Rat Bag Literary

Short stories should be 1,001 to 7,500 words and weird, genre-crossing, and speculative; stories of 3,500–7,500 words are limited to paid submissions. The November call opens November 1 and closes November 30.

Themed drabbles require exactly 100 words; unthemed micros are up to 300 words. The listed November calls open November 1 and close November 7; both pay 1 cent per word and accept no reprints.

Reprint micros are up to 500 words. The November call opens November 1 and closes November 7; reprints are accepted at a flat rate.

Creative nonfiction is limited to 1,000 words for print or digital publication.

Weird, short poetry is welcome, up to 25 lines and/or 300 words; up to three poems may be submitted at once for poetry calls.