The Writing & Publishing Department at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is home to:
The Siren Media Group (submissions open to Lincoln Park students only)
Pulp (submissions open to Lincoln Park students only)
Below you'll find a list of our current submission opportunities. Please read the guidelines for each category carefully.
Submission Guidelines
BatCat Press is now accepting submissions for chapbook-length poetry manuscripts of up to 30 poems and/or pages. Manuscripts must be previously unpublished as a collection, but individual pieces may have previously appeared in print. All forms of poetry are welcome, including prose poems.
Manuscripts must be submitted as a PDF with each poem beginning on a new page. In your PDF, please include a title page and a note of acknowledgement that lists where previously published work has appeared (if applicable). Please do not double space your poetry unless it is an intentional element of your work.
Timeline
This submission call will close on May 1, 2025, or when 100 submissions have been received -- whichever comes first. We anticipate that the accepted manuscript(s) will be selected by September 2025 and published in May 2026.
About BatCat Press
BatCat Press is a small literary press specializing in handbound limited editions of awesome poetry and prose. Check out our previous publications at batcatpress.com/publications. Due to our affiliation with a high school, we have restrictions on the kind of work we can consider. If your work includes themes or language that would clearly not be appropriate to appear in a high school classroom, please do not submit. If you’re not sure, feel free to send us your work but please be sure to make note of potential sensitive content in the submission form.