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The Clearing

A project of Little Toller Books

About

The Clearing is an online journal, published by Little Toller Books, which offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive, original visions of the urban, rural, suburban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt. We’re interested in work from people at all stages of their careers – new, emerging or established, and from all backgrounds.

We publish original prose, poetry, photo-essays, art, graphic work, podcasts and film. We occasionally run extracts from appropriate new books. We do not publish book reviews.

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published 52 x per year

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Expand section Fiction Closed

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 2,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Nature/Environment.
Place/Regions.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Unknown number of pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Nature/Environment.
Place/Regions.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork:

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Nature/Environment.
Place/Regions.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Image.

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The Clearing Submission Statistics

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Accuracy
We have received 2 reports from 2 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Pending
1 response is pending (206 days waiting). This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 90 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 90 days.)
The editors request that you don't query on the status of your submission.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:44 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Jun 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.

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