theme begins soon.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)‘s “Tiny Gods” Theme ends soon.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)‘s “Paranormal Noir” Theme begins soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups begins soon.
Metastellar (Originals)‘s Submission window ends soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community begins soon.
Otherside (Reprints)‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Quest‘s “Power” Theme ends soon.
Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity‘s Submission Window ends soon.
The Daily Tomorrow‘s “Vegetal” Theme ends soon.
Utopia Science Fiction‘s “Cozy Stories” Theme ends soon.
Utopia Science Fiction‘s Submission Window begins soon.
What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Poetry
New Markets
Assembly Press (Upcoming)
Markets Currently Open for Submissions
Alocasia
Ashton House Magazine
BSFS Poetry Contest
Cozy in the Apocalypse
Dreams & Nightmares
Haven Spec Magazine (Recently Opened)
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly (Recently Opened)
MENACE
Orion’s Belt (Recently Opened)
PULP Literature
Quest (Recently Opened)
Radon Journal
Reckoning
Small Wonders (Recently Opened)
Strange Horizons
Tales of Horror
Torch Literary Arts
Trollbreath Magazine
Utopia Science Fiction
Markets Recently Closed for Submissions
NewMyths.com
The Tributary
Waxen
Upcoming Market Changes
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups begins soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community begins soon.
Quest‘s “Power” Theme ends soon.
Utopia Science Fiction‘s “Cozy Stories” Theme ends soon.
Utopia Science Fiction‘s Submission Window begins soon.
The Dream Foundry 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. You can support Diabolical Plots and the Submission Grinder on PayPal or Patreon or by buying books or merch.