The Fall 2026 Relaunch issue is all set and is awaiting its launch date of August 30, 2026. Submissions are closed for the fall issue but will likely open again for the winter issue sometime in September. In the meantime, the print anthology of content on moocat.net from Aug. 30, 2001 through Aug. 30, 2026 is being prepared for print-on-demand publication.
25th Anniversary Relaunch (New Writers, New Work) Coming Soon, in:
A Few Interesting Pieces from Over the Years
Roswell My Eye: A UFO Hoax — Bruce Dene Fleming
A potentially dangerous debunking mission
I Ask My Mother to Sing — Li-Young Lee
Mother and daughter sing like young girls.
Sunday in the Park with the Cosmos — Moocat le Meaux
A year before the handover, a night in HK’s Victoria Park raises far-flung questions.
Krawkawkaw Gives A Little — Maurice Martin
A Cajun creation myth, sort of, by the noted playwright
Portraits — John Guillory
Paintings in the tradition of Lucian Freud, by a Baton Rouge painter
25th Anniversary Issue: Starving the Beast
On August 30, 2026, moocat.net will relaunch to mark 25 years of independent digital publishing. Submissions are now open for the inaugural issue centered on the theme: Starving the Beast: Avoid Evil/Stay Online.
Essays and narratives exploring the tension between the need to remain connected to the world online and the desire to stop “feeding the beast” of extractive social media and tech giants.
Logistics
| Datum | Description |
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| Deadline: | June 30, 2026 |
| Honorarium: | We pay $10 per submission + tip jar divvy |
| Tip Jar Divvy: | 70% of what’s left after recoup of author payouts is split among contributors, up to $100 per author! |
| Inquiries: | For anything other than submissions |
Travel, Arts, and Letters
Continuing a 25-year tradition of “gentle moos,” I am looking for:
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Essays: Personal essays that take the reader on a gentle little mind-ride
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Travelogs: Dispatches from writers who travel and travellers who write
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Poetry: Original poetry [submissions closed for Fall issue]
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Art: Visual art, including video
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Comedy: Satiric prose, humorous video, comic art, and, especially, Radio Comedy!
Detailed submission guidelines per category, below.