{"id":231,"date":"2012-10-22T01:10:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T01:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:54:57","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?page_id=231","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The submission window for <em>The Manchester Review\u00a0<\/em>is now\u00a0<strong>open.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking about her work, titled<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; \u0643\u064f\u0644\u0651\u064a \u0625\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u062d\u0642\u0651\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0634, Mounira Al Solh reflects on her experience of displacement saying <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018I 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.\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This makes us consider the multitudes contained within the words \u2018home\u2019, which can both be somewhere and nowhere, and \u2018displacement\u2019 as a process which dislodges and uproots while also enabling connection and rooting in new ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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\u2019s changing neighbourhoods, finding homes in new identities or becoming displaced from one\u2019s body as they navigate gender outside of heteronormative convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Displacement<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Examples of themes include, but are not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Displacement of humanity due to climate change<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experiences of diaspora<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meaning of home and finding new homes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Displacement as a result of sociopolitical or economic reasons<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding homes within oneself outside of labels predetermined by society<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Manchester Review<\/em> publishes two issues per year in Summer and Winter. During our submission period we welcome unpublished\u00a0fiction, 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: <strong>we only accept Word documents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Prose<\/h5>\n<p>Please send only one piece of fiction or non-fiction. Very rarely do we publish works longer than 6,000 words.<\/p>\n<h5>Poetry<\/h5>\n<p>Please send no more than 3 poems.<\/p>\n<h5>Art<\/h5>\n<p>Please email us a link to your online portfolio. Unfortunately we cannot accept visual art submissions by post.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly encourage online submissions to <strong>manreviewsubmissions@gmail.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, postal submissions should be sent to:<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor, The Manchester Review<br \/>Centre for New Writing<br \/>S1.20, Samuel Alexander Building<br \/>The University of Manchester<br \/>Manchester, M13 9PL<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The submission window for The Manchester Review\u00a0is now\u00a0open. 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