Submissions

Osmosis Journal: [open for submissions 9th August – 30th August]

We are launching Osmosis Journal! An entirely online, irregularly regular journal of poetry and prose that aims to showcase exciting voices, with a particular interest in work that crosses boundaries, leaks, mixes, osmoses – so send us your poems and prose, but also send us your hybrids, procedurals, and accidentals, we look forward to reading them!

Please send us up to 6 poems or 2000 words of fiction* to osmosissubmissions@gmail.com with the subject line Osmosis Journal Submission [Name] – [Title of Work].

We are also keen on publishing critical writing and reviews! If you have a review in your back pocket, a lyric essay you think would fit – please send it our way! You are welcome to submit the entire piece, or a short proposal to osmosissubmissions@gmail.com with the subject line Osmosis Journal Submission – Non-fiction [Name] – [Title of Work].

To get an idea of the kind of work were interested in, a good place to look is our Featured Writing page – but if in doubt, send it! We love to be surprised. 

Osmosis Journal is open for submissions from the 9th of August until the 30th of August. We aim to respond to all submissions in approximately two weeks. Submissions are free. 

*(or what you feel to be the equivalent of this with hybrid work – we know that word counts are sometimes tricky things – if in doubt, send it!)

Manuscripts: [closed for submissions]

We aim to publish a small selection of quality books each year, each with a print run of 100. There are no submission guidelines for length, presentation, form, or genre. We celebrate work that has previously faced difficulty in finding a home.

Featured Writing: [closed for submissions]

Featured Writing is currently closed for submissions. When we reopen, we aim to showcase a writer every Sunday on our featured writing blog. We welcome writers from all disciplines to submit work, and are particularly keen to see pieces which engage with hybridity and experimentation. Please send a PDF of the work alongside an author bio to osmosissubmissions@gmail.com.

Visual, audio-visual, and sound-based work is very welcome.

Collisions Print Series: [closed for submissions]

We are currently closed for submissions to our Collisions series. When we reopen, please send a high quality image (over 300dpi) of visual work, a poem-object, performance/installation documentation, and ephemera to osmosissubmissions@gmail.com.  

Each print will be limited at 25. ‘Collisions’ prints will not typically be for sale – they can be collected from one-off Osmosis workshops, readings, or (occasionally) sent out alongside a purchase from our book store.

3 author copies will be provided.

Reviews, Essays, Interviews: [closed for submissions]

We have been asked if Osmosis is open to featuring reviews, essays, and interviews. Our answer is yes! yes! and yes!

Please send over a 100-200 word proposal to osmosispress@gmail.com. We aim to get back in touch within a week.