{"id":35244,"date":"2026-02-12T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorspublish.com\/?p=35244"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:17:20","slug":"5-paying-literary-magazines-to-submit-to-in-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorspublish.com\/5-paying-literary-magazines-to-submit-to-in-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


<\/strong>These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They\u2019re a mix of literary and genre magazines.

NewMyths
<\/strong>This is a speculative fiction magazine, and they \u201clike to balance each quarterly issue between science fiction and fantasy, dark and light, serious and humorous, hard and soft science fiction, and longer and shorter works. We publish fiction, poetry, and non-fiction works.\u201d Works should be preferably PG rated.
Deadline: 28 February 2026
Length: Up to 10,000 words for fiction
Pay: $0.03\/word; $50 for reviews
Details here<\/a>.

<\/strong>(And, Haven Speculative <\/strong>is open for unthemed submissions of speculative fiction and poetry. They also publish climate crisis focused Dry<\/strong> and Wet<\/strong> issues each year. They pay $0.08\/word for up to 5,000 words of fiction, and $20\/poem for up to 5 poems; deadline 28th<\/sup> February 2026; details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)

Toronto Journal<\/strong>
This journal publishes in print and sound. They accept short stories from anywhere in the world, and nonfiction pieces about local history \u2013 Toronto, the GTA, or surrounding areas \u2013 see guidelines. They are accepting submissions for their Summer 2026 issue; submission is via a form.
Deadline: 1 March 2026
Length: Up to 7,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here<\/a>.
(– And Southword<\/strong>,the magazine of the Munster Literature Centre, will stay open for fiction till 28th<\/sup> February or when they reach a submission cap, whichever is earlier. They pay \u20ac400 per short story of up to 5,000 words; they accept work via Submittable; details here<\/a>.

— Submissions are also open for TONGUE<\/strong>, a new literary magazine; they accept translations only, of fiction or creative nonfiction, into English. \u201cTONGUE is especially committed to championing voices from indigenous, stateless, endangered, and underrepresented languages.
Each month (or so) we release one fantastic story, in its original language and in English translation, in print and online.\u201d They pay $50 to $200 for translated short stories, self-contained novel excerpts, creative nonfiction of 1,000 to 4,000 words. Details here<\/a>.)

Waxen<\/strong>
They accept short fiction, poetry, and illustrations. \u201cWe are interested in the weird, the occult, the surreal, and the horrific. We love experimentation.\u201d They are open throughout the year, with cut-off dates for issues. Their upcoming deadline is mid-March for the Spring issue.
Deadline: 15 March 2026
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction
Pay: $50
Details here<\/a>.

Black Cat Weekly<\/strong>
Black Cat Weekly<\/a> publishes science fiction and fantasy as well as mystery stories. Please note, they have one portal for submitting mystery<\/a> (must have a crime), and another for submitting science fiction and fantasy<\/a>. They also have separate guidelines for the kind of stories they want in each genre, please read them carefully.  
Deadline: Open now
Length: Prefer 1,500-15,000 words, can accept up to 45,000 words
Pay: $0.01\/word up to $50
Details here<\/a> (mystery guidelines), here<\/a> (sf & f guidelines), and here<\/a> (submission portals)
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Their tagline is, \u2018Fiction and poetry for the present\u2019. For fiction, the editor says, \u201cI want to publish work that gives a shit, that is not afraid to move, that is paying attention, but to something else. I\u2019m excited about experimental, transgressive horror, speculative fiction that is not twee, and literary stories that run for the cliff\u2019s edge.\u201d
For poetry, \u201cI want to read poems that make space for incompatibility, disunion, chaos. Also poems about the rocks and clouds near your home.\u201d
Deadline: Open now
Length: Unspecified
Pay: $25
Details here<\/a>.

Bio:<\/strong> S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine.

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