All files must be no larger than 10MB. Bigger files can be sent to us at our email address using the likes of www.we transfer.com Please place author's name into the header of the document.

What We Publish in New Isles Press Anthologies
We publish new, previously unpublished poetry essays and short stories in English, and we are the only independent Free-Press publication in Northern Ireland with one section dedicated to supporting and promoting the Gaelic and Ulster Scots minority language writer.

Whether you are a new author or have been previously published Yellow House Publishing would like to hear from you. We will contact you once a successful decision has been reached on entries for issue 6 New Isles Press. 

We open for submissions Issue 6 New Isles Press on 1st January 2027.

Dr Arthur Broomfield is Editor-in-Chief for New Isles Press anthologies. We only accept work from resident writers from the Island of Ireland and the United Kingdom only. So please provide your address when submitting your work as we need this to post out contributors copy, along with a short biography focused on your work. Please do not include information on arts-grants or bursaries from State agencies as we are only interested in your written craft

Submissions Policy

Yellow House Publishing Ltd advocates openness, tolerance and free speech within Common Law. We welcome all written submissions from everyone across our diverse communities on the island of Ireland and the United Kingdom only. Written work is chosen by the editorial team strictly on the artistic merit of the submitted work, with consideration given to excellence in craft, originality and the intelligence with which the writer engages with their subject. These principles apply to the work itself and not to the personal background, identity, beliefs or affiliations of the writer.

What to Include in Your Submission

Covering email Biography: 100 words your covering email should include:

• Your full name
• Your postal address
• Your telephone number

Important Notes for Submitting Your Work New Isles Press

1. Submit up to one essay or short story, with a word limit of 1,000 words, or two poems.
2. All work must not have been previously published or be awaiting consideration by another publisher.
3. All work should be submitted in a single Word document, with your name included and using font size 12. Work written in Irish, Welsh, Ulster-Scots, Scottish Gaelic or Manx must also include an English translation.
4. The Editor’s decision is absolute, and the Editor may make suggestions to change the work. All editorial decisions are made in accordance with the principles of artistic merit, excellence in craft and intellectual or creative quality outlined above.
5. Copyright is held by the author. Yellow House Publishing will publish work in hard copy in New Isles Press, in addition to making it available as a digital download online from our website.
6. The Author’s Publication Permission and Release Terms must be signed electronically at the bottom of this page by ticking the box.
7. Due to the high number of submissions, the editors will respond only to successful entries. This is unfortunate, as we would love to respond to every writer who takes the time to submit work to New Isles Press. Failure to provide an address and biography on the website contact form will result in the submission being spiked by the editors.
8. Yellow House Publishing holds zero tolerance for the use of AI in any work submitted as creative art. Where the use of AI is discovered in submitted work, the individual work will be spiked.

Permission and Release Terms

Yellow House Publishing Ltd: Publication Permission and Release Terms

We require all our authors to agree to twelve-month release copyright terms.The author gives permission for Yellow House Publishing Ltd to publish their work in New Isles Press Literary Journal. When the poem or prose is published, the author gives Yellow House Publishing Ltd copyright use of this poem or prose. This means that it cannot be published elsewhere within twelve months without the permission of Yellow House Publishing Ltd.

The author gives Yellow House Publishing Ltd permission to distribute or sell this poem or prose in any format in the future, including print and electronic text in any format (such as CD, broadcast, cablecast, laserdisc, multimedia or any other existing or future media format), through online digital archives such as the ACM Digital Library, and in translations without any time limitation.The author agrees to protect Yellow House Publishing Ltd, including its employees, directors and officers, from any costs arising from claims that this poem or prose infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, letters patent or other intellectual property rights, and will defend any such claims at the author's own expense.Yellow House Publishing Ltd will defend the right of free speech and artistic expression of the author.

Author’s Rights

Yellow House Publishing Ltd understands that all authors published in New Isles Press retain the following rights and responsibilities in regard to Yellow House Publishing Ltd:

• Authors retain all other proprietary rights to the work, such as patent rights.
• Authors may, after twelve months of agreeing to the copyright release terms, re-use any portion of the poem or prose in future works, including books, lectures and presentations in all media, provided that Yellow House Publishing Ltd is credited with the original publication.
• Authors may revise the work. If it is sufficiently different, it is considered a new work, but it should still cite the original as published by Yellow House Publishing Ltd in New Isles Press.
• Authors may post the final version of the poem or prose on their own website for non-commercial access and personal use by others after twelve months from the signing of the release form. This version of the poem or prose must include the following notice:

Author Name. (2025) Yellow House Publishing Ltd: New Isles Press: Flying Machines, Meaisíní Eitilte, Issue 5, Anthology. PP. Available at: www.yellowhousepublishing.com