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Hinterland Magazine - open for submissions
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Hinterland is a triannual print magazine showcasing the best in creative non-fiction writing. Issue 16 out now! Edited by @andrewkenrick.bsky.social and @yinflim.bsky.social. Based in Norwich. https://linktr.ee/hinterlandnonfiction
We are at the Small Publishers Fair @conwayhall.bsky.social all day today! We’re here till 7pm, with freshly printed copies of Issue 17 on sale and special show offers too - so if you’re in London come and say hi @smallpublishers.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In case you missed the announcement in our newsletter, we are open for non-fiction submissions, both full-length and flash, until the end of October. You can read our submission guidelines and submit via hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com Subscribers can submit for free as usual, any time!
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We've just posted a new author Q&A to our Substack with Davina Quinlivan, whose piece 'The Pressure Zone' appears in our latest issue.

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October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Very pleased to find the proof copy of Hinterland Issue 17 dropping through our letterbox this morning - it looks fab! Full print run due next week, so you’ve still got time to order a copy via our webstore: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The seventeenth (17!! How did we get to 17?) issue of Hinterland is up for preorder now, featuring headline acts from Davina Quinlivan and Andrew Cowan, and an interview with Tor Falcon. Cover art by Pippa Robyn.

www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Over on our Substack, a fantastic guest post by @drskburton.bsky.social about the non-fiction that inspires her work as an oral historian.

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Susan's book The Transplantable Roots of Katharine Huws Nagashima is out now from @parthianbooks.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Just a couple of days until our taster day introducing you to the craft of writing non-fiction. It's hosted by our very own founding editor @andrewkenrick.bsky.social, in person in Norwich, this coming Saturday. We still have tickets available. Beginners welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/hinterland...
August 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Join us for our new workshop, First Steps in Writing Creative Non-Fiction, in person in Norwich on 12th July. We can’t wait to meet you and share what we’ve learned from writing, editing, publishing and talking about creative non-fiction over the last 6 years www.eventbrite.com/e/hinterland...
June 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Today we’re pleased to announce our new Manuscript Assessment and Mentoring services, two separate services offered by the Hinterland editorial team that will help you to meet your writing goals for 2025 and beyond! You can find out more here: hinterlandnonfiction.substack.com/p/introducin...
May 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We’re at the City of Literature Publishing Fair at @writerscentre.bsky.social all afternoon - we’ve got copies of the latest issue for sale, come and say hi!
May 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We are in @theforumnorwich.bsky.social all day today as part of the Norwich Independent Book and Zine Fair along with more than 30 independent presses. If you’re in the city, come and say hi and pick up an issue or two!
May 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Fantastic evening last night at the Book Hive listening to author Tessa McWatt discuss her latest work of non-fiction, The Snag, about personal and political grief and the solace she found in forests. We can't wait to read it!

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May 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We've just posted a new Q&A with Robert Butroyd to our Substack (link in bio), whose flash nonfiction is in our latest issue. He said it's about "discovering that Bradford’s literary tradition, stretching back to JB Priestley and John Braine is rooted in internal as well as international migration."
May 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Quick reminder that our Spring submissions window closes tonight! We're looking for nonfiction submissions on any subject, up to 5000 words in length. You can find out more and submit here: hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com/submit
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We chatted to Anna Evans about her piece, Talisman: "It's about borderlands and was inspired by journeys along the border between France and Spain. I was interested in the tumultuous histories that could be found just below the surface." You can read the full Q&A over at our Substack (link in bio!)
March 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
With our latest issue out, we are open for non-fiction submissions once again, both full-length (up to 5000 words) and flash (1250 words), on any subject. Both submission calls close at the end of the month. You can read our guidelines and submit here: hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com/submit
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Look what’s just arrived! Subscribers and preorder customers - keep an eye on your letter boxes! Everyone else: you can still order a copy here www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...
March 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The proof copy of Issue 16 has just arrived in the post - and it looks great! Full print run due next week, so you've still got time to preorder: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...
February 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Over on our Substack, we chat with Elizabeth Lewis Williams about her piece about travelling to the Antarctic, 'Arriving', which features in the latest issue of Hinterland. You can preorder Issue 16 over at our webstore now: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Delighted to say that the latest issue of Hinterland, a Journeys special, is up for preorder now, packed with some fantastic writing by Jean McNeil, Elizabeth Lewis Williams, Alexis Keir, and many more besides: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-1...
January 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Quick reminder that there's still time to buy a copy of Hinterland and have it delivered before Christmas. You can also purchase a gift subscription - we’ll send out a copy of the current issue in time for Christmas along with a gift tag and welcome message: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/
December 17, 2024 at 12:42 PM
If you are out and about in Norwich today and need somewhere to shelter from the rain, the Christmas publishing fair is on all day at @writerscentre on King St. We’ve got a stall, come say hi!
December 7, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Norwich friends! You’ll be able to find us all day tomorrow at @writerscentre.bsky.social’s Christmas publishing fair, along with many other fine presses! Come along and say hi, or pick up a copy of our latest issue or fill in the gaps in your collection with a back issue!
December 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Hello new followers - we are Hinterland, a tri-annual nonfiction magazine based here in lovely Norwich but publishing authors from all around the world! Links to webstore, submission guidelines and our shiny new substack all in our bio :-)
November 9, 2024 at 4:56 PM
We’re delighted to @alisonrbaxter.bsky.social once again. “My piece is about Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. I lived there for two years and it had a lasting impact on me, but looking back I realise how little I really understood about its often tragic past and complex present.” Link in bio!
January 9, 2024 at 12:49 PM