Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Quarryman is the UCC Literature Society's annual literary journal. We welcome submissions of fiction, non-fiction and poetry from students, staff and alumni of the university. The submission deadline for the current issue is 29 January 2027 at 17:00.

Submitting

We accept:

Fiction:
- Max. 3000 Words
- One Piece per Submission
Non-Fiction:
- Max. 3000 Words
- One Piece per Submission
Poetry:
- Max. 40 Lines
- Up to Three Pieces per Submission

Formatting

We ask that each text is uploaded as a Word document and formatted as follows:

Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12pt
Line spacing: 1.5

In each text, please include:

At the top, the title.
In the upper-right hand corner, the final word count.

Submissions are considered anonymously, so please do not include:

Your name.
Any other personal information.

Eligibility

Work must be:

By students, staff and alumni of University College Cork.
In English and / or Irish.
Previously unpublished and not under consideration for another publication.
Not made with AI.

Deadline

The submission deadline for the current issue is 29 January 2027 at 17:00.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements:

Submitting

Fiction:
- Max. 3000 Words
- One Piece per Submission
Non-Fiction:
- Max. 3000 Words
- One Piece per Submission
Poetry:
- Max. 40 Lines
- Up to Three Pieces per Submission

Formatting

File: Word
Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12pt
Line spacing: 1.5
Included:
- At the top: the title.
- In the upper-right hand corner: the final word count.
Excluded:
- The author's name.
- Any other personal information.

Eligibility

By a student, staff member or alumnus / alumna of University College Cork.
In English and / or Irish.
Previously unpublished and not under consideration for another publication.
Not made with AI.

Privacy Statement

For Authors

For authors submitting entries, you are required to register with UCC’s online journal hosting program known as OJS. When you do this, you consent to the personal information you provide to be stored and processed by the platform and the journal editorial team. The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party as per the guidelines set out by the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018. Please ensure that you have read UCC’s privacy policy and consent to the use of your personal information. You can find the policy at the provided link: https://www.ucc.ie/en/it-policies/privacy/

For Website Visitors

For website visitors, UCC’s online journal platform known as OJS anonymously logs data of visitors to the website. Anonymised data includes IP addresses, operating system and browser type. This data is used for system administration and website analytics, however this data is not in any way used to identify visitors personally and will not be used for any other purpose. If you wish to receive updates from Quarryman via email, you may register via the link at the top of the journal home page. To do so, you will be required to input your email address and name, by doing so you consent to the personal information you provide to be stored and processed by the platform in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018. This information will be used to alert readers of announcements about Quarryman literary journal. Your information will not be used for any other purpose. Please ensure that you have read UCC’s privacy policy and consent to the use of your personal information. You can find the policy at the provided link: https://www.ucc.ie/en/it-policies/privacy/

If you have any further questions, please contact us at literature@uccsocieties.ie