Under the Radar Magazine

Under the Radar magazine

Under the Radar is a place for readers and writers alike to make new discoveries...


Our flagship magazine is at the heart of operations here at Nine Arches Press. It is a lively mix of the best up-and-coming and established poets and writers, as well as reviews and articles.


The magazine is always one of our best-selling publications, so be sure to grab a copy whilst they're in stock, or take out a great value four-issue subscription and have each new issue sent as soon as it is available, with free postage.

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OUR LATEST ISSUE


Under the Radar Issue 32 - The Journeys Issue

Featuring...


POETRY by: 

Jill Abram • Rizwan Akhtar • Barbara Barnes • Michele Benn • Carole Bromley • Curtis Brown • Jennie Byrne • Genevieve Carver • Kelly Creighton • Julia Deakin • Kym Deyn • Tim Dwyer • Jen Feroze • Charlotte Gann • Casey Garfield • Elizabeth Gibson • David Gilbert • Ann Grant • John Greening • Kate Hendry • Lucy Ingram • Harriet Jae • Maureen Jivani • L.B. Jørgensen • Vanessa Lampert • John Lancaster • Harry Man • Rosie Miles • Jessica Mookherjee • Jackson Phoenix Nash • Kate Noakes • Rosemary Norman • Caleb Parkin • Miranda Peake • Jeff Phelps • Anne Rouse • Sarah Salway • JP Seabright • Christina Thatcher • Eoghan Totten • Ilias Tsagas • Milena Williamson



SHORT FICTION by:

Lisa Blower • Liam Brown • Jennifer Wong



PLUS REVIEWS OF SELECTED NEW BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS




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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES



Under the Radar is a magazine of new contemporary writing and is published three times a year by Nine Arches Press. We welcome submissions of new poetry and short fiction to Under the Radar.


We especially welcome submissions of new work by writers from diverse backgrounds who have been traditionally under-represented in literature and publishing, and actively encourage women, writers of colour, LGBTQ+, Disabled, D/deaf, and low-income writers to consider sending us their work.


We welcome submissions of poetry and short fiction to Under the Radar magazine, but please take note of the following guidelines and our open submissions dates.



• Please only submit previously unpublished work.


• Send up to six poems, or a maximum 2,500 words of short fiction.


• We accept submissions from anywhere in the world.


• We do advise you familiarise yourself with the magazine first before sending your poems - you can buy a single issue or subscription here, and your support helps to keep the magazine in print:Under the Radar magazine (ninearchespress.com)


• All submissions must be made online through our Submittable portal during our open submission dates (see opposite). Please contact us if you are not able to access Submittable online to arrange alternative method of submission. Please do not otherwise send your work to the Nine Arches Press email or postal addresses.


• To send your submission, please visit: www.ninearchespress.com/magazine.html


November poetry submission windows are themed; please send work that responds thematically in compelling and surprising ways. The connection to the theme can be interpreted freely and does not need to be obvious, so we encourage you to keep it curious!


• Please do not make multiple submissions by sending work you have also simultaneously submitted to other magazines, competitions or publications, or by sending us further work to consider before we have responded to your first submission. In addition, please do not submit and then withdraw work once submitted.


• Please include a cover letter with your full postal address, as well as a short biographical note (in the third person of no more than 50 words).


• Unfortunately, we are not able to offer payment for poems or short stories selected for publication in the magazine but we do send a complimentary copy of the magazine and offer discounts on subscription for featured writers. 10 free magazine subscriptions for low income writers who do not currently have a subscription to the magazine are made available annually every September. 


• To ensure plenty of variety, we do not feature the same poets in consecutive issues. Please allow at least six months before submitting to the magazine again if we have published some of your poems in the most recent issue.


• We receive a high volume of submissions. Please allow at least 12 weeks from the close of the submissions window for our reply. We always respond to every submission.



Under the Radar magazine will be open to submissions of poetry and short fiction on the following dates:


POETRY:

1st May – 7th June 2024

1st November – 7th December 2024 Theme: tbc



SHORT FICTION:

1st December 2023 – 7th January 2024

    1st June – 7th July 2024

    1st December 2024 – 7th January 2025


    If you do have a query about submission, which is not covered by these guidelines, you can contact us here.

    MAGAZINE

    OPEN SUBMISSIONS  DATES FOR 2023-4

    We will be accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction for Under the Radar between during following dates:



    POETRY:

    1st May – 7th June 2024

    1st November – 7th December 2024 Theme: tbc


    SHORT FICTION:

    1st December 2023 – 7th January 2024

    1st June – 7th July 2024

    1st December 2024 – 7th January 2025


    READY TO MAKE A SUBMISSION?


    To send us your poems or short fiction for Under the Radar magazine, just click the Submittable button here.


    We look forward to reading your poetry and short fiction. Good luck!

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