Page Seventeen Accepting Submissions Sunday 15 April - Saturday 30 June

Page Seventeen Accepting Submissions 15 April- June 30, 2012 Here's the short form of the submission criteria for Page Seventeen. Short Story - General Unthemed Up to 5000 words Short Story - Competition $200 1st prize, $100 runner-up Unthemed Up to 3000 words Fee of $7 per story entered, or three for $18 Winner, Runner-up and shortlisted entries will be published in Page Seventeen Poetry - General Unthemed Up to 100 lines (including spaces) Short-form poetry (e.g. haiku)...

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Retort Magazine is back for 2012!

SUBMISSIONS ARE: OPEN Retort Magazine accepts unsolicited submissions for publication online all year round from new to advanced career artists, writers and poets in all disciplines and practices from anywhere on planet earth. We favour the cutting edge over the blunt of the handle, the avante garde over backward walking, the delinquent imagination over the hammered economic mind. We publish whenever something brilliant arrives and are always dipping into the murky depths of a MASSIVE...

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VIM Journal Submissions Close 31/3/12

It has the easiest of easy addresses: vimjournal.com  We’re now calling for submissions for the inaugural edition of VIM. Don’t be shy – get it out there. Show us what makes you happy. An observation, an accomplishment, anything that puts a twinkle in your step and a skip in your eye. Submissions close on 31 March 2012, and are by email only:vimjournal@gmail.com. Please take a look at our submission guidelines before sending your work – the more of these guidelines you adhere to, the happier we will be while making our assessment. Go...

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Westerly Submission Due 31/3/12

 Westerly Submission Due 31st March, 2012. Deadlines for submitting material Westerly is published twice a year in July and November. July edition deadline: 31 March November edition deadline: 31 July Read Westerly's submission guidelines here... News The Westerly Centre welcomes local poet James Quinton to their team. James will be assisting editor Tony Hughes-D'Aeth in researching a literary history of the Western Australia wheatbelt. James has written an insightful review of Tracy Ryan's new collection, The Argument, which...

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Congratulations to OOTA writers in the Tom Collins Poetry Prize 2011

Congratulations to winner Claire Potter of the Tom Collins Poetry Prize. However, a special congratulations to OOTA writers Julie Watts, Meredi Ortega, Josephine Clarke and Roland Leach. What more can we say. Buono, buono! Thanks also to Rose van Son who reported the night's successes. Full report:  First Prize of $1000 went to Claire Potter of WA (who coincidentally was last years judge). Second Prize of $400 has gone to Carolyn Leach-Paholski of Victoria. Four Highly Commended Awards...

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Helen Hagemann reading her Novel-in-Progress, The Ozone Café on the Varuna Writers Blog

Congratulations to Helen Hagemann, reading from her Novel-in-Progress, The Ozone Café on the Varuna Writers blog. Read more here...

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Meanjin Accepting Poetry Again!

MEANJIN RE-ACCEPTING POETRY UPDATE! We are once again accepting hard copy poetry submissions. Poetry, including a stamped self-addressed envelope, should be sent to: Judith Beveridge Poetry Editor MEANJIN 187 Grattan St Carlton 3053 VIC WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ANY SUBMISSIONS OTHER THAN POETRY. Please do not submit work at this time. We are in the process of moving to a new digital submissions service, check back here regularly for updates. Meanjin ISLAND MAGAZINE UPDATE John Kinsella is the new Poetry Editor for Island Magazine....

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