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And remember to pre-order Issue 003 so you have something to read while enjoying these banging tunes 📻🎶 foldingrock.com/shop/standal...

Kaja is a writer & content creator based in South Wales. She has worked for a variety of Welsh publications before (including the brilliant folk at @lucentdreaming.bsky.social @poetrywales.bsky.social & IWA) and we are so excited for her to be joining Folding Rock - just in time for Issue 3. 🤩🎶

• Jamila Fadhlaoui
• Tom Morgan
• @sarasherwood.bsky.social
• @jobardsley.bsky.social
• Mel Eagles
• Liam Nolan
• Michelle Penny
• Cadi Cliff

Featuring work by:
• Jude Rogers
• Tiffany Murray
• @francescasobande.bsky.social
• Sophie Calon
• Crystal Jeans
• Natsuki Koyata (古谷田 奈月)
• @arthurreiji.bsky.social
• Gosia Buzzanca

Head to foldingrock.com/submit-your-... and foldingrock.com/submission-f... to find out more!

Submit by 23.59 on 18 August 2025 to be considered for Issue 003.

But that's not all – we've also announced the themes for Issues 004 and 005 in our new and improved submission guidelines (for those planners among you) and added an FAQ page to the website to answer some common submission questions.

Whether you’re an expert in whale song or a storyteller inspired by rhythm, whether you want to explore the poetics of 90s rap or to reminisce about nursery rhymes, we want to hear it. Think outside the (music) box – send us your best words.

Featuring words from:

Manon Steffan Ros
Greg Flynn
Beth Preece
@amygrandvoinet.bsky.social
Yasmin Zaher
Horatio Clare
Grug Muse
@aniacard.bsky.social
Liz Churchill
Hannah Dafforn
Natalie Ann Holborow
Emma Glass
Maya Jordan

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