blankpages Submission Guidelines
Why submit work to blankpages?
We believe in support. Submitting to blankpages is more than getting your work published. We try to provide honest, creative and critical feedback when you submit, as well as any advice or information we can give you on how to market yourself as a writer - how to get your work noticed outside of blankpages, as well as within our large arts community.
We also work closely with several other organisations, venues and writers’ collectives, so we can help support you and your work. If you’re interested in performance poetry, we have our own space, and are always interested in working with talented performers.
blankpages is about supporting all artists, not just writers. If your work crosses genres, that’s fine with us. As we’re digital, we have the means to publish visual and sound based accompaniments to your work.
Each month our dedicated visual design team will work with your submission, creating bespoke illustrative accompaniments, all housed within our trademark unique and beautiful layout.
We’re looking for talented creatives with a unique style and ability to produce interesting pieces. New works are preferred, but previously published pieces will be considered.
Proof reading is boring. We’d much rather spend time reading and enjoying your submissions. Please check work for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors before sending it in.
Please submit a short biography with your work so we can learn more about you.
How to Submit
We constantly check the online portfolios, and this is a great way to be seen. Just create a profile on the Blank Media Collective website, upload up to ten pieces of work, click on the option to include your work in blankpages and/or email us a link and we will consider your work for future issues.
Alternatively you can send your work for consideration by the relevant content editor by emailing: editor@blankmediacollective.org
Visual Artists
All our featured artists are sourced through the Blank Media Collective portfolios. To be considered, upload at least 4 images and bear in mind that we may want to feature you as the cover artist. Please include the title of your work(s) and any information you feel is relevant to each image.
Poets
All lengths and forms are welcome, as are varying stylistic approaches. Word limit is down to you, but we’d ask that you discuss any works longer than 30 lines each with the editor. We’re looking for no more than 3 – 4 medium length poems; 2 maximum if larger in length.
Prose Fiction Writers
Stories should be between 1000 and 2500 words (although shorter or longer works may be considered). All styles and themes are accepted, and we are looking for originality, insight and wit.
Musicians
We welcome musical submissions from any genre, providing the recording is of a suitable industry standard. If your submission is selected for publication you will be asked to provide at least one high resolution image (minimum 300dpi) that you feel represents you as well as possible. The image can be of you/your band or can be abstract in nature. Please supply a .wav, .mp3 or .aiff formatted file, at a minimum bitrate of 320kb/s.
blankpages is dedicated to giving a high quality platform to share your work – we love reading your submissions and will always try to respond with feedback.
If you’d like to discuss your work or would like some feedback before submitting, please feel free to get in touch – email editor@blankmediacollective.org, for the attention of the relevant content editor.
Please note; if email submissions are unavailable, mail submissions will be accepted. If you wish your work to be returned, please include a SAE. Mail submissions should be sent to blankpages Editorial, BLANKSPACE, 43 Hulme Street, Manchester, M15 6AW
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