Island print and online poetry - Feb 25
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WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for new poems in any form.
ELIGIBILITY
Submissions will be considered from Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents only.
You do not need to be a subscriber to submit. However, we believe that writers ought to be readers of the literary magazines in which their work is published, so for this reason, if your work is published in Island and you are not already a subscriber, your total payment will be less the cost of a 4-issue subscription. For a small not-for-profit literary magazine, this is a necessary step in a long-term strategy. For background information on our fee policy, see here.
TIMELINES & GUIDELINES
Submissions close at 5pm AEST on Monday 31 March.
You may submit a maximum of five poems in text, video or audio formats.
You can submit a combination of the three formats, but please submit all poems in one submission.
If you are submitting more than one poem in text, please submit as one single document. If you are submitting some or all of your poems in video or audio, please submit as separate files.
Submissions are via Submittable only
Acceptable file types for text: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf.
Acceptable files types for audio: flac, m4a, mp3, ogg, wma.
Acceptable files types for video: avi, flv, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpg, wmv.
We do not accept work previously published in print or online, including on blogs
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please withdraw your poem if it is accepted elsewhere.
PROCESS
You will receive an automated acknowledgement of receipt of your submission. After that, you will generally not hear from the editorial team until after submissions have closed.
After the closing date, we endeavour to provide a response to all submissions asap.
Once decisions are made, you will be contacted (either via Submittable or direct email) regarding the outcome. We are unable to provide individual feedback for submissions not selected.
The expectation is that the selected works will require little editing. However, any editing involved will be undertaken by Island’s Poetry Editor, Kate Middleton, in discussion with the author. The author will have final approval of the work.
CONTRIBUTOR FEES
Island pays $175 per poem*
*Fees are less the cost of a print 4-issue subscription if you are not a current subscriber. For background information on this policy see here.
In addition to core funding from Arts Tasmania, contributor fees are supplemented by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
We continually strive to increase author payment rates through grants and fundraising.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
A licensing agreement outlining the contributor fee and full terms and conditions will be sent to the author prior to publication; however, please be aware of the following:
Copyright remains with the authors, but writers must give Island exclusive publication rights for the work for three months from publication. Any further reproduction must publicly acknowledge Island as the original publisher.
Writers must guarantee that their work is original, does not plagiarise or infringe the copyright of any other party, and does not breach any other law or ethical principle of publication (e.g. defamation, libel, obscenity).
A draft of the full agreement is available on request from admin@islandmag.com.
Thank you for your interest in publishing with Island!