The Bitchin' Kitsch

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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The Bitchin' Kitsch is a quarterly art and literature magazine prioritizing marginalized creators but open to all, publishing prose, poetry, and art with a strong own-voices and anti-AI stance.

Response time info: typically respond within two weeks

Read the full guidelines at talbot-heindl.com↗

Submission calls

fictionEligibility requirementsCloses Aug 15Pays: $10 for unpublished written works to racially/ethnically marginalized and/or gender variant/disabled submitters; others unpaid.

Open to: Open to creatives aged 16+

Prose submissions under 2,000 words, primarily in English, must follow own voices guidelines if writing about marginalized groups; no AI-generated content; issues are quarterly (January, April, July, October) with submissions due by the 15th of the previous month or when full.

poetryEligibility requirementsCloses Aug 15Pays: $10 for unpublished written works to racially/ethnically marginalized and/or gender variant/disabled submitters; others unpaid.

Open to: Open to creatives aged 16+

Poetry submissions up to five pages, primarily in English, must follow own voices guidelines if writing about marginalized groups; no AI-generated content; issues are quarterly (January, April, July, October) with submissions due by the 15th of the previous month or when full.

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