Submissions are currently closed.

We will read all work sent to us in our next submission window, which will be mid-year in 2024 (most likely May-July).

What we ask:

Share your writing - be it a roar, purr, or pip-squeak. 

We love poems with teeth, claws, and/or tenderness. To get a sense of the broad range of work we’ve loved before, browse our previous issues online.

Send us up to five poems, preferably in a Word document, to sweetmammalian at gmail.com along with an author bio (see previous issues for examples if you’re unsure what to say for yourself).

Sweet Mammalian always loves to hear from new writers! Send us your thrilling work, and spread the word far and wide.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted, though do let us know as soon as you can if you need to withdraw work.

Check back here for updates, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter to hear about our issue launches and next submission calls. 

Note on submission period for past and future years: if you know us already, you may be aware that we usually open submissions in Aotearoa’s autumn, read through the winter, and reply to all writers and launch the new issue in our Southern-hemisphere springtime.