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What Do These Scam Emails ALL Have in Common?

What Do These Scam Emails ALL Have in Common?

January 30th, 2026

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The Christian Science Monitor, The Home Forum Section

“The Home Forum publishes upbeat personal nonfiction essays of from 600 to 800 words. We pay $250 upon publication. This is not an Op-Ed section. We're looking for perspective-changing experiences, big and small, that helped you see something in a new way, discover something about yourself, or recognize and appreciate something in your past. Humor is good (and difficult to do). We're not interested in travel essays or reminiscences per se, but a growing-up experience or a visit somewhere might have inspired some self-discovery. Please, no explicitly religious pieces. NO HARD-COPY SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED. Finished mss only; no queries.” Weekly in print, and every weekday online. Pays on publication. Publishes ms between three weeks and six months after acceptance. Buys 90-day exclusive rights; nonexclusive rights thereafter. No reprints. Responds within four weeks. Guidelines online Pays $250/article of 600-800 words. Read more →

Cast of Wonders

100% freelance. “Cast of Wonders is the leading voice in young adult speculative short fiction, founded in 2011 by Graeme Dunlop and Barry J. Northern. It became a part of the Escape Artists family of podcasts in 2016 alongside genre siblings Escape Pod, PseudoPod and PodCastle. It is presently edited by Katherine Inskip, with assistant editor Alicia Caporaso. Cast of Wonders is a qualified market for the SFWA and the SCBWI.” Welcomes new writers. Weekly. Pays within 60 days of publication. Publishes ms within 3-9 months of acceptance. Buys nonexclusive digital print publication rights, nonexclusive audio rights, non-commercial promotional use (reviewer materials, award consideration, ‘best of’ anthology submission, etc.), and promotional use of image and biographical information. Accepts reprints. Responds within one week for contact queries, and up to three months for submissions. Sample issues available online. Guidelines online. Pays $0.08/word / $20 / $100 Read more →

The Colored Lens

“A quarterly science fiction/fantasy magazine.” Pays within 30 days of publication. Publishes ms within 4-6 weeks of acceptance. Buys first world electronic and print rights. No reprints. Responds in less than a week. Guidelines online. Pays $10/flash fiction. Read more →

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