
Call outs

Radiance by Kate Williamson
We publish two books a year: a hardback anthology of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork in the spring, and a themed book in the autumn that differs in style and content from issue to issue. Our call outs describe what kind of submissions we’re currently looking for and tell you how to get involve with the Dark Mountain Project.


Call for Submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 28 – Uncivilised Art
The Editors
12th February, 2025
Calling all artists and uncivilised art lovers! Submissions are now open for our twenty-eighth book, a special full-colour issue dedicated to the visual arts.

Submissions call for Dark Mountain: Issue 27 – On Bodies
The Editors
15th August, 2024
Submissions are now open for Dark Mountain’s 27th issue, a book about bodies in all their forms. In an age of abstraction and disconnection, how can writing and art restore us to our bodily selves?

Crossing the Chinvat Bridge
The Dark Mountain Project
31st May, 2024
Due to the death of a beloved colleague, this has been a difficult year for Dark Mountain. We are asking for your support with a Just Giving crowdfunder to help keep the project running as we adapt to new circumstances.

Dark Ocean – a call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 26
The Editors
14th February, 2024
Submissions are now open for Dark Mountain's 26th book, a special issue that dives deep into the seven seas of the world

Submissions call for Dark Mountain: Issue 25
The Editors
16th August, 2023
Submissions are now open for Dark Mountain's 25th issue, a book that explores land rights, and wrongs, in an age of climate breakdown

Eight Fires – A call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 24
The Editors
8th February, 2023
Our next special issue,is a collaborative handbook based on Dark Mountain's creative workshop series. How We Walk Through the Fire.
Deadline 12th May 2023


ARK – a call for submissions
The Editors
9th February, 2022
Calling all writers and artists! Submissions are now open for our special autumn issue ARK in collaboration with the Wilderness Art Collective.

Plunder – a call for submissions for Dark Mountain: Issue 20
The Editors
13th February, 2021
Submissions are now open for our Autumn 2021 issue, on the theme of 'extractivism'

Requiem – a call for submissions for Issue 19
The Editors
19th August, 2020
Call out for our next spring issue, an exciting new collaboration with art.earth and their summit, Borrowed Time: on death, dying and change
