Meanjin is where Australia’s literary culture sets out its fiercest ambitions.
We publish quarterly in print and continuously online.
Our readers want your finest work.
When submissions are open, we welcome pieces written in any language, and we strongly encourage pitches or pieces from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and racially marginalised people, and people with disability.
Please note that Meanjin only considers work by Australian writers and artists. (We don’t define ‘Australian’ formally as citizenship.)
Owing to the large volume of superb submissions and pitches we receive, Meanjin avoids publishing more than one piece of work by the same writer within a twelve-month period.
Please do not send work in hard copy nor by post.
All work and translation published online or in print is paid on publication.
Meanjin publishes:
State of the Nation
Short pieces offering a perspective on where Australia’s at right now, taking any approach in terms of theme, scientific discipline or tone (750-1500w)
Essays
Rigorous perspectives on a matter of public interest, in text or graphic form (2500-5000w)
Fiction
Short stories, with or without illustrations (2000-4000w)
Memoir
Critical insights that reflect on a lifetime, or a moment in time, in text or graphic form (2000-4000w)
Books
Reviews, criticism and critique that withstand the test of time (1500-3000w)
Please note that we don’t publish extracts—neither in print, nor online.
Experiments
What are experiments? You tell us… We’re looking for pieces in any form (or non-form!) including mindmaps and diagrams, but we know you love constrains: if it’s in graphic or typographic form, please submit work that can be presented on one single page or one double-page spread (1p or 2pp)
Graphic work
Work aligning with any of these categories in visual form, such as graphic essays.
Poetry
Always poetry. It’s how Meanjin began. (No more than 3 poems per submission, please.)
Poetry submissioins are open until EOD Tuesday 10 October 2023. Click here to submit.
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