Bending The Arc
Bending The Arc Magazine, Wren James, Alice Plants Poems, Ilse Pedler, Hilary Watson poetry, Edge notes for patchy placespublishing stories, poems and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on Earth.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 62 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Submissions Close Soon!
We’re really excited to see what will come flying into our inbox during the last few days and hours of our latest submissions window!
Poems, short stories, novel extracts and hybrid pieces are all welcome. Please also contact us if you hav...
We're Still OPEN for Your Visions of Thriving Futures
The fourth edition of Bending The Arc will be launched on 28 October, 2026 (World Sustainability Day) and your work could be in it!
Poems, short stories, novel extracts and hybrid pieces are all welcome. Please also contact us if you have...
Submissions Window Open!
We want to read YOUR thrutopian writing!
Poems, short stories, novel extracts and hybrid pieces are all welcome. Please also contact us if you have proposals for articles or reviews, or if you are interested in submitting visual work: bend...
Calling all stubborn optimists!
Hello! If the current heat-wave is keeping you inside you might like to know that our next submissions window will be open from 6 –31 July, 2026.
Thank you for reading Bending The Arc. We’re so glad to have you with us on this journey into...
Final Saturday Summary
Bending The Arc wrap-up
Today marks the end of Edition 3 of Bending The Arc – thank you for reading!
We hope you’ve been inspired by the magazine – if you’d like to submit work, read on for details of our next submissions window and for n...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
A Thrutopia Magazine
The Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels, including The Victors and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. They are a RLF Royal Fellow, climate activist and story consultant on Netflix's Heartstopper.
Poet & plantswoman from the Fens. Curious about soil joys & soil sorrows & soil voices. Plays at being soil. Cares for soil. Am basically rain at this point.
I'm a poet from South Wales, editor of Bending The Arc Magazine - a space for thrutopian writing to thrive and grow. www.hilarywatson.co.uk. First collection from Seren Books forthcoming July 26: Menagerie Street
Human geographer and interdisciplinary artist. Writing about place-based artistic fieldwork practices in Scotland and beyond. Likely to get lost along the way.
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