Submission Guidelines

• Banshee welcomes submissions from both Irish and international writers of any background, including first-time writers. We welcome work from members of groups or communities typically under-represented within literature, whether or not the work addresses this.

• All submissions should be previously unpublished.

• Our guideline word count for stories and essays is max 5000 words. Flash fiction should be under 1000 words, poems no more than 40 lines.

• We are happy to read: one story or one essay or two flashes or up to four poems. Please only submit in one category per submissions period. 

• Submissions should be in one .doc or .docx attachment. Prose submissions should be double-spaced.

• Please include a third-person bio (max 50 words) in the body of your email. If you are sending a prose submission, please note the word count of the piece in the body of the email.

• Email to subs dot bansheelit at gmail dot com, indicating the category of your submission in the subject line (e.g. Flash/Story/Essay/Poetry).

• We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere.

• Please note that we cannot offer feedback on unsuccessful submissions. 

• We believe in paying writers. We can offer contributors a small fee as well as a copy of the journal.