Destinations – an anthology in collaboration with the Process of Publishing Module of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton
Submissions are open until Midnight on 8th February 2026 for poems up to 20 lines and flash up to 300 words (excluding title) on the theme of Destinations.
Any writer can submit up to three pieces of work in total across both categories. Writers must be UK based (i.e. have a UK postal address).
Flight of the Dragonfly will be working, once again, with students on the Process of Publishing Module on the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton. Students will be responsible for selecting the work to be included in an anthology of flash and poetry with the theme of Destinations. All the production will be undertaken by the students except typesetting.
What do we mean by Destinations?
There are, of course, physical real-world destinations, political destinations desired and undesired, personal destinations for which we have goals. There are destinations that we might only see if we take the right path today. And we may never know which path was the right one. We might be forced to aim for a destination that was not in our plans through changes in personal and political (and geo-political) circumstances.
Flight of the Dragonfly welcomes submissions from under represented groups and is particularly seeking work from global majority writers, LGBTQ+ writers, and writers with disabilities.
If your work is selected and included in the anthology we will send you a free copy of the anthology. You could also purchase further copies of the anthology at a discount.
The anthology will be published in May 2026
How to submit.
Please send word documents as attachments (up to three) to submissions@flightofthefragonfly.com. Each poem (up to 20 lines) or flash (up to 300 words not including title) should be attached as a separate word document. Each document should have the title as the name of the document. Please do not add any other identifying details to the document. Please include your name and address in the body of the email and the title(s) of all the individual pieces of work you are submitting.
Font: any readable 12 point font but please no Courier or any of its close buddies – unfortunately it is by no means as readable as you think it is.
Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts. They will not be read.
Submission to the small press will be by invitation only for the foreseeable future. If there is an open opportunity to submit it will be advertised here.
FAQs
- Are you sure you don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts? I have a great poetry/short story collection.
Yes, we are afraid so, we are only a small operation and would not be able to manage unsolicited manuscripts.
- So, will you have a submissions window?
In due course, it will be advertised here
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