Now accepting:
* Flash fiction,
* Poetry, (almost never)
* ...and especially stories that blur the line between the two!

Note: We do favor flash fiction and poetic flash fiction over straight poetry simply because of the volume of poetry that we receive. Poetic prose is OK!

Submit as much and as often as you like! :)


To me, and those of us here at Smashed Cat Magazine, flash fiction is as much an art form as epic poetry, novels, or anything else of serious length– except in that it is much more precise. To write flash fiction is to write a story, complete or abstract, briefly and completely– but only so far as the author feels it is meant to go. We’re looking for art here, progressive material that stretches the boundaries of fiction. Sometimes it is what is left unsaid that is the most powerful.

We’re looking for stories no longer than 1000 words and ideally in the 500-700 word range. We’re honestly open to just about everything, regardless of format or genre, (as long as its not brimming with sex and/or ultraviolence. Send those stories to Razor Dildo [NSFW] instead.) though we do favor the gritty, strange, bizarre, irreal or brain-bending fiction over just about anything else. Just take a look at some of the pieces that have made the front page. If you need more ideas, check out Thunderune Publishing's other weird fiction oriented magazine, Weirdyear, and then try to get weirder.

Other things we like: Dream-like stories, stories that mix poetry and prose, stream of consciousness poetics, off the wall bizarreness, twisted logic, art worshiping brain squeezings.

When submitting, please submit your story in the body of an email. Follow this basic format:


Your Story Title
Your Name
Your website (if you have one)
Story’s word count

Would you like to enter this story for consideration in our sister sites:

• Weirdyear (www.weirdyear.com), 
• Farther Stars Than These (www.fartherstars.com) 
• Yesteryear Fiction (www.yesteryearfiction)
• Daily Love (www.dailylove.net)
• Linguistic Erosion (www.linguisticerosion.com)

Consideration is free and automatic if you say yes. (Yes/No)

Would you like to enter to be featured as an author, writer or poet at Weekly Artist? (Yes, send me details/No thanks)


Then type a little about you, a biography no longer than three lines.

Now insert your story here.

Proofread, then send to smashedcatmagazine@gmail.com


NOTE: Corrections and changes to the story made after its acceptance will not be taken. Please make sure the story you send is the story you want to see on the site. Stories accepted by Smashed Cat will stay on the site for as long as the site exists. Stories accepted by Smashed Cat will not be pulled from the site for any reason.


Here’s the legal stuff: When your story gets accepted, you are giving Smashed Cat Magazine first electronic publication rights and non-exclusive subsequent publication rights. This means that we get to be the first to publish your story, and then, after it has been put up on the website, we can stick it in a printed book or on a flyer or something like that, as long as we give you credit. We don’t own your story, however– after it appears on the front page of Smashed Cat Magazine, you are free to sell it for millions of dollars, cut a deal with a movie producer, expand it into a book or anything else all without needing our approval– as long as you remember to tell any potential buyers that they are buying your story as a non-exclusive piece.

In order to avoid complications, we're only accepting work which you previously haven't sold or given away the rights to. That means your work must not have been published elsewhere, either in print or on the web. Please avoid simultaneous submissions. Once accepted, stories will not be removed from the site or the schedule.

We will let you know whether your story is accepted within 3-6 months of submission, (Doutrope says more like 1-2 days) depending on workload. If you haven't heard from Smashed Cat Magazine in that time, feel free to send us an email and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. Sometimes things get caught in our spam filters. It really is nothing personal. :)

In the meantime, spread the word!

Again, by submitting your story to Smashed Cat Magazine, you acknowledge that if your story is accepted, you are giving the Smashed Cat Magazine team:

A. The non-exclusive right to be the first to electronically publish the story (on http://www.smashedcat.com;)
B. The right to republish the story in or in connection with Smashed Cat Magazine, including electronic or hard copy promotional material and printed compilations, provided that authorial credit is given in every instance of reproduction.

Compensation:

Credit (your name, your website if you have one, and your short bio) and publication! Whether this is your jumping off point as a writer or a way to get another piece on your resume, Smashed Cat offers you a voice, a chance to get your work out there in the hands of readers and be seen!



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