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SUBMISSIONS

Submissions closed for Issue 2 (launching 31 July).

Reopening from 1 Aug to 1 Sept, 2024.

We gladly accept work submitted for Paid Feedback and Editorial Services throughout the year.

Some great things about submitting to us:

  • Contributors from around the world are welcome to submit.

  • We do not charge submission fees (with the exception of paid additional submissions)

  • There are no themes or genre limitations - just send us great work.

  • We have a "No-AI" policy because we believe in putting human creatives first

  • Every submission is automatically considered for both the magazine and blog.

  • We love to work with emerging and working class writers

  • We are looking for creators from diverse backgrounds, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, differently abled, and all ages from 18+

  • We accept reprints, excerpts of longer works, and simultaneous submissions

  • We respond just 2 months after submissions close

  • Expedited responses and feedback options are available from £4.00

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CONTRIBUTOR PAY:

At present, we cannot pay contributors or provide contributor copies. This will change as we secure funding.

WE ACCEPT:

fiction, non fiction, flash fiction, scripts (theatre and film), visual art, comics, photography, song lyrics, hybrid works (however you define it), and poetry. Novel excerpts and reprints are okay.

DO NOT send any audio or visual recordings, hyperlinks, AI generated or plagiarised content. No sexually explicit content, NSFW, body horror/gore, pornography, graphic violence, sexual violence, violence or SA against women, children, animals, LGBTQIA+, racial/ethnic/cultural or religious groups. No hate speech, hate-based ideology, racial slurs, misogyny, or 'shock value' content. Inappropriate submissions will be deleted and submitters will be banned (as in, all future emails will be filtered into our trash folder).

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: please notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere.

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CATEGORIES & WORD COUNTS:   ONLY SUBMIT TO ONE CATEGORY (additional unpaid submissions will be ignored)

FICTION (x1) max 6K

NON FICTION (x1) max 6K

FLASH FICTION (x1) max 1K

PLAYS/SCREENPLAYS (x1) max 20 pages

POETRY & SONGS max x3 pieces (up to 3 pages total)

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY max 5 images

Additional Paid Options:

Expedited Response, Editorial Feedback, and One Extra Submission, starting from £4.00 can be purchased in our Ko-fi shop.

*NON FICTION: can include interviews, cultural essays, humour, memoir, travel writing, creative non fiction, hybrid, art criticism, and reviews. Please note: reviews should be evergreen due to our publication schedule.

*REPRINTS: If you retain all rights and it has been 6 months (or longer - as per the publication agreement with original mag) since your piece was published, we'd love to consider it. In your cover letter, please indicate the name of the previous publication, date of publication, and links (if available).

TERMS & CONDITIONS. By submitting content for publication, it is assumed you have both read and agree.​

Please scroll down to review our No-AI POLICY and HOW TO SUBMIT guidelines.

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HOW TO SUBMIT

Format Guidelines

To help us process your submission stand out from the crowd, please follow the guidelines below:

1 - Email submissions to thebelfastreview@gmail.com

2 - Subject line: SUBMISSION: CATEGORY - TITLE OF WORK

(ex, “Submission: Play – The Exiles ”).

3 - Include a brief cover letter in the body of the email, including:

-the TITLE OF WORK

-WORD COUNT (or number of pages/images, as applies)

-indicate if the work has been PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED (with name of publication, date, and links)

-SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES (if applicable)

-ARTIST BIO (to be published) maximum 50 words written in the 3rd person. Include the name you wish to be published under, where you're from, one or two recent publications (if applicable), or anything else of interest.

NOTE RE: PRONOUNS AND IDENTIFIERS

We certainly encourage self-identification, neurodivergence, disability, and inclusion of pronouns, but we understand not everyone has the safe option of making that information public. Please don't “out” yourself just to get published! Do whatever is comfortable and safe for you. You matter, either way.

4 - Attachments must be .DOC or .DOCX. (Do not send PDF, RFT, or .Pages.) Images can be .JPEG or .PNG.

5 - File names - PLEASE save your attachment as "Category - Title of Work" (example, "Fiction - The Dead") For Poetry or Art with multiple works, include all titles (example, "Poetry - A Dream Deferred, Harlem, Mother to Son").

NOTE RE: AUTHOR NAME

We prefer to read submissions blind, so author names are not necessary to include in body of work or in file names.

EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS INSTRUCTIONS TOTALLY ROCKS!

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