In 2026 Digital Publishing aims to question the nature–culture divide, exploring behavioural patterns of animals, plants, bacteria, (non)human bodies and objects and their material manifestations. How can we engage in a new way of reading ourselves and others?
This year we’re diving deep, with Underworld as the main theme. We invite our writers to find beauty and (re)generative power in the decaying, slimy and grotesque, in the things that have been relegated to the ‘underworld’ but which are immensely life-giving. We welcome a range of writing anchored in research and distinctive points of view, including short-format essays, articles and interviews.
The submission deadline is 8 December 2025!