Online journals
Australian Reader publishes new release fiction and non-fiction literature by Australian authors every week. In addition to their site, you can read their blog Wet Ink for Hungry Minds.
Birdville magazine chronicles stories from different places, places that are sometimes magical and strange. The magazine publishes fiction, but stories from fictitious worlds only exist to tell us something about our own. The magazine is new, needs your support, and is always open to submissions.
Cordite Poetry Review is an online poetry journal published three times a year. Cordite is dedicated to showing off new and established Australian poets to the world. The journal publishes poetry, reviews, and spoken word.
DIAGRAM is an electronic journal of text and art. As the name indicates, they are interested in representations. In the labeling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in stories that disguise themselves as indices or obituaries.
The Drunken Boat, an online magazine of international poetry, poetry-in-translation, reviews, essays, and interviews.
Eclectica is a quarterly e-zine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, travel writing, reviews and interviews. The publication was conceived in 1996 and is one of the longest-running and most consistent literary e-zines on the web.
Gloom Cupboard sells itself as ‘literature for the common people’. They publish poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.
Grind is a Darwin based youth website dedicated to reviews and articles by young people.
Mad Hatters’ Review is a bi-annual online multimedia magazine staffed solely by mad hatters. The magazine welcomes writing that address psychosocial issues. They also accept purely aesthetic pieces, packed with surprising images and whimsical wordplay.
Mudlark is an electronic journal of poetry and poetics. The journal publishes in three formats: ‘Issues’ (e-equivalent of print chapbooks), ‘Posters’ (e-equivalent of print broadsides) and ‘Flashes’ (poems that have news in them/feel like current events).
Narrative is dedicated to advancing literary arts in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging readership across generations, in schools, and around the globe. Their online library of new literature by celebrated authors and by the best new and emerging writers is available for free.
Pindeldyboz is an online (formally print) bi-weekly journal. They publish fiction and the occasional comic.
Poems that Go explores the intersections between motion, sound, image, text, and code. The work they feature explores how language is shaped in new media spaces, how interactivity can change the meaning of a sign, how an image can conflict with a sound, and how code exerts machine-order on a text.
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Retort Magazine is an electronic journal dedicated to the publication and presentation of new and innovative, experimental cutting edge art and text in all disciplines. The Magazine publishes both fiction and non-fiction on a semi-regular itinerary.
Right Now
Right Now is looking for pitches or submissions on human rights issues in Australia. They prefer current issues and pieces must have a connection to Australia.
The pieces must be original, engaging and insightful and should appeal to and be understood by a broad range of readers. Right Now appreciate a brief but detailed pitch outlining ideas before a piece is sent in.
Seven Letter Words is published quarterly and accepts poetry and fiction.
Slow Trains is published quarterly near the seasonal changes (approximately March, June, September, and December), with the Slow Trains journal, Rave On: Postcards from Slow Trains updated on at least a weekly basis.
Snorkel is an online literary magazine with a special interest in bringing together the creative writings of Australians and New Zealanders, while also welcoming submissions from the wider international community. The magazine is published twice yearly.
Stylus accepts contemporary poetry, reviews and non-fiction articles. The Journal is published quarterly in January, April, July and October each year.
Torpedo is a literary magazine that publishes short stories, poetry, and graphic fiction. The magazine went digital in early 2010 and is available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Word Riot publishes the forceful voices of up-and-coming writers and poets. Each month they provide readers with book reviews, author interviews, and, most importantly, writing from some of the best and brightest making waves on the literary scene.
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