The Openned issue is a digital magazine series based on your work interacting with a concept, theme, object – anything we feel will inspire dialogue amongst poets. Every issue will last for around three months, in a constant state of flux, accommodating work that falls under the brief, or work written in response to other poets.

For the first issue, we have decided to begin with the home of Openned, The Foundry.

The Openned reading series has been held at the Foundry for over a year. The structure, the paint stained walls and the fractured words that lurk have become part of the readings – or, perhaps more accurately, we have become part of them. The Foundry's free, open door policy has shaped the ethos and atmosphere of the nights. We hope that this issue might engage with the architecture of the Foundry, the artistic work that hangs on the walls, or the work that is installed, the psychogeography of the site, the community, or perhaps previous Openned readings and events.

This theme is a starting point. One may wish to consider the Foundry under notions of ‘construction’, for example. If you live outside London or have never been to the Foundry, perhaps your poetry could be based on, for instance, a digital interaction through search engine results. Over the next few months we hope to create a magazine of poetry that can be grouped around the notion of a Poetics of The Foundry.

We look forward to receiving your work.