Lucent Dreaming (Novels)

Open to: Must be a UK resident.

Novel submissions are reopened and will be considered for publication in 2025 and 2026. Submit the first three chapters or around 10,000 words. Preferences include literary, speculative, surreal, contemporary, historical, and magic realism/low fantasy fiction. English-language submissions only; AI-generated writing is not accepted.

Open to: Must be a UK resident.

Poetry pamphlet submissions are reopened. Submit a sample of 20 to 25 poems in English, with a contents page as appropriate. AI-generated writing is not accepted.

Issue 15 submissions are closed; the page says submissions were open from 7 July 2024 to 1 September 2024. Short stories must be 1,500–3,999 words. Fiction should be beautifully written, character-focused, and may explore inner lives, identity, and society.

Issue 15 submissions are closed; the page says submissions were open from 7 July 2024 to 1 September 2024. Flash fiction must be 250–750 words.

Issue 15 submissions are closed; the page says submissions were open from 7 July 2024 to 1 September 2024. Poetry must be no more than 56 lines including line spacing, with preferences for identity, inner lives, society, prose poetry, and surreal narrative poems.