Submission Guidelines

Meow Meow Pow Pow is looking for prose and poetry that is exciting, incinerating, inclusive, accessible, and audacious. We love unpublished writers just as much as we love published writers (sometimes even more so). MMPP is more likely to publish work that is provocative and invigorating rather than overly complicated pieces of pomposity. Excite us with your garden-fresh flash and titillate us with your gutsy poems. Let us home your vigorous words and create art to accompany them. And after we marry your wise wordery, we’ll bring the lit to the great outdoors.
 
We publish based on a rotating theme that lasts for three months. See below for the latest premise and the cutoff dates. We love surprising interpretations of our themes; literal interpretations we’re less keen on. That being said, if we receive a piece that isn’t – in some way – reflective of the theme we’ll gnash our teeth and shake our fists at the heavens, and then send you a wimpy rejection letter. Don’t make us do that – we hate that.
 
Length of the work: our sweet spot is between 150 to 300 words. Anything over or under, we’ll be less psyched on. Poems? Let’s try to keep it under 25 lines, bbz.
 
Regular rules of the trade: we hate rules. FUCK THE MAN. But for real, wait till you hear whether we accept or reject your work before you send more. That’s it. Send it. Wait. Acceptance or rejection. And then after send more if you like. [Please no previously published pieces]

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Submission window is open: April 5th - June 5th  ​
The theme is:

STONE THE CROWS.

In flies the crow—Surprise!—as the crow flies, which is a murder of nicknames, laden with briefcase and day labor. Before you know it, you are talking about the weather with scrub jays, watching a winged black feather your play space, choking the joy from your flight plan. Look down at your hands now: cower from cliché. You are God's left fist, Sisyphus weighing himself against the crest of distant horizons. Now, gather your stones.  The crows defy you. Grip your tossing rocks. The crows are co conspirators. How does gravity work? The crows are thrust upon you. Name your violence. Heave for the Heavens, and show us your strain. ​

THINK ID LIKE TO KNOW YA - KNOW YA!

Give the People What They Want. 

Meow Meow Pow Pow is a broadside graffiti press that publishes prose, poetry, pain, prettiness, and putridity based on a
revolving theme. Created by a posse of bored literature devotees, T-Rex enthusiasts, and cat fanatics, our crack team wants to see
your words made into bitty posters to share, and wheatpaste, and fashion into paper planes that will glide and decimate in the
​ether and become the fabric of the universe. 

We welcome all little pups and cantankerous kitties. Inclusivity is our favorite flavor.