Pushing Out the Boat

Pushing Out the Boat, North-East Scotland’s magazine of new writing and visual arts, publishes high-quality prose, poetry and art selected from a unique blend of the global and the local. In its pages are thrillingly gathered artists and writers from all around the world, as well as just around the corner, creating a linguistic mix that welcomes Doric, Scots, and a world of eclectic Englishes that help to bring us a’thegither. We maintain a strong commitment to first time writers and artists, and to outreach, by supplying copies to local schools and libraries and awarding prizes to young contributors. We aspire to offer readers the very best regional literary magazine in Scotland