Submissions

Space Cat Press is a small press that publishes one to two titles each year.

We are NOT currently accepting novel or poetry collection submissions.

Space Cat Press welcomes diverse voices and stories. We encourage writers from underrepresented groups to send us your work.

Submission Call:

Submissions are now: CLOSED!

What to submit:

We welcome submissions from a variety of genres. Whatever the theme inspires YOU to write – be it traditional science fiction, memoirs, poetry, (mild) otherworldly horror, fairy tales, or something else entirely – we want to read it.

We accept submissions in any of the following form:

Poetry (up to 40 lines)
Flash Fiction (up to 1,000 words)
Short Stories (between 1,000 and 3,000 words)
Creative Non-fiction (up to 3,000 words)

We don’t publish erotica or hardcore horror. This is down to the reading preferences of our editors. You can get a feel for the sort of writing we do enjoy by checking out our previous anthologies.

We do NOT accept any material containing prejudice against any person or group based on their race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, political opinions, gender identity or disability.

How to submit:

To submit, send your piece(s) to: sub.spacecatpress@gmail.com along with a 50-word bio (written in the third person) and a list of anywhere your submitted piece(s) have previously been published. These will not be taken into account during the selection process but will save time later on.

Please put the title of one of your submissions in the subject line of your email.

Please do not send us more than 3 pieces.

Please send your submission(s) as individual Word and/or PDF document(s) in a Times New Roman or Calibri font.

What to expect when you submit to us:

Once you have sent us your submission, you can expect an email back from us within a few days confirming that we have received it.

We will compile the shortlist after we close the submission window and will email you to let you know our decision as soon as possible.

We put all our shortlisted pieces through a couple of rounds of editing to ensure they are the best possible versions of themselves and to format them in line with our house style. We will require all our shortlisted authors to make time for that process. So long as both parties are happy with the edits you have made, we will then publish your piece(s) in the anthology.

We will do about a month of prelaunch marketing before we publish the anthology and will invite you to participate in that as much as you wish. You can get an idea of how we promote our anthologies and authors in this review of the Uncharted Constellation e-launch.

Our version of the publication process is very collaborative and we hope you find that as valuable as we do.

Payment and Copyright Information

We will pay a flat rate fee for each piece (£5 for poetry/flash fiction and £10 for short stories) published in an anthology. This will be paid via Paypal prior to publication. If you don’t use Paypal, we’ll make alternative arrangements with you when we accept your piece(s) for publication.

We will also send each contributor a complimentary ebook copy AND give them a large discount on one paperback copy of the anthology.

On the legal side of things:

You, as the author of a submitted piece, retain ownership of its copyright. By submitting it to us for publication, you are giving us a license to produce copies of it.
We don’t ask for any period of exclusivity.
We don’t ask to be the first publisher of material submitted.
If we are the first place your piece has been published, we would greatly appreciate an acknowledgement of that fact should you republish it afterwards.

Previous Submission Calls

The theme for our third anthology was Into the Forest.