Every now and then at 5a.m. (probably posted by my clone) I will be bringing you a newsflash, update on what I’m doing, invited guest piece, or whatever takes my fancy. Today is the third in a mini-series of submission information (previously children’s & YA / flash fiction)…
Non-fiction
- Canadian print magazine The Antigonish Review welcome poetry in any form (preferably 3-4, 8 max – payment US$30 per page), articles (1000-4000 words – payment US$100 flat rate) by post (Bonnie MsIsaac, Office Manager, PO Box 5000, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G2W5. Fiction (500-3000 words – payment US$100 flat rate) can be emailed (TAR@stfx.ca).
- Backhand Stories welcomes flash fiction/short stories, essays and reviews. They don’t pay but it’s always lovely to see your work in ‘print’ (online).
- New visual arts magazine Canned is looking for writers to comment on theories, trends, projects artists and artworks within the discourse of contemporary practice. For more information you can also email them.
- Classic Cars features are usually c.2,000 words (interview) and 2,5000 (single car feature).
- Dangerous Little Books only publish non-fiction.
- Delayed Gratification welcome non-fiction articles.
- Online literary magazine Dog Weed seek poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
- Fifty Magazine welcomes articles aimed at those 50+.
- US-based Flashquake is a quarterly ezine publishing flash fiction/non-fiction (max 1000 words) and short poetry (max. 35 lines). Email submit@flashquake.org. Submissions not accepted in February, May, August or November. Payment is US$5 to US$25.
- Gardening articles are welcome at: Kitchen Garden, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden, Gardener’s World, Garden Design Journal and Grow Fruit & Veg.
- H2Open Magazine invites articles about open water swimming.
- Happy Homes USA welcomes “virtually anything you’ve got to say about your own home maintenance and improvement experience”.
- Should you be a gardener Home Farmer magazine is looking for submissions, especially those of a traditional nature. Contact: Home Farmer, The Good Life Press Ltd, PO Box 536, Preston, England PR2 9ZY (or e-mail editor@homefarmer.co.uk).
- Independent publisher Indigo Dreams are always on the lookout for quality work and are particularly seeking novels and non-fiction with a USP (unique selling point).
- Ink Byte welcomes new articles and ideas for articles. Drop Steve Beisner or Melinda Palacio a note at editors@inkbyte.com.
- Interlitq “accepts submissions for short fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. We do not accept any unsolicited material that has been previously published. If the material appears anywhere online, including your personal blog, we cannot consider it for publication.”
- Australian literary magazine Island publishes “quality short stories (Aus$100), poetry (Aus$60), extracts from forthcoming novels, and articles and essays on topics of social, environmental and cultural significance (Aus$100 per 1,000 words).”
- Itchy City magazine welcomes pieces about various cities around the UK.
- Litro accepts short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction (max 3,000 words).
- Lonely Planet welcomes emailed travel articles.
- MG Owners Club welcome reports, reviews and articles. Details from MG Owners Club, Octagon House, Swavesey, Cambs CB24 4QZ.
- A brilliant resource is My Perfect Pitch.com which has a page of publishers currently accepting book submissions.
- http://www.newpages.com/classifieds/calls lists a variety of opportunities in varying genres.
- Canadian publication The New Quarterly which takes submissions of short stories, poems, essays etc. See website or write to The New Quarterly, c/o St Jerome’s University, 290 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G3.
- Quarterly US print/electronic magazine Ocean welcomes non-fiction stories, articles, essays, poems about the ocean (scientific, creative, environmental, recreational and spiritual).
- Photo Pro & Photo Professional Magazine welcome well-illustrated articles (sent an outline). Email editorial@bright-publishing.com.
- Irish broadcaster RTÉ invites contributions of original radio essays, reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, travel writing, personal accounts of events/happenings, and occasionally poetry for ‘Sunday Miscellany’, a radio and web programme.
- Sailing Today pays £125 each for the first three 2,200-word pieces. Yachting Monthly is another opportunity and you can email yachting-monthly@ipcmedia.com.
- 189 year old American bi-monthly magazine Saturday Evening Post welcome anecdotes/photos, non-fiction (on home, pet finance, 45+, how-to topics) and fiction (preferably light humour), ideally 1,000 to 2,000 words. Payment from $25 to £400+. Target audience is mainstream middle-aged American. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Response time is just 3-6 weeks.
- Norfolk-based (UK) annual literary magazine The Savage Kick seeks submissions that will “make readers sit up and listen”. Short stories / novel excerpts (<6000 words) or articles / interviews (<3000 words). Response times are quick (aim <2 weeks!) but payment rates low £20 stories / £15 articles/interviews. They recommend you read the magazine before submitting.
- Sollitary Magazine takes poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. Although Mexican, you don’t have to be.
- California-based Three Penny Review welcomes fiction (max 4000 words) and poetry (max 100 lines). Payment US$400 per story / article, US$200 per poem plus year’s free subscription.
- Canadian Tin House is looking for fiction (one story per submission), poetry (five poems max) and ‘economical, cultural and environmental’ non-fiction. Simultaneous submissions accepted.
- What The Dickens magazine is actively looking for fiction, poetry, non-fiction and articles.
- Other non-fiction opportunities include Kensington Review, Vintage, HerStoria, St Anthony Messenger Press, Weavings.
If you do have any more information that could go on this page or find any broken links, old information etc., please email me.
And I’ve added a new sub-page (opportunities on this blog) which details the opportunities on my blog, you just need the questionnaire for your genre. 
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Unfortunately, as I post an interview a day (amongst other things) I can’t review books but I have a feature called ‘Short Story Saturdays’ where I review stories of up to 2,500 words. Alternatively if you have a short story or self-contained novel extract / short chapter (ideally up to 1000 words) that you’d like critiqued and don’t mind me reading it / talking about and critiquing it (I send you the transcription afterwards so you can use the comments or ignore them) on my ‘Bailey’s Writing Tips’ podcast, then do email me. They are fortnightly episodes, usually released on Sundays, interweaving the recordings between the red pen sessions with the hints & tips episodes. I am now also looking for flash fiction (<1000 words) for Flash Fiction Fridays and poetry for Post-weekend Poetry.
