August 2026 Monthly Market Report

August 23, 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

100-Foot Crow‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Anomaly‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Apex Magazine‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Are You Everything Alright‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: Young Authors ends soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Deep Cut Magazine‘s Submission Winddow begins soon.
Endings‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Escape Pod‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Of Fae & Fire permanently closes soon.
Of Love Forbidden permanently closes soon.
Plott Hound Magazine‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s “The Crone” Theme ends soon.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Thyme Travellers Anthology Series‘s Submission Window ends soon.

POETRY

New Markets

The Book of Rot & Bloom Anthology Series

Markets Currently Open for Submissions

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

Markets Recently Closed for Submissions

Apocalypse Confidential books
FIYAH
NewMyths.com
Queer Little Daydreams (Permanent)
Reimagined AI Anthology Series (Permanent)

Upcoming Market Changes

Haven Spec Magazine‘s Submission window ends soon.
Heartlines Spec‘s Limited demographic submission window: equity-deserving groups begins and ends soon.
Heartlines Spec‘s Submission window begins soon.
Of Metal and Magic Publishing‘s Submission Window ends soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s “The Crone” Theme ends 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.