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Anthology 2026

2026 ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS WINDOW IS OPEN!!!

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This is a Members only opportunity.

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The submission window for the 2026 Federation of Writers (Scotland) Anthology published by New Voices Press (NVP) is now open. Submissions are invited from FWS members until midnight on  February 15th 2026. Poems, short stories, and flash fiction pieces in any of the languages of Scotland should be submitted according to the layout, size and number indicated in our guide for submissions documented below.

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Submissions should be sent to Janet Crawford at fwsanthology@gmail.com

 

Successful contributors will be notified by 3rd May 2026.

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If you know someone who’d like to take part, but who isn’t a member, please encourage them to join us now – see the home page for details of how to join, if you are not already a member.

FWS Anthology Submission Guidelines

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  • ​We are accepting one entry per category – you can enter in as many categories as you wish -to include as many members as possible in the anthology.

  • Poetry: One poem, not more than 40 lines in length. (longer poems will be automatically disqualified)

  • Prose: One short story; over 501 and under 2,000 words in length

  • Prose: One piece of flash fiction: 500 words in length or under

  • Please indicate the line count - excluding title - at end of each poem and the word at the end of each piece of Prose Writing.

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Furthermore, please check

 

  • All work to be single spaced and in Times Roman 12 point.

  • Do not include your name or other identifying mark on the work submitted but submit it with a separate sheet, giving your name, address and contact details as well as the titles of each submission.

  • Example: Email with one submission piece only, should contain two word docs: one with contact detailing and another with the submission, etc etc.

  • The editorial team will not separate pieces which come as one continuous word document… and will return them to the sender for resubmission.

  • The editorial team will not accept work which does not follow our guidelines

  • Please send as a Word attachment (doc. or docx). Do NOT send as rtf or pdf.

  • The editorial team regret that they do not have resources to support publication through NVP of novels or novellas, screenplays, full-length dramas or large non-fiction projects. They recommend that members submit these to commercial publishers or literary agents in line with guidance available in the current editions of The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook or The Writer’s Handbook.

  • No work submitted should have been previously published/broadcast/e-published or posted on-line in any form.

  • Material already being considered by other publishers should not be offered to NVP.

  • Whilst copyright remains with the author of the individual works, NVP would respectfully ask for exclusive access to the work until end 2026.

  • No correspondence can be entered into with the selectors. Successful contributors will be notified, as far as possible, by Sunday May 3rd Wednesday 2026.

 

Submissions should be sent ONLY via email to Janet Crawford at fwsanthology@gmail.com

Frequently asked questions

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