New Contexts: 3 - a poetry / prose anthology which should be publishing in May (submission deadline 1st March). For information on previous anthologies see New Contexts: 1 and New Contexts: 2. Information on all this - and our other opportunities - can be found on Submittable - just search for 'coverstory' in the Discover [...]
Absolutely delighted to have received this feedback from mentoring at a Writers' Retreat last weekend: Ian joined us as our guest writer for our February retreat. It was clear that he had carefully thought out the creative exercises for the retreat and, although they were optional sessions for our writers, they were extremely popular. Ian [...]
Coverstory books currently has three open submission calls: New Contexts: 3 - a poetry / prose anthology which will be publishing hopefully in May (submission deadline 1st March)Line Breaks: 2 - an on-line poetry anthology which should be published at http://www.line-breaks.com in April (submission deadline 28th February)An open call for book-length fiction, either a novel [...]
Coverstory books is delighted to announce the publication of "Making Marks in the Sand", an anthology of internationally curated short stories. The nature of relationships dominates this collection of contemporary short stories; not just relationships between people, but also between individuals and their pasts and - in consequence - their potential futures. The British and [...]
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Spring 2022. The volume - “New Contexts: 3” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first two volumes in the series were published during 2021. Poetry: please [...]
We would like to identify a small pool of readers who would be willing to act as reviewers for us. We would provide our reviewers with a free ebook version of a title in advance of its official publication date, and in return ask for a short review of 75-150 words. The most suitable reviews [...]
As a Writer there's nothing quite like seeing your words coalesce, watching characters develop and take on a life of their own, or weaving meaning and narrative into a poem. As an Editor and publisher there's nothing like that frisson of excitement you get when someone submits a piece for a collection or asks you [...]
We have redesigned the Coverstory books website - why not take a look? There is a new homepage.A page of Testimonials.And we've revamped the pages for our Fiction, Poetry, and Plays/Non-fiction. We hope you'll like the improvements we have made!
Forget 1st January; it's only when the holidays end and people go back to work / school and the 9-to-5 starts in earnest that we truly get a sense of the New Year beginning. And with that, it already looks as if the first quarter is going to be very busy for Coverstory books! What [...]
Coverstory books invites submissions for a literary compendium aiming to publish in the Spring 2022. The volume - “New Contexts: 3” - seeks to showcase contemporary work, both poetry and fiction, and will be made available in both Paperback and ebook formats. The first two volumes in the series were published during 2021. Poetry: please [...]
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
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