Gendertrash Café

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (December 2020). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

We are a collective of gender transgressive writers, authors, bloggers, and poets who want to use the written word as a medium for political protest, social critique, and empowerment. The Gendertrash Café is an online creative space for gender transgressors, broadly defined. We seek to highlight and promote the fabulous work of writers, artists, activists and other gendertrash bohemians, in all of its degenerate forms. Of note: we value snark and gallows humor. Why gendertrash? Like the alphabet soup acronyms and use of the word ‘queer’ before it, we believe that ‘gendertrash’ follows in the noble footsteps of serving as a delightful catch-all for all manner of gender weirdos. We use this word for several reasons. We believe that the historical reclamation of language can be empowering, We reject respectability politics, We believe humor can be disarming, and We try not to take ourselves too seriously.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2016

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Transgender people, All sexual identities.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 1,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment (under 1 US cent per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Transgender people, All sexual identities.

Lengths:

Interview: Up to 1,500 words.
Review: Up to 1,500 words.
Essay: Up to 1,500 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 1,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Film/Television: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.
Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.
Politics/Political Science.
Sexuality/Gender: Gender studies, LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: See guidelines.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment (under 1 US cent per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All genders, Transgender people, All sexual identities.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 25 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: See guidelines.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem) Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026