Rat Bag Literary

Open to: Submissions must be written in English; no AI-generated or AI-assisted work.

Unthemed Micro Fiction; opens October 1. Maximum 300 words; pays 1 cent per word up to $3 and accepts no reprints.

Open to: Submissions must be written in English; no AI-generated or AI-assisted work.

Themed Drabbles: Weirdly Grateful; opens October 1. Exactly 100 words, with a maximum 15-word title; pays 1 cent per word up to $1 and accepts no reprints.

Flash fiction: maximum 1000 words; pays 1 cent per word up to $10 for print or digital publication, with reprints at half-rate up to $5. Availability depends on individual open calls.

Creative nonfiction: maximum 1000 words; pays 1 cent per word up to $10 for print or digital publication, with reprints at half-rate up to $5. Availability depends on individual open calls.

Weird, short poetry for print or digital publication; maximum 25 lines and/or 300 words. Up to three poems may be submitted at once for poetry calls; availability depends on individual open calls.

Unhinged Feedback paid submission; closes September 30. Includes an unhinged rat story responding to the submission, written feedback, and optional inline notes; pays 1 cent per word up to $20, with reprints at half-rate up to $10.

Short Story expedited-response submission; closes September 30. Includes optional constructive critique and pays 1 cent per word up to $20; reprints pay half-rate up to $10. Fiction should be weird, genre-crossing, and preferably include speculative elements; 1001–7500 words.

Short Story paid submission; closes September 30. Pays 1 cent per word up to $20; reprints pay half-rate up to $10. Fiction should be weird, genre-crossing, and preferably include speculative elements; 1001–7500 words, with 3500–7500-word originals limited to paid submissions.