Note that this is a general/non-LGBT list and we categorize a journal/magazine as a paying market if payment rates are clearly stated in their submission guidelines. If not, they will not appear on this list. For magazines/journals that pay per word or page, our assumption is that a story contains 1,000 words, or around four pages.
This is not comprehensive but we will update this on a monthly basis as we discover more journals/magazines with online submission system that pay for literary works.
(Note to editors/publishers of these journals, advise us of corrections, if any. This list is updated as of September 16, 2010.)
1. Glimmer Train
Payment rate: $700
Submissions: http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp
2. Poetry Magazine
Payment rate: $150/page
Submissions: https://submissions.poetrymagazine.org/
3. American Scholar
Payment rate: Up to $500
Submissions: scholar@pbk.org
4. KNOW
Payment rate: C$0.50 per word
Submissions: adrienne@knowmag.ca
5. US Catholic
Payment rate: $300min
Submissions: literaryeditor@uscatholic.org
6. New Love Stories
Payment rate: $300
Submissions: submit@newlovestories.com
7. Westerly
Payment rate: $150
Submissions: westerly@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
8. Black Warrior Review
Payment rate: Up to $150
Submissions: http://bwrsubmissions.ua.edu
9. Virginia Quarterly
Payment rate: $0.15-0.20/word
Submissions: http://www.vqronline.org/submission/
10. Weavings
Payment rate: $0.13/word
Submissions: weavings@upperroom.org
11. The Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.org/store/e-submit_gateway.php
12. Missouri Review
Payment rate: $30/page
Submissions: http://www.missourireview.com/main_info/e-submissions.php
13. Ploughshares
Payment rate: $50min/ $250max ($25/page)
Submissions: http://www2.pshares.org/submit/
14. Voiceworks
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: editor(at)expressmedia(dot)org(dot)au
15. Iron Horse
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: not open for submissions at this time
16. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: editors [at] heroicfantasyquarterly.com
17. Nashville Review
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: http://nashvillereview.submishmash.com/
18. DesiLit
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: poetry@desilit.org
19. One Story
Payment rate: $100
Submissions: https://www.one-story.com/submissions/
20. Hayden's Ferry
Payment rate: $25/page ($100 maximum)
Submissions: http://submit.haydensferryreview.asu.edu/
21. Ninth Letter
Payment rate: $25/page
Submissions: https://www-s.art.uiuc.edu/ninthletter/submissions/
22. Pedestal Magazine
Payment rate: $.08/word
Submissions: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitwork.php
23. New Welsh Review
Payment rate: £80
Submissions: submissions [at] newwelshreview.com
24. Gulf Coast
Payment rate: $20/page
Submissions: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/submissions/
25. Red Stone Science Fiction
Payment rate: $20/page
Submissions: submissions@redstonesciencefiction.com
26. Abyss & Apex
Payment rate: Up to $75 ($0.05/word)
Submissions: abyssandapex@gmail.com, aandapoetry@gmail.com
27. Etchings
Payment rate: AU$75
Submissions: etchings@ilurapress.com
28. Chiaroscuro
Payment rate: $0.07/word
Submissions: savory@rogers.com
29. Apron Strings
Payment rate: €60-100
Submissions: ssmith3@ireland.com
30. Indiana Review
Payment rate: $5/page ($10min)
Submissions: http://www.indianareview.org/submissions/
31. Turnrow
Payment rate: $15/page
Submissions: ryan@ulm.edu
32. Ancient Paths Literary Magazine
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: SSBurris@cox.net
33. River & Sound Review
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: poetry@riverandsoundreview.org
34. Flash Me Magazine
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: sfh@wingedhalo.com
35. Wily Writers
Payment rate: $50
Submissions: submissions@wilywriters.com
36. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word-$450
Submissions: http://asimovs.magazinesubmissions.com/
37. Strange Horizona
Payment rate: $50/min ($0.05/word)
Submissions: poetry@strangehorizons.com
38. Bear Deluxe Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word
Submissions: bear@orlo.org
39. Apex Magazine
Payment rate: $0.05/word
Submissions: apex.submission@gmail.com
40. Gum Show Review
Payment rate: $0.05/word-$50
Submissions: editor@gumshoereview.com
41. Scribblers and Ink Spillers
Payment rate: $40
Submissions: submissions@scribblersandinkspillers.com
42. Agni
Payment rate: $10/page ($150 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.bu.edu/dbin/agni/
43. West Branch
Payment rate: $10/page
Submissions: http://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/
44. Witness
Payment rate: $10/page
Submissions: http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/submit/login.php
45. Critical Writing
Payment rate: $30
Submissions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poetry-/
46. GUD Magazine
Payment rate: $5min ($0.03/word)
Submissions: http://www.gudmagazine.com/user/edit.php
47. Aberrant Dreams
Payment rate: $.03/word ($100 maximum)
Submissions: http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/user/register
48. Damazine
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: poetry@damazine.com
49. Spinetingler
Payment rate: $25
Submissions: spinetinglermag@gmail.com
50. Brain Harvest
Payment rate: $0.03/word-$22.50
Submissions: submissions@twelfthplanetpress.com
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