Australian Poetry Magazines
    Aedon
      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
    The Age
      GPO Box 2576, Melbourne, VIC 3001
      Web: www.theage.com.au
      Poetry Editor: Gig Ryan
      Daily Pays AAUS$100/poem One-Time Exclusive First Use in Victoria prefers short pieces, tends towards the very ‘literary’.
    Antithesis
      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.
    Australian Multicultural Book Review
      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
    The Australian Weekend Review
      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.
    Blast
      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.
    Blast Off - The School Magazine
      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.
    Blue Dog
      PO Box U34, Wollongong University, NSW 2500
      Tel: (02) 4221 3867
      E-mail: Blue Dog
      Web: http://paf.scriptmania.com
      Editor: one for each state/territory
      Biannual, May & November
      Payment: Australia Council rates
      Subscription: AUS$12.50/issue, AUS$20/annual
    broad seat
      PO Box 2211 MDC Bendigo VIC 3554
      Specialisation: poetry.
    Centoria
      PO Box 221 MDC Bendigo VIC 3554
      Specialisation: poetry.
    Cordite
      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.
    Empowa
      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.
    engagè
      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.
    Eureka Street
      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.
    Famous Reporter
      Walleah Press PO Box 368 Hobart TAS 7002
      Web: http://walleahpress.com.au
      Specialisation: new, creative, experimental fiction.
    Five Bells
      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.
    Four W
      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
    FreeXpresSion
      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.
    Going Down Swinging
      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
    Heat
      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
    Hecate
      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).
    Idiom 23
      University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton, QLD, 4072
      E-mail: Idiom 23
      Editor: Liz Huff
      Published annually
      Subscription: AAUS$10/issue, includes postage & GST. Payment at editors discression.
    Inscape
      PO Box 3058 Auburn VIC 3123
      Tel: (03) 9819 2651
      Fax: (03) 9819 2651
      E-mail: Inscape
      Specialisation: experimental writing on contemporary themes
    Island
      PO Box 210, Sandy Bay, TAS 7006
      Tel: (03) 6226 2325
      Fax: (03) 6226 2172
      E-mail: Island
      Web: www.islandmag.com
      Editor: David Owen
      Poetry editor: tba
      Long response times, but prestigious. Pays AAUS$ 60/poem.
      Subscription AAUS$42.00/individual, AAUS$29.00 concession. AAUS$50.00 institutions. AAUS$5.00 back issues.
    Kalimat
      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.
    LiNQ
      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
    Literature & Aesthetics
      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
    Masthead
      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
    Mattoid
      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.
    Meanjin
      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..
    Micropress Oz
      12 Elgata Street, Petrie, QLD 4502
      or 1 Saltram Close, Eleebana, NSW 2282
      Tel: (07) 3285 1462
      E-mail: Micropress Oz
      Editors: Gloria Yates, Rob Riel & Judy Johnson
      Subscription: AUS$12/year. Appreciates donations of stamps.
    The Mozzie
      12 Elgata Street, Petrie, QLD 4502
      Tel: (07) 3285 1462
      E-mail: The Mozzie
      Editor: Gloria Yates
      10 issues/yr Circulation: 250 Payment: In cc’s.
      Subscription: $12/year. Appreciates donations of stamps.
      Comment: Excellent little labour of love, accepts previously published material which they often receive from seriously prestigious poets, rather international, generally publishes subscribers first.
    Muse
      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.
    New England Review
      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.
    Northerly
      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.
    Orbit - The School Magazine
      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
    Overland
      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
    papertiger
      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.
    Poetrix
      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.
    Poetry Monash
      PO Box 112 LPO, Blackburn South, VIC 3130
      Editor: Lorraine McGuigan
      Subscription: AAUS$19.50/year. Cheque payable to Poetry Monash.
    Quadrant
      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.
    Radio Adelaide: Writers Radio
      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.
    Red Lamp
      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.
    Scant
      22 Owen Street, Kallista, VIC 3791
      Editors: Megan Surmon, David Wallace, Fran MacAloon
      Anthology published periodically.
    Small Packages
      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.
    Social Alternatives
      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
    Southerly
      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.
    Southern Review
      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
    Space: New Writing
      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.
    Squidink
      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.
    Stylus Poetry Magazine
      Literary poetry magazine
      Web: www.styluspoetryjournal.com
      Editor: Rosanna Licari
      Feature contemporary verse, Japanese forms, Reviews, and Interviews
    Swag of Yarns
      PO Box 235 Albert Park VIC 3206
      Tel/Fax: (03) 9690 0894
      E-mail: Swag of Yarns
      Specialisation: the oral story telling tradition.
    SWYNTAX
      Internal Mail Bag 45, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorne, VIC 3122
      Editor: Olga Pavlinova
    the ardent sun
      Poetry, reviews, interviews
      The editors, PO Box 419, Geelong, VIC 3220
      E-mail: the ardent sun
      Subscription: $20 for two issues
    The Tablet
      PO Box 270, Darlinghurst, NSW 2282
      Editor: Robyn Soper
    Tamba
      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.
    Thylazine
      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
    Tirra Lirra
      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.
    Touchdown - The School Magazine
      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
    Ultimate Ceasefire
      3 Gordon Court East Rosanna, VIC 3084
      Editor: 'The Editors'
      Poetry, prose fiction, b/w phot & art.
    venn diagram
      PO Box 1297, North Fitzroy, VIC 3069
      Tel: (03) 9482 1603
      Editor: Carlie Lazar
      Annual
    Verandah
      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.
    Vernacular
      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
    Verso
      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).
    Voiceworks
      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
    Wagtail
      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.
    W/Edge
      Attn: The Editors, Faculty of Humanities, UWS (Nepean), PO Box 10, Kingswood, NSW, 2747
      Published twice annually, pays in cc's.
    Westerly
      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
    Woorilla
      Woorilla Farm, 255 Macclesfield Rd, Avonsleigh, VIC 3782
      Fax: (03) 5968 4291
      Editor: Maria Millers
      Pays in cc's.
    Yellow Moon
      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.
    Yuanxiang (otherland) Literary Journal
      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.