What we read
Literary fiction, poetry, non-fiction, scholarship and translations — in English, or in Bengali and other languages with a translation proposal.
Manuscript Submissions
Send us your work
We read everything we receive — fiction, poetry, non-fiction, scholarship and translation, from every country and in any language tradition.
§1Before You Submit
Four things to know
What to send
A complete or near-complete manuscript (PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT or RTF, up to 15 MB), with a synopsis of no more than a few hundred words.
Who may submit
Authors and translators anywhere in the world, agented or unagented. There is no reading fee, and every submission receives a response.
What happens next
Submissions are read by an editor. If we would like to take things further, we write to you directly; either way, you will hear from us.
Prefer email? Send your manuscript and a covering note to submission@polinta.co.uk. Please read our Submission Terms first.
§2The Form
Submit your manuscript securely
Your file and details are transmitted over an encrypted connection and stored securely. Only our editorial team reads submissions.