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 Publication
We publish new, previously unpublished poetry and short stories in English, and we are the only independent Free-Press publication in Northern Ireland with one section dedicated to supporting and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 decision has been reached on entries for our forth issue. Please note issue five will be released on the 1st Dec 2025. Launch venue to be announced. Please subscribe to our newsletter for update. 

We open for submissions Issue 5 New Isles Press on 1st Oct. We are delighted to welcome Dr Arthur Broomfield, a leading Samuel Beckett scholar onto the editing team at YHP. The theme for Issue 5 "Flying Machines, Meaisíní Eitilte" Our featuring authors will be announced in July. Release date for issue 5 will be 1st Dec 2025.  

Dr Arthur Broomfield is Editor-in-Chief for New Isles Press: Flying Machines, Meaisíní Eitilte Issue 5. 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 along with a short biography.

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. Written work is chosen by the editorial team strictly on the artistic merit of the submitted work. 

What to include in your submission
Covering email Biography 30-50 words
Your covering email should include:
• Your full name
• Your postal address, telephone number

Important notes for submitting your work Issue 4 New Isles Press
1. Submit up to one SA word limit 1500 words or two poems.

2. All work must not be previously published or awaiting consideration by another
publisher

3. All work should be submitted in a single word doc with your name and font size 12. Work written in Irish, Welsh, Ulster Scots, and Scots Gaelic and Manx must also include an English translation.

4. Editor’s decision is absolute and the editor may make suggestions to change the work.

5. Copy right is held by the author. Yellow House Publishing will publish work in hard
copy (New Isles Press) in addition to digital download online from our website. 

6. Authors Publication Permission and Release term 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 only respond to successful entries. This is unfortunate as we would love to respond to every writer who takes the time in submitting work to New Isles Press. Failure in not providing address and bio on the website contact form will result in your email contact 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 it is discovered the use of A1 in work submitted the individual work will be spiked.

Permission and Release Terms

Yellow House Publishing Ltd: Publications Permission and Release Terms.

We require all our authors to agree a 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.

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 on-line digital archives such as the ACM Digital Library, and in translations without any time limitation.

Author agrees to protect Yellow House Publishing Ltd (including employees, directors, and officers) from any costs from any claims that this poem or prose infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, letters of patent, or other intellectual property rights, and will defend any claims at authors 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 keep the following rights and responsibilities regard to Yellow House Publishing Ltd: 

• Authors keep all other proprietary rights to the work, such as patent.
• Authors may re-use after twelve months of agreeing the copyright release terms. 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 still should cite the original as published in Yellow House Publishing Ltd publication inprint New Isles Press.
• Authors may post the final version of the poem or prose on their own website for noncommercial access and personal use by others after twelve months of signed release form. This version of the poem or prose must include this notice:

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

• An author may distribute copies of the final version within an organization. posting these works within twelve months of agreeing release terms for public access requires permission from Yellow House Publishing Ltd.