Bad Betty is an award-winning independent publisher of new poetry, and curator of live literature events taking place across the UK.  London-born, Nottingham-based, Bad Betty Press was set up in 2017 by Amy Acre and Jake Wild Hall with the aim of showcasing exciting and risk-taking poetry, supporting poets’ artistic development and celebrating stories less often told.

Welcoming submissions of full-length poetry collections from writers anywhere in the world, for publication with Bad Betty in 2028.

Submissions open 1st – 31st July 2026
Authors will be selected by Bad Betty directors, Amy Acre and Jake Wild Hall
 Resulting collections will be published in 2028
Send a sample of your work to submissions@badbettypress.com following the guidelines below 👇

Submission guidelines

Please send a maximum of 10 pages of poetry (we’ll ask for the full manuscripts of shortlisted submissions).

PDF or Word doc / docx files are preferred. If you need to use a different format then do, and we’ll let you know if we’re unable to open it.

We don’t have specific font or spacing requirements, but please keep it clear and readable, with no more than one poem to a page.

Keep your email brief – no need to explain your work as we’ll expect it to speak for itself. Feel free to include a short bio.

Work sent outside of the submission dates will not be read.

We’re not currently looking for single poems for anthologies, so please only send work that’s part of a complete manuscript.