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Submission Benefits: Students

In our first post on the benefits of submitting a piece of prose or poetry to the GossamerWight Literary Magazine (GossamerWight), including to our anthologies, we spoke to a broad target audience. In this latest post, we turn specifically to the perceived benefits for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English

Metamorphosis, Part 2

A New Home for GossamerWight—What It Means for You In late August we posted a behind‑the‑scenes look at the birth of GossamerWight Literary Magazine (read the full “Metamorphosis” article here). The second part of that post, "Why the changes?", explained how joining our community turns

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

In this essay, I address Part I, Chapter I, The Adventure of the Hero: Departure, of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces.[1] In particular, I focus my analysis on four key elements of the Departure stage; these being The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call,

Submission Benefits

In the event you might have been thinking about submitting a piece of prose or poetry to the GossamerWight Literary Magazine (GossamerWight) but are unclear about the benefits for you in doing so, allow us to highlight the key advantages as we see them. You may well add your own

Anthology Submissions: Read Me

(Updated 22 October 2025) We are excited to announce that the window is open for submissions to the first edition of the GossamerWight Literary Magazine Anthology, 'Everyday Eerie'. ⚠️Following requests, we have extended the original submissions window closure from the end of October to 11.59 pm (GMT)

The GossamerWight Anthology Theme

(Updated 21 October 2025) The theme for the first edition of the GossamerWight Literary Magazine Anthology is 'Everyday Eerie'. The 'Everyday Eerie' Anthology Soundtrack0:00/230.68734693877551× Your story could appear in me! The cover for GossamerWight's 1st Edition Anthology. The theme is '