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Brittle Star Online Launch of issue 47 at Barbican Library

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We hope you’re all keeping safe and well. Everyone who has supported us by sending in work, subscribing, buying us a coffee at Kofi, being patrons through Patreon and just darn well sharing information about the magazine through your social media and over the garden wall (at 6 feet distance!) we want to give you a massive THANK YOU HUG!

2020 was a hard year, wasn’t it? A year to be coming out of the darkness and looking to the light of the new year – and never has the phrase ‘New Year’ seemed more hopeful! And, on keeping with that hopeful note, we’re delighted to be launching issue 47 of Britle Star online with the Barbican Library on 26th January.

Come celebrate with us

Our launches have always been free to attend, and this one is no different. The very lovely Barbican is hosting our event, so you will need to book through EventBrite – just click the link here: Book here

Issue 47 is packed with wonderful poetry and short fiction from all over the world and we’re delighted to have nine of the magazine’s 32 contributors read for us this evening. Help us celebrate 20 years of publishing with readings from: Peter Arscott, Jo Dixon, Lara Frankena, Louisa, Hooper, David Ball, C.P. Nield, Mohammad Razai, Kat Siddle and June Wentland.

We also have an exclusive special offer for anyone joining us on the night. There are no nibbles or wine this time (unless you bring your own), but still lots of great writing and a warm welcome!

If you’d like a copy of issue 47 in advance, you can purchase a physical one for £6.00 plus P&P here:

Buy a copy of the magazine

Or a pdf for £5 here:

Buy a PDF download of the magazine

The Brittle Star Workout

Also in January, we started our first online writing class called The Brittle Star Workout – a writing exercise class via Zoom for poets and short fiction writers. It only costs £5 and is hosted by Brittle Star editor Jacqueline Gabbitas. Classes are on Sundays and Wednesday evenings (more dates added weekly), so get those creative muscles going and join us on a workout! For more information and to book a place visit our KofiShop by clicking here.

We hope to see you soon.

Stay safe and well,

Martin & Jacqueline
Editors

Online submission window is closed, honest it is.

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Thank you everyone who submitted to Issue 47 through our online submission window in November. Issue 47 is now out and available – either through subscription or you can download e-mag versions through 0s & 1s or at our KofiShop.

We’ve been receiving a number of submissions via email since our last window closed and, although we are super excited you want to send your work to us, we  have to stick to our submission guideline guns and remind you that any work received outside of the window will not be opened or read.  If you have a poem or story that you think is perfect for us to have a look at, do either send it by post or save it for our next window in summer.

We look forward to reading some of your work in the future.

Jacqueline and Martin
Editors

Issue 47 – New Covid-safe Online Submission Window

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Hello Everyone!

Well, we’re back in lockdown in the UK – rubbish, we know but we hope you’re all staying safe, looking after yourselves and each other and writing and reading loads.

Back in May we opened up a submission window for issue 46 and we’re doing it again for issue 47! Same as before, the window is very short – only 10 days so that we can manage the submissions – but the good news is that the turn around on it is lickety-split quick – we’ll let you know of our decision within three weeks. The submission window dates are 10th – 19th November. We’re afraid if you send work outside of these dates we won’t be able to read it and your email will remain unopened. We do not charge fees for submitting online.

If you don’t want to submit online, you can still send in by post – our postal submissions are rolling.

A few things before you submit


• Please try to read a copy of the magazine before you submit. You can subscribe for print copies at www.brittlestar.org.uk/subscribe or download a digital copy of our current issue at 0s & 1s here. And if you buy us a coffee on ko-fi.com/brittlestar you’ll receive a pdf back issue as a thank you.

• We welcome submissions of unpublished, original work in the following categories:
• Poetry: 1 – 4 poems
• Literary short fiction: 1 story up to 2000 words (double-line spaced)
• To submit your work online or by post click here to visit our submissions page and read our guidelines.

 

Thank you and stay safe, Martin & Jacqueline