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 NOW for ISSUE 14. Unthemed.

For the first time, we are offering feedback on submissions. Find out more here.

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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 via the correct online form:
   • Submit Poems
   • Submit Stories
   • Submit Photos
2. 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
3. Please only submit previously unpublished work, i.e. nothing that has appeared in print or online (including on a personal website or social media)
4. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please please please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere
5. 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.

There is no submission fee. There will never be a submission fee. 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.

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 14, donate £6 on our Ko-fi page to get a one-week guaranteed reply.

For the first time, we are also offering:

• Short feedback on 1 poem or story for £10
• Short feedback on 3 poems or stories for £20

**In the comments box when you make your donation on Ko-Fi, please tell us you are paying for an expedited response or feedback. Then submit your photography, poetry or prose in the normal way.

See full information here: https://ko-fi.com/brieflywrite

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).