The London Magazine

The London Magazine takes one short story of up to 4,000 words per submission — no flash fiction, and it does not normally publish genre fiction — free during six one-month windows each year including November 1–30, and for £3.50 outside them. It publishes only original material not previously published anywhere, accepts simultaneous submissions with notification, and advises submitting early in a free month before the portal's free quota is hit. It pays a fee, amount unstated, for work published in print and nothing for pieces published on its website, and asks writers to allow up to four months for review.