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Protected: Murujuga by Sally McEnallay
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June 12, 2026Harry and Pierse by Hana Loftus
What drew Becker to crouch in the fields day after day, obsessively documenting his neighbours as they worked?
April 9, 2026Montol and Midwinter Light by Ysella Sims
We wind through the streets, the rain giving way to the winds of the next winter storm.
December 22, 2025The Lost Dens of Leicester by Sharon Tyers
Sixty years later, I often find myself deep within our den in my dreams.
August 26, 2025Two New Poems by William Thompson
I’ve seen everything there is to see:
the ancient hammerheads;August 18, 2025Between Sea and Sky – Rewilding Lewis by Ian Grosz
The pier at the end of the road harboured a dredger and a few small work boats.
July 29, 2025Some Miraculous Promised Land by Richard Gwyn
In July 2021, I finally climbed Arenig Fawr.
July 14, 2025Flights of Respair by Martin Maudsley
The magic spell woven by moths that morning was utterly instant and completely captivating.
July 7, 2025Flotsam by Robin Crawford
Beavers, elk, wild ox, brown bear, lynx and wolf have all been driven from the river.
June 25, 2025Walking the Bride by Kevan Manwaring
Surely, the river belongs to the whole valley and all who love it.
June 13, 2025Snickets by Nic Wilson
Many of the paths are old ways, repositories of long-forgotten stories.
June 9, 2025
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THE CLEARING is an online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.
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The editors welcome original submissions in written, audio and visual genres. Submission should reflect The Clearing/Little Toller’s concern with the natural environment, but within this broad subject-matter we encourage a diversity of interpretation and approach.
If you’d like to submit work to The Clearing, please email theclearing@littletoller.co.uk. Please refer to the submission guidelines. While we receive many submissions we will get back to you as soon as we are able.
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