Publishing short stories

I've had a story accepted for the next Postbox magazine. They received 82 submissions, from which they chose 15. I'm surprised so few authors sent stories. The press which produces the magazine published a book which has just appeared on the Edge Hill Prize longlist of the year's best short story books (along with books by Picador, Faber, etc). All 12 longlisted authors are female.

Magazines come and go. Here are some magazines I've sent stories to in the last year or so, and got replies. There's a UK bias. A few are prose only but most print poetry too, so space is at a premium. Some are paper only. They all accept longer stories - I've a different list for Flash. Have a look at the sites if you can before sending off, to see the types of authors and stories they deal with. Buy the printed magazines - they deserve your support. I think they're all respectable (even if they're all not major). Many accept simultaneous submissions. Many have submission windows.

• Ambit - UK poetry and prose paper magazine. Has submission windows. You pay to submit - http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/submit
• Barcelona Review - http://www.barcelonareview.com/mis/subguide.htm
• Barren - https://barrenmagazine.com/submissions/
• Fiction Pool - https://thefictionpool.com/submit/ ("An unusual style or voice really grabs our attention. We would prefer not to read stories … concerning the Covid-19 pandemic")
• Fictive Dream - https://fictivedream.com/submission-guidelines/
• Forge - Online. Stories only. Pays $60/story - https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
• Lunate - https://lunate.co.uk/submissions
• Manchester Review - http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?page_id=231
• Postbox - Stories-only paper magazine - https://www.redsquirrelpress.com/submissions (2 windows/year)
• Short Fiction - Online. Stories only. Pays! - https://www.shortfictionjournal.co.uk/subs
• Sonder - https://sonderlit.wordpress.com/submissions-3/
• Stinging Fly - Irish poetry and prose paper magazine. Very competitive. See https://stingingfly.org/submissions
• Under the radar - UK poetry and prose paper magazine - https://ninearchespress.com/magazine.html (June and December windows)