We publish fiction, poetry and drama (or a mix) in any genre, written in any style, on any topic. The only limits are as follows:

• Poetry: Up to 60 lines
• Fiction: Up to 5000 words
• Flash fiction: Up to 1000 words
• Scripts: Scenes, one-acts & monologues up to 5000 words

For prose and drama, please use at least 1.5 line spacing. Standard fonts are suggested – though please bear in mind that work is published in Poppins (the same typeface used here), with Bungee for titles and headings. If your work is experimental with font – for instance, using bold, italic, etc outside of their typical usages; or using different fonts for different dialogue (think Death in Discworld) – let us know.

For poetry, you may use line spacing as necessary. Experimental poetry – i.e. non-standard presentations of text – is of course acceptable, but please export as pdfs/jpgs. Please remember, poetry submissions should consist of 2-5 poems in a single document.

Files should be .doc or .docx (unless stated above). We can’t accept Pages documents. We’ll read pdfs, but it can be a headache to make useful notations on those files if you’re accepted, so we’d rather you didn’t.

Yes, but submitting writers must be 16 or older.

New writers with zero publication experience need not worry. You are as welcome to submit as writers with decades craning over their pens. We ask for bio information with submissions, but this has only a slight influence on how we read your work.

Submissions are free – and should be at every publication.

This depends on the volume of submissions. We aim for between 1-4 weeks from receiving your submission.

Yes. Your work remains your property, and you will not need to seek EGG+FROG’s permission to submit, publish or otherwise use your work elsewhere in the future.

However, submitting to EGG+FROG is undertaken on the basis of permitting us to host your work on the website in perpetuity. We operate on the basis of respect for the art of writing and the work of writers. Your work is safe with us.

Sorry, no. But we don’t get paid to do this either. 

Yes. With some limits:

• Poetry: 2-5 poems in a single document please.
• Fiction: Up to 5000 words, spread across as many stories as you like.
• Script: Same as fiction.

Yes. Just let us know if you’re successful elsewhere first, please.

The £1’000’000 question.

The basics are important: spelling, punctuation, grammar. If a reader can’t trust that these are in order, you won’t be free to explore ambivalence and ambiguity in your writing (particularly if your writing is somewhat experimental); your message will feel less credible if you’re writing to persuade or inform; at the bottom of it, the reader will simply enjoy your work less. Writing is a craft as much as an art: keep your tools sharp and well-oiled – and use them with precision.

In terms of subject matter, there is no topic, point of view, or ideology which will make you more or less likely to be accepted for publication. Acceptance for publication is based on the perceived quality of the writing. We want good writing, to be simple about it. For us, this means a discerning and sensitive admixture of literary and artistic devices: euphony, rhythm, voice, character, originality, structure, image, story, insight, pace, space, humour, terror, texture, tension, grace, catharsis…

In simpler terms, we would recommend writing something you’re proud of and sending it when you think it’s finished.

We’ll try to get a decision to you within a couple of weeks. However, if you think we might have missed your submission, forgotten you, or you have amendments to make, you can find everything you need on our contacts page.

If you’re unsuccessful, I’m afraid we have to deploy the automatic rejection email. We hate to do this, but we get a lot of emails.

If you’re successful, we’ll tell you why. We normally have some thoughts on where we/you could polish things up a little, too.

Sometimes, if we like a piece but it’s not for us or not quite there, we’ll jot a little email commentary.

If you’re using AI to help you write, we would encourage you to stop doing that. 

If you send us a piece written by AI, you may fool us, but you’ll definitely be fooling yourself.