Submissions are open

I woke today in a tent, on a paddock and covered in sequins with last nights make up, after far too much fun and too little sleep. Then I remembered- Folly submissions open today! Our reading period runs through to end April, via our Submittable portal- accessible from our website or directly via Submittable.

This year we are also doing things a bit differently. We are curating for Issue 004, but we are also looking for additional special pieces for individually curated books. Collections of stories or essays, novellas. Things that would be too sexy or unusual for traditional literary journals.

Last night I mentioned to a few people who expressed their journaling habits that some of the best content arrives at Folly from people who have never considered writing or being published. There is a naive and raw energy from such art, unblemished by the sector cliques, gatekeepers or knowledge of what is considetes ‘appropriate’ publishable content. This approach is what caused us to be banned from a nationwide chain store last year. I believe honestly, especially sexual and sensual honesty, written as fact not fiction is confronting for some people. We seem to be living in a publicly sanitised age, and at Folly we want to platform the reality.

Get writing, don’t be scared.

The worst you’ll get is a polite ‘no thank you.’