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Archer Magazine is an independent journal founded to explore Australia’s current attitudes to sexual diversity. Acting as a relic of its time, Archer encapsulates a moment in Australia’s history through text and images, offering reflections on diversity, sexuality and equality. Archer’s manifesto is to present engaging, inclusive viewpoints from the myriad genders, sexualities and identities of Australia.

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The Big Issue magazine is a fortnightly, independent magazine sold on the streets by people experiencing homelessness, marginalisation and disadvantage. The Big Issue is timely and topical, and loved by readers for its distinctive brand of irreverence. The magazine has something for everyone: vendors’ stories, celebrity profiles, culture, commentary and in-depth social justice investigations all feature in its pages.

Phone
(03) 9663 4522
Address
GPO Box 4911, MELBOURNE VIC 3001
Publisher
Big Issue Australia Ltd
Frequency
Fortnightly
Tips & General Information
Publishes unsolicited articles, but writers should email an outline first. Looking for intelligent writers with a sense of humour who are able to produce engaging copy regardless of subject matter.

Imagine 2200 draws inspiration from Afrofuturism, as well as Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, disabled, feminist, and queer futures, and the genres of hopepunk and solarpunk. They are seeking short stories that centre on climate solutions from the most impacted communities and bring into focus what a just, regenerative future could look like.

Submission Information
Submissions must be short, fictional stories, between 3,000–5,000 words.
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Junkee is Australia’s most original pop culture title, covering film, TV, politics, web stuff, and everything in between. The content we create each day is designed to go beyond the headline, to inform, intrigue and provoke.

Phone
(02) 92824000
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Mascara is a bi-annual literary journal particularly interested in the work of contemporary migrant, Asian Australian and Indigenous writers. Specialises in platforms for subaltern writing and human rights, focusing on cultural cohesion and participation, creatively, materially and discursively.

Frequency
Every year
Submission Information
Submissions to Mascara Literary Review are by e-mail. Our editors work on a voluntary basis. We only consider previously unpublished work, ie first serial rights, electronic and print.
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National magazine of politics, society and the arts. Topics of interest: arts, society, politics.

Phone
(03) 94860288
Address
Level 1, 221 Drummond Street, CARLTON VIC 3053
Publisher
Schwartz Media
Frequency
Monthly
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Overland is a quarterly print journal (publishing essays, stories and poetry), and an online magazine publishing cultural commentary each week day, as well as occasional special online editions of fiction and poetry.

Publisher
O L Society
Frequency
Quarterly
Tips & General Information
Overland accepts unsolicited writing for both the print and online journals, and is committed to paying all its writers.
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Right Now is an independent, volunteer-run, not-for-profit media organisation focused on human rights issues in Australia.