THE MAGAZINE
The human condition in splat formation. And yet subtle. RawLit.‍

Pull up your sandwhiches and pull up your hand baggage. The Blood Pudding is heading to the beach and the sun and the sand and a bug gets squashed. Brutal, but not said.  

We publish poetry that crackles and pops, fiction brutal enough to ruin a perfectly good lifetime, and nonfiction too beautiful (or too ugly) to look away from.  This is the place where the space matters — where the raw, the messy, the tender, and the deranged all get to breathe.

We lose our banana marbles for urgent voices, untold perspectives, and writing that feels dangerous in the best possible way. Black voices, queer voices, weird voices, broken voices, first-time voices — if you’ve ever felt like you don’t belong at the table, this table has a seat for you.  

Kick off your shoes. Let the sand get everywhere.
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EDITORS
Liam Kim, Heather Feather.

FAQS
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How long do you take to reply to submissions?
The short answer is within 12 weeks. Choosing an EXPEDITED submission will move this to within 14 days.

When do you publish your issues?
We publish sporadically, because the quality of submissions is sporadic by nature. We can go large periods of time without accepting a piece and then accept a bunch in a day or two. For this reason, we don’t impose limitations on our publishing schedule: it would severely impact the quality of the magazine. Instead, we release each issue the minute we have everything ready for it. In this way, you see the work as soon as it’s ready! To give a more concrete idea of how frequently we publish, we can say that in our first year we published 6 issues, so we publish with a mean frequency of 2 months. Our deadlines reflect this sporadic nature too – they are frequently extended so that we can find you and your work.

What is your editing process like?
Expect a minimal style. We know the toil that typically goes into writing. It is likely you chose to send your work as a final product. Things tend to either work first time or not. Playing around too much with something can be an indication that something is fundamentally off. These are our views only. We know that other litmags like to wrestle with your work, nosy beggers.

What are your publishing rights?
We ask for first serial rights. It makes no sense for people to be going elsewhere to see you. We’re monogamous like that. Slutty is not immediate in our publishing minds. We will ask for 6-months with you. Then you can go and sleep with others, but please tell them about your first and superior time.

Do you publish first time / unpublished authors?
Absolutely. It’s one of our favourite things. We ask for cover letters and bios but we typically only read these after considering the work. You might have published in The New Yorker, but that was the past. Now, now, now. Invent yourself and then re-invent yourself.

Do you pay?
For a long-time we were able to pay our contributors. The difficult times at present means we are back to saving to pay our contributors: you can help us to do so by selecting add ons such as ‘Tip Jar’ on your submission.

What are the Terms and Conditions of The Blood Pudding 2026 Prize?
– Your entry has to be your own raw, original guts - no lifting from anyone else’s veins or copyright corpses.
– Co-authored pieces get the boot. We want singular voices that bleed alone.
– We want literature and art that crackles and pops. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
– Multiple entries per person? Absolutely. Flood us.
– The Blood Pudding editors make the final call on what fits our rotten, surreal aesthetic. Our decisions are final and we won’t be answering emails about it.
– Incomplete, corrupted or hate-spewing entries get composted immediately.
– The prize stays open until November 1st 2026. We reserve the right to keep the window bleeding longer.
– Winner(s) will be announced within 14 days of the deadline.
– The Blood Pudding acquires First English-language Serial Rights for online publication, with exclusive rights for six (6) months from the date of publication. Rights then revert to the author, while The Blood Pudding retains nonexclusive, perpetual archival rights to the work on its website. A standard contract will be provided upon acceptance.
– The Blood Pudding can choose not to award the prize at all, or can offer multiple publications if the pudding is thick enough.
– The Blood Pudding reserves the right to adjust the rules or shift the schedule.

What are the Terms and Conditions of your ‘Personalized Response’ to submissions?
– Submission cost is set and displayed on Submittable
– Can only be selected once per submitter. Further selections will result in declination without notice.
– Submissions are considered as they arrive. We don’t enter discussion or correspondence.
– All payments are non-refundable.

CONTACT
Direct all enquiries via Direct Message on Twitter / X @thebloodpudding