We are very excited to announce the launch of a series of chapbooks in 2019. We want to celebrate Scotland and showcase the best of our contemporary writers. These chapbooks will reflect our commitment to Scottish writing and writers, from the islands to the border. We welcome submissions of poetry, prose-poetry and flash fiction, written in any of the languages of Scotland. The first theme will be: Island and Sea
As well as standalone pieces, we offer the opportunity to have one work or a collection of flash/poetry to be serialised across all five chapbooks, touching on the themes below.
If submitting a piece for serialisation, consider the max word/line count for each issue (25 lines of poetry, or 300 words of prose), as well as the five themes. Include in your submission an outline for how your work should be split between the five chapbooks.
The first theme will be: Island and Sea, followed by: Borderlines / City, Town and Village / Mountain and Glen / River, Loch and Burn / *the order of these will be dependent upon the order of the winning serialisation*
Eligibility: writers living in Scotland, writing in any of the languages of Scotland
Submission costs £3, or free to members of the SWC. You can submit one piece - SWC members may submit up to three pieces per chapbook. We will only accept work that has not been previously published.
Writers who are successful will receive a free copy of the chapbook and a fee of £10. If your piece is chosen to be serialised, you will receive copies of each issue, and a fee of £100.
Full submission guidelines here
Deadline: Midnight, 30 April 2019 for the first issue.