The Aftershock Review
Max Wallis (Aftershock Review), Sophie Hall, Writing in Context, Dale Booton, Dr Anna PercyBacked by Arts Council England, The Aftershock Review is a radical poetry journal of survival and aftermath—publishing fierce, necessary work on trauma, queerness, class, madness, and recovery. Print ISSN 2976-9752 Online ISSN 2976-9760
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 128 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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What I’m Looking For When I Read Submissions
What I’m Looking For When I Read Submissions
I was messaging someone earlier about The Aftershock Review. They’re doing a Sub Club at Manchester Poetry Library. I realised I was probably saying the thing more clearly there than I do when...
Issue Four is Still Open
Go on, send us your poems!
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Issue One - Section XI - Existence in Ruins
Existence in Ruins
Poems by Katy Evans-Bush, Rhian Elizabeth and Gwyneth Lewis from Issue One of The Aftershock Review
I began The Aftershock Review when my own existence was very much in ruins. Addiction had done its long, freezing work,...
Final Days Approach for Ecoshock Submissions
Sorry to send another email folks, but it’s almost the end of days… by which I mean submissions will be closed for Ecoshock.
Now… I need a nap.
SUBMIT NOW! Or the world really will burn.
LONGLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZES 2026
Wow. What a day today is. While busy planning the book schedules for Autumn and also sorting submissions for Ecoshock, news came that Di Slaney (whose book, Hard Graft is available for pre-order, out in September) and Polly Atkin have been...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
My personal account but the main substack is @aftershockpoetry - Arts Council funded magazine publishing the best poetry from trauma.
I don't want to see a ghost, It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news
Writer responding creatively to the contemporary and historical world from my own tiny corner of Yorkshire.
Queer poet from Birmingham. Two Poetry pamphlets: ‘Walking Contagions’ (Polari Press) and ‘On This Stretch of Queerland’ (Fourteen Poems).
Co-editor Aftershock Review, recent PhD graduate writing on madness and the environment.
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