Submissions to Northwords Now

Thanks to support from Creative Scotland we have produced a recent issue (45, Winter 2024-2025) and intend to produce Issue 46 in the spring of 2025.

Submissions are now welcome until no later than 8th March 2025, though earlier submissions are preferred. Use the online form on this website; postal submissions will not be considered. Work can be in Gaelic, English, Scots and any local variants used in Scotland.

Please submit no more than three short stories or six poems, in MS Word format (not .pdf or .rtf). Include stories in a single submission and poetry in a single separate one, but otherwise do not split work into multiple submissions.  Short stories should ideally be between a few hundred words (flash) and 1,500 words in length. Some slightly longer stories (e.g. 3,000 words) are used, sparingly, within the publication, but constraints of space make shorter work preferable. All prose or poetry must be previously unpublished in print or online and not part of simultaneous submissions elsewhere. Copyright remains with the author. Modest payment is made for all successful submissions.  

For receipt of new books for review (which we are happy to see throughout the year) please use the postal address shown below. 

Submission of poetry collections and other books for potential review

Post to:

The Editor
Northwords Now
Easter Brae, Balblair,
Dingwall, Ross-shire.
IV7 LW