It’s that time of year when Fincham Press start compiling the new anthology of student work. This time, as well as our usual call-out to the present student body we are seeking submissions from University of Roehampton alumni to celebrate our fifth year as a press. We will accept most forms including flash fiction, novel extracts, poetry, creative nonfiction, and short screenplays. For examples of our previous collections, please visit our catalogue.

Submission guidelines

This call is open to alumni of the University of Roehampton’s Creative Writing programme only. There is no specific theme for this anthology, and we are open to all genres.

Please submit only one piece for our consideration; the exceptions are flash fiction and poetry, where multiple pieces may be submitted but must not exceed the maximum word count as outlined below.

There is no minimum word count, however please bear in mind these maximum word counts for specific forms:

• Short stories – 2500 words
• Nonfiction and novel excerpts – 5000 words
• Flash fiction – multiple stories allowed, but together should be no more than 1000 words in total
• Screenplays – 15 pages
• Poetry – 10 pages

All submissions should be double-spaced and set in 12pt Times New Roman or rough equivalent. The title of the work should be set in capital letters; please do not underline the title.

You should include a coversheet with your submission. This must include your name, the year you graduated from Creative Writing at Roehampton, and a contact e-mail and postal address.

All submissions should be sent as word-processed documents (.odt or .docx) with a brief covering email to finchampress@roehampton.ac.uk. If you are submitting concrete poetry or anything experimental in terms of form and layout, please also provide screenshots in addition to the word-processed document.

The deadline for alumni submissions is 10am on Sunday 25 March 2018. Any submissions received after this time will not be considered for publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact our Publishing Assistant Veslemøy Stavdahl if you have any questions.

Thank you, and happy writing!