New queer poetry is in an exciting place.
We want to represent all that’s thrilling about the new wave of LGBTQ+ poets. If you’re a poet, even if you’ve never been published before, we want to read your work.
Our current publishing opportunities are below. Please read them carefully and make sure you stick to the guidelines as much as possible so that we can accept your work.
Submission guidelines
Please send a single Word or pdf document containing your work, with a small additional paragraph about yourself. We judge the poems blind, so try to keep your name off the actual poetry document if possible. Don’t worry too much about what to say in the paragraph. We just want to know a little bit about you, how you identify, if you’ve been published elsewhere, and what your work is like. Please don’t include any graphics or images in the bio or in your submission.
We’re based in London, but publish poets from all over the world. Submission is free and, with our anthologies, you retain your copyright. We know how difficult it is to get published, so we’re happy for you to submit elsewhere simultaneously. We don’t publish work that has already been published online or in print.
Our anthologies
We publish our anthology of the most exciting LGBTQ+ poets around 3 times a year and we want to include you! The submission window for Issue 19 is now open and will run until January 31st. We’re sorry, but poems submitted outside of this window can not be considered and we can no longer accept email submissions.
We pay £30 for each poem published.
Solo pamphlets
Every year we publish a batch of poetry pamphlets that we’re excited for you to read. Previous books include the PBS pamphlet choices from Ellora Sutton and Troy Cabida, as well as poetry from Remi Graves, David Nash, Thomas Stewart, Cleo Henry, Mícheál McCann, Georgie Henley, kevanté ac cash, Christopher Lloyd, Kaan K, Luís Costa, Dale Booton, Zara Meadows, Hetty Cliss, Dena Igusti, Ben Kline, Kayleigh Jayshree, and Jaime Lock.
Submissions are closed for the solo pamphlets.