September 2026 Monthly 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. 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
Knock on Wood
Pandora (Flame Tree Publishing)
Secret Horror
Superheroes, Super Problems
Wow! Literary Award (Upcoming)
Markets Currently Open for Submissions
100-Foot Crow (Recently Opened)
Apex Magazine (Recently Opened)
Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest (Recently Opened)
Are You Everything Alright (Recently Opened)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Cast of Wonders (Recently Opened)
Clarkesworld Magazine
Crepuscular Magazine
Endings (Recently Opened)
Escape Pod (Recently Opened)
Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals) (Recently Opened)
Gavagai
Horned Lark Press
More Distant Shores
Night Shades (Recently Opened)
Orion’s Belt (Recently Opened)
Reckoning (Recently Opened)
Samovar
Small Wonders (Originals) (Recently Opened)
Synthesized Sunsets
The Daily Tomorrow
The Green Sheaf
The NoSleep Podcast
The Submission Pit Substack
The Tomorrow Prize
Torch Literary Arts
Uncharted Magazine
Markets Recently Closed for Submissions
Anomaly
Haven Spec Magazine
Nightmare Magazine
Of Fae & Fire (Permanent)
Of Love Forbidden (Permanent)
Plott Hound Magazine
Portals
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
Thyme Travellers Anthology Series (Permanent)
Uncanny
Upcoming Market Changes
100-Foot Crow‘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.
Are You Everything Alright‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Cast of Wonders‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Deep Cut Magazine‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Diabolical Plots‘s “Diabolical Rot” Theme begins soon.
Endings‘s Submission Window ends soon.
Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)‘s “Human-Shaped” Theme ends soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups begins soon.
Icarus (Flame Tree Publishing) permanently closes soon.
Knock on Wood permanently closes soon.
Metastellar (Originals)‘s Submission window begins soon.
Night Shades temporarily closes soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Limited Demographic Submission Window: BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors who are self-identified members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community begins and ends soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Submission Window begins soon.
Pandora (Flame Tree Publishing) permanently closes soon.
Planet Scumm opens soon.
Plott Hound Magazine‘s Submission Window begins and ends soon.
Strange Horizons opens soon.
Superheroes, Super Problems‘s Submission Window ends soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s Limited Demographic for female-identifying & gender fluid writers who are 50 and over on the theme “The Crone” ends soon.
POETRY
New Markets
Wow! Literary Award (Upcoming)
Markets Currently Open for Submissions
Dreams & Nightmares
Haven Spec Magazine (Recently Opened)
Heartlines Spec (Recently Opened)
Orion’s Belt (Recently Opened)
Radon Journal
Samovar
Spec Colorways In Verse
Star*Line
Strange Horizons
The Book of Rot & Bloom Anthology Series
The Green Sheaf
The Neurodiversiverse: Bridging Worlds
Torch Literary Arts
Trollbreath Magazine
Waxen (Recently Opened)
Markets Recently Closed for Submissions
Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires (Permanent)
MENACE
Of Metal and Magic Publishing (Permanent)
Portals
Reckoning
Scattered
Uncanny
Upcoming Market Changes
Alocasia temporarily closes soon.
Haven Spec Magazine‘s Limited demographic submission window: authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups begins soon.
Heartlines Spec‘s Submission window 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 and ends soon.
Otherside (Originals)‘s Submission Window begins soon.
The Green Sheaf‘s Limited Demographic for female-identifying & gender fluid writers who are 50 and over on the theme “The Crone” ends soon.
The Neurodiversiverse: Bridging Worlds‘s Submission Window ends soon.