The Fig Tree online webzine and Crooked Spire Press of Chesterfield have announced a new special issue to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.

Submissions are sought for poems covering the following topics:

• The General Strike of 1926.
• The Union Movement – its history and benefits.
• Historic strikes both before and after 1926.
• The role of unions in the modern world.

Poems written specifically for this project, and not previously published elsewhere, will be selected for inclusion in a special issue of The Fig Tree. If there is sufficient interest, Crooked Spire Press will also produce a printed anthology featuring these poems, alongside additional work from the wider submission process and selected existing sources.