Splinter journal spotlights the next generation of literary voices in its fourth issue, which is out now.

After the release of its third issue last month, Splinter literary journal is opening submissions to writers from across Australia and the world. The literary journal – which is published out of Tarntanya (Adelaide) by Writers SA with support from Adelaide University, Flinders University, CreateSA, and the Don Dunstan Foundation – is seeking submissions across a wide […]

Splinter journal’s new First Nations issue invites readers to reflect on Indigenous experiences and resilient cultures through powerful voices and thoughtful storytelling. With a spirit of truth and creativity, the issue amplifies Indigenous perspectives and challenges audiences to see history and the present in new ways.  Launching November 20, 2025, the First Nations issue brings […]

Writers SA’s literary journal – Splinter – is inviting First Nations writers from around Australia and the world to submit to its third issue. Splinter is seeking fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and experimental work from emerging and established writers for the issue, which will be published in November 2025. The issue – the journal’s third – will be an all-First Nations publication […]

Bats are falling from the sky. There’s an inexplicable knocking on the front door at 2am. The Australian election took place in a parallel universe where climate change doesn’t seem to exist. A man you’ve never met before says he sees you in his dreams. If the apocalypse isn’t here yet (debatable), the writing in […]

After the launch of its first issue last month, Writers SA’s literary journal Splinter is excited to invite submissions for issue two. Splinter is enthusiastic about publishing diverse and intersectional voices and welcomes submissions from writers of all experience levels based anywhere in the world. Because supporting the local writing community is one of our […]

Filled with writing from across the globe and conceived, edited, and designed in South Australia, the bumper first edition of our literary journal launches today.

Writers SA is thrilled to announce that its new literary journal, Splinter, has opened submissions for its inaugural issue. Splinter will be a print journal showcasing local voices in their rightful place alongside national and international writers, with at least 25 per cent of its published content authored by SA writers. Published biannually by Writers […]

By Riana Kinlough Have you finished a short story or poem and are ready to send it out into the world? The process of submitting to a magazine or journal can seem long and mystifying. So here are some quick tips to get you started. After you finish writing, editing and polishing, the very first […]

By Jennifer Mills There is a good crop of literary journals in Australia at the moment, from stalwarts like Meanjin, the Griffith Review and Overland to newer projects like The Lifted Brow, Stilts, and the Review of Australian Fiction, and many in between. Some, like Voiceworks, have a particular brief (to publish young writers). These […]