Author Guidelines

Poetry

• All work must be typed in a word document using 12pt Times New Roman.
• Authors may submit 1 portfolio of poetry consisting of 3-5 poems with a maximum submission length of 15 pages. 

Reviews and Essays

• All work must be submitted in a word document using 12pt Times New Roman. Prose should be double spaced.
• Reviews should be of contemporary books from independent presses only (non-Big 5–Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan– and their imprints) which engage the book(s) in question with wider theoretical, literary, and political discourses.
• Essays which cover multiple books or wider cultural, literary, and theoretical trends are welcomed.
• The recommended word count is 3,000 words. Anything significantly outside of this remit can be discussed as a pitch.
• Referencing must be done to scholarly standards using MHRA.
• Completed works are to be submitted directly on this portal. Pitches are also taken and should be sent earlier in the timeframe. These should be sent to kashif@the87press.co.uk

Submission windows occur biannually. Check here for further details.