Online Purchasing Now Available!

You can purchase BatCat's latest titles online! Purchasing links through Google Checkout are available below. Only our most recent titles are currently available for purchase online. If you are interested in one of our previous titles or live outside of the US, just send us an email at batcatpress@gmail.com.

We have a flat shipping rate of $3 to anywhere in the US.

Ox by Ryan Ridge - $20

Where Nothing Can Grow by Renee Emerson - $10

2011 Title Package: Ox and Where Nothing Can Grow - $28


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Thursday Update

1. This week BatCat Press has successfully started production on Rosemary Macuga’s children’s book. Check back soon for a release date for The One That Counts, along with information regarding Paul Cunningham’s This Boy, This Broom.

2. The winter reading period will open December 1st, 2009 and will close January 15th, 2010. Visit the “Submissions” page on our website for the particulars on submitting creative works and other information about the reading period.

3. This week BatCat is announcing the @Series. @Series publications will be limited editions of chapbooks and broadsides featuring single poems and short works of prose. The first edition of the @Series will be Katie Ailes’ Ars Poetica, set for release in mid-December.

BatCat Blog

Welcome to the BatCat blog. Follow us as we update you weekly on our various activities, including our reading and production process, announcements regarding publication availability and submission periods, as well as thoughts and reviews from BatCat staff members.

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Fall 2009 Authors Announced!

Congratulations to our Fall 2009 authors:

P. Edward Cunningham

non-fiction

Rosemary Macuga
children's literature

Katie Ailes
poetry

Books will be available in December, 2009. More details soon to follow.

Thank you to all who submitted, we sincerely enjoyed reading your manuscripts and hope to hear from many of you again. Information on our next reading period will be available shortly.

Submission Deadline Extended!

The submission deadline for our 2009/10 season has been extended till August 31, 2009.

Remember, we're looking for work in all genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and other (we'll leave the interpretation of "other" up to you!).

Send submissions, questions, and/or comments to: batcatpress@gmail.com

Reading Period 2009

Submissions open: June 1 - July 31, 2009
Email submissions to: batcatpress@gmail.com

BatCat is now accepting manuscripts for publication in the 2009-2010 academic year in:

Fiction :: Non-Fiction :: Poetry :: Other

All submissions should be previously unpublished and may be of any length. Members of the LPPAC/LPPACS and Western Pennsylvania communities are especially encouraged to submit, but all submissions are enthusiastically welcomed. Up to 5 projects will be published in the 2009-2010 academic year.

Only digital submissions will be accepted. Please send submissions with a short cover letter to: batcatpress@gmail.com

Decisions will be announced in September. Authors will receive 5 gratis copies of their book and have the opportunity to participate in a public reading at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. BatCat publications will also be represented at the 2010 AWP Conference in Denver and many other events throughout the year.