The Paperclip

09/06/2025

To all our submitters:
Everyone who has submitted to this latest issue has been sent a response. If you haven't seen this email, please check your spam folders.
We have sent out suggested edits and feedback to our acceptances and need to finalise these as soon as possible, so please take a look and make sure you've given them a look over.
Thanks again to everyone for making this such an exciting volume of the Paperclip.

05/03/2025

The Paperclip Volume 5 deadline is extended for one more week!

If you have a piece of writing sitting in drafts, consider submitting it to volume 5 of The Paperclip, taking submissions of:

Poetry
Short Fiction
Short scripts
Creative nonfiction

The new deadline for submissions is Wednesday 12th March 2025.

Please direct all submissions to: https://forms.gle/d8VCw2qdu6MPoA5RA

We can’t wait to read your work!

The Paperclip team

28/02/2025

The Paperclip is open for submissions until March 5th!

We are inviting all students, staff, and alumni of Ulster University to send us your short fiction, poetry, scripts, and creative non-fiction. Whatever you're writing, we want to see it!

Submissions close next week. You can find the submission guidelines below, along with a link to the submission form.

We can't wait to see your work.

Please direct all submissions to: https://forms.gle/Jzsmsaa1Kp8WD7tU9 by 5th March. 📝

28/10/2024

Tomorrow!

Join us on Tuesday October 29th from 5:30pm until 7:30pm for an exciting evening of poetry and prose readings to celebrate the launch of volume 4 of The Paperclip!

We'll be at the Atrium, in the I Block on UU's Coleraine Campus. If you’d like to attend, please email [email protected]

Copies of The Paperclip volume 4 will be available for purchase for £10.

We hope to see you there!

22/10/2024

One week to go!

Contributors, if you haven't replied to the launch email (or haven't received it), please get in touch ASAP

Join us on Tuesday October 29th from 5:30pm until 7:30pm for an exciting evening of poetry and prose readings to celebrate the launch of volume 4 of The Paperclip!

We'll be at the Atrium, in the I Block on UU's Coleraine Campus. If you’d like to attend, please email [email protected]

Copies of The Paperclip volume 4 will be available for purchase for £10.

We hope to see you there!

11/10/2024

Join us on Tuesday October 29th from 5:30pm until 7:30pm for an exciting evening of poetry and prose readings to celebrate the launch of volume 4 of The Paperclip!

We'll be at the Atrium, in the I Block on UU's Coleraine Campus. If you’d like to attend, please email [email protected]

Copies of The Paperclip volume 4 will be available for purchase for £10.

We hope to see you there!

27/05/2024

Everyone who submitted their writing to us has been sent a response, so if you haven't received it, please check your email's spam folder.

06/03/2024

A massive thanks to everyone who submitted to our recent call for submissions; our editors are currently reading your work, and we'll be in touch in due course.

Thanks also to everyone who helped spread the word about the submission window, it was a big help.

Watch this space!

29/02/2024

Submissions close today!

26/02/2024

The Paperclip closes for submissions this Thursday!

If you've been busy polishing your writing until it shines, now's the time to get it submitted!

Please direct all submissions to: http://bit.ly/paperclipvol4