Westerly Magazine

Westerly Magazine publishes creative writing and scholarship from throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region. They publish short stories, poetry, memoir and creative nonfiction, essays and literary criticism. Word count for fiction and creative non-fiction is 3500 words maximum, 5000 words for scholarly articles, and for reviews, it’s 800 words. According to their submissions guidelines, they pay AU$ 250 for one poem or AU$ 300 for a poetic sequence, AU$ 300 for prose (including scholarly work) and visual art/photo essays/comics, and AU$ 180 for online publication (including reviews).

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Wednesday, August 4th 2021

Westerly is open for submissions

­­­­­This literary magazine “has always sought to provide a Western Australian-based voice, although its contributors and subject matter have never been geographically exclusive.  It covers literature and culture throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region.” They publish short stories, poetry, memoir and creative nonfiction, essays and literary criticism. Non-subscribers will be asked to take magazine subscription as part payment for their work. Scholarly articles are accepted year-round.
Length: Up to 3,500 words for fiction and creative nonfiction; up to five poems; up to 5,000 words for essays; 500-700 words for reviews
Pay: AUD200 for short stories and articles, AUD120-150 for poetry, AUD120 for visual art/intro essay and online pieces, AUD100 for reviews
Details here.

 

Deadline: 20 August 2021