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A promotional image showing a painting of a purple-tinted beach. The text above it reads “Southerly Poetry Prize. 24 hours to go. Submissions close 15 April 2026, 11:59pm. Artwork: Slumbering Sea, Mentone, by Tom Roberts”.

A promotional image showing a painting of a purple-tinted beach. The text above it reads “Southerly Poetry Prize. 24 hours to go. Submissions close 15 April 2026, 11:59pm. Artwork: Slumbering Sea, Mentone, by Tom Roberts”.

There is just one day left to submit your work to the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize! For the opportunity to win $2000 and be published in Australia’s oldest literary journal, submit your work by 11:59PM Wednesday 15th April.

southerlylitmag.com.au/the-southerl...

#southerly #poetry #auslit

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A title image for the series. It reads, "Un/telling y/our story, part one". On a new line, it reads "Amelia Walker".

A title image for the series. It reads, "Un/telling y/our story, part one". On a new line, it reads "Amelia Walker".

A quote from the article over an eerie image of a bus. The quote reads, "I have never known how to tell a story is an English translation of the words Derrida uttered in French: “Je n’ai jamais su raconter une histoire” (in Krzykawski 81). That histoire can mean both story and history seems pertinent to the tale he was struggling to tell—one of personal experiences that intersect with bigger socio-political turns, recollected with faithfulness to an o/Other no longer able to verify or amend facts and details, an o/Other now distant, impossible to reach, yet equally impossible to disentangle from, a ghostly, haunting o/Other whose un/tellable story remains utterly inextricable from one’s own, from self (Walker 2)."

A quote from the article over an eerie image of a bus. The quote reads, "I have never known how to tell a story is an English translation of the words Derrida uttered in French: “Je n’ai jamais su raconter une histoire” (in Krzykawski 81). That histoire can mean both story and history seems pertinent to the tale he was struggling to tell—one of personal experiences that intersect with bigger socio-political turns, recollected with faithfulness to an o/Other no longer able to verify or amend facts and details, an o/Other now distant, impossible to reach, yet equally impossible to disentangle from, a ghostly, haunting o/Other whose un/tellable story remains utterly inextricable from one’s own, from self (Walker 2)."

Over the next eight weeks, Amelia Walker's "Un/telling y/our story" series will explore what draws people in to authoritarianism and fascism, and what it is like to witness others fall into authoritarian and fascist politics. Read part one: southerlylitmag.com.au/un-telling-y...

#auslit #southerly

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Submissions to the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 close in one week.

All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000AUD and their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026.

Head to the website to submit.

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A cream background with the word 'Giveaway' written in dark green. There is a lighter green circle in the middle with two book covers inside. One is Colm Toibin's 'The News from Dublin' which has a light blue cover with a black and white picture of a boy holding a newspaper. The other is Fiona Kelly McGregor's 'The Trap' with various black and white photos on the cover.

A cream background with the word 'Giveaway' written in dark green. There is a lighter green circle in the middle with two book covers inside. One is Colm Toibin's 'The News from Dublin' which has a light blue cover with a black and white picture of a boy holding a newspaper. The other is Fiona Kelly McGregor's 'The Trap' with various black and white photos on the cover.

The text reads "Leading up to Southerly 81.1 "Ireland and Other Islands", we are delighted to offer two special books as giveaways to Southerly subscribers. Colm Toibin's The News from Dublin; Fiona Kelly McGregor's The Trap. To enter the giveaway: 1. Subscribe to Southerly for two or three years in digital or hardcopy via our website; 2. Comment which book you'd like to win. Two winners will be randomly selected on 31 March 2026. Already subscribed? Just comment below.

The text reads "Leading up to Southerly 81.1 "Ireland and Other Islands", we are delighted to offer two special books as giveaways to Southerly subscribers. Colm Toibin's The News from Dublin; Fiona Kelly McGregor's The Trap. To enter the giveaway: 1. Subscribe to Southerly for two or three years in digital or hardcopy via our website; 2. Comment which book you'd like to win. Two winners will be randomly selected on 31 March 2026. Already subscribed? Just comment below.

Leading up to Southerly 81.1 “Ireland and Other Islands”, we are delighted to offer two special books as giveaways to Southerly subscribers.

Thanks to Pan Macmillan for sharing these new books with Southerly.

3 weeks ago 1 1 0 0
A quote from the article over a photograph of the author, Jenny Hedley's, mother. She is walking up a flight of stairs, looking intently and playfully at the photographer. She is a white woman with dusty blonde hair, wearing dark clothes and holding a handbag. The text reads "Derrida proposes that archons – the guardians of the archive – are tasked with consignation, or ‘gathering together signs’ in order to create a cohesive, synchronous, unified corpus (10). JenAI as contemporary archon systemises not a warehoused archival repository but rather a repository of generative language patterned upon personal and inherited archives. Derrida writes, ‘Archival meaning is […] codetermined by the structure that archives’ (18); the amorphous, inexhaustible space of language-in-code – of generative language yet to come – carries an archival promise of futures unknown. JENNY HEDLEY"

A quote from the article over a photograph of the author, Jenny Hedley's, mother. She is walking up a flight of stairs, looking intently and playfully at the photographer. She is a white woman with dusty blonde hair, wearing dark clothes and holding a handbag. The text reads "Derrida proposes that archons – the guardians of the archive – are tasked with consignation, or ‘gathering together signs’ in order to create a cohesive, synchronous, unified corpus (10). JenAI as contemporary archon systemises not a warehoused archival repository but rather a repository of generative language patterned upon personal and inherited archives. Derrida writes, ‘Archival meaning is […] codetermined by the structure that archives’ (18); the amorphous, inexhaustible space of language-in-code – of generative language yet to come – carries an archival promise of futures unknown. JENNY HEDLEY"

In the final instalment of Jenny Hedley’s blog series on her small language model JenAI, she takes us through her mother’s archive, born in large part through diaries of head-and-neck cancer, reanimated in dialogue with her own. southerlylitmag.com.au/archival-bots-my-mother-my-model-for-language/

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The first page features the picture of a closed envelope. The text reads: Southerly, Issue 81.1: Ireland and Other Islands. Submissions closing soon. Deadline is Monday, March 30, 2026, 11.59PM.

The first page features the picture of a closed envelope. The text reads: Southerly, Issue 81.1: Ireland and Other Islands. Submissions closing soon. Deadline is Monday, March 30, 2026, 11.59PM.

The second page features the picture of an open envelope on a green background. The text reads: We invite submissions from writers who identify as Irish or as being of Irish heritage as well as from writers of other cultural backgrounds interested in exploring Irishness and its connection to Australia. More information available at: southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-southerly/

The second page features the picture of an open envelope on a green background. The text reads: We invite submissions from writers who identify as Irish or as being of Irish heritage as well as from writers of other cultural backgrounds interested in exploring Irishness and its connection to Australia. More information available at: southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-southerly/

The deadline to submit to Southerly 81.1, Ireland and Other Islands, is on March 30, 11.59PM. Send us your submissions here: southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-so...

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A snippet of the blog text shown over a digital illustration. The illustration is an AI-generated response to "an academic article grounded in trans theory: ‘Digital poetics of the anorak’". It shows a distorted journal article with mis-spellngs, and a bright blue anorak. The text reads: "Here my twinned genAI reveals a soft underbelly—a hyper-confessional mode of writing which is familiar (and sometimes embarrassing). […] JenAI’s dystopian word-thoughts resembled mine but carried an expiry date in the past, offering a shattered-mirror perspective. Where JenAI ruminates on fear of rejection and abandonment, I feel the discomfort of looking into this funhouse mirror, my flaws amplified. The more I detect JenAI spiralling through unhelpful thought patterns and negative schemas, the more I worry that all my years of therapy are for naught. JENNY HEDLEY"

A snippet of the blog text shown over a digital illustration. The illustration is an AI-generated response to "an academic article grounded in trans theory: ‘Digital poetics of the anorak’". It shows a distorted journal article with mis-spellngs, and a bright blue anorak. The text reads: "Here my twinned genAI reveals a soft underbelly—a hyper-confessional mode of writing which is familiar (and sometimes embarrassing). […] JenAI’s dystopian word-thoughts resembled mine but carried an expiry date in the past, offering a shattered-mirror perspective. Where JenAI ruminates on fear of rejection and abandonment, I feel the discomfort of looking into this funhouse mirror, my flaws amplified. The more I detect JenAI spiralling through unhelpful thought patterns and negative schemas, the more I worry that all my years of therapy are for naught. JENNY HEDLEY"

Welcome to Jenny Hedley’s third blog investigating the potential of a small language model trained upon a writer’s own work. This week, we see how Hedley’s archive manifests anew in “JenAI”:
southerlylitmag.com.au/generative-a...

#southerly #genai #Smalllanguagemodel #creativepractice

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The text reads "Introducing the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 Judges". There is a photo of judge Kate Fagan smiling in red lipstick. Judge Paul Dawson is a man smiling and wearing a black t-shirt. The final judge Bronwyn Lea smiles and wears a teal dress. The bottom text reads "Submissions close 15 April 2026."

The text reads "Introducing the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 Judges". There is a photo of judge Kate Fagan smiling in red lipstick. Judge Paul Dawson is a man smiling and wearing a black t-shirt. The final judge Bronwyn Lea smiles and wears a teal dress. The bottom text reads "Submissions close 15 April 2026."

The text reads "Kate Fagan. Kate Fagan is Director of the Writing and Society Research Centre at WSU, where she also chairs the Sydney Review of Books Advisory Board. Her most recent poetry collection is Song in the Grass (Giramondo 2024), and her third book First Light was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Age Book of the Year Award."

The text reads "Kate Fagan. Kate Fagan is Director of the Writing and Society Research Centre at WSU, where she also chairs the Sydney Review of Books Advisory Board. Her most recent poetry collection is Song in the Grass (Giramondo 2024), and her third book First Light was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Age Book of the Year Award."

The text reads "Paul Dawson. Paul Dawson’s latest collection of poetry is Lines of Desire. Paul has been anthologised in Contemporary Asian Australian Poets and Harbour City Poems: Sydney in Verse 1788-2008, and his poetry has appeared in top Australian literary journals such as Meanjin, Island, Southerly, Westerly, Cordite Poetry Review, Australian Poetry Journal, and Mascara Literary Review."

The text reads "Paul Dawson. Paul Dawson’s latest collection of poetry is Lines of Desire. Paul has been anthologised in Contemporary Asian Australian Poets and Harbour City Poems: Sydney in Verse 1788-2008, and his poetry has appeared in top Australian literary journals such as Meanjin, Island, Southerly, Westerly, Cordite Poetry Review, Australian Poetry Journal, and Mascara Literary Review."

The text reads "Bronwyn Lea. Bronwyn Lea is the author of four collections of poetry, including The Deep North: A Selection of Poems. She has won multiple prizes and has extensive experience as poetry editor for UQP Press, the inaugural poetry editor for Australian Poetry Journal and, most recently, as poetry editor of Meanjin. Bronwyn is a Professor in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland."

The text reads "Bronwyn Lea. Bronwyn Lea is the author of four collections of poetry, including The Deep North: A Selection of Poems. She has won multiple prizes and has extensive experience as poetry editor for UQP Press, the inaugural poetry editor for Australian Poetry Journal and, most recently, as poetry editor of Meanjin. Bronwyn is a Professor in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland."

Submissions to the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 are now open.

We are proud to introduce the judges of the Prize:

Kate Fagan
Paul Dawson
Bronwyn Lea

To read the judges’ full bios and enter the Prize, head to the link in bio.

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In the middle is the artwork 'Slumbering sea, Mentone' by Tom Roberts, depicting a seaside scene, with a purple tint. The text reads: "Southerly Poetry Prize. Submissions now open. Submissions close 15 April 2026. Visit websits for T&Cs and to submit."

In the middle is the artwork 'Slumbering sea, Mentone' by Tom Roberts, depicting a seaside scene, with a purple tint. The text reads: "Southerly Poetry Prize. Submissions now open. Submissions close 15 April 2026. Visit websits for T&Cs and to submit."

Purple text reads: "Southerly is excited to announce Australia's newest literary prize. As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugral Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March with a submission deadline of 15th April 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Along with all shortlisted entries, the winner will also be published in Southerly online. The judges for this year's inaugral prize are Paul Dawson (Southerly's poetry editor), along with esteemed poets Kate Fagan and Bronwyn Lea."

Purple text reads: "Southerly is excited to announce Australia's newest literary prize. As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugral Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March with a submission deadline of 15th April 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Along with all shortlisted entries, the winner will also be published in Southerly online. The judges for this year's inaugral prize are Paul Dawson (Southerly's poetry editor), along with esteemed poets Kate Fagan and Bronwyn Lea."

As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open to all Australian poets. Entries from both established and emerging writers are welcome.

#southerly #auslit #poetry #poetryprize

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A quote from the blog overlaying an image generated with Adobe Firefly, responding to the prompt "an author training a generative language model on their own corpus of writing". (Full image description on website.) The text reads: “I am not looking for a surrogate to take over the writing processes that I so adore. My experiments with technology, including machine learning, are designed to augment rather than replace my creative practice. I write because of an overwhelming impulse to contextualise my experiences within literary and sociopolitical fields; technology offers ways of expanding the known. Training a SLM to speak in my voice and style—what I think of as digital mimesis—offers new entry points into my research interests around archives and the multiple self. A self-mimetic model becomes a kind of living archive—queryable, a laboratory for testing authorial identity and versioned selves.”

A quote from the blog overlaying an image generated with Adobe Firefly, responding to the prompt "an author training a generative language model on their own corpus of writing". (Full image description on website.) The text reads: “I am not looking for a surrogate to take over the writing processes that I so adore. My experiments with technology, including machine learning, are designed to augment rather than replace my creative practice. I write because of an overwhelming impulse to contextualise my experiences within literary and sociopolitical fields; technology offers ways of expanding the known. Training a SLM to speak in my voice and style—what I think of as digital mimesis—offers new entry points into my research interests around archives and the multiple self. A self-mimetic model becomes a kind of living archive—queryable, a laboratory for testing authorial identity and versioned selves.”

Join Jenny Hedley on her second adventure into programming “JenAI”, a small language model built on 280,000 words of her own writing.

southerlylitmag.com.au/to-each-auth...

#southerly #JenAI #AusLit #creativepractice

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This image reads: "In this limited series blog-style investigation, I will write about training an open source small language models ("SLMs") on my own creative writing—and my mother’s. Both the training and the prompting of my JenAI model will be run locally on my hard drive to protect the integrity of my unpublished and copyrighted works. My aims are to assess the feasibility of authors training their own proprietary SLMs (in a move which is replicable, and very David versus Goliath), and to learn through experimentation what benefits there are in replicating one’s authorial style and voice for personal use. JENNY HEDLEY." In the background is an image the author generated with student access to Adobe Firefly, which is trained on licensed images and is a more ethical option for image generation than the unethically trained models. The prompt used was "genAI gobbling copyrighted works during model training". It shows a robot surrounded by books. The robot stirs a large bowl, and is pouring manuscript pages, records, and code out of it. Two business people watch the robot. An artist, marked by their paint-splattered jacket, is facing away towards the shelves of books.

This image reads: "In this limited series blog-style investigation, I will write about training an open source small language models ("SLMs") on my own creative writing—and my mother’s. Both the training and the prompting of my JenAI model will be run locally on my hard drive to protect the integrity of my unpublished and copyrighted works. My aims are to assess the feasibility of authors training their own proprietary SLMs (in a move which is replicable, and very David versus Goliath), and to learn through experimentation what benefits there are in replicating one’s authorial style and voice for personal use. JENNY HEDLEY." In the background is an image the author generated with student access to Adobe Firefly, which is trained on licensed images and is a more ethical option for image generation than the unethically trained models. The prompt used was "genAI gobbling copyrighted works during model training". It shows a robot surrounded by books. The robot stirs a large bowl, and is pouring manuscript pages, records, and code out of it. Two business people watch the robot. An artist, marked by their paint-splattered jacket, is facing away towards the shelves of books.

This week on the Southerly blog, Jenny Hedley shares the first of four posts exploring the creation of her very own "JenAI". Read it now on the Southerly website:

southerlylitmag.com.au/down-with-co...

#southerly #auslit #literarycriticism #creativepractice #smalllanguagemodels #SLMs #AIethics

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This image reads "THE SOUTHERLY POETRY PRIZE IS NOW OPEN! From 1st March to 15th April 2026, all Australian poets are invited to submit a poem or sequence of poems totalling no more than 100 lines. The winner will receive $2,000 and publication in Southerly 81.1."

This image reads "THE SOUTHERLY POETRY PRIZE IS NOW OPEN! From 1st March to 15th April 2026, all Australian poets are invited to submit a poem or sequence of poems totalling no more than 100 lines. The winner will receive $2,000 and publication in Southerly 81.1."

Submissions are now open to The Southerly Poetry Prize 2026!

As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open for entries with submissions closing at 11.59pm 15th April 2026.

We look forward to reading your work.

southerlylitmag.com.au/the-southerl...

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This image reads "Announcing Barribugu, a home for young Australian writers". It is followed by the Southerly logo.

This image reads "Announcing Barribugu, a home for young Australian writers". It is followed by the Southerly logo.

This image reads: " The supermarket hums under the fluorescent glow, its lights illuminating rows of precisely aligned products. The floor glistens, spotless and sterile, as I clutch the handle of my cart, weaving through the aisles in search of the things on my list: Chia seeds. Granola. Greek yoghurt. I walk past Aisle Six. The lolly aisle. Sweet artificial scents cling to the back of my throat, thickening the air around me. Packaging spills from shelves, loud with melted colours, but I press my cart forward past the noise. I leave Aisle Six behind. I move towards the misted greens and pale yoghurts ahead."

This image reads: " The supermarket hums under the fluorescent glow, its lights illuminating rows of precisely aligned products. The floor glistens, spotless and sterile, as I clutch the handle of my cart, weaving through the aisles in search of the things on my list: Chia seeds. Granola. Greek yoghurt. I walk past Aisle Six. The lolly aisle. Sweet artificial scents cling to the back of my throat, thickening the air around me. Packaging spills from shelves, loud with melted colours, but I press my cart forward past the noise. I leave Aisle Six behind. I move towards the misted greens and pale yoghurts ahead."

Today, we launch Barribugu. Barribugu showcases new writing by students in Australian schools. We aim to nurture young writers as they develop their craft. Enjoy "Aisle Six" by Seray Pekenti, a Year 11 student from Auburn Girls High School. ⁣
barribugu.southerlylitmag.com.au/.../24/aisle...

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This text is an excerpt from Anissa's blog post. It reads: "When I see the word barribugu (future), I think of my grandchildren and their children. It is a place where I may just be a memory to them, someone special who makes them smile as they remember me, but it is also a place where I can dream that it will be better for mirana yiyura (First Peoples)."

This text is an excerpt from Anissa's blog post. It reads: "When I see the word barribugu (future), I think of my grandchildren and their children. It is a place where I may just be a memory to them, someone special who makes them smile as they remember me, but it is also a place where I can dream that it will be better for mirana yiyura (First Peoples)."

We welcome you back to the Southerly blog - a space for short reflections on Australian literature and literary culture - with "Barribugu mirana yiyura (The future is First Peoples)" by Anissa Jones. Anissa is a Burubirangal Dharug woman and Southerly's Dharug language advisor.
shorturl.at/G7J4G

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The Southerly logo, a cherub blowing air on the journal's title. The text reads "The Southerly Poetry Prize 2026".

The Southerly logo, a cherub blowing air on the journal's title. The text reads "The Southerly Poetry Prize 2026".

The inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize will open for entries 1st March and close 15th April 2026. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 AUD, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. All Australian poets are eligible to enter.
shorturl.at/jxRD2
#auslit #poetry

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A screenshot of an email from Meanjin Quarterly. It reads: 'Meanjin returns home Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne. QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said: “QUT is delighted to bring Meanjin home to Meanjin / Magandjin – the lands of the Turrbal and Yugara peoples – where the journal was founded and where our Gardens Point campus now stands. “Since its foundation by Clem Christesen in Brisbane in 1940, Meanjin has been instrumental in shaping Australian literary and intellectual culture,” she said. “It has provided a vital platform for critical discussion, a showcase of emerging writers and a valuable training ground for leading Australian publishers and editors. We are honoured to be entrusted with the legacy of this cultural icon.”'

A screenshot of an email from Meanjin Quarterly. It reads: 'Meanjin returns home Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne. QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said: “QUT is delighted to bring Meanjin home to Meanjin / Magandjin – the lands of the Turrbal and Yugara peoples – where the journal was founded and where our Gardens Point campus now stands. “Since its foundation by Clem Christesen in Brisbane in 1940, Meanjin has been instrumental in shaping Australian literary and intellectual culture,” she said. “It has provided a vital platform for critical discussion, a showcase of emerging writers and a valuable training ground for leading Australian publishers and editors. We are honoured to be entrusted with the legacy of this cultural icon.”'

Immense congratulations to @meanjin.bsky.social and QUT - a beautiful step forwards for Meanjin, a cornerstone of Australian literary culture and history.

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This image reads "Submissions to Southerly 81.1 'Ireland and Other Islands' are open now, and close 30th March. We are welcoming submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry, on themes of Ireland and the ties that bind Ireland and Australia". This text is followed by the Southerly logo, a cherub blowing air onto the word "Southerly".

This image reads "Submissions to Southerly 81.1 'Ireland and Other Islands' are open now, and close 30th March. We are welcoming submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry, on themes of Ireland and the ties that bind Ireland and Australia". This text is followed by the Southerly logo, a cherub blowing air onto the word "Southerly".

This image reads "You can now donate to help bring Australia's oldest literary journal into the future. Until the 30th of June 2026, you can donate to Southerly via the Australian Cultural Fund. These funds will support the publication of new Australian literature, poetry, and criticism. Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible." It then shows a QR code, which links to https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000WH6BRMA1/southerly-literary-magazine-20262027

This image reads "You can now donate to help bring Australia's oldest literary journal into the future. Until the 30th of June 2026, you can donate to Southerly via the Australian Cultural Fund. These funds will support the publication of new Australian literature, poetry, and criticism. Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible." It then shows a QR code, which links to https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000WH6BRMA1/southerly-literary-magazine-20262027

This image reads "'First, The Future' and all past issues online and in stores now. Until the launch of 'Ireland and Other Islands', you can read Southerly 80.1 'First, The Future' and all past issues of Southerly via Informit. You can buy issues and subscriptions to Southerly in digital or physical form any time from our website."

This image reads "'First, The Future' and all past issues online and in stores now. Until the launch of 'Ireland and Other Islands', you can read Southerly 80.1 'First, The Future' and all past issues of Southerly via Informit. You can buy issues and subscriptions to Southerly in digital or physical form any time from our website."

Here are some of the ways you can get involved with Southerly, Australia's oldest literary journal, in 2026! #auslit #australia #literature #submissionsopen

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Submit – Southerly

SAVE THE DATE! Southerly will open submissions for issue 81.1: Ireland and Other Islands on Monday 19th January 2026 09:00am (AEDT). Get ready to submit:
• Short fiction
• Creative nonfiction including personal and lyric essays
• Poetry

For further info see: southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-so...

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The cover of Southerly 80.1 "First the Future". It shows an illustration of a kookaburra by Flashblak. The kookaburra is black, on a background of red, yellow, and black, reminiscent of the Aboriginal Australian flag. The text reads "Southerly Volume 80 Number 1 2025. First, The Future".

The cover of Southerly 80.1 "First the Future". It shows an illustration of a kookaburra by Flashblak. The kookaburra is black, on a background of red, yellow, and black, reminiscent of the Aboriginal Australian flag. The text reads "Southerly Volume 80 Number 1 2025. First, The Future".

SPECIAL OFFER: Subscribe to Southerly by 24/12/25 and receive a free copy of our latest issue, 80.1 “First, The Future”!
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We'd love to see your photos of "First, The Future" and where you like to read it!
One of our interns enjoys reading Southerly at the lovely green spaces around UNSW Kensington.
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Hi everyone! We've got a bunch of lovely past Southerly issues (and our current issue!) that would look fabulous on your bookshelf (or coffee table)!
Please consider purchasing a copy on our website, especially any issues in this photograph.
Your support means the world to us!
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Enjoy this selection from Southerly 80.1, the re-launch of Australia’s oldest literary journal.
To read more of Australia’s finest writing and most courageous voices considering ‘First, the Future’, grab your copy at southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
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Southerly 80.1, First, The Future, strongly affirms the crucial importance of imaginative work through language, and the importance of the role that literature plays in the passing down of knowledge between generations.

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After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
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