Bourne: A Magazine for Literature of Ideas is seeking manuscripts for its inaugural issue. They publish fiction, poetry, drama, scholarly non-fiction, book reviews and interviews. They seek literary works that explore philosophical, psychological, sociological and scientific themes and ideas. Modest honoraria are paid for accepted pieces. Please visit here for information and submission guidelines. (more…)

Ongoing Pure Slush is looking for travel stories: fiction or non-fiction, your story should include travel in some way – on the bus somewhere, local or international, in your mind, your own experience or someone else’s – and be no longer than 1000 words. Details here.   (more…)

Ongoing Tongues is an online, multilingual magazine launching in April. Supported by the 2013 Express Media Young Writers Innovation Prize, we aim to publish content in as many different languages as possible, on topics including travel, arts reviews, language learning, culture, memoir and linguistics. We’re looking for contributors for the online magazine, submissions of short […]

Ongoing The Australian Journal of Crime Fiction is a new quarterly online journal calling for scholarly and critical studies of works that fall within, or challenge the conventions of, the crime fiction genre. Works examined do not have to be Australian. Appropriate submissions include articles up to 5000 words, reviews up to 1000 words, and […]

30 June From 1–30 June, 2014, Jonathan Cape will be open for fiction submissions from new writers of high calibre and imagination. Submissions should be an initial 50 pages of prose fiction. These can be part of a novel or novella, or short stories. The pages can be finished work or a work in progress. […]

Melbourne Books AWAW (Award Winning Australian Writing) Anthology Mid May Next up on Melbourne Books’s literary agenda is the main AWAW anthology, which they won’t revisit officially until August. However, as always, they’ll gladly receive pieces sent in for consideration at any time. Submission guidelines can be found on the website. (more…)

Editing Boot Camp Friday 16th – Sunday 18th May 2014 Finished your manuscript? Thinking about submitting it/finding an editor/getting an assessment? Before you do, why not bring it along to our 3-day intensive Editing Boot Camp. You’ll learn what editing is, who does it, how to learn the craft, advanced grammar and writing rules, then […]

Located in the heart of Adelaide, the SA Writers Centre is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to foster, develop and promote writers and writing. The Centre, which has over 1200 members, was the first of its kind in Australia and continues to act as a resource for people of all ages and experiences, assisting both new and established writers on every aspect of craft and publishing.