The submission window for the sixth edition of our New Contexts poetry and short prose anthologies will open on 1st October and run until 31st December. New Contexts: 6 will publish by the end of March 2024. Once again entries will be managed via Submittable (it simplifies administration so much!), and so for New Contexts: [...]
Category: Short Stories
Short Story submission call
We are delighted to announce that the submission window is now open for short story collection which will be published early in 2024. For submission details please go to Submittable. This new collection follows on from the well-received Making Marks in the Sand which we published in 2022. We look forward to reading your submissions!
New submission calls coming soon!
I am delighted to announce that we will be announcing the opening of submission windows for new publications very soon! Last year I published a collection of short stories, Making Marks in the Sand. Long overdue, I now plan to produce a follow-up (as yet untitled) for prose pieces of 2,000-5,000 words. This should be [...]
New books – ebooks now available
Coverstory books is delighted to announce that ebook versions of our new edition are now available here: Praise for Once Significant Others: “Sally Rooney meets Henry James” – Jim Friedman “this honest exploration of human nature helped me understand myself better” – Ann Pelletier-Topping “a story that questions the whole idea of friendship and the [...]
New books published today!
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of these books: There will also be a virtual launch event on 22nd May. For details and to request a link to the event, please click here. Praise for Once Significant Others: “Sally Rooney meets Henry James” – Jim Friedman “this honest exploration of human nature helped [...]
New books coming soon!
Coverstory books is delighted to announce these publications for 21st May: There will also be a virtual launch event on 22nd May. For details and to request a link to the event, please click here. Praise for Once Significant Others: “Sally Rooney meets Henry James” – Jim Friedman “this honest exploration of human nature helped [...]
New books coming soon!
Coverstory books is delighted to announce these publications for 21st May: Praise for Once Significant Others: “Sally Rooney meets Henry James” – Jim Friedman “this honest exploration of human nature helped me understand myself better” – Ann Pelletier-Topping “a story that questions the whole idea of friendship and the notion that we can ever really [...]
Spring publishing bonanza!
We are delighted to announce a Spring bonanza from Ian Gouge, the founder of Coverstory books. The culmination of a number of years' work, we are publishing: Once Significant Others - a novel An Irregular Piece of Sky - a collection of short stories Tilt - a novel not the Sonnets - a large sonnet [...]
“At Maunston Quay” – new edition published
Coverstory books is pleased to announce that we have just published a revised edition of At Maunston Quay by Ian Gouge. This new edition contains a small number of editorial improvements over the previous edition. Life weaves its magic of triumphs and disappointments everywhere, and often those burdened with more than their fair share of [...]
“New Contexts: 4” – Submissions close tomorrow!
With a deadline of tomorrow, 1st October (end of day, UK-time), Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in December 2022. The volume - “New Contexts: 4” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. Poetry: please submit [...]
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