Gutter

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Gutter is a magazine of new Scottish and international writing, publishing fiction, poetry and essays in two annual submission windows.

Response time info: within ten weeks of the submissions window closing

Read the full guidelines at guttermag.co.uk↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Sep 30Pays: £50 flat fee for work published in the magazine

Fiction submissions are currently open for Issue 35 and close at midnight on 30 September. Fiction may be up to 2500 words; send only one prose submission per issue. Previously unpublished work only, with no simultaneous submissions. The magazine is especially keen on Scots, Gaelic and translated work for this issue.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Sep 30Pays: £50 flat fee for work published in the magazine

Essay submissions are currently open for Issue 35 and close at midnight on 30 September. Essays may be up to 2500 words; send only one prose submission per issue. Previously unpublished work only, with no simultaneous submissions. The magazine is especially keen on Scots, Gaelic and translated work for this issue.

poetryLiteraryCloses Sep 30Pays: £50 flat fee for work published in the magazine

Poetry submissions are currently open for Issue 35 and close at midnight on 30 September. Send up to three poems totaling no more than 100 lines in one document. Previously unpublished work only, with no simultaneous submissions. The magazine is especially keen on Scots, Gaelic and translated work for this issue.

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