🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Pellicle
Feature, long read or photo essay
- Pay
- £375–£675 per commission≈ $507–$913 USD
- Words
- 1,500–2,500+ words depending on format
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated
- Verified
- 2026-09
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Writing opportunities in United Kingdom
21 publications are based in United Kingdom, and 83 in total confirm in their own guidelines that they are open to writers from here. A further 46 do not state an eligibility rule either way.
A listing is an invitation to pitch, never a promise of acceptance or payment. Every entry links to the publication’s own guideline and the date BRYME last checked it.
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21 publications based in United Kingdom
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Wasafiri
Interview
- Pay
- Typically £150≈ $203 USD
- Words
- 4,000–5,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: they do not discriminate on age, gender, nationality, race or sexuality
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Poetry Wales
Feature, article or interview
- Pay
- £150 per 3,000 words≈ $203 USD
- Words
- 2,000–3,000 words as a rule
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated on the submissions page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🔵 SubmittedUnited Kingdom
WhatCulture
List-driven features
- Pay
- £40 per list (typical); 'certain content may attract alternative rates'≈ $54 USD
- Words
- 1,500+ words (lists)
- Eligible
- Worldwide — no stated geographic restriction
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
fourteen poems
Poetry
- Pay
- £30 per poem≈ $41 USD
- Words
- Not stated
- Eligible
- Official: for LGBTQ+ poets
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
African Arguments
News analysis, op-ed, features, essays, investigations
- Pay
- Fees vary — not a published fixed rate
- Words
- Average about 1,000 words; longer if exceptionally well written
- Eligible
- Official: they prioritise writers of African descent based on the continent, but are open to articles from anyone who meets their editorial standards
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Climate Home News
Climate news, features, investigations
- Pay
- From £0.35 a word
- Words
- Pitch under 300 words. A standard news story is described as 600 words; longer features exist. No single required range.
- Eligible
- Official: freelance journalists, experts and organisations
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟢 Currently accepting🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
The London Magazine
Poetry, short fiction, non-fiction and reviews
- Pay
- Pays for print — rate not stated
- Words
- Poetry to 40 lines; fiction to 4,000 words; non-fiction 800–2,000 words
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Extra Teeth
Fiction and nonfiction
- Pay
- £200 print / £150 Substack≈ $203–$270 USD
- Words
- 800–4,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: a Scottish magazine with an international outlook
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Gutter
Fiction, poetry, essays and reviews
- Pay
- Flat £50 per piece≈ $68 USD
- Words
- Prose to 2,500 words; up to 3 poems totalling 100 lines
- Eligible
- Official: during their two annual windows they accept poetry, fiction and essays from writers in Scotland and beyond
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Poetry London
Poetry, reviews and interviews
- Pay
- £35 per poem≈ $47 USD
- Words
- Maximum six poems per submission
- Eligible
- Open internationally — they will reply by email to work sent from abroad, though they cannot return manuscripts from outside the UK
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Limited window🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
The Fiction Desk
Short story
- Pay
- £25 per 1,000 words≈ $34 USD
- Words
- 1,000–15,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: they are based in the UK and are happy to consider short story submissions from authors all over the world
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Poetry Wales
Poetry
- Pay
- £20 per poem≈ $27 USD
- Words
- Not stated
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated on the submissions page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Shoreline of Infinity
Science fiction short story
- Pay
- £20 per 1,000 words≈ $27 USD
- Words
- Maximum 6,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: they are particularly interested in work from authors of backgrounds underrepresented in the Western science fiction canon, and authors from outside the anglophone West
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Propel Magazine
Poetry
- Pay
- £20 honorarium≈ $27 USD
- Words
- Maximum six poems per submission
- Eligible
- Official and strict: poets must be based in the UK or Ireland, and must not have published a full-length poetry collection in English or be under contract for one
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Information needs verification🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
The Rialto
Poetry
- Pay
- £20 per poem≈ $27 USD
- Words
- Up to six poems per submission
- Eligible
- No nationality restriction stated on the submissions page
- Verified
- 2026-09
🔴 Currently closed🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Psyche
First-person essay on change
- Pay
- Freelance fee or honorarium — amount not published
- Words
- 1,200–1,800 words (First Person). Other formats: Ideas 1,000–1,800; Guides ~2,000; In-depth Guides 3,000–4,000.
- Eligible
- When open: they want diverse voices, including lived experience of mental health or neurodiversity
- Verified
- 2026-08
🟡 Limited window🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Granta
Fiction and non-fiction
- Pay
- Pays contributors — rate not stated
- Words
- No set maximum or minimum; most submissions run 3,000–6,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: committed to offering a home to writing by those who are marginalised or underrepresented — writers of colour, working class or low-income writers, queer, transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming writers, and writers with disabilities
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Opens soon🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Hinterland
Creative non-fiction
- Pay
- Pays for all published work — rate not stated
- Words
- 500–5,000 words
- Eligible
- Official: they publish the best in creative non-fiction from around the globe
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Limited window🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Mslexia
Poetry and short fiction
- Pay
- Pays for every piece published — rate not stated
- Words
- Stories to 2,200 words; poems to 40 lines
- Eligible
- Mslexia is a magazine for women's writing and its submission routes are for women writers
- Verified
- 2026-09
🟡 Information needs verification🟡 Research onlyUnited Kingdom
Modern Poetry in Translation
Poetry in translation
- Pay
- Pays a fee — amount not stated
- Words
- Up to six poems per submission
- Eligible
- Official: they welcome work from any age and accept translations from any language, with a preference for contemporary work
- Verified
- 2026-09
House style when you write for United Kingdom
Getting these wrong will not sink a good idea, but they are the fastest way for an editor to tell you have not read them.
| Spelling | -ise and -our: organise, colour, honour — though Oxford University Press and most UK academic journals use -ize |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 April 2026 — day first, no commas |
| CV or résumé | CV, one to two pages, never with a photo |
| Quotation | Single quotes are common, and punctuation goes outside unless it belonged to the quotation |
UK rates are usually quoted per 1,000 words rather than per word. Several UK markets charge a small submission fee.
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