Call for Submissions: Banshee

Banshee welcomes submissions from both Irish and international writers of any background, including first-time writers. We welcome work from members of groups or communities typically under-represented within literature, whether or not the work addresses this.

All submissions should be previously unpublished.

Our guideline maximum word count for stories and essays is 5000 words. Flash fiction should be under 1000 words, poems no more than 40 lines.

We are happy to read: one story or one essay or two flashes or up to four poems. Please submit in one category only.

Submissions should be in one .doc or .docx attachment. Prose submissions should be double-spaced.

Please include a third-person biography (max 50 words) in the body of your email. If you are sending a prose submission, please note the word count of the piece in the body of the email.

Deadline: March 31, 2026 

Email to:

subs dot bansheelit at gmail dot com (Change dot to . and at to @ )

indicating the category of your submission in the subject line (e.g. Flash/Story/Essay/Poetry).

We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere.

Please note that we cannot offer feedback on unsuccessful submissions.

For contributions to Banshee literary journal, we pay: €300 for a story/essay; €100 for flash fiction; €75 per poem.

Banshee Press authors receive advances in the range of €1000–€5000. We hope to increase these rates with future publications.

For events, we cover the cost of travel where the writer is travelling outside their county of residence. We also cover accommodation where the length of travel involved and/or the start time of the event necessitates it.

We are committed to paying artists within 14 days of work being delivered.

We ensure that writers’ copyright is respected, both in terms of moral and economic rights.

We believe in the importance of transparency on matters of pay and working conditions, and that sharing this information publicly is to the benefit of all writers.