SUBMISSIONS FOR SWERVE 2026 OPEN 7 MARCH UNTIL 21 MARCH (Midnight)

THANKS TO ARTS COUNCIL IRELAND WE CAN NOW PAY OUR CONTRIBUTORS:

PROSE: €100

POETRY: €50 per poem

VISUAL ART: €50 per image

PLEASE TAKE CARE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES:

PROSE

FICTION, NON-FICTION, SHORT STORY, MEMOIR, NOVEL EXTRACTS, etc

Submission format: ONE document (.doc .docx rtf only) containing submission AND short bio
Document title: Name, category e.g. MARY SMITH Prose
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced
Length of submission: 2500 Words max
Short bio: 100 words max (n.b. to be sent in document as above) Send to: info@swervemagazine.org Subject title of email: Name, category e.g. Mary Smith PROSE

POETRY

Submission format: ONE document (.doc .docx rtf only) containing submission AND short bio
Document title: Name, category e.g. MARY SMITH Poetry
Font: Times New Roman SINGLE SPACED 12 point Unusual formats: Please send a high-res jpeg together with the word doc
Length of submission: 1 - 3 poems (not exceeding four pages in total)
Short bio: 100 words max (n.b. to be sent in document as above) Send to: info@swervemagazine.org Subject title of email: Name, category e.g. Mary Smith POETRY

VISUAL ART

WE ARE INTERESTED IN PAINTING, DRAWING, COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHY

Submission format: 3 jpegs (size: MINIMUM 2 MB) Title of each jpeg: Name, title of piece e.g. MARY SMITH Landscape Short bio: 100 words max (in a separate word doc and not in the body of your email) Send to: info@swervemagazine.org Subject title of email: Name, category e.g. Mary Smith VISUAL ART

Image: Antony Buonomo