Print Submissions are now OPEN! Submit by January 1st 2026, for a chance to be featured in Issue 16.
We are open for Online submissions all year.
General Information
All submissions should be sent to onedge.northumbria@gmail.com
Submissions might be published in print, online or both. Contributors will be informed of the same.
Plagiarism or AI use is completely unacceptable. If detected, the entire submission will be discarded.
On Edge welcomes submissions from categories other than the ones mentioned below as well. If you want to submit something else like a book review, a translated piece, or a design portfolio, write to us and get in touch.
The On Edge team aims to provide feedback to every submission. This feedback will allow you to (hopefully) better your craft, even if your work is not accepted.
Please include your name, course, and student number in your email.
Font: Times New Roman or Arial │ Size: 12 │ Spacing: Double
Poetry
We are accepting submissions for poems on any and every theme. You can choose the number and length of poems for submission, but the entire submission must not exceed 50 lines. All poems should be in 1 document, with a short bio-note about yourself and your work. Visual/Concrete poems are also accepted. You can attach a JPG or PNG (smaller than 1 MB) for them if needed.
Hint: We would appreciate more than 1 poem so we can better understand you as a poet.
Prose
We are accepting submissions for Short Stories, Excerpts (of a bigger piece), Flash Fiction and Essays.
Your submission must not exceed 1500 words. Send your submission in 1 document, with a short bio-note about yourself and your work.
Visual Art
We are accepting submissions for Photographs, Artworks and Others.
You can submit up to 5 photographs or 5 artworks. Attach each photograph or artwork in JPG or PNG format in the email. The maximum file size is 1 MB (1000 KB). Write a short bio-note about yourself and your work.
Others: We welcome submissions of other kinds of art and are willing to make adjustments accordingly. For example, sculpture, product design, or fashion design can be showcased in the magazine. For this, email us with your idea and we will get back to you about layout.