**Gentle Moos From Round the Globe**
We want creative content mostly from not-yet-famous writers, poets, artists, cartoonists, and comedians. If a person happens to get famous, they can be forgiven for that.


Moocat.net is an independent online literary magazine. Its editorial board reviews submissions based on the following criteria:

For Essays
By “essays” here, we really mean “personal essays.” We don’t publish op-eds here, or any other kind of essay. The point-of-view we are looking for is the innocent, wide-eyed individual encountering the word — in all its ugliness or beauty — and honestly reacting to it. We do not publish mean-spiritedness; the moocat is a gentle cat. We are happy to consider writing about the author’s personal reaction to news events, but we are not a news site and do not publish news per se.

For Poetry
We will consider reprints, with author’s permission. See Poetry Submission Guidelines for more detail.

For Travelogs
Looking for a similar perspective as essays, but based on being in or living in a place other than one’s own home. Travelogs can be set in any locale in the solar system other than one’s own home; that is, you have to have travelled to get there.

For Comedy
We are especially interested in Radio Comedy (or, audio-only work) but will definitely consider satire, character-driven comic essays, CARTOONS!, or even short videos. Heck, send us a video of your stand-up act, if it’s not crazy long! Only qualification here is that we have to find it funny. Advanced mathematical formulae are used to determine funniness quotient.

For Art
Photography, illustration, (photos of) sculpture, even art criticism or articles about art are all fair game. Comic art may appear in either this section or in Comedy. We can’t be expected figure out complex question like that!


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Theme for Winter 2026 issue: "My 'Being There' Moment"<div><br></div><div>Stolen admiration, borrowed gratitude, accidental respect. We are looking for true stories about a time when you were mistaken for someone even more extraordinary than yourself. Or, mistakenly assumed to have achieved something marvelous. And, how you handled it.</div><div><br></div><div>"Being There" is a classic 1979 satire starring Peter Sellers and written by novelist Jerzy Kosinksi. It is a rare gem of a story in which a simple gardener is mistaken for an extremely wise and insightful person, who is welcomed into the highest echelons of financial and political power, entirely by mistake. But we know that such mistakes exist outside of the movies.. at least a little.</div><div><br></div><div>We are looking for just such accounts, of true stories (pseudonyms for persons involved allowed).Looking for personal essays about encountering the friction between the desire to avoid the big, evil Tech companies while remaining connected online.</div>

Personal Essays: "My 'Being There' Moment"

Dispatches from writers who travel and travelers who write, more about the experience of being there than a catalog of tourist attractions. See current travelogs on the site to get a good idea of what we're looking for.

Travel Narratives

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Poetry

Writing in character, satire, cartoons, Radio Comedy! short videos

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