Submission call!

Bindweed anthologies is seeking Christmas ghost story submissions for a new anthology coming out in November this year. Check out the guidelines at:

https://bindweedmagazine.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines

Haven’t heard of Bindweed anthologies? Fear not…

Bindweed is a literary publication that my hubby, writer/poet Joseph Robert and I started in April 2016 as ‘Bindweed Magazine’, as we were disheartened by the amount of magazines that were closing and we wanted to provide a market for fellow writers and poets to showcase their work. In particular, just like Bindweed flowers, we wanted to attract the ‘literary weeds’: experimental, offbeat and one of a kind submissions to spread all over the fence of life.

Bindweed magazine quarterly print issues 2016-2018:

Bindweed Magazine produced the following quarterly print issues, all given nicknames for convolvulus arvensis (common Bindweed):

Issue 1: Morning Glory (2016)

Issue 2: Bellbine (2016)

Issue 3: Creeping Jenny (2016)

Issue 4: Waywind (2017)

Issue 5: Wild Lily (2017)

Issue 6: Robin-run-the-Hedge (2017)

Issue 7: Lady-jump-out-of-Bed (2017)

Issue 8: Laplove (2018)

Bindweed Magazine annual online issues 2019-2022:

Bindweed then became a yearly ezine for issues 9 to 12 (2019 to 2022)

Bindweed Anthologies biannual issues 2022-2024:

We relaunched as biannual publications, Midsummer Madness and Winter Wonderland in 2022, producing eBook and print anthologies on June 21st and December 21st of each year.

Midsummer Madness 2022

Winter Wonderland 2022

Midsummer Madness 2023

Winter Wonderland 2023

Midsummer Madness 2024

Why did we relaunch a new Bindweed anthology?

After June 2024, a slight career change, day-job-wise meant that I was unable to manage reading open submissions for Bindweed as well as teaching creative writing and starting a new library position. As a result, Bindweed went on a temporary hiatus for the rest of last year.

As a horror fan, particularly of ghost/supernatural/paranormal stories, I decided on a relaunch to encourage more scary story submissions coming our way for a new Christmas ghost themed anthology.

So, for any horror authors out there looking for a home for your scary seasonal shorts, hope to read your spooky stories soon!

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About Leilanie Stewart

Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry. In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.

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