How can form act as a container for a liquid content? What can we create and what can we discover about content using different literary forms? And what does our content reveal about those forms?

The symbiotic relationship between form and content has long been a central object of literary exploration and analysis. Carrier Bag Press invites weird and wonderful short writings that play in the tension between these two concepts to bring new feelings and ideas to the surface.

Details:
The publication will be released in the new year in a run of 100 copies.
Submissions can be of any length, but please note that longer submissions may incur a dialogue about abridging for the printed outcome (longer digital outcomes can be discussed).
 At present the publication is expected to take the form of a fold out large format poster but the design will be responsive to the volume and forms of submissions received. If there is enough interest that accepting all submissions becomes impossible, some will be reserved for a second volume.

Once the cost of printing has been covered, any profits will be split equally between all selected contributors and myself as the publisher/designer. Arrangements will be made for this in the run-up to the publication’s release.

For further information, please contact carrierbagpress@gmail.com or visit www.instagram.com/carrierbagpress/ 

The deadline is Friday 5 December 2025 at 12:00.