Briefly Zine is a literary journal seeking bold, succinct writing and photography. We publish writers and photographers from the UK and around the world. Free to submit… and WE PAY 🙂

Submissions are OPEN. We are open for Issue 12 subs throughout April 2024.

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We’re looking for:

• PHOTOGRAPHY
• POEMS – up to 16 lines
• STORIES – 6 to 300 words

Writing that blurs genres (prose poems, poetic prose, etc.) is welcome.

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BRIEFLY RIGHT:

1. Submit up to three pieces of your best brief writing
2. Paste your work into the body of an email and send it to submissions@brieflywrite.com
3. Include a short third-person bio (under 40 words). Please don’t feel any pressure with this – we choose our favourite photos, poems and stories, not the publication history of the author
4. Please only submit previously unpublished work, i.e. nothing that has appeared in print or online (including on a personal website or social media)
5. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please please please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere
6. Please wait for our reply before sending more work. If we publish your writing, please wait at least two issues before submitting again

BRIEFLY WRONG:

1. We will not publish writing or photos that are sexist, racist, classist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or speciesist
2. We are unlikely to be interested in gratuitous sex or violence

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Our response time is up to three months, though will usually be quicker. If you haven’t heard back after ten weeks, feel free to send us a gentle nudge.

There is no submission fee. There will never be a submission fee. Art belongs to everyone and financial barriers should not stop people sharing their work.

We pay our writers as much as we can. Currently, this is not a lot. If you would like to help us pay more, please consider making a small donation. We also offer expedited responses from only £4 (see below).

By submitting to Briefly Zine, you are granting us first electronic rights. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication.

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Expedited Response

Get a faster response and support our little literary space…

For Issue 12, donate £4 or more on our Ko-fi page to get a one-week guaranteed reply.

Submit your photography, poetry or prose in the normal way, mentioning in your email that you have donated.

NOTE ~ We publish our favourite writing and photography: whether or not you donate will have no impact on the outcome of your submission. We do, however, greatly appreciate any support. Every penny we receive is spent directly on the costs of running Briefly Write (i.e. website + paying writers).

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Photography Submissions

Please attach up to 3 images to an email and send it to submissions@brieflywrite.com

We are looking for original and unpublished photographs only. All work must be your own.

We want creative, thoughtful and thought-provoking images.

In the body of your email, please include a short third-person bio. You can also add links to your website/social media, which we would be happy to promote.

We respond to photography submissions within two months, probably sooner. If you haven’t heard back after this time, please contact us to check your email hasn’t gone astray.

You retain the rights to your image(s).