Tentacular is now closed for submissions

Look out for a new call, hopefully in autumn 2026

Poetry

Open to any work that plays with purpose, challenges boundaries, ‘Selves, goes itself’.  Please send 4 poems or fewer, on a maximum of 4 pages, unless there’s an explicit reason related to the theme why you’re breaking this rule.  Translations (with permissions if required), visual poems, audio and short video pieces very welcome.

Responses

A seeing again, a reflection, a response in whatever form to something in whatever form.  A fragment, an essay, a classic review, an experimental review, a poem or image that responds to something else.  

Art & Photos

Up to ten images.

Or – a reasonable-length hybrid of any of the above.  

Please use standard formats such as Word doc, pdf, jpeg, mp3 etc if you can.  I will work with you to ensure the visual quality of your contribution is preserved as far as possible, whether in the house style or as an image. Follow this link for more details about how to lay out your work - not compulsory but saves me time.

Include a short bio. 

Elsewhere

Elsewhere is a rolling blog-type section - for your more immediate write-ups of a launch or event, a time-critical opinion piece, or a response to a new issue of an online or offline magazine.  The most recent post also goes onto the front page.  For this, feel free to suggest contributions at any time. We can normally put up your piece within a few weeks.