Rat Bag Literary - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
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Note: this publication may close early for submissions if they reach a submission quota; these early closures will not be tracked in this listing.
Note: the $20 fee on this listing is not a mistake. It is our policy to list a fee if a publication ever ONLY accepts fee-charging submissions without offering free submissions at the same time. The micro calls, because they have a separate themes with no end dates, would have to be considered separately. We do not currently have a way to list as "sometimes the only way to submit is to pay a fee but not other times so this is the best we can do at the moment.
Certain vital information, like submission fees, for this publication are only listed on a site that we can't reference for our listings. So it does not qualify for a full listing.
This market charges a fee of $20.00 to submit.
Market Genres
Genres
Alternate HistoryFantasy
General
Horror
Humor
Literary
Science Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 300 words
$3/piece
Flash
100 to 100 words
$1/piece
Flash
301 to 1000 words
$10/piece
Short Story
1001 to 3500 words
$20/piece
Reprints
Short Story
1001 to 3500 words
$10/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 60 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 60 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 221 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 12.95 | Median: 8 | Max: 62
Responded:
99.09%
Accepted:
38.00% - avg 15 days
Rejected:
60.18% - avg 11 days
(75.93% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
0.90%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
0.90%
Pending:
There are 15 pending responses.
(1 min | 7.33 average | 2 median | 38 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 7 August 2025
Last officially checked: 3 March 2026