Thrilling Word’s mission is to promote episodic fiction.  Instead of publishing standalone speculative fiction short stories, they publish multiple flash fiction stories written by the same author.  Combined length for a two story submission should be no more than 2,000 words, and payment is a flat rate of $160.00 for two stories. You can find full details here.

The Speculative Literature Foundation is accepting applications through March 31st for its annual Older Writer’s Grant. Each year they award two $500 grants to assist writers over the age of 50. Full details on how to apply are here.

Translunar Travelers Lounge is looking for fun stories of up to 5,000 words. A fun story as defined by the editors, is one that works on the premise that things aren’t that bad, and that in the end, good will win. Payment is a semi-pro rate of 3 cents per word, and the submissions window closes on April 15th. Full details are here. 

Visions is open to submissions for their second issue from now until May 15, 2019. They are looking for stories up to 3,000 words and the theme for the second issue is humanity. Payment is 6 cents per word. Full details are here.

Baen Books has announced their sixth annual Fantasy Adventure award. Stories should be no more than 8,000 words, a work of fantasy, and not a reprint. No entry fee, and only one submission per person.

Full details and contest awards are found here.

Uncanny Magazine is now open to submissions for Disabled People Destroy Fantasy from 1/15/2019 to 2/28/2019. They are looking for stories from writers who identify themselves as disabled. Disabilities can be visible or invisible. Stories should be between 750 and 6,000 words. Payment is 8 cents per word. Full details can be found here.

B Cubed Press has announced open calls for  three (3) new anthologies to be released in 2019. They are looking for stories of between 500 and 5,000 words. Submissions open immediately and close on April 15, 2019, for these anthologies:

• Alternative Bedtime Stories for Progressive Parents
• Alternative Apocalypses
• Tales from the Space Force

Pay is 2 cents per word, plus royalties. Full details can be found here.

Nightscape Press has two new open calls for submissions.

Their anthology Nox Pareidolia will open to submissions on April 1st and will close to submission at the close of that month. Payment is  6 cents per wor, and payment will be capped at 6,000 words.

Nightscape Press will open to short fiction collection submissions on May 17th and will close to submissions May 31st. Payment will include an advance and royalties to both the author and a charity of their choice. Short story collections must be 40,000 words or more, and include at least two to three previously unpublished works.

Full details for both these open calls are found here.

Remain Magazine is looking for stories between 1000 and 3000 words, that focus on survival situations, whether apocalyptic, dystopian or otherwise. Payment is 6 cents per word. They are also looking for comics, and will consider serializing stories. Full details are found here. 

Orbannin Books has opened for their first anthology project, Letters From The Grave: A Collection of Epistolary Horror. They are paying 5 cents per word and a contributor’s copy, and will be open until February 28, 2019. Stories should be between 2,000 and 10,000 words long. You can find full details here.

Fireside is currently open to short story submissions from the 15th to the 31st of December, 2018 (midnight to midnight, all times EST). They are looking for stories up to 4,000 words, and pay 12.5 cents a word.

Full details on how to submit are here.

New Voices submissions are open to new and emerging writers only (no novel-length published work forthcoming at the time of submission). They except a variety of genres, and pay .10 cents per word up to $200.00. Stories can be up to 7,000 words long.

Full details can be found here.

Clarksworld Magazine is open to submissions. They are looking for science fiction and fantasy stories of between 1,000 and 16,000 words. Payment is 10¢ per word for the first 5000 words, 8¢ for each word over 5000.

Full details can be found here.

Nothing’s Sacred is Jack of No Trades Productions’ horror magazine, and Volume 5 is now open for submissions. They pay 5 cents a word for fiction up to 3,000 words, take limited reprints at 2 cents a work, non-fiction articles about the horror genre at 5 cents per word, and poetry pays $10.00 each.

Full guidelines can be found here.

Constellary Tales is a new a pro market for science fiction and fantasy, and they are now open for submissions. They pay 6 cents per word for stories between 1,000 and 3,500 words. Stories must have a speculative element, but they aren’t open to horror.

Full details and a submission form can be found here.

Zombies Need Brains LLC is accepting submissions to its three science fiction and fantasy anthologies PORTALS, TEMPORALLY DEACTIVATED, and ALTERNATE PEACE.  Stories for this anthology must be original (no reprints or previously published material), no more than 7,500 words in length, and must satisfy the theme of the anthology. Pay rate will be an advance of a minimum of 6 cents per word. Full guidelines are found here. 

Artemis Rising is an annual month-long event across all four Escape Artists podcasts, celebrating the voices of women, non-binary, trans, and marginalized gendered authors in genre fiction. During the month of September, PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine seeks submissions to celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by any author who identifies as a woman, to any degree.

Payment is 6 cents per word, they are looking for stories between 2,000 and 6,000 words, and a special submission portal will open on the website in September. General submission guidelines and contact information can be found here.