PUBLICATIONS THAT PAY FOR MEMOIR STORIES AND POETRY

The Threepenny Review: A literary magazine with a focus on literature, arts and society, and memoirs. It pays $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece.

 

Arc Poetry Magazine: A Canadian magazine that publishes new and established poets in Canada and beyond. It also accepts translations of poetry into English. It pays $50 per page of poetry, interviews, and poetry-related prose.

 

CRAFT Literary: An online magazine that focuses on the craft of writing and how craft elements make a good story or essay shine. It pays $100 for original flash fiction, $200 for original short fiction and nonfiction.

 

Canadian Notes & Queries: A Canadian magazine that publishes all kinds of nonfiction, from essays to humor to cultural criticism, written either from a Canadian perspective, or about Canadian subjects. It pays 10 cents per word, with a maximum of $200.

 

Banshee Press: A biannual print journal and book press, coedited by three Irish writers. It welcomes submissions from Irish and international writers, including first-time writers. It pays €250 (approximately $255) for short stories and essays, €50 ($51) per poem, and €75 ($76) for flash.

 

The Sun Magazine: A monthly magazine that publishes personal essays, fiction, poetry, and interviews on a wide range of topics, from the political to the cultural to the spiritual. It pays $300-$2,000 for essays and interviews, $300-$1,500 for fiction, and $100-$250 for poetry.

 

Narratively: A digital platform that publishes original and untold human stories, in various formats, including memoir, documentary, photo essay, audio, and comics. It pays $200-$300 for 2,000 words or less, and $500 for longer pieces.

 

The New Yorker: A weekly magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, reportage, criticism, and cartoons. It pays $450 for poems and an unspecified amount for other genres.

 

The Rumpus: An online magazine that features original and diverse voices in literature, film, music, comics, and more. It pays $100 for original essays and $50 for previously published essays.

 

The Walrus: A Canadian magazine that covers stories about Canada and its place in the world. It publishes fiction, poetry, essays, arts, culture, and politics. It pays $0.25 per word for prose and $50 per poem.

 

Poetry Magazine: A prestigious literary magazine that publishes poetry and prose on a wide range of topics, from the political to the personal. It pays $300 per poem or prose piece.

 

Frontier Poetry: An online magazine that features new and emerging poets who have not published more than one full-length collection of poetry. It pays $50 for each published poem, up to $150.

 

The Sunlight Press: A digital literary journal that publishes personal essays, fiction, poetry, reviews, photography, and art. It pays $40 for personal essays, $40 for fiction, and $10 per poem.

 

The Forge Literary Magazine: An online magazine that publishes fiction and nonfiction of any genre and style. It pays $100 for prose and $50 for poetry.

 

The Smart Set: A magazine of culture and ideas that publishes essays, memoirs, reviews, interviews, fiction, and poetry. It pays $100-$200 for essays and memoirs, and $25-$50 for other genres.

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Chicken Soup For The Soul:  A socially conscious company that combines storytelling with making the world a better place. They publish true life stories by people of all faiths, nationalities, ethnicities, sexual orientation and gender identities. They pay $200 for published stories along with 10 free books.