Paying SF markets open to 7000-word stories

All the markets listed below will consider 7,000-word science fiction stories. Word counts and pay rates are listed for each.

This is far from an exhaustive list.

Currently open

• Alien Dimensions: 5,000-7,000 words recommended; pays $20
• theme: "Mars Colonization 2033"; deadline 1/31/24
• Analog Science Fiction and Fact: up to 20,000 words; pays 8-10¢/word
• Asimov’s Science Fiction: 1,000-25,000 words; pays 8-10¢/word
• Bards and Sages Quarterly: up to 20,000 words; pays $50 ($20 for reprints)
• Clarkesworld: 1,000-22,000 words; pays 12¢/word
• Electric Spec: 250-7,000 words; pays $20
• Interzone: 2,000-17,500 words; pays 1.5¢/word EUR
• Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award: 8,000 words max; pays 8¢/word
• deadline 2/1/24
• L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest: up to 17,000 words; prizes of $1,000, $750 and $500
• current deadline 12/31/23
• Leading Edge: 1,000-15,000 words (under 10,000 preferred); pays 1¢/word ($10-50)
• Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag: less than 10,000 words; pays $10 (possibly plus royalties)
• deadline 3/15/24
• Shelter of Daylight: 4,000-8,000 words; pays $25 ($15 for reprints)
• The Colored Lens: up to 10,000 words (500-5,000 preferred); pays $10-20
• The Fifth Di...: 4,000-8,000 words; pays $25 ($15 for reprints)
• The Martian Wave: 4,000-8,000 words; pays $25 ($15 for reprints)
• The Mike Resnick Memorial Award: max 7,499 words; prizes of $250, $100, and $50
• deadline 4/1/24. open to new writers only
• The Way of Worlds (Underdog Press): 3,500-12,000 words; pays 3¢/word
• deadline 12/31/23

Currently closed

The markets below will reopen to submissions within the next month.

• Apex Magazine: max 7,500 words; pays 8¢/word, $50 minimum
• reopens 1/1/24
• Gwyllion Magazine: 10,000 words max; pays £10
• reopens 1/1/24
• Mysterion: up to 9,000 words; pays 8¢/word (4¢/word for reprints)
• reopens 1/1/24
• NewMyths.com: 10,000 words max; pays 3¢/word, $50 minimum
• reopens 1/1/24
• Solarpunk Magazine: 1,500-7,500 words; pays 8¢/word, $100 minimum
• reopens 1/1/24
• Space & Time: up to 10,000 words (up to 5,000 preferred); pays 1¢/word
• reopens 1/15/24
• The Lorelei Signal: 10,000 words max; pays $5-15
• reopens 1/15/24

The markets below reopen later, or at an unspecified time, but may be good ones to keep an eye on for when they reopen.

• Aurealis: 2,000-8,000 words; pays A$20-A$60 per 1,000 words (minimum A$20)
• reopens 3/1/24 (2/1/24 for Australian & New Zealand writers)
• Bleed Error: 7,000 words max; pays 1¢/word CAD
• on hiatus
• Cirsova: 2,000-10,000+ words (prefers 5,000-7,500); pays $0.0125/word
• Compelling Science Fiction: 1,000-10,000 words; pays 8¢/word (1¢/word for reprints)
• Fantasy & Science Fiction: up to 25,000 words; pays 8-12¢/word
• Fusion Fragment: 2,000-15,000 words; pays 4¢/word CAD (max $400 CAD)
• reopens 2/1/24
• GigaNotoSaurus: 5,000-25,000 words; pays $200
• Grimdark Magazine: up to 4,000 words unpublished, up to 10,000 words for reprints; pays AUD$0.07/word
• Kaleidoscope – A Queer Anthology (Cloaked Press): 3,000-9,000 words; pays $15
• Landing Zone: up to 7,500 words; pays $15
• Lightspeed: max 10,000 words; 5,000 or less preferred; pays 8¢/word
• Speculatief: 1,000-7,000 words; pays 1¢/word, $25 max
• wants reprints that haven't been published in Dutch
• Spring into SciFi (Cloaked Press): 2,500-9,000 words; pays $15
• 2023 reading period has passed
• Summer of Speculation (Cloaked Press): 3,500-10,000 words; pays $15
• will reopen in 2024
• The Dread Machine: for unpublished fiction: up to 4,000 words; pays 5¢/word. for reprints: up to 7,000 words; pays 1¢/word
• Uncanny Magazine: 750-10,000 words; pays 10¢/word
• Winter of Wonder (Cloaked Press): 2,500-8,500 words; pays $15