Salò Press

PISSOIR is a new print-only pocket-sized magazine.

February 2024: Open to submissions for issue #2. Aiming to be in print late 2024. Please do consider buying a copy of issue #1, it not only supports our tiny little press, but also helps fund future issues.


Editor: Sophie Essex

GUIDELINES: Our guidelines are cinematic. We find definitions limiting so take PISSOIR as a rough guide and submit. We’ll only really know if we like your work once we’ve read it.

We’re unshockable, though please no racist / sexist / etc. / illegal material.

poetry – prose – fiction – non-fiction – other

☆ We tend to publish two to four pieces (poems) by each contributor – we want to showcase your work – so please bear this in mind when submitting. 

☆ No reprints. Simultaneous subs are fine, just let us know if your work is placed elsewhere so we can congratulate you. 

☆ Send your submission as a .doc or .rtf or .pdf to editorsalopress@gmail.complease include a brief covering letter / bio and quote ‘PISSOIR’ in the subject header. Our response times do vary, please bear with us.

☆ If you can purchase a copy of PISSOIR (or anything from our catalogue) we’d be delighted! As a tiny tiny DIY outfit we can only continue publishing if folk buy the magazine. 

Please note: The payment for your work will be one contributor copy. IF we ever make profit from the magazine we will share this 50/50 with contributors.