Sweet Mammalian

13/07/2024

Closing soon! Send us poems xoxo

Dear hearts! Our editors are on the road and can't start reading in earnest right away, so we are extending the deadline for issue 11 submissions to 15 July.

If you've been thinking about sending some poems our way, it's not too late x

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

29/06/2024

Dear hearts! Our editors are on the road and can't start reading in earnest right away, so we are extending the deadline for issue 11 submissions to 15 July.

If you've been thinking about sending some poems our way, it's not too late x

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

14/05/2024

Submissions for our eleventh issue are now open!

We are excited to read your new work. Send us something red in tooth and claw before our call closes at the end of June 💖

Email up to 5 unpublished poems & a bio to [email protected] - find more info on what we're looking for at sweetmammalian.com/submissions

01/08/2023

Issue Ten is live ✨ delve in for new work from 25 of Aotearoa's most captivating poets 💥

Join us tonight to celebrate Sweet Mammalian turns 10 - issue launch and birthday party

  Issue Ten contents:Ruben MitaElliot McKenzieMargo Montes de OcaNaveenaJackson McCarthyJoan FlemingYa-Wen HoRuby MacomberLoretta RiachHebe KearneyRichard ReeveZoe HigginsXiaole Zhankī anthonyDani YourukovaJosiah MorganSylvan SpringBelinda DiepenheimAnkh SpicePippi JeanEmma ShiSophie Rae-JordanMik...

26/07/2023

Less than a week until we launch the new issue ✨

We are celebrating our tenth issue and decade birthday in style with a blockbuster launch party 💥

Join us at Meow on Wednesday 2 August. Readings will start at 6.30pm sharp, come anytime from 6 ⚡️

https://www.facebook.com/events/1361399784442355

A journal of new writing.

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20/07/2023

We are SO excited to launch our blockbuster tenth issue with you in a couple of weeks' time! We're going to print soon and are in love with these poems... can't wait for you all to get to read them 💖

It is also weird and lovely that this lil upstart journal is now in its tenth year. This year's launch doubles as a decade birthday for us, and we'll be celebrating with the coven of founding and current editors, some fantastic multitalented poet-musicians, and a lineup of readers from the tenth issue 🎂

Readers are TBC (~~~~oooo the mystery~~~~~) and the musical acts you'll hear from through the evening are hot new eco-grunge project PARADISE HELLDUCK (AKA Claudia Jardine Music & Poetry), queen of the IIML Chris Price, and theeeee gobsmackingly wondrous Cadence Chung ✨

RSVP to join us here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1361399784442355/

29/04/2023

It's the last weekend to send us your work for issue 10!

Share up to 5 poems by midnight this Sunday, 30 April.

Poetry submission instructions for the New Zealand literary journal Sweet Mammalian.

24/04/2023

Only a few days left to share your new poetry.... Submissions for our blockbuster tenth issue close April 30!

Send up to 5 poems and your author bio by the last midnight of April.

www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

11/03/2023

Are you a new writer, and not sure where to send your work in Aotearoa?

Our friends at Starling interviewed a bunch of journals who love to hear from emerging talent as much as we do... And us talking about what we like to see in submissions 👀 which are currently open until 30 April!!!

Read on here: https://www.starlingmag.com/issue-15/fifteen-journals-presses-platforms

08/03/2023

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN

Send us up to five poems by 30 April, and we'll get back to you by the end of July ahead of launching our tenth issue this August 🪶

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

05/03/2023

We're now on Instagram! https://instagram.com/sweetmammalian

We've pulled together a selection of morsels from our first issues over there... Have a browse while you prepare for our submission call for issue ten, opening very soon...

04/11/2022

DARLINGS! Issue nine has dropped, and we will be launching in party animal style tonight to celebrate the bounty of poetry we have been blessed with.

Join us to celebrate the work of our stellar contributors at Hashigo Zake from 6-6.45pm this evening, in phase one of the Verb Wellington LitCrawl Wellington 2022

Peruse the issue now, and come along tonight to pick up a hard copy along with a decadent goody bag, and hear from Loretta, Claudia, Tate, Fergus, Stacey, Angela and Amy

Poetry to make your heart purr

28/10/2022

Issue Nine is on its way................ we launch in one week's time with Verb Wellington xoxo and isn't this cover art by Sam Duckor-Jones just a stunner??

The new issue of Sweet Mammalian is a cocktail of tart cherry and saltwater 🍒🌸 🌊 We can't wait to share Issue Nine with you in Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022
Join us for the launch of Issue Nine's electric pashes and Vortex-Mega-Howler pandemonium in the first session of LitCrawl Wellington 2022 with readings from seven of our splendid contributors:
Claudia Jardine
Tate Fountain
Stacey Teague
Amy Margeurite
Fergus Nm
Angela Zhang
Loretta Riach

6pm at Hashigo Zake, Saturday 5th November

23/10/2022

The new issue of Sweet Mammalian is a cocktail of tart cherry and saltwater 🍒🌸 🌊 We can't wait to share Issue Nine with you in the Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022.

Join us for the launch of Issue Nine's electric pashes and Vortex-Mega-Howler pandemonium in the first session of LitCrawl Wellington 2022 with readings from seven contributors:

Claudia Jardine
Tate Fountain
Stacey Teague
Amy Margeurite
Fergus Nm
Angela Zhang
Loretta Riach

6pm at Hashigo Zake, Saturday 5th November

Help us unleash the ninth issue of our hot-blooded little journal. Dress to the nines, and join editors Nikki-Lee Birdsey and Rebecca Hawkes to celebrate a surprise (but always bewitching) coven of contributors from the brand new Sweet Mammalian . Curated by Rebecca Hawkes

29/06/2022

Last reminder - submissions close tonight at midnight!

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

22/06/2022

Just like this pitcher plant we are hungry for your new poetry!

There is just over a week left to submit to issue nine... Our inbox closes midnight at the end of this month.

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

04/06/2022

Don't be shy - our inbox is open for submissions until the end of June. We're excited to read your most muscular new poetry.

More info on the site: https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

15/05/2022

Don't forget, our inbox is open for new writing until the end of June!

More info on our annual submissions call on our site: https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

Poetry submission instructions for the New Zealand literary journal Sweet Mammalian.

16/04/2022

It's that time of year again - the leaves are falling, the days are getting shorter, and we're eager to read your new writing 🍂🍁🍃

Sweet Mammalian submissions will be OPEN from today until midnight on 30 June, 2022.

Send us up to five poems for our ninth issue- more info on our site: https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

Warmest wishes,
Rebecca and Nikki-Lee xx

23/02/2022

A pleasure to chat to Gabrielle about Aotearoa's glorious and thriving journal scene, featuring favourites such as Starling and Stasis Journal plus delightful up and comers eel mag ✨ We will reopen submissions this Autumn but in the meantime Newsroom have showcased a bunch of brilliant places to read new writing and share yours!

05/11/2021

Issue Eight has finally arrived, and is launching tonight at LitCrawl Wellington 2021 !

You can read this selection of poems by new and established writers for free online, or pick up a zine from the launch (and our favourite indie bookshops in the near future).

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/issues/issue-eight

In Sweet Mammalian's eighth issue, everything starts at the shoreline; selkies & smelters & washed-up husks. Guided meditations take place at a country p**s up; power tools languish & lavender petals fall from our lips. We are twisted like lipsticks & lifted from our dusty shelves like forgotten books. Hearts quiver like houseplants or are swallowed up in pelican pouches. We wish to cross date lines, to identify when exactly the body died, & to know how to recognise the good lies. You will find us much changed, if you can find us at all.

 Issue Eight contents: Amanda Joshua Sasha FinerArielle WalkerAriana Sutton Zoë Higgins Hannah Mettner Christine Kwon Morgan Bach Rhegan Tu’akoi David Eggleton Nick Ascroft Cadence Chung Laura Vincent Elese Dowden Erik Kennedy Leah Dodd Chris Stewart Khadro Mohamed Erin Scudder Jessie FentonIn t...

23/10/2021

Something splendid this way comes! We will launch our eighth issue in two weeks' time at Verb Wellington's LitCrawl Wellington 2021...

This issue's cover art is by the splendid Alice Alva https://www.instagram.com/glassandbones/

As a sneak peek at our truly sumptuous lineup for the full issue, the launch will feature Khadro Mohamed, Nick Ascroft, Zoe Higgins, Rhegan Tu'akoi, Cadence Chung, Hannah Mettner, Morgan Bach, Chris Stewart, and Leah Dodd.

Under Alert Level 2 the event is registered, along with the rest of LitCrawl - snap up any remaining spots here: https://events.humanitix.com/sweet-mammalian

09/10/2021

Fingers crossed, if we’re in level two or lower in a month we will launch the eighth issue during LitCrawl in the Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021 🤞🤞🤞 go get yer jabs and then join us to celebrate a delicious new issue, soaked in sea salt as we climb from our sealskins… https://www.verbwellington.nz/litcrawl-2021-events/sweet-mammalian

Join us for the launch to celebrate a lineup of glorious poets whose words are hot off the press in the new issue.

29/06/2021

Hey Mammals... today is your last day to submit for our next issue! Get your poems in by midnight 🌙

26/06/2021

Poets - time to stop swooning and send us your work!

Submissions are open and our deadline is coming up soon - 30 June.

Send up to five of your most warm-blooded poems and your bio by the end of June, preferably in a Word document. Our email is [email protected]. We can't wait to read your work!

11/06/2021

Reminder that you have until the end of the month to send us your poems for the next issue!

16/05/2021

Submissions are now OPEN.

Autumn is upon us and all we want to do is read your poetry! Our inbox is now open to submissions for issue eight - spread the word far and wide.

Send us up to 5 poems and a short bio, preferably in a Word document, to [email protected].

Submissions will be open until 30 June. We'll read through the winter and launch the issue this spring.

For a sense of the words we've loved before, you can read all our previous issues on the site 🦁

https://www.sweetmammalian.com/submissions

Poetry submission instructions for the New Zealand literary journal Sweet Mammalian.