CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We are excited to announce a forthcoming new edition of On Being Ill in 2026!
We are delighted to invite new authors to contribute with personal reflections on the subtle complexities around art, literature, illness, disability and care.
Virginia Woolf's essay 'On Being Ill' was first published in 1926. This year - exactly a hundred years later - The New Menard Press is excited to present a new anthology complementing our first edition, published in the early period of the Covid pandemic in 2020.
Working with a more expansive view of what could be included in this new edition, all are invited to submit.
What
Essay; short fiction; non-fiction; poetry
When
Before March 1
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Guidelines​
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​Max. word count: 3000 (poetry: 3 A4's)
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Format your submission as a .docx (.pdf if necessary)
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Submit along with a short bio of yourself
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Work should be previously unpublished​
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Please note
We are a small, independent press caring passionately for the books we publish. We receive no external funding and regret we cannot pay a fee for your contribution as the production costs of this book are already significant and the full commercial risk lies with us.
We support your writing, and hope you will join us in our adventure to bring this book to the reader!
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Questions?
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Good luck! We look forward to receiving your work.