The submission window for The Manchester Review is now open.
Talking about her work, titled I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous – كُلّي إيمان في حقّنا بالطَيْش, Mounira Al Solh reflects on her experience of displacement saying ‘I am home everywhere today, and nowhere, because my initial homes have rejected me, as well as the hundreds of people I have met and drawn, and with whom I have had incredible conversations about our lives.’. This makes us consider the multitudes contained within the words ‘home’, which can both be somewhere and nowhere, and ‘displacement’ as a process which dislodges and uproots while also enabling connection and rooting in new ways.
Narratives of home and displacement have been prevalent throughout history and continue to be relevant with displacement of communities in search of safety, opportunity, or a habitable environment. Displacement can occur on a more granular level too, whether that’s changing neighbourhoods, finding homes in new identities or becoming displaced from one’s body as they navigate gender outside of heteronormative convention.
The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement. Examples of themes include, but are not limited to:
- Displacement of humanity due to climate change
- Experiences of diaspora
- The meaning of home and finding new homes
- Displacement as a result of sociopolitical or economic reasons
- Finding homes within oneself outside of labels predetermined by society
We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.
The Manchester Review publishes two issues per year in Summer and Winter. During our submission period we welcome unpublished fiction, poetry and essays from both established and new writers. Please make no more than one submission per issue. Simultaneous submissions are permitted. In the subject line of your email, please include your name and the category of your submission (Fiction/Poetry/Non-Fiction). You should include a short bio in your cover email, and please make sure that identifying details are also on your submission. Please note: we only accept Word documents.
Prose
Please send only one piece of fiction or non-fiction. Very rarely do we publish works longer than 6,000 words.
Poetry
Please send no more than 3 poems.
Art
Please email us a link to your online portfolio. Unfortunately we cannot accept visual art submissions by post.
We strongly encourage online submissions to manreviewsubmissions@gmail.com.
Alternatively, postal submissions should be sent to:
Editor, The Manchester Review
Centre for New Writing
S1.20, Samuel Alexander Building
The University of Manchester
Manchester, M13 9PL
Due to the volume of submissions, we may not always respond in a timely manner. Please contact us about your submission should you not hear from us within three months.