Silver medal at the Best Indie Book Awards 2025

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Winner of the NZ National Geographic Cover Photo, 2025

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CLMP Runner up for Best Debut, 2024

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Winner of the ChillSubs Literary Incubator, 2025

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Best Lit Mags of 2025, ChillSubs

Silver medal at the Best Indie Book Awards 2025 ✳︎ Winner of the NZ National Geographic Cover Photo, 2025 ✳︎ CLMP Runner up for Best Debut, 2024 ✳︎ Winner of the ChillSubs Literary Incubator, 2025 ✳︎ Best Lit Mags of 2025, ChillSubs

What happens when a literary journal decides to start a press?

Folly happens - documenting our cultural moment in all its messy, magnificent glory. An award winning and bestselling international publication from the bottom of the world, Folly is home to bestselling content which is beautiful and culturally aware.

Unbound by academic affiliations and fiercely independent, Folly particularly seeks memoir, essay collections and novella length manuscripts, as well as short works for its bestselling anthologies.

Learn more about our submissions process and reading period here.

Folly is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses and abides by the CLMP Code of Ethics.

Submit to Folly

"Folly journal doesn’t have any problem with the idea of ruffling a few feathers. It all adds up to a magazine of contradictions that wants to do things differently." - Stack Magazines UK

"Folly magazine bursts onto the scene with a vibrant and unapologetic energy. Aimed at those perhaps tired of the more traditional literary establishment, Folly carves out its own unique space." - After Dinner Conversations USA

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