The magazine for new writing

Submissions

OUR ONLINE SUBMISSION WINDOW IS CURRENTLY CLOSED

WE ACCEPT POSTAL SUBMISSIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS

Brittle Star welcomes submissions of unpublished, original work in the following categories: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)

Guidelines

We would encourage you to read a recent copy of Brittle Star before submitting work.

Submissions by post at any time. Please include a covering letter and an SAE (with the correct postage). Only one submission per issue.

Overseas submissions by post. Please do not include International Reply Coupons as we do not return overseas submissions. Please include an email address for notification.

We are unable to return submissions, so please do not send us the only copy of your work. Send all work to: Brittle Star, Diversity Hous, 72 Nottingham Road, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 6LF. UK.

We cannot accept work that is currently under consideration by another magazine or competition.

Please include your name on each page.

Please include your email address.

Include a short biography (third person) of no more than 10 words for use if the piece is selected.

All contributors will be notified of the editors’ decisions as soon as possible.

Please be aware of UK postal rates especially in relation to envelope sizes. We can’t afford to pay the surcharges for incorrect postage and won’t pick up submissions with a fee to pay.

Brittle Star is run on a volunteer basis. The editors are also writers and artists and fully understand the concerns you might have when submitting work.

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For Reviews

We only review first, full poetry collections and single-author short fiction collections.

No poetry pamphlets or anthologies, please.

No short fiction/story anthologies, please.

Books for review are selected by our reviewers, we’re unable to review every book we receive.

Any books we’ve received that do not fit our guidelines will be included in our LuckyBag Christmas dip for our Patrons and subscribers. We’re not able to return review copies.

If you’re book has been reviewed, we will let you know and email you a digital copy of the review after publication.

Please, send to Brittle Star, Diversity House, 72 Nottingham Rd, Arnold, NG5 6LF.