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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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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
106 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Hybrid

Max pieces: 5

prose poetry

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Nonfiction

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.

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

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Fiction

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.

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

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literary

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Hybrid

Max pieces: 5

prose poetry

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Nonfiction

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.

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

fiction genre icon

Fiction

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.

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

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literary

Magazine

Founded in ? | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Adamant Will
Editor-in-Chief
J. Bowers
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

2

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

106 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/106 days

Fastest response time

37 days

Slowest response time

175 days