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We are delighted to announce our poetry list for 2024/2025, which includes exciting new collections from writers already an integral part of our Parthian family – Rae Howells, Natalie Ann Holborow, Christina Thatcher and Roberto Pastore – alongside two wonderful debuts from Tracey Rhys and Benjamin Rhys Palmer.

Bryony Rheam's short story collection Whatever Happened to Rick Astley? has been nominated for the Outstanding Fiction Book award for Zimbabwe's  National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs).

Our open submission window has now CLOSED. Many thanks to everyone who sent us their manuscripts. Please bear with us while we read through them all. We hope to have responded to everyone within a couple of months. If you haven't heard from us within three months please feel free to query your submission with our Publishing Manager, Carly: carlyparthian@gmail.com  

Parthian will be open to submissions for three weeks from Monday November 6th until midday on Monday November 27th, reading for our 2025 list. What we are looking for: novels, creative non-fiction, and poetry. What we are not looking for: short story collections, YA / children's fiction, or translations. Please send submissions and any queries, when the submission window is open, to our dedicated email address: parthiansubmissions@gmail.com Please read the information on the FAQ page of our website regarding submissions. We will try to respond to all submissions within twelve weeks but please bear in mind that we are a...