Spiral House Editions X fieldnotes collective present a new anthology — Seed/Spore/Rhizome: Ecopoetics of Community and Justice — edited by Pratyusha, Jessica J. Lee, Alycia Pirmohamed and Nina Mingya Powles. Submissions close Friday 30th April, 2025.
What might an ecopoetics of community and justice look like? Spiral House Editions, in collaboration with fieldnotes collective, are now seeking submissions for a new anthology of poetry exploring ecological futures, justice, collaboration and community. How might we (re)imagine a future shaped by collaboration, community and solidarity? We are open to poems that incorporate other literary forms or push the boundary of the poetry genre in some way. We are also open to collaborative and/or multilingual submissions, though poems must be primarily in English (please see the full submission requirements below).
Submission requirements
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Please send your submission as PDF or Word Document attachment in an email to hello@silverpress.org by Friday 30th April, 2025.
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There is no limit on the number of poems you include in your submission, but your submission should be no more than 6 pages. Please include all poems in the same document.
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Each person can only send one submission.
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Submitters can be based anywhere in the world.
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Submissions should be primarily in English, but the use or inclusion of additional languages is welcomed and encouraged
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Collaborative submissions can be considered (i.e. a piece of writing co-written by two or more poets)
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Responses will be sent in August 2025 (please note that this date is subject to change). We are unfortunately unable to provide individual feedback.
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Contributors will each be paid £100 for their work and will retain the rights to their submission. Please note that for any collaborative work, the fee is per piece published.
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We particularly welcome submissions from marginalised writers and writers who have never been published before
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Submissions must not have been previously published but simultaneous submissions are permitted; please notify us if any works in your submission get accepted elsewhere.
fieldnotes collective is an international collaborative nature writing project founded by Pratyusha, Alycia Pirmohamed, Jessica J. Lee and Nina Mingya Powles, based between London, Edinburgh and Berlin, whose creative practices intersect between poetry, nature writing, publishing and teaching. this too is a glistening was produced with support of funding from the Four Nations International Fund. Our collaborative pamphlet this too is a glistening was published by Bitter Melon in November 2024.
Spiral House Editions is an imprint of Silver Press: for books exploring art, poetry, transformation and ways of knowing. Now available to pre-order: new and expanded editions of Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry and States of the Body Produced by Love by Nisha Ramayya; joining Quantum Listening by Pauline Oliveros and Gaia and Philosophy by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan.
Cyanotype image by Pratyusha. Pratyusha is an Indo-Swiss writer based in London. She is a member of the Southbank Centre new poets collective and a Ledbury critic. Her writing focuses on poetry, prose, and reviews; she has recently been awarded DYCP funding for her expansion into creative non-fiction.
