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Full details  Stairwell Books is a small publisher with limited resources. We like to publish high quality poetry and prose and would be interested in speaking to authors who have compelling projects in mind.  Any book published under the Stairwell Books imprint will be actively promoted by Stairwell Books. The majority of our current list is made up of writers whose work we are familiar with or who have been referred to us by poets and writers we know well. That is not to say that we are not interested in publishing good writing: it is just that we would like to get to know you and your work before committing to publication. One way of getting to know us is to submit work for one of our Anthologies. Once or twice a year we publish a themed anthology and launch it with an open mike in York. We do ask that you pre purchase one or more copies of the anthology which is always offered at a very reduced rate. Please note that it can take up to 2 years from when ...

Full details We are now open for entries to the 2020 Fresher Writing Prize and inviting you to send in poems and short stories. This year, there is no specific theme so feel free to write about any topic you wish! As ever, our prizes are designed to really help boost your career as a writer, and so, as well as cash prizes, you will receive personal advice and feedback on your work from an industry professional, and have the chance to record and receive a reading of your work – ideal for your own website etc. The difficult decision as to who should win each category will be made by our judges, all influential figures from the publishing world, including publishers, agents and award-winning authors. To keep the process simple, you will be able to enter online for just £7 per entry. The closing date is January 27th 2020 .  Please make sure you have read our terms and conditions .  

Full details Platypus Press is an independent publisher of poetry, fiction & narrative non-fiction based in England. Please browse through our catalogue , read more about us , or consider submitting your work. If you would like regular updates on the press and our online literary journal, wildness , please sign up to our newsletter .

Full details We are currently considering manuscripts for full collections of poetry. If you have a track record of publication in UK or other English-language journals, and a full collection (60 or more pages) of poems ready to go, then please send a sample of 10 poems and a biographical note – both embedded in the body of an email AND as a Word .doc or .docx, or pdf attachment – to editor@pindroppress.com , with 'SUBMISSION' in the header. If we are interested, we will request further poems. Response time is quick, usually within a couple of weeks. Please bear in mind that we receive a lot of manuscripts and at the moment are only able to publish four collections a year - but this shouldn't put you off from trying!

Full details each year we select the best of the on-line post to make a print and Kindle anthology.    What we want: We’re looking for thought-provoking and entertaining stories, though ones which might be a tad different from what you normally read in a woman’s magazine. They should be the sort of length that would make easy reading whilst you drink a cup of coffee, even if you linger a while, but without you needing to rent-a-table. So, no more than 3000 words. Shorter stories, flash fiction and drabbles are naturally very welcome. How to submit Send your submission gill@cafelit.co.uk . It should be in the body of the email. Please put “CafeLit Submission” in the subject line. What happens next We’ll read your story. If we like it and plan to publish it we’ll let you know and if we don't like it we'll let you know. If your story fits our imprint and is of publishable quality we will keep it in an archive. If you manage to place your story elsewhere, pleas...

Full details WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Our mission is to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry, with special attention to character-driven stories that examine the depths and heights of emotion and motivation from a broad variety of cultural and social perspectives. A&A wants to publish powerful stories with emotions that resonate in our minds and hearts long after a first reading, stories that make us want to read them again and again. We look for the unique: stories that stand out in a genre that pushes the envelope of unusual. We take special delight in detailed world-building: we like slipstream, YA, hypertext fiction, dark fantasy, science fiction puzzle stories, magical realism, hard science fiction, soft science fiction, science fantasy, urban fantasy, military science fiction, ghost stories, space opera, cyberpunk, steampunk . . . there is very little we will not look at, although we have a severe allergy to zombies, elves, retol...

Full details If you’d like to have a 50-word story that you wrote featured on FiftyWordStories.com , first make sure that you understand exactly what a 50-word story is , and then read the submission requirements below closely. Submissions System Each month, submissions will be open between days 1 and 15 of that month.  Any stories received on days 16 to 31 of a month will be deleted , but can be resubmitted the following month. You may only submit one story per month. From the stories received in those 15 days, the best stories will be selected to be published that same month. Only enough stories will be selected to publish two stories per weekday. There is no payment associated with stories. However, each month a “ Story of the Month ” is selected, and receives a prize of $10 Canadian. Stories that were not selected will not be published, will not roll over into the following month, and cannot be resubmitted in following months. Authors will be notif...