In times of uncertainty, difficulty and change, artists and writers often hold the space to give voice to the speechless, shape to the invisible, meaning to the ambiguous.  

blackmail press calls for submissions for issue # 46 Summer 2025.

blackmail press is an online poetry journal, created to give poets, students and poetry lovers in New Zealand a site to find great poetry.  blackmail press has focused on promoting new and contemporary poets from New Zealand and abroad, seeking to diversify the poetry available to readers and writers of poetry online in New Zealand.

Contemporary poets who have been published in blackmail press include, Michele Leggot, Riemke Ensing, Albert Wendt, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Karlo Mila, David Eggleton, Raewyn Alexander, Courtney Meredith and many more. We actively seek and publish new poets alongside contemporary poets to create a diverse and eclectic range of poets in every issue.

blackmail press promotes Maori and Pasifika visual artists such as Penny Howard, Andy Leleisiauo, Vanya Taule'alo, Amanda Kemp, Shane Tonu Eggleton and Christina Conrad as cover artists for issues of blackmail press.

Final Submission Date 28 February 2025. 

Please include a brief bio ( 100 words )

We will accept word docs, pdf and Jpeg images.  We can also accept MP3 audio file formats.

All submissions should be sent to dougpoole3@gmail.com

You will be advised of acceptance for publication before 31 January 2025

Blackmail Press #46 will be launched online on Sunday 30th March 2025.