Rat Bag Literary

Open now for fiction and flash fiction.

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Rat Bag Literary is a semi-pro paying magazine seeking weird, genre-blurring fiction, microfiction, drabbles, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction with a strong preference for speculative elements.

Response time info: within 30 days for drabbles and micros, up to 60 days for longer submissions

Read the full guidelines at ratbaglit.com↗

Submission calls

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumorFee: $5Pays: 1 cent/word up to $20; reprints half-rate up to $10

Short Story – 1001 to 7500 words; paid submission ($5); includes optional reader notes; pays 1 cent/word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10; opens August 1st.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumorFee: $25Pays: 1 cent/word up to $20; reprints half-rate up to $10

Short Story – 1001 to 7500 words; expedited response ($25); includes optional constructive critique; pays 1 cent/word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10; opens August 1st.

fictionScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumorPays: 1 cent/word up to $20; reprints half-rate up to $10

Short Story – 1001 to 7500 words; free submission (cap of 50 submissions); pays 1 cent/word up to $20, reprints half-rate up to $10; opens August 1st.

flashScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumorPays: 1 cent/word up to $1

TBD Drabble Theme – exactly 100 words, max 15 word title, no reprints, monthly themed; opens August 1st; pays 1 cent/word up to $1; free submission.

flashScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumorPays: 1 cent/word up to $3

Unthemed Micro Fiction – up to 300 words, no reprints, opens August 1st; pays 1 cent/word up to $3; free submission.

flashScience FictionFantasyHorrorHumor

Flash Fiction – up to 1000 words; pays 1 cent/word up to $10, reprints half-rate up to $5; see submission manager for current status.

nonfiction

Creative Non-Fiction – up to 1000 words; pays 1 cent/word up to $10, reprints half-rate up to $5; see submission manager for current status.

poetry

Poetry – make it weird, keep it short, max 25 lines and/or 300 words; up to 3 poems per poetry call; pays 1 cent/word up to $3; no reprints; see submission manager for current status.

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