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The Braag | Press & Journal
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A braag, brag, or bragg, is a shapeshifting trickster spirit that appears in County Durham folklore, where it appears variously as: a wild horse that will run you amok, cow in a white scarf, a naked headless man, or in one case, four men stood under a sheet.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Delighted that the work we've been publishing in our micro-journal, Carmen et Error, is getting the recognition it deserves! @corinnaboard.bsky.social's brilliant poem 'A dunnock's prayer' was highly commended in this year's Forward Prizes!
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
With micros by @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Jessica Boatright, Heather Chapman, Stevie Ronnie and Lauren Thomas!
September 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Publishing Autumn 2026! by @carmenmarcus.bsky.social 🌊🪡🧵👗🐻‍❄️🌊
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Publishing February 2026! by @gitaralleigh.bsky.social ❤️💫✈️⛴️🥭❤️
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Coming February 2026! by @andrewblair.co.uk ⭐👽👮🛍️🌎⭐
September 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Announcing the braag 2025-6 line up in our most recent newsletter! .... app.beehiiv.com/posts/46fac6...
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A sample piece from Necrosmologies, available here: thebraag.co/product/necr...
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Necrosmologies is also available to pre-order here! thebraag.co/product/necr...
This is a gorgeous 64 page novella-in-flash, with matt cover, printed marble endpapers and illustrations ✨
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Necrosmologies by Braag author, Anthony Cartwright is launching at Voce Books, Birmingham on the 25th of Semtember! This is a wild & working class alternate history and is not to be missed. ⚡
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Quick head's up: submissions are VERY BUSY this month and we'll be closing EARLY on AUGUST 15th!
August 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
💫 Manuscript submissions for The Braag close July 31st

💫 Carmen et Error journal subs open August 1st

💫 Guest editor @eleanorball.bsky.social

💫 We're now able to pay a small honorarium!

💫 Full info and guidelines at carmenerror.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
UK writers can submit
⭐ Poetry Pamphlets
🌟 Novellas/fiction experiments/flash or short story collections up to around 30,000 words

Writers worldwide can submit
💫 9 a5 pages of work for limited run micro-chapbooks

We pay our authors! We never use AI! Could you please share this? We want your work!
July 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New micros by Molly Knox and V N Garmon are available at thebraag.co/shop 💚💀
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our 2024-5 book bundle is available now, if you're looking to catch up on our latest releases! thebraag.co/shop/
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We can reveal the cover for Anthony Cartwright's book, Necrosmologies, launching on September 25 2025! Necrosmologies is Invisible Cities for late stage capitalism, a deeply weird and lyric novella-in-flash-fic.
June 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We're open for submissions again! Let's goooo 💀🍀
thebraag.co/the-press/
June 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚
June 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Chloe Elliot ('Encylopedia', 'Dream Silmulation') is our guest editor for the spring issue of Carmen et Error! We're back after our break and ready for your fictions and poems. 💙💚
February 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1210024930... BOOK LAUNCH. BOOK LAUNCH. BOOK LAUNCH. Put it in your diary or write it on your dad. I'm not the boss of you. Just don't miss out on these two authors reading from their Brand New Braag pamphlets!
January 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our newest set of microchapbooks are for sale via our website! Gorgeously mythic, steeped in history and falling into it's gaps are Joe Pickard's Pilgrimer, and Bruce Rimell's Deo Mithrae, each in a limited run of 35 copies, handmade and designed by the Braag. thebraag.co
January 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hi folks! We have just 7 copies of Unfurl left and 10 copies of @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social 's Pond left! I won't be doing a reprint this side of Christmas, so if you'd like one now's the time.

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December 3, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Delighted to be publishing Sarah Royston's prose pamphlet in September 2024! 💕 Her work is incredible, lush, strange and queer!
February 9, 2024 at 11:14 PM
BOOK LAUNCH !!! If you're in the North East, swing by the Lit & Phil on Monday 26th February for readings by the authors, nibbles and drinks 💕
February 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Pond by Sarah Westcott is 'a delightful, curious universe', 'full of music, beauty and metaphysical wonder' and 'includes water's own borrowed inklings'. 🐸💚🪷🍂 Available to pre-order via thebraag.co !
February 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM