SUBMISSIONS | Prole, Poetry and Prose

Response times.

For prose expect to wait ten weeks.

For poetry expect to wait four weeks.

Please read carefully. We don't ask for much, but what we do ask for makes our lives much easier. Unless we request it, do not send attachments. All text submissions should be in the body of the email.

Prole never sleeps, just passes out on occasion. That being the case, we are open to submissions all year round.

Prole promotes accessible literature of high quality. Anything that we publish will be intelligent, engaging and impact the reader in a variety of ways. It’s the reader who comes first. We want to appeal to a wide audience and reconnect a broad readership with excellent examples of poetry and short prose.

All submissions should be your own, original work and you should hold all rights.

We do not accept previously published material, either in paper journals or e-zines. We will consider pieces that have been shared on personal sites or membership writing sites, but ask you to remove them prior to submission.

We do not accept simultaneous submissions. We recognise this can be limiting for writers, but we aim for a swift response time. There are occasions when paid work and family gets in the way and we can not do this.

We don't ask for bios as we let the work speak for itself. However, do at least introduce yourself in your submission.

Poetry

We are open to all forms of poetry whether it be structured or free, rhymed or blank, light or serious; we consider content and quality over form. Submit up to five poems. If you wish to submit longer poems, please limit yourself to a maximum of three pieces.

All submissions should be contained within the body of an email. You should include your name and contact details.

Please use a plain font.

Send all poetry submissions to: submissionspoetry@prolebooks.co.uk

Please type 'submission' in the subject line.

Prose

Short story and creative non-fiction submissions are welcome. (Creative non-fiction should have a narrative arc.) We are open to most themes, although we do not accept fan fiction. There is an upper word limit of 7500 words.

All submissions should be contained within the body of an email. Please, no attachments unless we request them. You should include your name, contact details and word count.

Please use a plain font. We prefer single speech marks.

Send all prose submissions to: submissionsprose@prolebooks.co.uk

Please type ‘submission’ in the subject line.

Cover art

We are open to submissions for front cover design. The design should be portrait orientated, measure about 210mm x 148mm and be greyscale/black and white. Please do not apply text – we like to do that ourselves.

Initial submissions should be sent as attached PDFs. On acceptance, we will request jpg format. You should include your name and contact details.

Send all artwork submissions to: submissionsprose@prolebooks.co.uk

Please type 'artwork' in the subject line.

Payment

On publication, every accepted contributor will receive a PDF version of the hard copy.

At the moment, we cannot offer payment as rising costs mean we have been struggling to cover our expenses and we want Prole to continue as a print journal. We are in the process of restructuring and hope that in the future we will be able to reinstate some kind of payment system to recognise our fantastic contributors.