Support youth writers at Cathartic Lit Magazine

Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine is an online platform dedicated to using writing as catharsis, breaking the barrier around mental health, and providing an open platform for middle school to college-age writers to express themselves. Founded in 2020, our project started off with three goals: 1) to foster and destigmatize conversations about mental health and identity, 2) to encourage finding mindfulness through writing, and 3) to create an open platform for young people to publish writing without the barriers of submission fees and long response times, as a young writers' stepping stone to larger publications.

We are starting this fundraiser to help pay for website and domain fees, and with the hope of starting larger projects such as writing competitions. No profits from this fundraiser will be used for personal purposes.

Submissions with donations of $5 or more will receive a response within 4 days. Please include "EXPEDITED" in the subject line of your submission to ensure we're able to give your submission its expedited response!

We sincerely appreciate any and all donations, with or without submission. Thank you for your time and support!