New Writing Scotland
Not currently open for submissions.
Last updatedNew Writing Scotland is an annual anthology publishing poetry and short prose by writers with a Scottish connection.
Response time info: ~141 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder
Read the full guidelines at asls.org.uk↗Submission calls
fiction
Short fiction, creative prose, drama, screenplays, autobiography, memoirs, satire, travel writing, and self-contained extracts up to a recommended 3,500 words; must be original, unpublished, and by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination; submissions open 1 August…
poetry
Up to four poems per submission; must be original, unpublished, and by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination; submissions open 1 August 2025 to 31 October 2025 for NWS 44.