Submissions are now open for Issue One – Rejects – Submit at Duotrope

Our first issue will be dedicated to the cast-offs, the killed darlings, the work that’s been told “no.”

These are the stories that didn’t fit. The poems that came back with form rejections. The art that got a side-eye from every inbox it entered. This issue is for the misfits and the beautiful messes. We’re looking for the pieces that don’t play nice. So dig into your archive for those unclassifiable beasts that no one else knew what to do with.

We want:

• Fiction (all genres welcome) – max 3000 words
• Nonfiction – max 3000 words
• Poetry (all forms) – max 3 pieces per submission
• Art & Visual Work – max 3 pieces or 1 collection of up to 10 (i.e. themed photo collections)
• Hybrid & Experimental forms that defy category

Submission Guidelines:

• Please submit only thing at a time per genre. You may submit in more than one genre but please do so in separate submission forms
• Please include a short third-person bio.
• We accept simultaneous Submissions, but let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
• Previously unpublished work only for the magazine (If you want to submit something previously published please check out our open website submissions.)
• All rights revert pack to the author after publication; we ask for first serial rights and archival rights.

The issue is titled “Rejects” – but this isn’t just about work that has been turned down. It’s also about outsiders, cast-offs, exiles, and the parts of yourself you almost left behind. Send us your work with teeth.

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TrashLight Press is open for rolling submissions.

We publish raw, feral, genre-bending work twice a week on our website. We also release seasonal issues with themed calls for submissions (keep reading to see what’s on the horizon).

We’re looking for

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Art
• Hybrid & Uncategorized chaos

We accept simultaneous submissions. We don’t charge fees. We don’t publish AI generated work. We are willing previously published work if proper credit is provided. All rights revert pack to the author after publication; we ask for first serial rights and archival rights. And we don’t care how many times it’s been rejected – if it haunts you, we want to see it.

Check us out on Duotrope to see what we have open

Questions about whether you’re work is weird enough? Hit us up at TrashLightPress@gmail.com or scream into the void – we might hear you.

Trashlight Press is currently a labor of love and chaos, funded entirely out of pocket. As much as we believe all artists and writers should be paid for their work, we’re not there yet. Our goal is to growing into a paying market – and we’ll be fully transparent on how we get there. If you want to help us along the way please consider donating. For now we offer eternal gratitude, feral audience vibes, a glowing author feature in our digital issues, and aggressive promotion of your work. We will never charge submission fees, and we won’t ask you to jump through boring hoops. Just bring us your fire.