Category: Announcements

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Poetry

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Crushes Silence and Breaks Systems

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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Poetry

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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Poetry

Call for Submissions: Poetry With Spit, Spine, and Something to Say

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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Poetry

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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Poetry

Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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Poetry

Dressed to Kill, Ready to Rot: Submit to Verdigris: Poetry of Decay

Alan Parry June 14, 2025

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LGBTQIA+

Not For Me – And That’s Why It Matters: On Heartstopper, Rowling, and the Stories We Keep

Alan Parry June 7, 2025

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Book Reviews

Pride, Pain, and the Taste of Cocks: What Camila Sosa Villada’s Novel Reveals About Masculinity

Alan Parry May 31, 2025

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Submission Window

The Broken Spine Summer Competition 2025: Submit Bold Poetry and Fearless Prose for Publication

Alan Parry May 31, 2025

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Submission Window

Submissions Open: Selected Poetry June – For Autumn 2025 Release

Alan Parry May 31, 2025