Submissions of up to 20 haiku (and/or senryu) are welcome. These must be original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere, including competitions. Sequences, renga, haibun, tanka, etc. will not be considered.

Postal submissions should be accompanied by a covering letter addressed to either editor, together with an s.a.e. (+ 2 IRCs if outside the UK), and sent to the address below.

Email submissions should be adressed to either editor and sent to:
snapshots@snapshotpress.co.uk.
Please include your full mailing address.

Please do not send biographical details at this stage. These will be requested upon acceptance.

Submissions are considered carefully by both editors, and all acceptances are made only after considerable discussion. This process can take some time. However, we will endeavour to respond within a month, though this period may be longer (or shorter) at certain times. Please do not chase us up for a reply, as this approach is almost certain to result in rejection! We receive many quality haiku that we are unable to use. If you want to improve your chances of acceptance please send us your best, original work.

We are always looking for new poems as we do not stockpile material for forthcoming issues. However, for a prompt reply it is advisable to submit poems in the few weeks before a issue deadline, the date of which is always printed in the current issue, and is in any case always several weeks after the publication of an issue. (Please do not enquire as to when the next deadline is-subscribe! As with any magazine it is always advisable to see at least one copy before submitting work, and this can save time and unnecessary disappointment all round.) Submissions received in the two months after a deadline are particularly liable to delays.

Newcomers to haiku are encouraged to submit work, but are advised to study the magazine carefully before doing so. There are also a number of haiku books available from the Snapshot Press web site www.snapshotpress.co.uk . The New Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2001; eds. John Barlow & Martin Lucas) is especially recommended, featuring essays (including an introductory essay on the origins, mechanics and aesthetics of the genre), as well as over 300 poems.

N.B. Submissions of tanka are welcome to our sister journal Tangled Hair. Similar conditions apply, though submissions to each journal must be under separate cover. Details of Tangled Hair are available on the Snapshot Press web site.