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Cartridge Lit

Literary Magazine

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Poetry

Nonfiction

Flash Nonfiction

Fiction

Flash Fiction

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Cartridge Lit is an online literature mag dedicated to showcasing the best lit – fiction, nonfiction, poetry – inspired by video games.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Hybrid

Max pieces: 5

prose poetry

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction - 2000 words max

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

We like it short—2,000 words or fewer—and lyrical. If you’re writing flash/micro fiction or nonfiction (i.e., under 500 words), you may send up to three pieces.

Nonfiction - 500 words max

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Fiction - 2000 words max

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

We like it short—2,000 words or fewer—and lyrical. If you’re writing flash/micro fiction or nonfiction (i.e., under 500 words), you may send up to three pieces.

Fiction - 500 words max

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

How to submit

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  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

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  • Additional info

    We want games-inspired lit that takes risks and tempts edges, that sparks and burns. Send us your Uncharted prose poems. Final Fantasy VI flash fiction. Segmented essays on transformation and mutation in games. Chrono Trigger. Donkey Kong. Minecraft. The Last of Us. Games new and old.

Tracker statistics

7

Total submissions tracked

106 days

Average response time

25%

Average acceptance rate

37 days

Fastest response time

175 days

Slowest response time

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