Submit Your Work

What we’re looking for

Bog Magazine is about the arts, culture and life of rural Ireland: the bog and the field, the parish and the townland, old customs and new ones, the people who make things and the places that make people. Most of what we publish is rooted in rural Ireland. Now and then we take something from further afield if it speaks to country life.

We welcome poetry, prose, short stories, photo essays and articles from new and established writers and photographers.

Length and format

• Poetry: up to 3 poems per submission, each no more than 40 lines.
• Prose and short stories: up to 3,000 words.
• Articles: 800 to 2,000 words.
• Photo essays: 5 to 12 photos with a short caption for each and an introduction of up to 500 words. Send up to 6 photos with the form (JPG or PNG, max 5 MB each, at least 1,600 pixels on the longest side). If we like what we see, we’ll ask for the rest.

Paste your text into the form, or upload it as a Word, PDF or text file. Please send one submission at a time and wait to hear back before sending another.

The small print

• Your own work: everything you send must be your own original work (words and photos). Please don’t send AI-generated writing or images.
• You keep your copyright. By submitting, you give Bog Magazine permission to publish your work on bogmagazine.com and to share it on our social media, always with your name.
• Credit: every published piece carries your name and your short bio, with a link to your website or social page if you have one.
• Editing: we may edit lightly for spelling, punctuation, length and layout. We’ll check with you before making any change that affects the meaning.
• Payment: we can’t pay contributors at the moment.
• Published before? Work that hasn’t been published elsewhere is preferred. If it has appeared somewhere (including your own blog), tell us where.
• Response time: we aim to reply within 4 weeks. If you haven’t heard from us after 6 weeks, feel free to send a polite reminder.
• Photos of people: if a photo shows people who can be recognised, please make sure they’re happy for it to be published.
• Under 18? Please ask a parent or guardian to send your work for you.