Bat City Review

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Bat City Review is a literary magazine seeking poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and cross-genre work for its Bread & Circuses-themed upcoming issue.

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 15Pays: Contributors receive two free copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current University of Texas at Austin students may not submit; UT Austin alumni must have completed their studies at least three years before the current open call. Previously published contributors must wait two years before resubmitting.

General submissions for the Bread & Circuses theme are open September 8–October 15. They seek short stories, flash fiction, novel excerpts, and other experiments, with a 6,000-word limit.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 15Pays: Contributors receive two free copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current University of Texas at Austin students may not submit; UT Austin alumni must have completed their studies at least three years before the current open call. Previously published contributors must wait two years before resubmitting.

General submissions for the Bread & Circuses theme are open September 8–October 15. They seek creative nonfiction, lyric essays, memoirs, hybrid works, and interviews, with a 5,000-word limit.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 15Pays: Contributors receive two free copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current University of Texas at Austin students may not submit; UT Austin alumni must have completed their studies at least three years before the current open call. Previously published contributors must wait two years before resubmitting.

General submissions for cross-genre pieces exploring language, form, and unconventional subject matter are open September 8–October 15. The Bread & Circuses theme is a prompt, not a requirement.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 15Pays: Contributors receive two free copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current University of Texas at Austin students may not submit; UT Austin alumni must have completed their studies at least three years before the current open call. Previously published contributors must wait two years before resubmitting.

General submissions for the Bread & Circuses theme are open September 8–October 15. Submit three to five poems; translations must include the original and proof of permission.

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