🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
WIRED
Features & tech
- Pay
- $2,500+ per feature
- Words
- ~5,000 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction; strong reporting required
- Verified
- 2026-09
🇺🇸 United States
Writing opportunities in United States
97 publications are based in United States, and 143 in total confirm in their own guidelines that they are open to writers from here. A further 144 do not state an eligibility rule either way.
A listing is an invitation to pitch, never a promise of acceptance or payment. Every entry links to the publication’s own guideline and the date BRYME last checked it.
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97 publications based in United States
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
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
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
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
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Longreads
Longform nonfiction
- Pay
- $500 (personal/critical essays); reading lists $350
- Words
- Most features 2,000-6,000 words (guideline, not a rule)
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Drift
Essays, criticism, fiction, poetry
- Pay
- $2,000 essays; $500–$1,000 stories; $150 poems; $25 Mentions
- Words
- Essays: 2–4 paragraph pitch; fiction: no word limit; Mentions: 150-word reviews
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Boston Review
Long-form essays, book review essays, interviews, analysis and occasional reporting
- Pay
- Around $500 for web pieces; modest honorarium for other writers
- Words
- Most essays run 2,500–5,000 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Earth Island Journal
Environment journalism
- Pay
- $500 (short) · $750–$1,500 (long) · $500 (interview) · $400 (review)
- Words
- Dispatches 1,200-1,500; features 2,500-3,000 (print ~2,800 common)
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 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
🟢 Rolling submissions🟡 Research onlyUnited States
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
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Condé Nast Traveler
Travel feature, service, first person
- Pay
- From $300 for 500–600 words
- Words
- Rate example: 500–600 words. Other lengths exist; no single required range.
- Eligible
- No country list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Narratively (The Personals)
First-person narrative nonfiction
- Pay
- $300
- Words
- 1,000-1,500 words ideal; 2,200 hard max
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Rumpus
Spanish fiction, essays, criticism, comics, interviews, poetry
- Pay
- Same as The Rumpus: $500 prose/comics; $200 poetry
- Words
- Maximum 2,500 words. Microfiction: up to three pieces of 1,000 words or fewer in one file.
- Eligible
- Spanish-language work
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Sun Magazine
Personal essays, fiction, poetry
- Pay
- $200+
- Words
- Most pieces under 7,000 words
- Eligible
- English-language writers from anywhere are welcome
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Words Without Borders
Book review
- Pay
- $175
- Words
- Not publicly stated for reviews
- Eligible
- No country list on the current submissions page
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Torch Literary Arts
Black women writers
- Pay
- $150
- Words
- Varies
- Eligible
- Original creative work by Black women writers
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Kitchn
Food & home
- Pay
- ~$150 per assignment
- Words
- ~600–1,000 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Chestnut Review
Literary work of all forms
- Pay
- $120
- Words
- Varies
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
NACLA
Online reported analysis
- Pay
- $100–$200 honorarium if writing is your primary income
- Words
- Typically 1,200–1,500 words online; longer considered case by case
- Eligible
- Official: academics, activists, students and journalists
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Forge Literary Magazine
Fiction
- Pay
- $100
- Words
- Prefer under 3,000 words; up to 5,000
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Guernica
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation
- Pay
- $100 honorarium
- Words
- Fiction 2,000–7,000 words; flash not considered
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Forge Literary Magazine
Fiction and nonfiction
- Pay
- $100
- Words
- under 3,000 words (up to 3,500)
- Eligible
- Open internationally to all voices and genres; literary excellence is the only criterion
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
West Branch
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translation
- Pay
- $100/poetry, $0.10/word up to $200 (prose)
- Words
- up to 6 poems or 30 pages of prose
- Eligible
- Open to submissions from any location; first North American serial rights purchased
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Colorado Review
Short fiction, personal essays, poetry, book reviews and cover photography
- Pay
- $300 per short story or essay, $100 per poet, $100 for cover photography
- Words
- Stories and essays of 15-25 manuscript pages, one piece at a time; poetry up to 7 poems and 20 pages, with single long poems up to 10 pages
- Eligible
- Official page: "Authors do NOT need to be residents of Colorado or the United States
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
SmokeLong Quarterly
Flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction
- Pay
- $100 per story, or $150 with audio rights
- Words
- Up to 1,000 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Science fiction short story (some borderline fantasy/slipstream)
- Pay
- 8–10¢ per word (8¢ after 7,500 words)
- Words
- Seldom under 1,000 or over 20,000; no novel serials
- Eligible
- Official: Asimov’s will consider material submitted by any writer, previously published or not
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Idaho Review
Short fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction
- Pay
- $300 per short story, $75 per accepted poem, plus two contributor copies
- Words
- No designated page limit, though most stories published run under 25 double-spaced pages; the page asks for one submission per reading period
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Gulf Coast
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction and translation
- Pay
- $50 per page in print; $75 poetry / $100 prose online exclusives
- Words
- Up to 7,000 words; longer work cannot be read
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the submissions page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Booth
Poetry, fiction, flash and creative nonfiction
- Pay
- $50 per published piece, regardless of length
- Words
- Poetry or micro essays: up to 3 pieces, micro meaning 300 words or fewer. Flash: up to 2 pieces of 500 words or fewer. Fiction or creative nonfiction: up to 7,500 words in a single document.
- Eligible
- Official page: "Anyone can submit to Booth except for Butler employees, current Butler students, or anyone with affiliations to Butler's MFA program
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Infrarrealista Review
Book reviews, interviews, cultural criticism, poetry and fiction
- Pay
- $100 per review or essay, $50 per interview, $50 per newspaper publication of a poem or short story
- Words
- Fiction in the Letras y Disparates section: 1,500-word limit. Poems in that section: up to three sent. No limit stated for reviews or essays.
- Eligible
- Official page: the review prioritises "radical writers from Texas, especially those from the central Texas area", and states no country restriction on submitting
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Overtime (Workers Write!)
Short stories
- Pay
- $40-$60 per story, depending on length and rights available
- Words
- Stories of 5,000 to 10,000 words with work as a central theme; novels about the workplace by query first.
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Offing
Creative nonfiction, essays, translation
- Pay
- $25–$100 (by department & length)
- Words
- Essays to 5,000 words
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Split Lip Magazine
Fiction, memoir, poetry, art
- Pay
- $25–$75
- Words
- Flash and short forms
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Cincinnati Review
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama
- Pay
- $25/page prose, $30/page poetry
- Words
- Prose up to ~20 pages
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Blue Mesa Review
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction and visual art
- Pay
- $25 per poem, essay, short story or artwork published
- Words
- Fiction and nonfiction no more than 6,000 words; poetry no more than three poems per packet
- Eligible
- Open internationally
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Rolling submissions🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Chicago Review of Books
Book reviews, author interviews, features and essays
- Pay
- $25 for reviews and interviews, $75 for features
- Words
- Reviews run about 600-800 words; length for features and essays is settled at commissioning
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Missouri Review
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews and omnibus reviews
- Pay
- $25 per printed page for regular submissions; $100 per story or essay for BLAST online exclusives
- Words
- No length restrictions stated for fiction and nonfiction, though the editors suggest reading back issues; poetry features run 6-14 pages of poems from each of three poets per issue; interviews and omnibus reviews cover 3-6 recently published books
- Eligible
- Official page: no country restriction stated, and submissions by post are accepted
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Berkeley Fiction Review
Short fiction
- Pay
- $25 per accepted story, plus a complimentary copy of the issue
- Words
- No word limit stated; the review publishes one annual issue of short fiction
- Eligible
- Official page: "We invite submissions of previously unpublished short stories from around the country and the world year-round
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Black Fox Literary Magazine
Fiction, CNF, poetry, art
- Pay
- $20 per contributor
- Words
- Not stated as a hard limit
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the official submit page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Haven Speculative
Speculative fiction, poetry
- Pay
- 8¢/word fiction, $20 poetry
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Inscape Journal
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art
- Pay
- $20 for each piece accepted into a general issue
- Words
- One piece under 4,000 words, or up to four flash pieces under 1,000 words each
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Invisible City
Poetry, prose, flash and visual art
- Pay
- $20 honorarium per published piece
- Words
- Prose up to 5,000 words; flash under 1,000 words, up to three pieces; poetry up to three poems. No novel excerpts unless they stand alone.
- Eligible
- Official page: honorariums to an international address are paid by wire transfer, and the page sets out no country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Nimrod International Journal
Fiction and poetry
- Pay
- $20 per poem and per page of prose, $300 maximum
- Words
- Fiction up to 5,000 words; poetry up to seven pages, no more than one poem per page.
- Eligible
- No country restriction is stated; the journal notes that writers living overseas may email if they cannot use the online submission manager
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Mudroom
Poetry, fiction, essays
- Pay
- $15
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
AGNI
Poetry and prose
- Pay
- $10/page prose, $20/page poetry (max $150)
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Peach
Fiction, nonfiction and poetry
- Pay
- Prose $10 per printed page capped at $150; poetry $50 per poem
- Words
- One piece of fiction or nonfiction up to 5,000 words; maximum four poems
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the submission guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Space and Time
Speculative fiction, poetry
- Pay
- $0.01/word prose, $5 poetry
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- Submissions accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Italian
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Bombay Literary Magazine
Fiction, poetry, essays, translation and graphic fiction
- Pay
- ₹10,000 (about $104)≈ $1.10 USD
- Words
- 2,000-5,000 words; or five poems
- Eligible
- Open worldwide - the page states no nationality restriction, and English-language translations from other languages are welcome
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
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
🟢 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
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Vox
Explainer / reported essay
- Pay
- Not a published fixed fee
- Words
- Most stories 1,500–2,500 words
- Eligible
- The official pitch page does not list countries
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Vox
Climate explainer / reported story
- Pay
- Not a published fixed fee
- Words
- Assignments 800–2,500 words
- Eligible
- The official pitch page does not list countries
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🔵 SubmittedUnited States
Rest of World
Reported tech feature
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the official pitch page
- Words
- Pitch 300 words or less. Finished length is part of the pitch, not a published limit.
- Eligible
- No nationality list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Satire / humour (lists, open letters, monologues)
- Pay
- Modest fee if accepted — dollar amount not published
- Words
- Absolute maximum 1,200 words; they prefer under 1,000, shorter still better
- Eligible
- No country list on the official guidelines
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Literary Hub
Literary essay, criticism, reported literary piece
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the official pitch page
- Words
- Pitch: 2–3 paragraphs; finished essay length not stated
- Eligible
- No country list on the official pitch page
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
New Lines Magazine
Reportage, arguments, history essays, first person, reviews
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the official pitch page
- Words
- Pitch under 300 words. Finished length is part of the pitch, not a published limit.
- Eligible
- Official page: submissions on virtually any topic from anywhere in the world if the story is compelling, well written and accurate
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Clarkesworld Magazine
Science fiction or fantasy short story
- Pay
- 14¢ per word
- Words
- 1,000–22,000 words, no exceptions
- Eligible
- Official: stories from all over the world
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Clarkesworld Magazine
SF/F non-fiction article
- Pay
- 10¢ per word, up to 2,500 words
- Words
- Up to 2,500 words
- Eligible
- No country list on the official non-fiction guidelines
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Americas Quarterly
Reported or argued piece on the Americas
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the official contact page
- Words
- Not publicly stated
- Eligible
- No nationality list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Undark Magazine
Reported feature, essay, op-ed, review
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the official pages checked
- Words
- Not publicly stated. They run reported features, book reviews, photo essays, op-eds and about a dozen long-form narratives a year.
- Eligible
- No country list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Science fiction story
- Pay
- 8–10¢ per word for short fiction
- Words
- Short fiction up to about 20,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: Analog will consider material submitted by any writer solely on the basis of merit
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Science fact article
- Pay
- 9¢ per word
- Words
- About 4,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: any writer, solely on merit
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Literary adventure fantasy short story
- Pay
- 8¢ per word
- Words
- Strongly prefer under 15,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: submissions from all writers, of all locations, nationalities, ethnicities, backgrounds, faiths, genders, orientations, identities and experiences
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Writer's Digest
Writing craft
- Pay
- ~$0.30–$0.50/word
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction; strong craft knowledge expected
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Eater
Food culture
- Pay
- Pays per assigned piece
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
AARP
Features & essays
- Pay
- Up to ~$1/word
- Words
- 800–1,400 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction; content is aimed at a 50+ US audience
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Business Insider
Career & money
- Pay
- ~$0.40/word
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Slate
Essays & analysis
- Pay
- Pays per assignment
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Rest of World
Tech & world
- Pay
- $1/word
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- Open to writers in non-Western countries; pitches from regional writers welcome
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Hobart
Short prose
- Pay
- Pays per accepted piece
- Words
- Short prose
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Diabolical Plots
Sci-fi, fantasy, horror
- Pay
- $0.10/word
- Words
- Up to 3,500 words
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Zyzzyva
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
- Pay
- Pays contributors
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Rolling submissions🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Transition Magazine
Essays, fiction, criticism
- Pay
- Pays contributors
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- Centers Africa and the African diaspora; strongly relevant to African and diaspora writers
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
High Country News
Reported stories, essays and reviews
- Pay
- $1/word reported · 50¢/word essays and reviews
- Words
- Short-form reported 650–2,500 · essays 600–2,500 · features 2,500–8,000
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
100 Word Story
Stories of exactly 100 words
- Pay
- Payment not stated on the submit page; $2 submission fee applies
- Words
- Exactly 100 words (title not counted)
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Foreign Affairs
International affairs analysis
- Pay
- Not stated on the public submissions page
- Words
- Not stated on the submissions page
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Boulevard
Poetry, fiction and nonfiction
- Pay
- Not stated on the guidelines page; $3 submission fee applies
- Words
- Up to 8,000 words; no more than five poems at a time
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Tusculum Review
Prose and poetry
- Pay
- Paid in two copies — the journal states it cannot pay money
- Words
- Prose under 7,000 words (about 24 double-spaced pages); poetry five pages or less
- Eligible
- Open internationally
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Journal
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews and artwork
- Pay
- Unpaid — the journal states it cannot offer monetary payment
- Words
- Generally not over 8,000 words; reviews no more than 1,200 words
- Eligible
- Open internationally
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
One Story
Literary short fiction
- Pay
- $500 plus 25 contributor copies
- Words
- 3,000–8,000 words
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated on the guidelines page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Limited window🟡 Research onlyUnited States
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
- 2026-10
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Rumpus
Essays, fiction, poetry
- Pay
- $500 prose/comics; $200 poetry/interviews
- Words
- Not a single sitewide limit on the About page. El Alboroto (Spanish section) states a 2,500-word maximum — that is a different card.
- Eligible
- No country list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🔴 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
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Electric Literature
Personal narrative essay
- Pay
- $100
- Words
- 2,000–6,500 words
- Eligible
- No country list
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟡 Information needs verification🔵 SubmittedUnited States
Cracked
Comedy lists
- Pay
- $100–150 (first 4) → $200–250 (5th+); $100 top-10 bonus
- Words
- 6–8 entries per list
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Ecotone
Fiction, non-fiction and poetry about place
- Pay
- Honorarium, $100 minimum
- Words
- Up to 30 pages
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Strange Horizons
Speculative fiction
- Pay
- 10¢ per word (minimum $60)
- Words
- Up to 10,000 words; under 5,000 preferred
- Eligible
- Official: submissions from anywhere in the world
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Brevity
Flash creative nonfiction
- Pay
- $45 honorarium if featured
- Words
- 750 words or fewer
- Eligible
- Official: they have published writers from India, Egypt, the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, Qatar and Japan, and many previously unpublished authors
- Verified
- 2026-08
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Uncanny Magazine
Speculative poetry
- Pay
- $40 per poem
- Words
- Any length
- Eligible
- No country list
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Solarpunk Magazine
Speculative fiction, poetry, essays
- Pay
- $0.08/word fiction, $40 poem, $75 essay
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Offing
Humour / satire
- Pay
- $25–$100 on publication
- Words
- No more than 8 pages
- Eligible
- No country list on the official guidelines
- Verified
- 2026-10
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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
🟡 Information needs verification🔵 SubmittedUnited States
Vox
Personal essay (First Person)
- Pay
- Not publicly stated on the current official pitch page
- Words
- Not stated for First Person on the current official pitch page
- Eligible
- Not applicable until First Person is listed again on the official pitch page
- Verified
- 2026-10
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Uncanny Magazine
Speculative short fiction
- Pay
- 10¢ per word (including audio rights)
- Words
- 750–10,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: passionate, diverse SF/F from writers from every conceivable background
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Kenyon Review
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
- Pay
- $0.08/word prose, $0.16/word poetry
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Ploughshares
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry
- Pay
- Pays contributors
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited States
The Threepenny Review
Poetry, essays
- Pay
- Pays contributors
- Words
- Variable
- Eligible
- No stated country restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited States
Black Warrior Review
Poetry, prose, comics, art, nonfiction and hybrid work
- Pay
- Payment stated, amount not published
- Words
- Prose up to 6,000 words, with nonfiction limited to 4,000 words; poetry, comics, art and hybrid work also read
- Eligible
- Official page: no country restriction stated
- Verified
- 2026-10
Read the silence
Why so few figures are printed here
59 of the 97 publications based in United States print a pay figure in their own guidelines.
Desk-wide, 184 of the 304 publications BRYME tracks state a rate. The rest are not necessarily unpaid - most simply do not publish a rate card, and BRYME will not print a number the publication has not printed itself. So treat an empty pay row as an unanswered question to put to the editor, not as evidence of anything. Where a record does carry a figure, it is quoted exactly as stated and dated with the day it was read.
For United States, that means the 38 records without a figure are the part of this page to test by asking — a commissioned piece is where a rate gets named.
House style when you write for United States
Getting these wrong will not sink a good idea, but they are the fastest way for an editor to tell you have not read them.
| Spelling | -ize and -or: organize, color, honor, labor |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 3, 2026 — month first, comma after the day |
| CV or résumé | Résumé, usually one page, never with a photo |
| Quotation | Double quotes, and commas and full stops go inside them |
The largest market BRYME tracks, and the one most likely to state a per-word rate up front.
Before you pitch