‘Transformation’
Urban Pigs Press is open for short story submissions!
Mark Burrow will be running this one and the topic of choice is ‘Transformation’. Submissions should be between 500 and 1,500 words only.
Please email Mark at urbanpigsguest@outlook.com with the title ‘Transformation’ and attach your prose submission as a Word doc.
Interpret ‘Transformation’ in any way you choose. Rebuilding a relationship. Quitting booze. A dead-end job. Turning into a bird. An insect that awakens from uneasy dreams….
Let your mind roam.
For those who know us, we’re interested in gritty realism, crime, cultists, the occult, dystopia and even more so if it includes more than one of the above
The only caveat from Mark in this one is – no vampire, werewolf or zombie stories. Apparently, he’s had enough of those for the time being.
The submission window is open from now until 18:00 (BST) Friday 7th August.
Feel free to add a short bio with your submission (no more than 100 words) and a mug shot is welcome but by no means essential.
We will not tolerate any form of hate speech whether homophobic, racism or other.
Please make sure you read all of our Submission Guidelines.
We look forward to reading your work!
Submission Guidelines
We’re especially interested in gritty realism, crime, cultists, the occult, dystopia and even more so if it includes more than one of the above. We highly recommend that you familiarise yourself with our previous published works before considering us.
Please send your submission as an attachment in Word.doc format and include a short third-person bio. We will not tolerate any form of hate speech whether homophobic, racism or other.
urbanpigsguest@outlook.com
Please support us by subscribing to the newsletter on the home page of our site.
We look forward to reading your work, as long as you have read our guidelines!
General Submissions
Urban Pigs Press are now seeking submissions for novels. Send us something gritty, horrifying, surreal, darkly humorous, twisted, and real. Yes, we’re asking a lot but we know you’re out there.
We’re especially interested in gritty realism, horror, cultists, the occult, dystopia and even more so if it includes more than one of the above. We highly recommend that you familiarise yourself with our previous published works before considering us.
Submissions should be between 40-60K. We are not looking for non-fiction, short story collections or poetry at this stage. Please send in the first two chapters or first 5K words only. Full manuscripts will be ignored. If we like what we see then we will follow it up with a request for more.
Please send your submission as an attachment in Word.doc format, include a synopsis in the body of your email and include a short third-person bio. We will not tolerate any hate speech whether homophobic, racism or any other form.
If you believe you meet all of the above and would like to send us your work for consideration then please do so via the email address below with the subject matter General Submissions. We will not respond to emails that haven’t followed the guidelines.
urbanpigspress@outlook.com
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We look forward to reading your work!
James, Virginia and Mark.
Urban Pigs Press 