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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 9d

And YES! Another submission opportunity!
We've opened up for our new anthology - Poetry for Protest.
Check out the website for submission details...
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Submissions

We are open for submissions for Poems for Protest and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “Poems for Protest” Send us 1-5 poe…

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 2d

Still relatively new to indie lit - but still haven’t come across anything quite like the lens of @thebrokenspine.co.uk 👇

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 2d

You usually have to be signed up to our newsletter to read it. However, this week is too important, and I wanted to share it more broadly.

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Thank You — and Some Honesty

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 6d

For #WednesdayWIPs

This past weekend has been HARD! But, at least I got a poem from it all.

Collapse, 7th October, 2025

coughing up
cum-soaked sheaths
& spitting my hide onto the floor

this
is breakdown
in motion

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good poem ✊. Take lots of care Alan 🤝

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 4d

Heard voices coming from within here today 😬 #ModernGothicPoetry

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 18d

Reminder: we reopen for submissions NEXT WEEK!

Oct 1 - 31 on theme #Integrity

Simultaneous call with our #kidlit magazine @nimblewitlit.bsky.social

You are highly encouraged to submit to both!

epistemiclit.com/submissions/

Submissions -

Submission guidelines for a fully digital literary anthology that explores themes to open conversations through the written word.

epistemiclit.com

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 13d

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 16d

Someone nominated The Broken Spine.
And then wrote this:

“Honest, truthful, gripping work that doesn't hold back and is brave. The best kind.”

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Frazzled Lit *Opens 1st October* @frazzledlit.bsky.social · 16d

We open on Wednesday 1st October for free submissions in, Prose, CNF and Flash Fiction. So what are we looking for? Laura @lozzawriting.bsky.social riffs a little on just that in relation to Poetry in this post below. Take a look!

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Hurt us a little

In which Laura riffs on what we look for in poetry submissions

www.frazzledlit.com

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 17d

Ah just checked and I’m already double booked - otherwise would have found it really interesting to attend!

C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 21d

Yep

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · 22d

Such an incredible part of Reading’s history - I think of it every time I pass under the arch.

Thanks again to Two Rivers Press for hosting this poem!

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 22d

#Submissions are now open for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay.

If #LiftToTheSky is about rising, Verdigris is about falling — splendour unravelled, glamour undone.

Open all September:

Dressed to Kill, Ready to Rot: Submit to Verdigris: Poetry of Decay - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout September 2025 | Publication in 2026

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darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · Sep 1

Submissions to DarkWinter Literary Magazine are now open! www.darkwinterlit.com/submit-liter...

Submit to the Literary Magazine | DarkWinter Literary Magazine

Submit short fiction or poetry to DarkWinter Literary Magazine. We want your weird, your traditional with a twist, your humour, your dark thoughts, or your elation. We’re open to anything—just make it...

www.darkwinterlit.com

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes certainly! 🤗

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Jumping Jules Poetry @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh wow, delighted. I’m smiling here. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and love the art 🥰

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Sep 3

Loved this Julie. I read it through a few times. I took from it all the ways that pain creates its own universe, and the struggle against this - sometimes exhausted, sometimes hopeful. Such a cohesive collection - and always ready with a fistful of last lines ✊

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s a photo from the Pilgrim’s Way - across the sea bed at low tide to Lindisfarne last week! Looking forward to reading more collections in the future #fan ☺️

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Sep 3

Loved this Julie. I read it through a few times. I took from it all the ways that pain creates its own universe, and the struggle against this - sometimes exhausted, sometimes hopeful. Such a cohesive collection - and always ready with a fistful of last lines ✊

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Sep 3

#poetryofdecay

Wonder what the story is behind this?

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Aug 31

Tomorrow we open for #submissions to #Verdigris: #Poetry of Decay. Poems where splendour cracks, glamour rots, and beauty corrodes into something strange.

Guidelines: thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/06/14/d...

Dressed to Kill, Ready to Rot: Submit to Verdigris: Poetry of Decay - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout September 2025 | Publication in 2026

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Aug 30

Outstanding review of #BeautifulLittleFools here:

Thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for arranging!

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The New Samizdat

At the Corner of Hope and Despair: An Anthology for the Trump Era Charlotte Muse, Chris Cummings and Patrick Daly, eds. Pope Street Press ISBN-13: ? 979-8218526832 Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Gl...

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Aug 25

"what hurts more than flowers failing—
knowing you have been complicit in their death"

Parry’s words cut deep. Neon Ghosts is a collection of fleeting beauty and brutal honesty. Don’t miss it.

Order POD now:
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk...

#PoetryLife #ReadIndie

Neon Ghosts - Alan Parry - The Broken Spine

Neon Ghosts is the debut poetry collection from Alan Parry and the first to be published by The Broken Spine.

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just read the first poem of this 👇 - and already I’m caught.

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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just read the first poem of this 👇 - and already I’m caught.

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