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ABOUT OVERLAND MAGAZINE
Founded in 1954 by Stephen Murray-Smith, Overland publishes features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion quarterly. It has a tradition of printing dissenting articles with a political and cultural focus, and it seeks to engage with important literary, cultural and political issues in contemporary Australia.
Contributors over the years include Peter Carey, Patrick White, Garry Disher, Elizabeth Jolley, Stuart Macintyre, Germaine Greer, Dorothy Hewett, Bob Ellis, Mark Davis, Sam Watson, David Williamson, Thomas Shapcott, Judith Wright, Rodney Hall, Gwen Harwood, Thea Astley, Alan Marshall, Xavier Herbert, Amanda Lohrey, Eric Beach, Bruce Dawe, Frank Moorhouse, Manning Clark, Humphrey McQueen, Christina Stead. Geoffrey Dutton, Max Harris, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Nancy Cato, Frank Hardy, Lily Brett, Peter Porter, James McAuley, Geoffrey Serle, Graham Pitts, Desmond O’Grady, Robert Adamson, Ian Turner, Jack Hibberd, Dean Kiley, Christos Tsiolkas, Alex Buzo, Martin Flanagan, Marcia Langton, Fiona Capp, Margaret Simons, Linda Jaivin, Nam Le and many others.
Overland also gives a voice to the experiences excluded from the mainstream media and publishing outlets. Overland documents lesser-known stories and histories, dissect media hysteria and dishonesty, debunks the populist hype of politicians, points public debate in alternative directions and gives a voice to those whose stories are otherwise marginalised, misrepresented or ignored.
OVERLAND AT THE 2008 MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL
Sunday 31 August
4 pm – 5 pm
ACMI Festival Club, Federation Square
Can poetry save the world?
‘Poetry makes nothing happen.’ But what did Auden know? Join Overland poetry editor Keri Glastonbury at a lively debate, featuring publisher Ian Syson, Tom Clark from Victoria University and poets Tracie Morris and Michael Farrell.
Free entry
Followed by drinks and launch of Overland 192 in the ACMI Lounge
Overland is available in bookstores or by subscription.
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Overland 192 (spring 2008) features Bruce Pascoe, Mischa Merz, Hugo Race, Cate Kennedy, Andrew McCann, Paddy O’Reilly, Steven Amsterdam, Amanda Lohrey and Dorothy Porter, plus Peter Craven and Ken Gelder debating criticism and fiction in Australia.
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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
POETRY PRIZE FOR NEW AND EMERGING POETS
In 2007, Overland and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation joined forces to create the Overland Magazine Judith Wright Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. We are pleased to announce that in 2008 the prize money has been increased to $3000, with two minor prizes of $500.
See our poetry prize page for submission guidelines and entry form.The 2007 results are available here.
SUBMISSIONS
Overland is currently accepting unsolicited short stories, memoirs, essays and poems. We are also looking for an unpublished, full-length novel manuscript. For details about it, see here.
We ask that all authors include a submission form with their work. Please read the guidelines carefully. |
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