For the first time Permeable Barrier is opening submissions for physical publication of full length manuscripts. Submissions will be read by JD Howse, Cat Chong, and Al Anderson, whose bios are listed below, and successful submissions will be published by Permeable Barrier in 2027. Submissions will be open from July 1st to September 30th 2026. Send your manuscript along with a brief covering letter and bio to permeablebarrier (at) outlook (dot) com. We hope to get back to you in early 2027. There is no submission fee, however we do ask that you purchase one of our physical books before submitting to acquaint yourself with the kind of work we’re interested in. 

 

We are not prescriptive about the kind of work that interests us, but all three editors are excited by work that pushes boundaries, asks difficult questions, and rejects easy categorisation. We’re primarily looking for submissions of poetry collections, but we view poetry in very fluid terms, and we are equally interested in seeing hybrid and interdisciplinary texts. If there are any particular considerations of page size or formatting you'd like us to be aware of please indicate this in your cover letter. We have no specific word or page count in mind but roughly speaking we consider 'full length' to be above 60 pages and printing costs become a consideration for us around 200 pages. Please note we have no interest in work that uses generative AI in any way. 

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Accepted submissions will be published in 2027. Each author will receive 10 free copies of their book, 100% of profits from online sales of the book, and will be able to order further copies at price of production. We print our books using a print on demand service and so have no printing overheads for producing books. Permeable Barrier is not a publishing company; we run on an entirely voluntary basis and the way we operate aims to be a practical reflection of our socialist principals. As such we have no interest in profiting from your work and you will retain the rights to their work we publish for you.

 

If you have any questions about submissions you can contact us on instagram or via the email address above.

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JD Howse, Curator and Publisher 

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JD Howse was raised in London where he still lives and works. His creative work moves across fiction, poetry, essay, film, and collage, and explores queer histories, neurodivergence, hauntology, and ekphrasis. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London and works in print production for a major trade publisher. He started PermeableBarrier during the pandemic, after it caused him to cease organising Theatre of Failure, the LGBT+ performance night he ran with Sarah Dawson. He is the author of two poetry collections, Just Meat Not God and Noises Again, or This Is A Dagger, and his work has appeared in a number of magazines, anthologies, journals, and pamphlets. 

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Al Anderson, Editorial Advisor

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Al Anderson is a poet and essayist. He has a PhD from the University of East Anglia, and is the Events Director at Housmans Radical Booksellers. His pamphlets include Tenderloin, from Blush Lit, Custodian, from Earthbound, and The Tired Angel, from Slub Press. His debut collection is due to be published in 2027. Al advises on submissions to Permeable Barrier and will be providing editorial content in forthcoming print publications. 

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Cat Chong, Editorial Advisor

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Cat Chong is a poet, editor, essayist, and cheesemonger. Their publications include Plain Air: An Apology in Transit, 712 stanza homes for the sun, and Dear Lettera 32. They are a co-founder of the Crested Tit Collective, the Digital Editor at Osmosis Press, and Editorial Assistant at Pamenar Press. Cat advises on submissions to Permeable Barrier, provided editorial content to Briony Hughes' publication Speculative Frequencies, and was the author of our first print publication, Dear Lettera 32. 

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