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Submissions queue

Everything waiting on the desk, grouped by how far it has got. Move a piece one stage at a time, and take the last move back if you were too quick.

9 submissions
Waiting to read
4
pieces
With an editor
2
pieces
Shortlisted
1
for Issue 43
On the desk
22,800 words
across every stage

New

Arrived since the last issue closed. Nobody has read these yet.

4 pieces · 9,700 words

  • Nine ways to mend a chair

    NewHow-to

    A repair guide that assumes no workshop and no power tools.

    Tomasz IdrisSUB-3291,200 wordsReceived 08 Sep 2026

  • The bakery that never advertised

    NewReportage

    Forty years of trade built entirely on the street it sits on.

    Ruth EllorySUB-3342,900 wordsReceived 09 Sep 2026

  • Letters to a former tenant

    NewFiction

    Short fiction in letters, set across one flat and three decades.

    Marguerite AyoSUB-3384,100 wordsReceived 10 Sep 2026

  • Reading the tide tables

    NewHow-to

    A practical primer for anyone walking a causeway for the first time.

    Callum ReyesSUB-3411,500 wordsReceived 11 Sep 2026

Reading

With an editor now. A decision is expected within the week.

2 pieces · 4,200 words

  • What the allotment taught me

    ReadingEssay

    Two seasons on a shared plot, and what changed about the neighbourhood.

    Peter NkemdirimSUB-3171,800 wordsReceived 04 Sep 2026

  • A room for the quiet hour

    ReadingEssay

    Libraries that stay open late, and who actually uses them after eight.

    Solveig BraunSUB-3222,400 wordsReceived 06 Sep 2026

Shortlisted

Held for Issue 43. The shortlist closes on 30 September.

1 piece · 3,200 words

  • The last ferry of the season

    ShortlistedReportage

    A crossing that stops running in October, told through the people who keep it.

    Ines CarrowSUB-3113,200 wordsReceived 02 Sep 2026

Returned

Answered with notes. The writer keeps the piece.

2 pieces · 5,700 words

  • On collecting nothing

    ReturnedEssay

    Withdrawn by the writer before the desk reached it; answered with notes.

    Devika ShanSUB-3442,100 wordsReceived 12 Sep 2026

  • The night bus timetable

    ReturnedReportage

    Too close to last issue's transport feature to run again this soon.

    Ezra WhitlockSUB-3473,600 wordsReceived 13 Sep 2026

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