Australian Poetry Magazines
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Aedon
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The Arts Officer, 1st Floor, Union Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052
Editor: 'The Arts Officer'
Annual
Subscription: Available direct for AUS$10/issue. Pays 1cc
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Antithesis
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c/- Department of English, University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3052
Tel: (03) 9344 5280
Editor: 'The Editors'
Annual
Subscription: AUS$18/yr, AUS$15/concession, AUS$35/institution. Payment: 1 cc.
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Australian Multicultural Book Review
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Papyrus Publishing, c/- Post Office, Scarsdale, VIC, 3351
Tel: (03) 9758 7395
Fax: (03) 9752 4034
E-mail: The Editor
Web: www.papyrus.com.au
Editor: Clarissa Stein
Triannual
Pays 1 copy for One-Time Exclusive First Use in Australia
Subscription: $8.80/issue
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The Australian Weekend Review
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GPO Box 4245, Sydney, NSW 2001
Tel: (02) 9288 2419
Fax: (02) 9288 2486
E-mail: Weekend Review
Editor: Barry Hill
Payment: at editor’s discretion, but substantial $75+ per poem
Subscription: call 1-800-022-552 for details. Prefers short pieces. Very prestigious market. Can take quite a long time after acceptance for the piece to appear.
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Blast
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PO Box 3514 Manuka, ACT 2603
Tel: (02) 6248 5027
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
E-mail: Bill Tully
Editors: Craig Cormick, Bill Tully
Frequency: Quarterly Circulation: 600-850
Payment: 1 cc. (May pay AUS$10/poem when funded).
Subscription: AUS$15/yr. Payment to Blast.
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Blast Off - The School Magazine
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PO Box 1928, Macquarie Centre, NSW 2113
Editor: Jonathan Shaw
Monthly, February through November
Payment: AUS$35 through AUS$150, depends on length
Subscription: ~AUS$11/yr + p&h. Submissions need to be appropriate to the intended readers age - see website for details.
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Blue Dog
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Poetry Journal
Publishing poetry and discussion
Send submissions to:
Australian Poetry Centre
PO Box 284 Balaclava 3183
Tel: 613 95274063
Web: www.australianpoetrycentre.org.au
Editor: one for each state/territory
Biannual, May & November
Payment: Australia Council rates
Subscription: AUS$12.50/issue, AUS$20/annual
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broad seat
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PO Box 2211 MDC Bendigo VIC 3554
Specialisation: poetry.
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Centoria
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PO Box 221 MDC Bendigo VIC 3554
Specialisation: poetry.
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Cordite
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PO Box 14022 Melbourne City MC, Victoria 8000 Australia
E-mail: Cordite
Web: http://cordite.org.au
Editor: David Prater
Quarterly
Payment: AAUS$30/poem
Internet publication only.
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Empowa
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Empowa (Emerging Poets WA) Inc.
PO Box 16, Scarborough WA, 6922
Cost: $12.00 each (includes postage)
Payment: cheque or money order
Note: add $1.00 for each extra copy if ordering more than one.
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engagè
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PO Box 4389, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052
New magazine focusing on political or issue-oriented material. Snail mail submissions only. No more than three poems at a time, allow 3 months for response.
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Eureka Street
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Jesuit Publications, PO Box 533, Richmond, VIC 3121
Tel: (03) 9427 7311
Fax: (03) 9428 4450
E-mail: Eureka Street
Web: www.eurekastreet.com.au
Editor: Morag Fraser
Monthly, 10 issues/yr
Subscription: AAUS$63/individual, AAUS$54 concession.
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Famous Reporter
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Walleah Press PO Box 368 Hobart TAS 7002
Web: http://walleahpress.com.au
Specialisation: new, creative, experimental fiction.
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Five Bells
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Five Bells Poets Union Inc.
PO Box 91, Balmain, NSW 2041
Tel: (02) 9818 5366
E-mail: Five Bells
Web: www.ozemail.com.au/~poetinc
Editors: New guest editor for each issue
Quarterly magazine of the Poets Union
Subscription: AUS$38.50, AUS$25.00 conc., incl. membership.
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Four W
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Booranga Writers' Centre, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678
Tel: (02) 6933 2688
Fax: (02) 6933 2688
E-mail: Four W
Web: www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/booranga
Editor: Wagga Wagga Writers Centre Editorial Committee
Frequency: Annual, Oct/Nov Circulation: 500-600 Payment: 1cc.
Subscription: AUS$16.95/yr, or AUS$30/yr (incl. membership), cheque to Booranga Writers’ Centre
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FreeXpresSion
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PO Box 4, Wext Hoxton, NSW 2171
Tel: (02) 9607 5559
Fax: (02) 9826 6612
E-mail: FreeXpresSion
Editor: Peter Pike
Frequency: Monthly
Subscription: AUS$35/yr, AUS$55/yr overseas airmail.
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Going Down Swinging
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PO Box 24, Clifton Hill, VIC 3068
Tel: (03) 9531 6043
E-mail: Going Down Swinging
Editors: Steve Grimwade, alicia sometimes, Adam Ford
Annual, September. Allows simultaneous submissions. Pays AAUS$25 and 1 cc.
Subscription: AAUS$15/year
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Heat
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School of Language and Media, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308
Tel/Fax: (02) 9419 7394
E-mail: Heat
Web: www.mypostbox.com/heat
Editor: Ivor Indyk, poetry to Lucy Dougan
Prestigious, academic.
Subscription: AAUS$40/yr individual, AAUS$66 institution, AAUS$55 & AAUS$75 o'seas
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Hecate
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c/o Carole Ferrier, Department of English, University of Queensland, PO Box 99, St. Lucia, QLC, 4067
E-mail: Hecate
Web: http://english.uq.edu.au/awsr/
Editor: Carole Ferrier
Pays AAUS$40 + 5cc. Response time 2-20 weeks. Widely read, available in most university libraries.
Subscription: AAUS$30/individual, AAUS$100 (includes AWBR for 3 yrs).
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Idiom 23
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University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton, QLD, 4072
E-mail: Idiom 23
Editor: Liz Huff
Published annually
Subscription: AAUS$10/issue, includes postage & GST. Payment at editors discression.
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Inscape
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PO Box 3058 Auburn VIC 3123
Tel: (03) 9819 2651
Fax: (03) 9819 2651
E-mail: Inscape
Specialisation: experimental writing on contemporary themes
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Island
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PO Box 210, Sandy Bay, TAS 7006
Tel: (03) 6226 2325
Fax: (03) 6226 2172
E-mail: Island
Web: www.islandmag.com
Editor: David Owen
Poetry editor: tba
Long response times, but prestigious. Pays AAUS$ 60/poem.
Subscription AAUS$42.00/individual, AAUS$29.00 concession. AAUS$50.00 institutions. AAUS$5.00 back issues.
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Kalimat
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PO Box 242, Cherrybrook, NSW 2126
Tel: (02) 9484 3648
Fax: (02) 9484 3648
E-mail: Kalimat
Editor: variable; at least two referees
Quarterly (2 Engl, 2 Arabic) Circulation: 700
Payment: Annual subscription
Rights: May be translated; contact publisher for details.
Subscription: $20/yr Engl or Arabic, $40/both, to Kalimat.
Comment: Good magazine, interesting concept.
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LiNQ
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School of Humanities, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811
Tel: (07) 4781 4451/4185
Fax: (07) 4781 5655
E-mail: LiNQ
Editor: Gina Mercer
Biannual, May & October.
Payment: AUS$20/poem.
Rights: One-Time Exclusive First Use in Australia. Accepts e-mail submissions.
Subscription: AUS$30/yr, AUS$40/institution, cheque to LiNQ
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Literature & Aesthetics
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Dept. of Philosophy, A14, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006
Tel: (02) 9351 6658
E-mail: Rick Benitez
Editor: Rick Benitez
Biannual with a circulation of 150-200
Payment: nil
Rights: One-time Exclusive First Use in Australia
Subscription: $20 to Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics
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Masthead
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PO Box 186 Newport, Victoria 3015 AUSTRALIA
Email: Masthead
Editors: Alison Croggon, Emma Lew, Daniel Keene
A quarterly forum for serious discussion, covering poetry, literature, theatre, music, visual arts, human rights, poetics and ethics.
Subscription: AAUS$22 individual, AAUS$26 institutions, AAUS$36 overseas
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Mattoid
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School of Media & Journalism, Deakin University Geelong, VIC, 3217
Tel: (03) 5227 2583
Fax: (03) 5227 3465
Editor: Professor Brian Edwards
Subscription: AUS$30/yr, AUS$20 concession, AUS$15/single issue.
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Meanjin
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University of Melbourne, 99 Barry Street, Carlton, VIC 3053
Tel: (03) 9344 6950
Fax: (03) 9347 2550
Web: www.meanjin.unimelb.edu.au
Editor: Ian Britain
Poetry Editor: Judith Beveridge
Quarterly. Very prestigious. Poetry Editor changes frequently; check recent vol. Pays AAUS$50/poem minimum.
Subscription: AAUS$55 individual, AAUS$40 concession..
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The Mozzie
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28 Baynes Street, Highgate Hill, QLD 4101
Tel: (07) 3846 5524
E-mail: Ron Heard
Editor: Ron Heard
10 issues per year. Circulation 250, Payment in CC
Subscription $20 in Australia, $40 overseas.
Appreciates donations of stamps.
We accept good poems in all genres and styles, have a size limit of 35 lines, 70 characters wide and will send a sample copy on request.
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Muse
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B-block, Gorman House, Ainslie Ave, Braddon, ACT, 2612
Web: www.muse-arts.com.au
Editors: Irma Gold (Mgr), Sara St. Vincent Welch (Literary)
Monthly. Circulation: 12,000. Pays: AUSAUS$25/poem + 1cc.
Subscription: AUS$22/yr, AUS$17.50/concession, AUS$33/institution.
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New England Review
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PO Box U 241, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351
Tel: (02) 6772 2036/3182
Fax: by arrangement
E-mail: New England Review
Editor: Susan McMichael
Biannual
Payment: AUS$10-AUS$30/poem at Editor’s discretion.
Subscription: AAUS$10/yr (biannual) AUDAUS$16 overseas.
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Northerly
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Northern Territories University, Darwin, NT 0800
E-mail: Northerly
Editor: John Muk Muk Burke, Poetry: Marian Devitt
Quarterly
Payment: AAUS$30/poem. Subscription: AAUS$50/yr, AAUS$12.50/issue, cheque to NTU Uniprint.
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Orbit - The School Magazine
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PO Box 1928, Macquarie Centre, NSW 2113
Web: www.geko.net.au/~schmag
Editor: Jonathan Shaw
Monthly, February through November
Circulation: 50,000 Pays AUS$35-AUS$150.
Subscription: ~AUS$11.00/yr + p&h
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Overland
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PO Box 14146, Melb. City MC Melbourne, VIC 3001
Tel: (03) 9688 4163
Fax: (03) 9688 4883
E-mail: Overland
Web: www.overlandexpress.org
Editor: Ian Syson. Poetry: John Leonard
Quarterly. Pays AAUS$70 per poem.
Subscription: AAUS$36/individual, AAUS$28/concession. Cheque to Overland
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papertiger
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PO Box 5532, West End, QLD, 4101, Australia
Tel: (07) 3846 0976
E-mail: Editor
Web: www.papertigermedia.com
Editor: Paul Hardacre
Subscription: AAUS$18/year. Prefers e-mail submissions. Put 'papertiger submission' in the subject line, send for guidelines. Submissions of up to four poems are welcome. Audio and video poetry footage will also be considered if supplied in a PC-compatible digital format. Should be avante garde & pretty good. Currently pays in cc's.
Appears to be mostly CD media now - check website.
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Poetrix
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PO Box 532, Altona North, VIC 3025
Editors: Western Women Writers
Subscription: AUS$13.20/yr, AUS$26.40/2 yr. A leading magazine of women's poetry, published twice annually, May & November. Closing dates for submissions are the ends of February and August.
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Poetry Monash
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PO Box 112 LPO, Blackburn South, VIC 3130
Editor: Lorraine McGuigan
Subscription: AAUS$19.50/year. Cheque payable to Poetry Monash.
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Quadrant
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PO Box 82, Balmain, NSW 2041
Tel: (02) 9818 1155
Fax: (02) 9818 1422
E-mail: Quadrant
Editors: P. P. McGuinness. Poetry: Les Murray
Long response times, but prestigious. Pays AUS$40+ per poem.
Subscription: AAUS$59.50/individual, AAUS$52.80/student.
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Radio Adelaide: Writers Radio
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228 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000
Tel: (08) 8303 5000
Fax: (08) 8303 4374
E-mail: Radio Adelaide
Web: www.radio.adelaide.edu.au
Editor: Cath Kenneally
Weekly radio broadcast Payment is at the Editor’s discretion.
Broad tastes; submissions need to be suitable for broadcast to a wide audience.
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Red Lamp
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6 Madras Road, Cambridge CB1 3PX
Australia address: 5 Kahana Court, Mountain Creek, QLD 4557 Australia
E-mail: Red Lamp
Web: www.geocities.com/Red_Lamp
Editor: Brad Evans
Each issue costs 5 dollars (AUST). Issues are released semi-annually and the deadlines for submissions are May 31 and November 30 respectively. Red Lamp is seeking poetry, articles and reviews of literature with realist, socialist and humanitarian themes. Poems are to be no longer than 60 lines, articles and reviews no longer than 500 words.
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Scant
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22 Owen Street, Kallista, VIC 3791
Editors: Megan Surmon, David Wallace, Fran MacAloon
Anthology published periodically.
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Small Packages
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PO Box 244 Carina, QLD 4152
Editor: Rob Morris
Annual
Subscription: AUS$10.95 inc/issue direct. Nice little mag, poems to 100 lines. Pays up to AUS$25 + cc's.
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Social Alternatives
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Department of Education, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072
Tel: (07) 3365 6606
E-mail: Social Alternatives
Editor: Barbara Young
Subscription: AAUS$33/individual, AAUS$22/concession, AAUS$50/institution.
Takes reprints if comparatively restricted distribution. Social/political relevance, liberal outlook. Pays in cc's
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Southerly
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Department of English, Wooley Building A20, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006
Tel: (02) 9360 7866
Fax: (02) 9332 4663
E-mail: Southerly
Web: www.arts.usyd.edu.au/Arts/departs/English/southerly
Editors: David Brooks and Noel Rowe
Subscription: AAUS$48/individual, AAUS$60/institution. Prestigious. Pays AUS$40/poem.
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Southern Review
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Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of NSW 2052
Tel: (03) 9225 2828
Fax: (03) 9639 1685
E-mail: Southern Review
Editor: Zan Ross & Anne Brewster, Poetry Editors.
Subscription: AAUS$38.50/individual, AAUS$50/institution, AAUS$16.50/single
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Space: New Writing
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Poetry, fiction,photography, reviews
P.O. Box 833 Geelong 3220
E-mail: Space: New Writing
Comment: A solid high quality publication retails for around $20
Pays $15 per poem and $50 per prose piece.
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Squidink
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PO Box 95, Berry, NSW, 2535
Tel: (02) 4464 1816
E-mail: Squidink
Editor: Jen Saunders
Quarterly, Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct - Pays 1 cc
Subscription: $25yr, payment to Passionfruit Press
Comment: Fine magazine, good value.
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Stylus Poetry Magazine
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Literary poetry magazine
Web: www.styluspoetryjournal.com
Editor: Rosanna Licari
Feature contemporary verse, Japanese forms, Reviews, and Interviews
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Swag of Yarns
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PO Box 235 Albert Park VIC 3206
Tel/Fax: (03) 9690 0894
E-mail: Swag of Yarns
Specialisation: the oral story telling tradition.
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SWYNTAX
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Internal Mail Bag 45, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorne, VIC 3122
Editor: Olga Pavlinova
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the ardent sun
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Poetry, reviews, interviews
The editors, PO Box 419, Geelong, VIC 3220
E-mail: the ardent sun
Subscription: $20 for two issues
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The Tablet
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PO Box 270, Darlinghurst, NSW 2282
Editor: Robyn Soper
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Tamba
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230 Old Dookie Road, Shepparton, VIC 3630
Tel: (03) 5821 6663
Annual circulation: ~300
Payment: copy
Rights: One-Time First Exclusive Use in Australia
Subscription: $15/yr, to Goulburn Valley Writers Group Inc.
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Thylazine
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Thylazine Magazine is a free annual online literary and arts magazine published by The Thylazine Foundation: Arts, Ethics and Literature.
Web: www.thylazine.org
Editor: Australian writer and photographer Dr. Coral Hull
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Tirra Lirra
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Phoebe Publishing, PO Box 305, Mt. Evelyn, VIC 3796
Tel: (03) 9736 1377
E-mail: Tirra Lirra
Editors: Eva Windisch, Julian Spencer
Subscription: AUS$42/yr, cheque to Phoebe Publishing. Excellent response times, though always with an expensive offer to critique. Pays in cc's.
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Touchdown - The School Magazine
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PO Box 1928, Macquarie Centre, NSW 2113
Web: www.geko.net.au/~schmag
Editor: Jonathan Shaw
Monthly, February through November. Circulation: 50,000.
Payment: AUS$35 through AUS$150.
Subscription: ~$11/yr + p&h
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Ultimate Ceasefire
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3 Gordon Court East Rosanna, VIC 3084
Editor: 'The Editors'
Poetry, prose fiction, b/w phot & art.
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venn diagram
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PO Box 1297, North Fitzroy, VIC 3069
Tel: (03) 9482 1603
Editor: Carlie Lazar
Annual
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Verandah
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C/- B.A.S, Deakin University, Deakin University 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125
Fax: (03) 9244 6755
Editor: 'The Editors'
Subscription: AAUS$10/issue + AAUS$3 postage. Annual, deadline ~ April. May allow simultaneous submissions. Pays in cc's.
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Vernacular
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PO Box 598, Torrensville Plaza, SA 5031
Tel: (08) 8443 8001 or (08) 8443 8675
E-mail: Vernacular
Web: www.vernacular.com.au
Editors: Mark Garnett & Michael Groft
Pays
Subscription: AUS$14/yr
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Verso
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PO Box 5532, West End, QLD, 4101
E-mail: Editors
Editors: 'The Editors'
Accepts e-mail submissions
A young writers page in the monthly magazine Time Off. Accepts submissions from ages 13-26, to 40 lines (prose to 400 words).
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Voiceworks
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Express Media, 1st Floor, Meat Market Arts House, 42 Courtney Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Tel: (03) 9326 8367
Fax: (03) 9326 8076
E-mail: Voiceworks
Web: www.expressmedia.org.au
Editor: Kelly Chandler
Tel: (03) 9416 3305
Fax: (03) 9418 3365
Accepts work only from those under 25 y/o. Pays AUS$60/poem.
Subscription: AUS$27.50/yr, cheque to Express Media
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Wagtail
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Picaro Press, PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW 2282
Tel: (02) 4965 9868
E-mail: Wagtail
Editor: Rob Riel
Subscription AAUS$26/year (11 issues), AAUS$16/6 months, AAUS$3/each, postage and GST incl.
Payment: 25% royalty - each issue features a single poet. Please query before submitting.
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W/Edge
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Attn: The Editors, Faculty of Humanities, UWS (Nepean), PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW, 2747
Published twice annually, pays in cc's.
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Westerly
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English, Communication and Cultural Studies University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009
Tel: (08) 9830 2101
Fax: (08) 9380 1030
E-mail: Westerly
Web: www.arts.uwa.edu.au/westerly
Editors: Prose, Brenda Walker; Poetry, Mark Reid
Circulation: ~1200
Subscription: AAUS$22.95/yr, AAUS$40/2 yrs, AAUS$10/e-mail
Prestigious, hard to get into. Pays AUS$40 per poem minimum
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Woorilla
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Woorilla Farm, 255 Macclesfield Rd, Avonsleigh, VIC 3782
Fax: (03) 5968 4291
Editor: Maria Millers
Pays in cc's.
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Yellow Moon
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PO Box 37, Pearl Beach, NSW, 2256
E-mail: Editor
Web: www.yellowmoon.info
Editor: Beverly George
Biannual - circulation: 300
Payment: nil, but some prize money each issue.
Rights: One-time Exclusive First Use in Australia
Subscription: $20, to Yellow Moon
Dedicated to haiku and related forms, strong international focus, sponsors several competitions.
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Yuanxiang (otherland) Literary Journal
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PO Box 200, Kingsbury, 3083, Victoria
Tel: (03) 9467 8169
Fax: (03) 9467 8169
Mobile: 0419 340 564
E-mail: Yuanxiang 1 or Yuanxiang 2
Editor: Ouyang Yu
English-Chinese journal
Price (Individual and postage included): USA and Canada: AAUS$11.50; Australia and New Zealand: AAUS$11.50; Europe: Euro. AAUS$11.50; Singapore: AAUS$11.50; GST inclusive.
