Published 22 April 201529 April 2015 · News / Writing / Announcement / Main Posts We want your fiction Editorial team Overland is seeking fiction from new and emerging writers for a special online edition to be curated by Rachel Hennessy. For this special edition, ‘new and emerging’ describes a writer who has not yet published a book of stories or novel with commercial distribution. Online contributors for this edition will be paid $120 per story. Rachel Hennessy’s first novel, The Quakers (2008), was described by John Birmingham as ‘un-put-down-able’. Her second novel, The Heaven I Swallowed (2013), was runner-up in the Vogel Award and subsequently long-listed for the Kibble Award for an established female Australian writer. She works as a tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne, as an assessor for Writers Victoria and is on the Arts Victoria literature panel. Submissions close midnight, Sunday 10 May. The special issue will be available online in June. Submit your story under the ‘For online’ category on the fiction submissions page, or read one of the previous special issues edited by: Khalid Warsame Kate Goldsworthy Oliver Driscoll SJ Finn Emily Laidlaw Miranda Camboni Editorial team More by Editorial team › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202311 November 2023 · Subscriberthon 2023 On the final day of Subscriberthon, Overland’s most important members get to have their say Editorial Team BORIS A quick guide to another year of Overland, from your trusty feline, Boris. I liked the ginger cat story, though it made my human cry. I liked the talking cat, too, but I’m definitely in the “not wasting my time learning to talk” camp. But reading is good. And writing is fun, though it’s been challenging […] 1 First published in Overland Issue 228 9 November 20239 November 2023 · Subscriberthon 2023 On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, Overland’s co-chief editor Evelyn Araluen speaks truth to power Editorial Team To my friends and comrades, I’m not sure if there’s language to communicate how this last month has utterly changed me. This time a few weeks ago the busyness and chaos of bricolage arts and academic labour had so efficiently distracted me from my anxiety about the upcoming referendum that I forgot to prepare myself for its inevitable conclusion.
