Dirty Laundry Mini Anthology

A project of The Aftershock Review

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (August 2025). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

This pamphlet is a clothesline strung across the backyards of our lives: queer pants, grief shirts, sequinned trauma vests, all pegged out in the wind. Dirty Laundry isn’t about shame. It’s about showing the stains and saying: yes, that’s mine, and isn’t it fabulous?
We want your unwashed truths, your sullied Sunday bests, your threadbare costumes still clinging to sweat and glitter from nights that should’ve broken you but didn’t. We want poetry that struts, bawls, spits, prays, and gurns. Work that reeks of real life and hard living, of sex and collapse and resurrection via eyeliner.
This is a call for the unapologetically queer, the defiantly poor, the artist who’s scrubbed floors, the performer who’s done drag in back rooms with broken bulbs. For those raised on council estate magic and back-alley gospel. For those who’ve survived austerity, addiction, or being fabulous in the face of everything.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions, and they do not offer monetary payment for accepted submissions. (Note: About 11% of anthologies always charge fees.)
The fee is GBP £3 (below average for anthologies that charge).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: One-time publication

Poetry Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, All genders, All sexual identities, Bisexuals, Lesbians/Gays.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 3 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dirty Laundry Mini Anthology Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 13 reports from 13 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

119 min | 214.9 mean avg | 220.0 median | 279 max days (42.8 std dev)

Responses

92.31 %

Acceptances:

30.77 % of submissions accepted (204.3 avg. days per acceptance) | 30.77 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

61.54 % (219.7 avg. days per rejection) | 0.0 % personal, 100.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

7.69 % (153.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: GBP £3.00.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 16 Mar 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 17 Nov 2025.
Date compiled: 16 Sep 2026 21:48 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026