The York Journal

01/03/2022

Don’t forget, we’re always open for submissions.

Follow the link in our bio to submit your poetry, short fiction and literary essays. We can’t wait to read your work!

01/03/2022

Plenty of poets have turned to the beautiful game for lyrical inspiration, and today it's Rosie Driffill's turn to explore the sensory thrill of a cup game in her poem 'We'.

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The FA Cup: An Homage in Verse

Plenty of poets have turned to the beautiful game for lyrical inspiration, heavyweights among them including Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage and Lemn Sissay MBE who – aptly – lent his lyrical ingenuity to FA Cup Ode Adventure Flight in 2015.

23/02/2022

An extract from Sea-dawn by Rosanne van der Voet.
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22/02/2022

An extract from The House that Exploded by Toby Wallis.
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21/02/2022

An extract from Nest by Natalie Roe.
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17/02/2022

Things we love to see.

Issue #1 and #2 together.

11/02/2022

An extract from Coming Home by Colin Cutler.
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10/02/2022

An extract from Doldrums by Justine Chamberlain.
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09/02/2022

An extract from Halloween in January by Harrison Casswell.
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08/02/2022

An extract from Trevelyan Place by Benjamin Husbands.
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19/11/2021

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Featuring seven short stories, four poems and one literary essay.⠀
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Including work from:
Christopher Arksey, Harrison Casswell, Justine Chamberlain, Colin Cutler, Benjamin Husbands, Sophie Pilkington, David Popelka, Natalie Roe, Rosanne van der Voet, Toby Wallis.

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27/10/2021

In the time since our launch, the number of submissions from writers across the globe has grown exponentially, and so we made the decision to delay Issue #2 while we recruited some extra help (and bought a bigger post-box…). On that note, we're absolutely delighted to announce that we now have a new co-editor of The York Journal Issue #2 - Amy Stewart.

Amy, who you may remember as the writer of the short story, Hekla, in Issue #1, is the winner of the 2021 New Writing North Word Factory Northern Apprentice Award, and has been featured in numerous publications. It’s incredibly exciting to have her experience and love of literature on hand.

Watch this space for more updates on Issue #2 in the coming month.