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To see your writing published and illustrated, head to our submit page for the full guidelines. Four issues are published per year showcasing the best emerging fiction writers. You can subscribe to either hard copy or digital editions. To discover more about Popshot, pick up a copy from WHSmiths or another reputable newsagent. Entries over the word count will not be considered. The Mystery issue will be published in February 2020. Submissions for the Spring issue are open until 9am GMT on Monday, 2 December. We welcome all genres and writing styles so long as they follow our guidelines for submission ( for more on which, click here). We are looking for a mixture of humour, social commentary, honesty and thrilling storytelling. Successful submissions must display excellent writing, creative flair and originality. Although we love the satisfaction of having a problem or murder neatly solved, we also want to see writing that is surprising, literary and pushes the boundaries of our expectations when it comes to mystery, perhaps delving into the absurd as well as the more tangible unravellings that happen with any good yarn. Writers might want to look beyond the confines of genre, where mystery is central to crime novels and “whodunnits”. Our next theme is ‘mystery’ and we are interested in writing that sets up or solves a conundrum or points to the enigmatic in something ordinary or beautiful. We have just finished putting together the Chance issue (thank you to all who submitted, the magazine will hit newsstands at the end of next week), allowing us to open the doors for new submissions. It’s that time again Popshot people! We are now accepting submissions for the next magazine on a theme of… UPDATED 2 DECEMBER 2019: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Send in your writing before 9am GMT on Monday 2 December 2019. We are now accepting short fiction and poetry for our 27th issue on the theme of ‘mystery’.