SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
WE ARE CALLING ON YOU!
MASTERS OF LANGUAGE ...
MAKERS OF MEANING...
TO FLAY THE WRITTEN WORD;
TO PEER INTO THE ABSURD;
TO HOLD A MIRROR TO YOUR READERS...
AND LAUGH IN THEIR FACES;
TO FIND THE COMICAL IN THE MORBID
AND THE MORBID IN THE COMICAL;
TO CANNIBALISE THE NARRATIVE;
TO X-RAY POETRY;
TO SHATTER LANGUAGE...
AND BUILD AN EFFIGY FROM WHAT'S LEFT.
Give us your breaking, broken things - your hearts, bones, bodies.
Your late night fragmented thoughts, your shards of glass. Things held together with tape, twine, sheer willpower.
What is deemed fragile? Who by? What conditions it as such?
If there’s glass, what’s behind it?
What does it obscure?
What is pressing at the back of it, trying to make its way through? If the façade gives way, what’s left?
GENERAL GUIDELINES
CONTENT WARNINGS
At UNCANNY, we believe in the importance of content warnings (CWs) for protecting our editors and readers. Using your best judgement, should your piece include graphic and/or distressing themes we ask you to include a content warning either in the submission email or the top of the submitted document itself.
While we accept dark materials and works dedicated to lived experience and trauma, we reserve the right to determine what is gratuitous, damaging, or inflammatory. We will not tolerate any content of an offensive nature. If we receive such submissions your name will be listed, and the university will be notified.
We usually publish one (1) work per author.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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You must be a current student at the University of Warwick.
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All submissions must be a complete piece of original work - it must stand alone.
THE SUBMISSION EMAIL
Please include, along with your submission, a short third-person 'writer's profile' (maximum 150 words) and any content warnings (if they are not included in the submission). Also, say hi if you want! We're very friendly. Promise.
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FORMAT
Please use 12pt font for prose and 14pt for poetry.
Serif fonts such as EB Garamond, Georgia and Times New Roman are preferred.
Word count: 2000 maximum.
Do not include your name in the title of the document.
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COPYRIGHT
UNCANNY is unable to publish artwork which has previously been published or claimed by copyright ownership. Please do not submit artwork that falls under these conditions.
If you are submitting a piece that has previously been submitted as university coursework, it must have already been graded and finalised by an Examination Board at the end of the academic year.
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GENRE
We accept fiction, poetry (no line count, but please adhere to the word limit), hybrid work, script excerpts, and non-fiction. Pretty much anything goes, but we do not currently accept blog posts, reviews, or news articles. If unclear, please indicate whether your work is fiction or non-fiction.
A NOTE REGARDING VISUAL ART
We are unfortunately only able to publish written work at this time.