✍️ 45 Publications Seeking Freelance Pitches on Poetry & Fiction

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This week we'll be featuring a whopping 44 publications that are currently looking for evergreen pitches for fiction and poetry. Some of those publications include Narratively, The Funny Times and The Green European Journal. These are just a fraction of the more than 1,200 total pitch calls across several categories that we have in our database.

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📬 📖 Poetry & Fiction Pitch Calls

1. 🌲 Acacia Pitch Call: Poetry | Rate: $300 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
2. 🌲 Blade Magazine Pitch Call: Short Stories | Rate: $150 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
3. 🌲 Brevity Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $45 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
4. 🌲 Brick Magazine Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $720 per piece | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
5. 🌲 Carte Blanche Magazine Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $75 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
6. 🌲 Colorado Review Pitch Call: Poetry | Rate: $100 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
7. 🌲 CRAFT Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
8. 🌲 Electric Literature Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $100 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
9. 🌲 Fahmidan Journal Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: $25 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
10. 🌲 Folding Rock Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: £360 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
11. 🌲 Hammer and Hope Pitch Call: Poems | Rate: $300 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
12. 🌲 Harper's Magazine Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
13. 🌲 Hinterland Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
14. 🌲 Leicester Gazette Pitch Call: Fiction and Poetry | Rate: £0.10/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
15. 🌲 Liber Review Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: $100-$300 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
16. 🌲 Litmosphere Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $50-$100 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
17. 🌲 Logic Mag Pitch Call: Poems | Rate: $1,200-$3,000 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
18. 🌲 Matter Press Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: $50 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
19. 🌲 Narrative Magazine Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $200-$1,000 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
20. 🌲 Narratively Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $300 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
21. 🌲 OC87 Recovery Diaries Pitch Call: Recovery Stories | Rate: $250 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
22. 🌲 Reboot US Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
23. 🌲 Scalawag Magazine Pitch Call: Poetry | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
24. 🌲 Scrawl Place Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $35 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
25. 🌲 Strange Pilgrims Pitch Call: Flash Fiction | Rate: $50 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
26. 🌲 Sundog Lit Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
27. 🌲 Terrain.org Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $50 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
28. 🌲 The Bee Magazine Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
29. 🌲 The Contrapuntal Pitch Call: Fiction Pieces | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
30. 🌲 The Drift Mag Pitch Call: Poems | Rate: $150 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
31. 🌲 The Funny Times Pitch Call: Stories | Rate: $75 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
32. 🌲 The Green European Journal Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
33. 🌲 The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $50 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
34. 🌲 The Kenyon Review Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $0.08/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
35. 🌲 The Land, Food, and Freedom Journal Pitch Call: Poetry | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
36. 🌲 The Point Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: $400-$1,200 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
37. 🌲 The Rumpus Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: $100 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
38. 🌲 The Saturday Evening Post Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
39. 🌲 The Threepenny Review Pitch Call: Creative/Literary Writing | Rate: 400 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
40. 🌲 The Walrus Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
41. 🌲 Tolka Journal Pitch Call: Auto-Fiction | Rate: Varies | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
42. 🌲 Trails Magazine Pitch Call: Histories | Rate: $0.50-$2/word | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
43. 🌲 Verily Mag Pitch Call: Poems | Rate: $50-$200 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
44. 🌲 VQR Pitch Call: Nonfiction | Rate: $200-$1,000 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here
45. 🌲 Write or Die Magazine Pitch Call: Fiction | Rate: $50 | Remote | Writer | Pitch here

💰 Top 5 Highest-Paying Publications

Looking to maximize your earnings? These five publications offer the best rates in the poetry & fiction category:

1. Logic Mag - $1,200-$3,000 | Poems

Seeks poems for poetry & fiction content. Premium rates for quality work. Pitch here

2. Trails Magazine - $0.50-$2/word | Histories

Seeks histories for poetry & fiction content. Premium rates for quality work. Pitch here

3. The Point - $400-$1,200 | Creative/Literary Writing

Accepts creative writing including creative/literary writing. Competitive rates for experienced contributors. Pitch here

4. Brick Magazine - $720 | Creative/Literary Writing

Accepts creative writing including creative/literary writing. Competitive rates for experienced contributors. Pitch here

5. VQR - $200-$1,000 | Nonfiction

Accepts creative writing including nonfiction. Competitive rates for experienced contributors. Pitch here

Note: Rates are based on information available at time of publication. Always confirm rates with editors before accepting assignments.

That's all for this week. See you again for another large batch of evergreen freelance pitch calls next week. 👋