POETRY SUBMISSIONS WILL BE OPEN:

1st May - 7th June 2025 (open submissions)
1st November - 7th December 2025 (Themed issue: TBC)

Under the Radar is a magazine of new contemporary writing and is published three times a year by Nine Arches Press. We welcome submissions of new poetry and short fiction to Under the Radar.
    We especially welcome submissions of new work by writers from diverse backgrounds who have been traditionally under-represented in literature and publishing, and actively encourage writers of colour, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, D/deaf, and low-income writers to consider sending us their work.
    We welcome submissions of poetry and short fiction to Under the Radar magazine, but please take note of the following guidelines and our open submissions dates.
    • Please only submit previously unpublished work.
    • Send up to six poems.
    • We accept submissions from anywhere in the world.
    • We do advise you familiarise yourself with the magazine first before sending your poems - you can buy a single issue or subscription here, and your support helps to keep the magazine in print: Under the Radar magazine (ninearchespress.com)
    • All submissions must be made online through our Submittable portal during our open submission dates (see opposite). Please contact us if you are not able to access Submittable online to arrange alternative method of submission. Please do not otherwise send your work to the Nine Arches Press email or postal addresses.
    • November poetry submission windows are themed; please send work that responds thematically in compelling and surprising ways. The connection to the theme can be interpreted freely and does not need to be obvious, so we encourage you to keep it curious!
    • Please do not make multiple submissions by sending work you have also simultaneously submitted to other magazines, competitions or publications, or by sending us further work to consider before we have responded to your first submission.
    • In addition, please do not submit and then withdraw work once submitted.
    • Please only upload your submission attachment as a Word document. We no longer accept PDFs.
    • Please include a cover letter with your full postal address, as well as a short biographical note (in the third person of no more than 50 words).
    • Unfortunately, we are not able to offer payment for poems or short stories selected for publication in the magazine but we do send a complimentary copy of the magazine and offer discounts on subscription for featured writers. 10 free magazine subscriptions for low income writers who do not currently have a subscription to the magazine are made available annually every September.
    • To ensure plenty of variety, we do not feature the same poets in consecutive issues. Please allow at least six months before submitting to the magazine again if we have published some of your poems in the most recent issue.
    • We receive a high volume of submissions. Please allow at least 12 weeks from the close of the submissions window for our reply. We always respond to every submission.


Under the Radar magazine will be open to submissions of poetry and short fiction on the following dates in 2024-25:

POETRY:
1st November - 7th December 2024 (THEMED ISSUE - 'FLIGHT' guest editor Roy McFarlane)
1st May - 7th June 2025


SHORT FICTION:
1st June - 7th July 2024
1st December 2024 - 7th January 2025


    If you do have a query about submission, which is not covered by these guidelines, you can contact us at:  mail@ninearchespress.com