top of page
The Swine.png

Submission Guidelines:

We'll try and keep this brief and easy for everyone.

What to send:

  • Your original work

  • 1-3 poems in the body of an email

  • Poems up to 40 lines

  • Prose poems up to 150 words

Please include a 50 word, third person biography with your submission.

Simultaneous submissions are fine - just drop us a follow up email if they are accepted somewhere else first. 

What not to send:

  • AI generated work

  • Previously published work, including things that have appeared on social media

  • Poems over 40 lines

  • Prose poems over 150 words

Please include a 50 word, third person biography with your submission.

The Ts & Cs:

By submitting your work to The Swine, you confirm that:

  • It is your own work that you have copyright of

  • Your work is not AI generated

  • You are happy to grant us first electronic rights and electronic archival rights

  • If the work subsequently appears elsewhere, you will credit The Swine as the place of first publication

The Swine is not a profit making publication and we are unable to pay writers. 

In case the button above does not work for you, please send your submission, in the body of your email or in a word attachment, to sophie@poetryswindon.com.

© 2025 Poetry Swindon

bottom of page