All of our budget is managed by our contests—this allows us to have our regular submissions be always open, always free, and always paid at professional rates! They also allow us to have industry-leading prizes and incredible judge partnerships. We started Uncharted with the aim to offer the absolute best opportunities to genre writers—opportunities we saw being granted to the more traditional literary writer that so many digital and print magazines already serve. The contest fees enable our mission to level that playing field and to shine more and more bright light on incredible stories from SFF, Horror, and Mystery writers. Please feel welcome and encouraged to submit for free (http://uncharted.submittable.com/submit) to our regular submissions as well, as often as you'd like!