Speculative fiction & poetry market news, 5/22/22

Market news:

- MetaStellar Magazine: open to subs for publication w/o pay year-round; closed to subs for paid publication until 10/1
- Star*Line: raised poetry pay rate from 3 cents/word (minimum $3) to 4 cents/word (minimum $4)
- The Arcanist: spring contest canceled; not enough entries received
- Wyldblood Press: open to flash fiction; currently closed to longer fiction; query for non-fiction or art

Upcoming submission deadlines:

- 5/31: Abyss & Apex (for poetry; currently closed for fiction)
- 5/31: Bleached Butterfly
- 5/31: Drabble Harvest Contest
- 5/31: Escape Pod
- 5/31: Space Fantasy Magazine (new market)
- 6/15: Sequestrum (science fiction themed subs)
- 6/30: Soldiers of the Old Ones anthology
- 8/31: It Came from Under the Bed anthology
- 9/30: tiny frights

Temporarily closed to submissions:

- Abyss & Apex: will open to fiction subs 1st week in August
- Cemetery Dance: currently closed; unsure when will reopen
- Constraint 280: currently closed
- Devilfish Review: currently closed
- Frozen Wavelets: currently closed; expects to reopen sometime in spring 2022
- Heliotrope: currently closed; next two issues are full
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: next reading period begins 6/1
- Kaleidotrope: closed until 6/1
- Mirror Dance: on hiatus; hoping to reopen in late 2022
- NewMyths: next reading period begins 6/1
- Octavos: currently closed
- On Spec: expects to reopen in the fall
- Outlook Springs: currently closed
- PodCastle: closed to subs until 7/1
- Pseudopod: closed to subs until 8/12
- Space & Time: currently closed
- Strange Horizons: currently closed to fiction; always open to poetry
- Thaumatrope: currently closed
- The Arcanist: expected to reopen around mid May; hasn't reopened yet
- Wretched Creations Magazine: currently closed