Blackbox Manifold is an online forum with a slant towards innovative poetry that has prose, narrative, or sequences in its sights. That said, we don’t hold allegiance to any one poetry school or group, and we’re happy to receive submissions from established and emerging poets alike.

Our aim is to present new juxtapositions of voice while using the web’s fluid solidity to cast around for as wide and varied a readership as possible. The journal is continuingly archived by the British Library in its Web Archive.

On occasion, a current topic or event will be the focus for an issue - in bringing together poems that warp current woofs our hope is that some news, at least, may be broken. Voices that record by trembling are always welcome. But to ensure that we don’t settle into familiar patterns, guest editors will also occasionally be invited to take charge of an issue and solicit new work. Calling on a range of poets for editorial advice is fundamental to our own collaborative approach.

Off Season is an independent quarterly literary magazine that celebrates the rough patches of a creative life. We exist as a respite from the rejection, writer’s block, and self-doubt that follows creatives, whether you are at the beginning of your career, or well established in the literary and artistic community. We aim to be a refuge for anyone trying to persevere as a writer, poet, or artist, and to help you find ways to pursue a long and fruitful career. We open for submissions twice a year and produce four online issues a year.

All submitters to Off Season should not have received a literary journal acceptance in the last three months.