Overland literary journal

GUIDELINES

Overland accepts unsolicited manuscripts from Australian and overseas writers, although we are only able to pay those from Australia.

We ask all authors to complete and mail a downloadable submission form (PDF) .

Those wishing to submit material are strongly urged to peruse a recent copy of Overland.

Unsolicited manuscripts should be sent in hard copy, and will be returned or replied to only if stamped self-addressed envelopes are provided. All care is taken, but no responsibility can be accepted for lost manuscripts.

We do not impose formal word limits and occasionally publish very long essays and stories, but potential contributors should be aware that space limitations make longer pieces harder to accept.

Overland will not – unless in special circumstances – accept submissions that have been previously published elswhere, including on the internet.

Overland endeavours to reply to submissions as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the quantity received means that the process can take some months and we ask contributors to remain patient.

NON-FICTION:
Overland favours hard-hitting articles with a strong cultural or political analysis. We particularly encourage submissions from female writers, activists and academics. Scholarly articles are refereed, and must be submitted in triplicate hard copy.

FICTION:
Poetry, fiction and memoir are also accepted.
We prefer writers who show some consciousness of their era and the issues it presents. We do not, however, interpret this narrowly, and we encourage experiments with both form and content. We are, for instance, as open to humour and fantasy as traditional realism.

EMAILED SUBMISSIONS will NOT be accepted.

COPYRIGHT:
The Copyright Agency Ltd is authorised to collect charges for photo and electronic copying of published material. Overland distributes money received for copying in the proportion of 80% to authors and 20% to the publisher. Copyright remains the property of the authors.

Address feature and fiction submissions to
Jeff Sparrow, editor
OVERLAND
VU-Footscray Park Campus
PO Box 14428
MELBOURNE VIC 8001 Australia

email: overland@vu.edu.au

Poetry submissions should be addressed to
Keri Glastonbury, poetry editor
OVERLAND
VU-Footscray Park Campus
PO Box 14428
MELBOURNE VIC 8001 Australia

Books for review should be addressed to
Jacinda Woodhead, reviews editor
OVERLAND
VU-Footscray Park Campus
PO Box 14428
MELBOURNE VIC 8001 Australia