Fiction
We are accepting both unpublished and published short fiction up to 2000 words. Previously published works must attributed appropriately and permission for re-publication is the responsibility of the author to obtain.
1. Strictly up to two submissions per publication.
2. Cats with Thumbs acquires first time North American rights upon publication, as well as the right to archive your work online. All other rights revert to the author.
3. Stories must be deemed to be literary fiction. It is hoped to be a stepping stone publication for emerging writers/poets who have ideas of getting work published in places like The Southern Review, Poetry, The Normal School and other literature magazines.
4. All stories must be submitted by midnight on the cut off date.
5. Length: strictly under 2000 words.
6. No gratuitous violence or content which may be deemed offensive, defamatory or demeaning. If in doubt contact the editor BEFORE submission. Profanity and sexual content are acceptable.
7. All stories must be beta read, line edited and proof read prior to submission.
8. Stories must be formatted in a Times style typeface, 12 point, double spaced, and left justified
9. All entries are to be submitted via Subsmishsmash. This will accept .doc and .rtf files. No entries will be accepted from other sources.
Please include a short bio of less than 50 words in your covering note (cut and paste this into the box on the submission page.) Biographical information will be used on the website to assist with promotion as well as included in the final publication.
Please do not include identifying personal details on your submissions.(This includes authors name in headers and footers. Your submission will be immediately disqualified.)
Please ensure your story meets ALL criteria before submitting.
Poetry
We are accepting both unpublished and published short fiction up to 2000 words. Previously published works must attributed appropriately and permission for re-publication is the responsibility of the author to obtain.
1. At least 2 poems, no more than 5 – all submitted on the same file.
2 No love poems. No matter how good they are, they are not what we want to publish. No ‘epics’ but other forms are more than welcome.
3. Cats with Thumbs acquires first time North American rights upon publication, as well as the right to archive your work online. All other rights revert to the author.
4. All poems must be submitted by midnight on the cut off date.
5. Length: no epics.
6. No gratuitous violence or content which may be deemed offensive, defamatory or demeaning. If in doubt contact the editor BEFORE submission. Profanity and sexual content are acceptable.
7. All poems must be beta read, line edited and proof read prior to submission.
8. Poems must be formatted in a Times style typeface, 12 point, double spaced.
9. All entries are to be submitted via Subsmishsmash. This will accept .doc and .rtf files. No entries will be accepted from other sources.
Please include a short bio of less than 50 words in your covering note (cut and paste this into the box on the submission page.) Biographical information will be used on the website to assist with promotion as well as included in the final publication.
Please do not include identifying personal details on your submissions.(This includes authors name in headers and footers. Your submission will be immediately disqualified.)
Please ensure your story meets ALL criteria before submitting.