July 2026 Monthly Market Report

July 25, 2026

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. 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

Abyss & Apex‘s Submission window begins and ends soon.
AGAIN‘s Submission Window 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 Limited Demographic Submission Window: Young Authors begins soon.
Democratic Futures Prize‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Diabolical Plots‘s Submission Window ends soon.
FIYAH‘s “Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars” Theme ends soon.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)‘s “Aftermath” Theme ends 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.
khoréo magazine (khoreo)‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Mysterion‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Orion’s Belt‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Planet Scumm opens soon.
PseudoPod‘s Submission Window For Reprints that originally appeared in 2026 Anthologies and Collections ends soon.
PseudoPod‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Sweet Screams‘s Submission Window ends soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s “The Crone” Theme begins soon.

POETRY

New Markets

Of Metal and Magic Publishing
Reimagined AI Anthology Series
Scattered

Markets Currently Open for Submissions

Dreams & Nightmares
Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires
FIYAH (Recently Opened)
Haven Spec Magazine (Recently Opened)
MENACE
NewMyths.com
Portals (Recently Opened)
Radon Journal
Reckoning
Samovar
Spec Colorways In Verse
Star*Line
Strange Horizons
The Green Sheaf
The Neurodiversiverse: Bridging Worlds
Torch Literary Arts
Trollbreath Magazine

Markets Recently Closed for Submissions

Anathema: Spec from the Margins
Augur
Eye to the Telescope
Impossible Worlds (Permanent)
Otherside (Originals)
Solarpunk Magazine
The Orange & Bee
The Quiet Ones

Upcoming Market Changes

FIYAH‘s “Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars” Theme ends 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.
Heartlines Spec‘s Limited demographic submission window: equity-deserving groups begins soon.
Orion’s Belt‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Queer Little Daydreams permanently closes soon.
Reimagined AI Anthology Series permanently closes soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s “The Crone” Theme 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. Diabolical Plots was the publisher of “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg, which is a finalist for the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and you can read it for free! You can support Diabolical Plots and the Submission Grinder on PayPal or Patreon or by buying books or merch.