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Aniko Magazine publishes poetry, flash fiction, short stories and creative nonfiction by writers from Australia and around the world. It also accept more experimental work. (Note that as as 3rd January 2024, the journal is listed on its website as 'currently closed'). Aniko Magazine selects ten to fifteen pieces of original, unpublished writing that responds to the issue’s theme. The author of each published piece receives $125.00 (AUD).

Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences.
Archer accepts story and photography pitches at most times of the year.
Note: To ensure diversity of voices, Archer doesn’t publish pieces by the same author more than once in a 1-2 year period, with some exceptions.
AUDIENCE
Archer is aimed at all individuals interested in sexuality, gender and identity. Archer promotes inclusivity and diversity.
STYLE
Archer curates first-person narratives on topics around sexuality, gender and identity, with a focus on intersectional voices and those often left out of the media. Individual voices are nurtured and individuals are respected.
The Archer website and print edition feature articles that:

Argue a point
Educate on or explore universal and personal concepts
Capture a point in time and culture, in an entertaining and concise manner
First person speech and accounts of personal experience are encouraged
The purpose and viewpoint of the article should be defined to the reader early in the piece
Writing should be colourful and dynamic, and must tell a story
Include arguments for and against, where possible
Maintain a clear, confident and engaging voice, with a purpose
Include additional voices and quotes where necessary

THE JOURNAL LIKES:
Unique perspectives
First-person narrative/writing from personal experience
Easy-to-understand concepts – Archer is for everyone from secondary education level up
Honesty, openness and diplomatic discussion
Inclusive language – avoid segregation between ‘us’ and ‘them’
THE JOURNAL DOESN'T LIKE:
Writing about a minority group from someone outside that group (unless you can provide proof of reliable sources from within that minority group granting permission for you to cover the topic)
Sex-negative viewpoints
Aggression or blame-laying
Stereotyping or caricaturing
Language that alienates readers
Complex or highly academic concepts
Gratuitous sexual content or explicit language

Australian Book Review (ABR), one of Australia’s major cultural magazines, presents high-quality journalism and new writing for the widest possible audience. It engages with all the arts, not just literature; is diverse in terms of content, writers, and partners; and provides a forum for new Australian writers and reviewers. ABR is an independent, not-for-profit monthly magazine, governed by an independent Board, managed by a small, skilled editorial and management team, and committed to the publication and promotion of creative and critical writing of the highest standard. Created in 1961, it lapsed in 1974 and was revived in 1978. Peter Rose is the Editor; and Sarah Holland-Batt is Chairperson of the Board. ABR publishes reviews, essays, commentaries, interviews and new creative writing. The magazine is national in readership, authorship, distribution, events and partners. It is available in print and online. Through ABR Arts, ABR engages with all the arts and publishes timely, extended reviews of new films, plays, operas, concerts, dance, festivals, and art exhibitions. ABR’s diverse programs include three prestigious international prizes, writers’ fellowships worth as much as $10,000, themed issues, national events, cultural tours, and paid editorial internships.

Australian Literary Studies is a fully refereed scholarly journal. ALS publishes literary studies scholarship that is rigorous, clear, and has a strong sense of its intervention in the field. ALS is interested in scholarship which speaks to Australian literary criticism, as well as that which expands the scope of literary studies internationally. Founded in 1963 by Laurie Hergehnan at the University of Tasmania, and edited from 2002 to 2015 by Leigh Dale at the University of Wollongong, the journal is now co-edited by Julieanne Lamond at the Australian National University, and Tanya Dalziell at the University of Western Australia.

Axon: Creative Explorations is an international peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the characteristics of creativity and the creative process. It is published twice a year (usually in March and September) and encourages research into and discussion of the broad domain of creativity, including:
— the methods and techniques of artists and other creative professionals
— approaches to creative-led research and the theorisation of creative practice
— the ways in which creative works are made and function
— poetics and poetry, and
— the cultural contexts and theoretical frameworks informing creative practice.

Blackbox Manifold (Sheffield, UK) is an online forum with a slant towards innovative poetry that has prose, narrative, or sequences in its sights. The journal doesn't hold allegiance to any one poetry school or group, and is happy to receive submissions from established and emerging poets alike.
Its aim is to present new juxtapositions of voice while using the web’s fluid solidity to cast around for as wide and varied a readership as possible. The journal is continuingly archived by the British Library in its Web Archive.
On occasion, a current topic or event will be the focus for an issue - in bringing together poems that warp current woofs in the hope that some news, at least, may be broken. Voices that record by trembling are always welcome. But to ensure that the journal don’t settle into familiar patterns, guest editors will also occasionally be invited to take charge of an issue and solicit new work. Calling on a range of poets for editorial advice is fundamental to the journal's collaborative approach.

Burrow is an e-journal published twice yearly. The journal publishes poetry (& other micro-texts) that explore what it is to live with good or poor mental health. Burrow is especially interested in where self-care intersects with such priorities as: ecopoetics, postcolonialism, ekphrasis, progressive religion & secularism. Burrow is an inclusive journal that welcomes established poets while having a special focus on publishing new & emerging voices (both old & young).

Catchment resolved from the start that contributors need to be residents of Australia (whether more experienced or emerging), since one of the journal's larger aims is to try to help promote poetry across Australia. Readers will encounter writing varied in the sense of place from which it arises, across a pair of poetic genres — Eastern and Western — not often published in parallel. Committed to embracing cultural contrasts in verse, Catchment represents voices arising from across its own home area of Gippsland, with rivers and streams in Gunaikurnai country featuring here and there, true to the journal's title. Concerned about appearing merely regional, however, Catchment has likewise been encouraged by the fact that a range of contributions have been received from as far afield as Western Australia, presenting poems of place spanning the breadth of the continent.

Cordite Poetry Review (https://cordite.org.au) is an Australian and international journal of poetry, criticism and research.

Djed Press is an online publication that exclusively works with and publishes Bla(c)k creatives and other creatives of colour (POC). Djed’s main purpose is to address the insufficient representation of marginalised peoples within the Australian literary landscape today. Djed is committed to increasing diversity and visibility especially in a time where racial tensions around migrants, people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, Muslims and First Nations peoples are high, both here on home soil and overseas. Djed Press seeks out, develops and presents new works by Bla(c)k and other POC creatives, with a special interest in those with intersecting identities. Djed believes that by having greater representation within Australian publishing, an industry that drives social standards, it will collectively be able to better shape and drive the literary landscape.

Free Palestine | A convergence of Voices is a newly established online journal acknowledging the vibrancy of Palestinian arts and literature. The journal is published by Writing Through Fences, a loosely-woven Australian-based community that has evolved through art, music, writing and poetry. Writing Through Fences is an unfunded collaborative project, existing through the work of volunteers.

That journal states that "Although we usually have a strict policy of paying participants for their work through donations received from individuals or crowd funding, we are unable to offer payment to those with citizen privilege."

Going Down Swinging works across platforms to produce high quality publications and events that support writers and artists telling stories worth sharing. Going Down Swinging is one of Australia’s longest-running and most respected literary journals: publishing digital as well as print and audio anthologies since 1979 and producing special, sold-out live events. GDS believes in fostering a community of writers and artists dedicated to their craft and the ideas behind it. GDS encourages the creation of new work, and support this by placing great value on editorial feedback and development for those voices still emerging.

Griffith Review runs open open calls for submissions throughout the year. Non-fiction call-outs are open four times a year and invite full submissions in response to a loose edition theme. Fiction call-outs are open two times a year and invite full submissions for short fiction on any subject (short fiction doesn’t need to align with edition themes). Poetry call-outs are open four times a year and invite full submissions for poetry on any subject (poetry doesn’t need to align with edition themes). Griffith Review occasionally open call outs for specific projects such as the Griffith Review Emerging Voices competition.

HEAT, Giramondo’s literary magazine, welcomes submissions of fiction, essays, hybrid forms and translated works. HEAT is a distinguished Australian literary journal renowned for its dedication to literary quality, and its commitment to publishing innovative and imaginative poetry, fiction, essays, criticism and the hybrid forms. The first issue of HEAT was published in July 1996, in the wake of the Demidenko Affair, in which an Australian author of English background posed as Ukrainian in order to gain credibility for her Holocaust-inspired novel. The anger provoked by this hoax accounts in large part for the magazine’s name, and a commitment to the publication of genuinely diverse writing. The aim of the magazine has always been to publish innovative Australian and international writers of the highest standard. Fifteen issues were published in the first series, from 1996 to 2000, with internal design by Toni-Hope Caten and covers by Harry Williamson. It was followed by the new series of HEAT, designed by Harry Williamson, with twenty-four issues published between 2001 and 2011. The editor for the first two series was Ivor Indyk. HEAT's intention is to publish the best work being written in Australia and internationally, gathering innovative literary perspectives across borders. HEAT is published six times a year in a slim, intimate format, that throws sharp focus on the work of the featured authors. HEAT does not publish reviews or opinion pieces, at least in the conventional sense. The journal is, however, interested in writing that engages with other writers and their works. 'We’re also intrigued by obsessions and curiosities, lost or secret histories, literary quests and writing that brings research to life. We encourage writing which gives full rein to the author’s voice, without the restriction of a word limit.' HEAT is closed to poetry submissions at this time.

Hooligan Street Poetry's aim is 'is to bring you writing that is raw as it is beautiful. That is the ideal. Whether we can approach that ideal is another matter. The best way to know what we are about is to read what we publish. If you think your work has the elbows and grit to find a place here, please share.' The online journal (based in Sale, Victoria) publishes poetry, photo-essays, short fiction, creative non-fiction, art, performance, spoken word 'and anything else that holds, at least for a moment, our jaded and delirious attention spans'.

Island is a not-for-profit premium Australian literary magazine of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and arts features. Since its beginnings in 1979 (as The Tasmanian Review), Island’s mission has remained the same: to produce a magazine with a national vision and audience that supports new, emerging and established writers and artists, and to bring works of excellence and variety to the reading public throughout Australia and overseas. Coming to readers from the southernmost tip of Australia - the beautiful island of Tasmania - Island has a unique commitment to being a national beacon for Tasmania’s diverse, vibrant writing and artistic distinction. For more than 40 years, the journal has identified, developed and published excellent new writing by more than 2000 Australian authors, including many who later achieved renown. In 2021, Island added to its signature print magazine with a new website, Island Online, which now regularly publishes new online content as well as treasures from its rich 40+ year archive.

Jacaranda Journal accepts short fiction (no longer than 2,500 words), poetry (no more than four poems of 75 lines each), creative nonfiction (no longer than 2,500 words), art and photography. The magazine accepts writers from anywhere in Australia of any age.

Kalliope X consists of Effie Carr, Angela Costi, Danny Klopovic, George Mouratidis, Dimitris Troaditis, David Roberts and Helena Spyrou — a collective of authors, poets, and educators energised by the work of culturally and linguistically diverse artists in Australia and beyond. Kalliope X works collectively to build a forum through which to encourage, engage and exchange with writers of different diasporas and communities. Through an eclectic approach to poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays and criticism, and an open ear and eye to languages other than English, the journal works both to show what “Australia” looks, sounds and reads like, and to nurture a conversation with writers from around the world. The editors acknowledge the first poets and storytellers of this country, recognising their own implication as migrant-settlers and children of migrant-settlers in the legacy of the colonisation of First Nations peoples. "It is a privilege to live and work on Aboriginal land."

Kill Your Darlings was founded by Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent and began life as a print quarterly in 2010. KYD is today a vibrant and eclectic online magazine of commentary, essays, interviews, fiction and reviews. In addition to championing Australian writers, KYD also runs several early-career writing awards, produces a regular podcast, provides professional writing services such as workshops, mentorships and manuscript assessments, and hosts literary events. Kill Your Darlings also the publisher of the annual short-story anthology, 'New Australian Fiction'.

Liminal Magazine is an anti-racist literary platform, publishing art, writing, interviews & more.Founded by Leah Jing McIntosh in late 2016, the Liminal project aims to support talented writers and artists in so-called ‘Australia’, with a focus on the Asian Australian experience. Publishing art, writing and interviews, Liminal also runs literary events, mentorships, fellowships and national literary prizes for First Nations writers and writers of colour, working to create new spaces and opportunities for our community. Based in Naarm, Liminal is made by a dedicated team located around the continent.

Locative Magazine is a literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction and poetry, based in Sydney, and with a focus on new and original writing from local, emerging authors. Locative Magazine is currently accepting submissions! The current submission period for Issue 1 is between December 1 2023 and January 31 2024 aiming for an April 2024 publication. Issue 1 is on the theme of Arrival // Departure, "please interpret either/both themes as you see fit." The magazine is accepting Short Fiction up to 5000 words, paid at $75 per story, and Poetry up to 50 lines, max 3 per author – paid at $25 per poem. There is no fee for submissions.

Meanjin "is where Australia’s literary culture sets out its fiercest ambitions." Quarterly in print and continuously online, each year Meanjin publishes new work by hundreds of Australian writers in all genres and forms. For over 80 years, Meanjin has fostered a rich and rigorous national conversation by remaining true to its founding principles: ‘to talk poetry’, ‘to work for a healthy climate of opinion and literary activity’, and ‘to make clear the connection between art and politics.’

"Whether in poetry, fiction, essay, memoir or experimentation, Meanjin writers seek audiences who are active contributors to the public spaces we all make together: readers who enjoy critical discussion and—to continue in Founding Editor Clem Christesen’s words—who ask Meanjin writers ‘to reveal and clarify our life by showing it to us though a vision different from ours and deeper.'"

Meniscus is an online, free access literary journal published by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). The editors and advisory board are based in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and welcome submissions from writers anywhere in the world. Meniscus publishes high quality, innovative poetry, short fiction, and creative essays in English, or in other languages with a good parallel translation. Meniscus publishes two issues a year: in April, and in October.

more than melanin (https://morethanmelanin.com.au) is a collaborative literary zine made by and for women and gender diverse people from bla(c)k and people of colour communities. All it's activities take place on unceeded Wurundjeri Land in the Kulin Nations - Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land. The idea for the zine came about in 2019 and the first issue 'Environments' was released in June 2020 - with all copies of the first zine selling out in 12 days. The second zine was released in July 2021 - a poetry issue themed 'Intimacy in Solitude', and now available for purchase. At the moment there is a only one more than melanin zine being put out a year. ('We would love to do more but that is subject to funding'). All zines are printed on eco-friendly paper and all contributors are paid. more than melanin is founded, curated, and edited by Kanika Chopra.

Overland – Australia’s only radical literary magazine – has been showcasing brilliant and progressive fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art since 1954. The magazine has published some of Australia’s most iconic writers, and continues to give space to underrepresented voices and brand-new literary talent every single day. In 2023, Overland is a quarterly print journal (publishing essays, stories and poetry), and an online magazine publishing cultural commentary each week day, as well as occasional special online editions of fiction and poetry. The magazine also holds events, discussions and debates, hosts a number of major literary competitions, and runs a residency for underrepresented writers. Overland’s mission is to foster new, original and progressive writing exploring the relationship between politics and culture, especially literature, and to bring that work to as many people as possible. Editorially, Overland is committed to publishing underrepresented perspectives on issues rarely given space in traditional media. In Overland’s very first edition in 1954, Stephen Murray-Smith noted that the magazine would ‘publish poetry and short stories, articles and criticism by new and by established writers. It will aim high … [but] will make a special point of developing writing talent in people of diverse backgrounds. We ask of our readers, however inexpert, that they write for us; that they share our love of living, our optimism, our belief in the traditional dream of a better Australia.’ Decades on, Overland maintains this founding editorial vision, though the outlook is more global. The magazine continues to document lesser-known stories and histories, dissect media hysteria and dishonesty, debunk the populist hype of politicians, give a voice to those whose stories are otherwise marginalised, misrepresented or ignored, and point public debate in alternative directions. Overland accepts unsolicited writing for both the print and online journals, and is committed to paying all its writers.

Quadrant and its online and book publishing offshoots are enshrined in the constitution of Quadrant Magazine Ltd, the non-profit company that publishes them. Quadrant describes its principal purpose as being the defence of the values, practices, and institutions of a free and open society by fostering literary and cultural activity of the highest standard; in particular, a commitment to the preservation and advancement of the cultural freedom that is the distinctive component of traditional Western culture. Quadrant publishes essays on literature, art, film, television, theatre, music, architecture, as well as history, philosophy, religion, politics, Australian society and Western civilisation.

Rabbit encourages poets to openly engage with auto/biography, history, politics, economics, mathematics, cultural analysis, science, the environment, and all other aspects of real world experience, recollection and interpretation. Founded by Jessica L. Wilkinson, Rabbit publishes all things poetry — poems, reviews, essays on poetry and poetics, interviews with poets, and visual art by poets — with an emphasis on new and emerging rabbits (poets) and a focus on supporting Australian poetry.
See also | Forums: What's Poetry Got To Do With It?

Forum 1 (July 2020) — Evelyn Araluen, Cassandra Atherton, Kent MacCarter, Alvin Pang and David Stavanger.
Forum 2 (August 2020) — Tamryn Bennett, AJ Carruthers, Nathan Curnow and Jeanine Leane
Forum 3 (September 2020) — Lachlan Brown, Keri Glastonbury and Bella Li
Forum 4 (October 2020) — Andy Jackson, Jennifer Macenzie and Benjamin Laird

Rochford Street Review is an on-line journal highlighting Australian and International Literature, Art and Culture – with an emphasis on small press and grassroots cultural activities. Rochford Street Review publishes at least 2 issues each year – "we attempt to publish each quarter but that is dependant on having enough material". The magazine seeks reviewers – attempting, wherever possible, to provide at least a token payment to contributors. Rochford Street Review also welcomes submissions of creative writing and artwork. While most of the creative work the journal publishes is by invitation, consideration is also given to unsolicited work and expressions of interest. Contact the magazine at: submission@rochfordstreetreview.com for further information. Rochford Street Review is edited by Linda Adair and Mark Roberts.

StylusLit is an Australian, bi-annual online literary journal, which publishes poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction, novel excerpts, interviews and reviews. Issues are published in March and September. The submission period for the March issue is in November and December, and the September issue is in May and June. Work sent outside the reading periods won’t be considered. The journal does not review novels or memoirs. Interviews are commissioned.

Poetry Editor and publisher: Rosanna E. Licari
Fiction and creative non-fiction editor: Gershon Maller
Reviews editor: Dr Jane Frank

Sūdō Journal is the product of a small team of dedicated postgraduates working in the fields of English Literature, Creative Writing, Art and Social Science. It is not a gathering place for writers of parochial fiction to share romantic tales of artists at the arse-end of the world, but a hot, hard stone flung in the eye of the cultural cringe. We are looking for stories, essays and images that challenge prevailing wisdoms about art, politics and culture. Voices from the edge speaking uncomfortable truths. At the risk of being uncouth, misanthropic or esoteric, above all, what we want is the interesting.

'Latin for “I sweat,” Sūdō at once captures an inescapable reality of Australian life, gives voice to the exertion required to create, and reminds us of the capacity of art, culture and politics to make temperatures soar. That the title is a homophone for “pseudo-journal” is certainly intentional; what else could you expect from the fringes of civilised society?'

Sydney Review of Books publishes critical, creative, ambitious, and engaging writing on contemporary literature and culture. The journal was established in 2013, partly in response to the diminished critical discussion of literature and the arts in the mainstream media in Australia. The journal is committed to original and informed literary criticism and to the essay in all its forms, working with Australia’s best writers to publish essays and reviews that expand and enrich Australian literary culture. Each week the SRB presents new review essays, feature essays, and interviews, as well as curating a lively series of public programs throughout the year. SRB supports writers and writing and each year offer a number of residencies and fellowships for critics at all stages of their career.

Text is an international peer reviewed journal published by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. TEXT publishes academic and other material concerned with creative and professional writing programs in universities, colleges, TAFEs and the community around Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand, England, and from other English-speaking areas and programs. TEXT includes research articles on creative and professional writing and processes, the teaching of writing, research in creative wriitng, the teaching of writing and allied topics. TEXT also includes creative work, book reviews, and occasional interviews. We may also be interested in articles of an interdisciplinary nature or research relevant to allied disciplines such as literary studies and publishing studies where the subject matter is deemed relevant to our readership. Text's Special Issues series enables guest editors to focus on specific-topic collections or longer works. Regarding creative work, TEXT considers contributions of stories, poetry, memoir, etc providing that the matter of the creative work concerns exploration of creativity, or the nature and processes of writing, or the nature and processes of the teaching of writing, or investigation of writers’ issues, lifestyles, or such like. Text also publishes a thriving reviews section, and welcomes review copies of books that are relevant to the creative and professional writing disciplines, that are published by creative and professional writing program staff, or that are the product of creative writing research higher degree programs.

The Suburban Review is a quarterly digital journal of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art. The Suburban Review is interested in publishing the work of writers from all over Australia and the world.
(Note: The journal is not accepting submissions at present [as at 6th Jan 2024] ).
The Suburban Review (TSR) is a socially conscious literary collective situated in Australia’s rapidly declining independent publishing landscape. Our mission is to create and contribute to a robust local publishing community by publishing writers and artists, both emerging and established, and by practising sustainable, growth-oriented publishing in our team of editors.

Voiceworks is a national literary journal that features exciting new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art and comics by people under the age of 25.

"The best way to get involved with Voiceworks is to read it! Each issue is stuffed to the gills with a varied selection of work by remarkable young writers and artists. Over the past year, our pages have been filled with stories about moon-visiting dogs and hidden queer identities; essays about Maltese prickly pears and murderous kookaburras; poems about clones and teenage gorgons; and comics about intimacy and the Dutch Golden Age."

Westerly has been publishing lively fiction and poetry as well as intelligent articles since 1956. The magazine has always sought to provide a Western Australian-based voice, although its contributors and subject matter have never been geographically exclusive. It publishes creative writing and scholarship from throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region. Westerly has a strong international reputation, and is listed in some of the world’s major cultural indexes. It has been instrumental in the careers of many of the region’s most prominent and internationally renowned writers. These include major Western Australian writers such as Randolph Stow, Dorothy Hewett, T.A.G. Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley; highly-awarded contemporary writers, including Tim Winton, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan; and important local poets like John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan, John Mateer, and Lucy Dougan. Equally, it seeks to invest in emerging writers and support the development of new careers. It is published at the Westerly Centre (formerly the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature) at the University of Western Australia. The print magazine is published twice a year in July and November, while the website publishes content throughout the year, including Online Special Issues available for free digital download.

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