Trash Cat Lit
Literary Magazine
The Unexpected Place for Treasured Words
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: One Month*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 2000 words max
Max words: 751
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary
Fiction - 750 words max
Max words: 100
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Cover Letter will be asked for in the Google Form. We do not require author bios at the time of submitting. If there is something we need to know about you or your submission, include this in the Cover Letter.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please use 12pt Arial or Calibri. Double spacing. No personal details on the document. Doc or Docx only.
Author's rights
When you submit to Trash Cat Lit you grant us First World Electronic Rights which are Exclusive only until the work is published by Trash Cat Lit, after which time all rights revert to you, the author.
Additional info
We do not accept any work where AI has been used. We do not tolerate any work that is racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic or is hateful towards any person or group. Further, we do not wish to read anything that is gratuitously violent or erotic or contains excessive gore or animal cruelty.
Tracker statistics
10
Total submissions tracked
7 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
5 days
Fastest response time
10 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
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About
Just like the trash cat, we’re looking for treasure in unexpected places. Like the tenacious fungi and beetles that thrive in dark, abandoned spaces. The plant that discovers a sliver of soil in an ocean of paving slabs, then blooms. Look at the crowded shelves of a charity shop and find an object t...
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2024
Country
GB
Masthead
JP Relph
Editor-in-Chief