London Magazine [1]
The London Magazine is the UK’s oldest literary magazine, proud to have published some of the biggest names in literature including Angela Carter, Joan Didion, T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, George Orwell, Jean Rhys, and Virginia Woolf. The editors are open to unsolicited submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, and pitches for their print edition and online, and they host annual Short Story and Poetry prizes.
Non-Fiction pieces should be between 800 and 2,000 words.
For Short fiction, above all we look for elegance in style, structure and characterisation. We are open to both experimental and traditional forms, although we do not normally publish genre fiction such as science fiction or fantasy writing, or erotica. Please make sure they are no more than 4,000 words in length.
Poetry should display a commitment to the ultra-specificities of language, and show a refined sense of simile and metaphor. The structure should be tight and exact. Poems should be no longer than 40 lines. Please submit no more than 5 poems in any one submission.