Updated 2026-09-04

Today’s opportunities.

What changed, what is closing, and what pays most — recomputed from the record every time BRYME rebuilds. Every figure below is the publication’s own; nothing here is estimated.

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99 listings had their pay, status and guideline re-checked by hand this week.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul

True first-person story or story-poem

Pay: $250 if published
Words: Recommended maximum 1,200 words; no official minimum. Longer pieces are rarely read.
Eligible: Official FAQ: they publish English-language stories from people around the world
Verified: 2026-09

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🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyOpen to all

LitMag Online

Short fiction

Pay: $100 on acceptance
Words: Variable
Eligible: No stated country restriction
Verified: 2026-09

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🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States

Orion Magazine

Nonfiction pitches and poetry

Pay: $200 per poem
Words: Poems max 2 pages · digital pieces unlikely over 2,000 words
Eligible: No nationality restriction stated on the guidelines page
Verified: 2026-09

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🔴 Currently closed🔵 SubmittedSouth Africa

Efiko Magazine

Poetry, short story, essay

Pay: ₦20,000 or ₦30,000 (Nigerian bank account)≈ $15–$23 USD
Words: Prose 1,200–5,000 words; poetry 2–5 poems / 10 pages
Eligible: Writers of African origin based anywhere in the world, or anyone writing about Africa
Verified: 2026-09

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🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States

Adi Magazine

Essay

Pay: Not publicly stated on the current official page
Words: Not publicly stated on the current official page
Eligible: The official submissions page does not list countries
Verified: 2026-09

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🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyOpen to all

Listverse

10-item fact list

Pay: $100 (minus PayPal fees)
Words: 1,500–2,000 words including the introduction; exactly 10 items
Eligible: Official submit page: only considering submissions from the US, UK, NZ, Ireland, Canada, Australia and South Africa, unless you are an existing published Listverse writer
Verified: 2026-09

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🟢 Currently accepting🔴 RejectedUnited States

Noema Magazine

Essay, reported feature, interview, short fiction

Pay: Not publicly stated on the official pages checked
Words: Official sweet spot 2,500–4,000 words; pitches must be at least 500 words
Eligible: The official Pitch Us page does not list countries
Verified: 2026-09

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🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom

African Arguments

News analysis, op-ed, features, essays, investigations

Pay: Fees vary — not a published fixed rate
Words: Average about 1,000 words; longer if exceptionally well written
Eligible: Official: they prioritise writers of African descent based on the continent, but are open to articles from anyone who meets their editorial standards
Verified: 2026-09

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Chicken Soup for the Soul

True first-person story or story-poem

Pay: $250 if published
Words: Recommended maximum 1,200 words; no official minimum. Longer pieces are rarely read.
Eligible: Official FAQ: they publish English-language stories from people around the world
Verified: 2026-09

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The Fiction Desk

Short story

Pay: £25 per 1,000 words≈ $34 USD
Words: 1,000–15,000 words
Eligible: Official: they are based in the UK and are happy to consider short story submissions from authors all over the world
Verified: 2026-09

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Granta

Fiction and non-fiction

Pay: Pays contributors — rate not stated
Words: No set maximum or minimum; most submissions run 3,000–6,000 words
Eligible: Official: committed to offering a home to writing by those who are marginalised or underrepresented — writers of colour, working class or low-income writers, queer, transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming writers, and writers with disabilities
Verified: 2026-09

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The Offing

Humour / satire

Pay: $25–$100 on publication
Words: No more than 8 pages
Eligible: No country list on the official guidelines
Verified: 2026-08

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Mslexia

Poetry and short fiction

Pay: Pays for every piece published — rate not stated
Words: Stories to 2,200 words; poems to 40 lines
Eligible: Mslexia is a magazine for women's writing and its submission routes are for women writers
Verified: 2026-09

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🟡 Limited window🟡 Research onlyCanada

The /tEmz/ Review

Fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry

Pay: $20 per piece≈ $14 USD
Words: Prose up to 10,000 words
Eligible: No nationality restriction stated
Verified: 2026-09

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🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyCanada

khōréō

Speculative short fiction or flash

Pay: 10¢ per word
Words: Under 5,000 words (prefer under 3,500)
Eligible: Official: submit if you identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions — including first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, people displaced by colonialism/imperialism, and anyone whose heritage includes ‘here and elsewhere’
Verified: 2026-08

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Best paid

Highest stated pay, open now

Ranked on the figure the publication itself states, converted to USD only for comparison.

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WIRED

Features & tech

Pay: $2,500+ per feature
Words: ~5,000 words
Eligible: No stated country restriction; strong reporting required
Verified: 2026-09

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🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyAustralia

Kill Your Darlings

Short fiction

Pay: Minimum $1,000≈ $720 USD
Words: 2,000–5,000 words
Eligible: Official and restrictive in a way that costs money: "We only accept fiction submissions from KYD Members
Verified: 2026-09

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New Lines Magazine

World journalism, essays

Pay: $600–$800
Words: Not stated as a hard limit
Eligible: No stated country restriction — it publishes writers from around the globe, with Africa-focused editorial
Verified: 2026-09

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🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom

Pellicle

Feature, long read or photo essay

Pay: £375–£675 per commission≈ $507–$913 USD
Words: 1,500–2,500+ words depending on format
Eligible: No nationality restriction stated
Verified: 2026-09

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Longreads

Personal essay

Pay: $500
Words: No hard personal-essay limit stated. Official guideline for most published features: 2,000–6,000 words — a guideline, not a rule.
Eligible: Official page: pitches and original nonfiction from writers and journalists around the world
Verified: 2026-08

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Longreads

Longform nonfiction

Pay: $500 (personal/critical essays); reading lists $350
Words: 2,000–6,000 words
Eligible: Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
Verified: 2026-09

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The Drift

Essays, criticism, fiction, poetry

Pay: $2,000 essays; $500–$1,000 stories; $150 poems
Words: No stated hard length limit
Eligible: No stated country restriction
Verified: 2026-09

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Earth Island Journal

Environment journalism

Pay: $500 (short) · $750–$1,500 (long) · $500 (interview) · $400 (review)
Words: Short pieces <1,000 words; reports 1,500–3,000 words
Eligible: Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
Verified: 2026-09

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No country restriction

Open to writers anywhere

Publications whose own guideline places no geographic restriction on who may submit.

🟢 Currently accepting🔴 RejectedNigeria

The Republic

Personal Essay

Pay: ₦100,000≈ $76 USD
Words: 2,001–3,000 words
Eligible: The official submissions page does not state a nationality restriction
Verified: 2026-08

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🟢 Rolling submissions🟡 Research onlyNigeria

Oriire

Long-form, folktales, essays, interviews, heritage reviews, listicles, encounters

Pay: ₦10,000 per article; ₦5,000 per codex entry≈ $3.78–$11 USD
Words: Not publicly stated
Eligible: The official submissions page does not state a nationality restriction
Verified: 2026-08

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🟢 Rolling submissions🔵 SubmittedNigeria

The Lagos Review

Personal essay

Pay: $250 per published essay
Words: Up to 1,500 words
Eligible: The official call does not state a nationality restriction
Verified: 2026-08

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Adi Magazine

Again column (book reflection)

Pay: $300
Words: Up to 1,500 words
Eligible: The official submissions page does not list countries
Verified: 2026-08

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Longreads

Personal essay

Pay: $500
Words: No hard personal-essay limit stated. Official guideline for most published features: 2,000–6,000 words — a guideline, not a rule.
Eligible: Official page: pitches and original nonfiction from writers and journalists around the world
Verified: 2026-08

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🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States

Longreads

Reading list

Pay: $350
Words: Not publicly stated
Eligible: Official page: original nonfiction from writers and journalists around the world
Verified: 2026-08

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Longreads

Reported feature

Pay: From 50 cents per word
Words: No hard limit stated. Official guideline for most published features: 2,000–6,000 words — a guideline, not a rule.
Eligible: Official page: original nonfiction from writers and journalists around the world
Verified: 2026-08

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🟢 Currently accepting🔴 RejectedUnited States

Noema Magazine

Essay, reported feature, interview, short fiction

Pay: Not publicly stated on the official pages checked
Words: Official sweet spot 2,500–4,000 words; pitches must be at least 500 words
Eligible: The official Pitch Us page does not list countries
Verified: 2026-09

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Opens later

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Closed today, with the publication naming when it reopens. Worth a diary note.

2026-09-15 — The Rumpus · Fiction, essays and poetry reopen 15 September 2026
2026-10-01 — Adi Magazine · Reopens 1 October 2026
2026-10-01 — Poetry London · General submissions are currently closed and reopen on 1 October.
2026-12-01 — Extra Teeth · Submissions closed. Next open call 1–14 December 2026.
2026-12-01 — EVENT · Fiction and poetry are accepted in January, July, August and December only. Canadian Fiction and Canadian Poetry (August 2026) hit their caps and closed. Non-fiction comes mainly through the annual Non-Fiction Contest, deadline 15 October.
2027-02-01 — Orion Magazine · Re-checked on the official Submission Guidelines page 16 September 2026: all windows are closed. The 10-15 September poetry call hit its 800-submission cap within hours of opening (the page carries an official closed notice). The fall digital open-pitch window (opens 1 September, runs two weeks) has also ended; the next digital window opens 1 February 2027. Print themes for 2027 are unannounced - the page hints at raptors and endings. Orion cannot consider anything outside an open window; poetry, fiction, book reviews and AI-assisted work are never read.

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