An opportunity to join one of the most exciting and varied lists in UK poetry at the moment. Blue Diode Press will be open for submissions for FIRST COLLECTIONS from Sunday 25 January 2026  and will remain open until Tuesday 10 February 2026. This call is for first collections only. If you’ve previously published a pamphlet, that doesn’t count as a first collection. Also a previous self-published/self-financed collection doesn’t count either. Submissions are welcome from anyo

2025 looks like being an important year for Blue Diode Press, and I thought I’d present an outline of scheduled publications.   First of...

The hardest part of this collection was choosing a title for it - I had so many: 'Prod' was one, then 'Not Like Meat', 'Love I Limited',...

"Find yourself praying. Pressing your palms against one another. Offering your heart. Offering alternatives ­– mustard, muddy slopes,...

The window for sending in manuscripts has now ended. Thanks to everyone who sent in their work and I'll try to get back to you as soon as...

The launch of two new Blue Diode Press books promises to be a very special evening. We'll be launching LIMBO by Georgi Gill and Pale...

Below is a list of publications which currently review UK poetry collections, as suggested by Twitter users who happened to reply to a...

Here is yet another Book of the Year list! Clearly, Blue Diode Press published its first ever individual poetry collections this year -...

Today is publication day! Tomorrow (4 October) is the Edinburgh launch in the Lighthouse Bookshop. It's also National Poetry Day, which I...

Thanks to everyone who submitted poems to Blue Diode Press over the last fortnight. The submission window for the 2020 list is now closed...