Submissions
Prototype Anthology
Submissions to the next issue of our annual anthology, PROTOTYPE 7 (forthcoming in July 2025), are now closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted their work.
We received a huge number of submissions, and aim to respond to everyone by the end of April.
Annual Submissions Window
We have not yet confirmed whether we will be opening for submissions in August 2025, due to our limited capacity. We will share any updates to this page, or via our mailing list. We kindly request that unsolicited submissions are not sent to us outside of any open submissions windows.
Please read our guidelines below if you are interested in submitting to future submissions windows:
We are interested in a wide range of work and encourage proposals which resist easy definition or categorisation. We want to publish writing that is courageous, original, demanding and inquisitive. The best way to get a sense of the varied work we publish is to look at our back catalogue, and to read some of our books if you can.
Submissions are open to all, regardless of age, gender, race, religion and background, and we are particularly keen to hear from writers in groups that have been historically underrepresented in literary publishing.
We will ask for a covering letter, which should give a brief synopsis of the work and explain why you think it’s the right fit for us, along with a full manuscript.
We prefer all submissions to be uploaded via our online Submittable portal, a link to which will appear below when submissions are open.
If you have any questions or accessibility issues, please write to us at admin[at]prototypepublishing.co.uk.
