Island nonfiction 175 & 176
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We are currently seeking nonfiction submissions for Island 175 and 176.
ELIGIBILITY
Island will only consider submissions from residents of Australia, New Zealand and Australians living abroad.
There is no fee to submit, and you do not need to be a subscriber. However, if your work is selected and you are not already a subscriber, your total payment will be less the cost of a 4-issue print subscription. For background information on this policy see here.
TIMELINES
Submissions are open.
Closing 5pm AEST on Monday 30 June 2025.
Island 175 is scheduled to be published in September 2025. Island 176 is scheduled to be published in December 2025
GUIDELINES
We want to read about what fascinates, excites or enrages you. Your entry doesn’t have to be zeitgeisty – there are so many ways to be curious and about so many things. We encourage you to investigate, experiment, wax lyrical and manifest. Introduce us to new ideas, new worlds and new forms of expression.
We are not strict about word limits, and prefer to consider all works on their merits. However, while we do not have a formal cutoff, we are less likely to publish works longer than 4000 words.
We do not accept work previously published in print or online, including on blogs.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere.
Submissions are via Submittable only. Your work must be attached as a text document (acceptable file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf). Please format using a minimum of 1.5 line spacing to make reading easier for our editors.
Please only submit one piece - your best!
CONTRIBUTOR FEES
Island currently pays 40 cents per word for print nonfiction, with a minimum of $600 and a maximum of $1500
Fees for print are less the cost of a 4-issue print subscription if you are not a current subscriber. For background information on this policy see here.
In addition to core funding from Arts Tasmania, fees have been 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.
PROCESS
You will receive an automated acknowledgement of receipt of your submission.
All submissions will be read by at least one member of the editorial team. The final decision will rest with the Nonfiction Editor, Keely Jobe and the Editorial Manager, Jane Rawson.
Once decisions are made, you will be contacted (either via Submittable or direct email) regarding the outcome. We endeavour to provide a response to all submissions within three months of submissions closing. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to provide individualised feedback on submissions that are not selected.
The expectation is that the selected works will require little editing. However, any editing involved will be undertaken by Island’s Editorial Team, in discussion with the author. The author will have final approval of the work.
A licensing agreement with be sent to the author prior to publication (see t&c below for further details) .
TERMS & CONDITIONS
A licencing 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:
Contributors must warrant to the Publisher that their work is an original work, that their work does not infringe any copyright and that they are the sole owner of the copyright in the work. They must also warrant that the work contains nothing obscene, indecent or libellous.
Copyright remains with the author; but Island requires an exclusive licence for three months from publication. Following the exclusivity period, authors must continue to license the work to Island on a non-exclusive basis. Any further reproduction should publicly acknowledge Island as the original publisher.
A draft of the full licencing agreement is available on request from admin@islandmag.com
Thank you for your interest in publishing with Island!