Published 13 November 201920 December 2019 · Announcement / subscriberthon 2019 A letter from our editors, old and new Jacinda Woodhead, Editorial team, Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk ———————————————————————— See our subscription options —— Full list of Prizes – including Major Prizes, Daily Prizes and Regional Prizes! —— A note from our our outgoing editor ———————————————————————— Dear friend, When I started out as an intern at Overland a little over ten years ago, I thought, I’ve found my people: a community of writers and thinkers who would not be stopped from arguing about politics or making literature and culture more participatory and democratic. I remember mistakes over the years – the errors that made it into print, despite the concerted effort (sorry Fredric Jameson et al) – disagreements about whether a work is finished (who even really knows when a work is finished!) … Mostly, I remember the thrill of collaborating with writers and editors and our volunteer readers on thousands of ideas and essays and arguments and editions and special issues. I am proud that Overland is a publication that does not pander. We are vocal and necessary and argumentative. We’ll make you think, we’ll challenge you, we’ll move you – and in our pages you’ll read things you disagree with. As one subscriber wrote to us a while back, ‘Every now and then I want to throw Overland across the room – which I consider a brilliant thing.’ That’s how I think of Overland: writing you love and writing you hate, but above all, writing that you can’t live without. Yours in solidarity, Jacinda Woodhead ✎ ✐ If you support what we do and the literary spaces we make, subscribe. ✎ ✐ By taking out, renewing or giving an Overland subscription today, you could win: today’s Drunk Future prize (see below), sponsored by Good Pair Days, Ensemble Theatre, Crikey and publishers everywhere! any of the four outstanding Major Prizes and/or one of our Regional Prizes – there’s one for each state and territory, and a most excellent prize for our New Zealand readers a good feeling about yourself – and the future of progressive literary culture Remember: current subscribers can also take this opportunity to resubscribe and go into the draw – we’ll simply add another year to your existing subscription. ———————————————————————— A note from our new co-editors ———————————————————————— We’re living in strange and probably unprecedented times, and Overland continues to be vitally relevant in the era of fake news, post-truth, terminal capitalism. In recognition of that, we’re planning a special first issue dedicated to rethinking and reinventing what radicalism might mean today. Over the course of 2020, we’re also looking to expand Overland’s online presence to publish considerably more fiction and poetry digitally. Avenues for considered and longer critical work are growing increasingly scarce, so in addition to the essays published online and in print, we’re intending to commission one considered, long-form, critical essay per month, of roughly 5000 words. This project will run alongside a series of regular events, workshops, seminars, and mentoring programs intended to foster engaged and accessible critical thinking. We’re going to continue and to extend Overland’s dual commitment to critical rigour and accessible community support and solidarity. We can’t wait to work with you all. – Evelyn Araluen & Jonathan Dunk. ———————————————————————— Subscribe today to be in the running for the following prizes —————————————————— Wednesday (13 Nov): Drunk Future (like Drunk History, but forward-looking) ——— One-year wine subscription to Good Pair Days (that’s three bottles of wine shipped to your door each month!) Double pass to Ensemble Theatre’s Black Cockatoo One-year subscription to Crikey A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2018 Heathcote Shiraz Limited edition Overland t-shirt, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman Some fantastic books: The breeding season by Amanda Niehaus The return by Philip Salom Fortune by Lenny Bartulin The time is now, Monica Sparrow by Matt Howard I always find you John Ajvide Lindqvist Storytime by Jane Sullivan The Warming by Craig Ensor Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson ✎ ✐ ———————————————————————— See our full list of Subscriberthon Prizes, including these four Major Prizes (anyone who subscribes, renews or donates by 15 November goes into the running for these as well!) ☟ ▼ ❣ ▼ ☛ —————————————————— Major Prize One: Brave New Wombat ——— One-week writing retreat at The Burrow at Wombat Bend in the Yarra Valley (includes seven nights accommodation in a beautiful cottage on a Land For Wildlife property, and breakfast provisions) One-year subscription to Crikey A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2018 Heathcote Shiraz A Scribe fiction pack: Fly already by Etgar Keret Among the lost by Emiliano Monge The near and far: volume 2 by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short Shoot through by JM Green The eighth life by Nine Haratischvil ✎ ✐ Major Prize Two: Station Adelaide ——— A weekend for two at the Adelaide Festival! Explore Adelaide Writers’ Week, the Adelaide Biennial, the Adelaide International (at the Samstag Museum), and A Doll’s House (in Rundle Mall). This prize includes: – two flights from anywhere in Australia – two nights accommodation in the heart of Adelaide – the following performances at Adelaide Festival: The Doctor 150 Psalms Between Tiny Cities The opening night concert A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2018 Heathcote Shiraz One-year subscription to Crikey The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot A Text Classics pack: Shooting star by Peter Temple The women in black by Madeleine St John The watch tower by Elizabeth Harrower A dutiful daughter by Thomas Keneally Fishing in the Styx by Ruth Park ✎ ✐ Major Prize Three: Nineteen Eighty Meow! ——— Oculus Go standalone VR headset (allowing 3D experiences from your own living room) Petcube Play – an interactive wifi pet camera that allows you to watch, talk to or play laser with your pet(s) when not at home One-year subscription to Humble Bundle Monthly (a curated selection of games emailed to you each month) A digital literature workshop for you and five members of your writing group/community. To be facilitated by poet and programmer Benjamin Laird in early 2020 (note, can also be used for basic coding and/or creating a website) A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2018 Heathcote Shiraz One-year subscription to Crikey A selection of excellent books: Celestial bodies by Jokha Alharthi Mr lear: a life of art and nonsense by Jenny Uglow Edinburgh by Alexander Chee Selected writings by George Seddon Dry milk by Huo Yan Outnumbered by David Sumpter Everybody lies by Seth Stephends-Davidowitz The shining wall by Melissa Ferguson Betraying big brother by Hong Fincher Salt by Bruce Pascoe Secret by Brian Toohey Spectacle: rare and astonishing photographs by National Geographic Middle earth: journeys in myth and legend by Donato Giancola ✎ ✐ Major Prize Four: Do androids dream of writing in Bali? Important note: if you wish to go in the draw for this major prize, please indicate as much in the ‘Notes’ section when you take out a subscription ——— A one-month writing and cultural immersion residency in Canggu, Bali through Global Hobo: Learn the ropes of freelance writing while immersing yourself in Balinese culture. You’ll attend workshops on topics such as styles of writing, how to pitch and how to start your own publication. You’ll also be wrapping your tongue around the Indonesian language at esteemed local school Cinta Bahasa. This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring writer looking to challenge themselves, experience Bali outside of the tourism vortex and build up their portfolio. $300 contribution toward flights to and/or from the residency A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2018 Heathcote Shiraz One-year subscription to Crikey A very exciting TLB pack, including current issue of The Lifted Brow and Blak Brow, and the following Brow books: Balancing acts: women in sport Lawschool by Benjamin and Jenny Phang The best of the Lifted Brow Vol 2 Going postal: more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’ ———————————————————————— Take me to the subscription options at once! ❥ ❥ ❥ —————————————————— Jacinda Woodhead Jacinda Woodhead is a former editor of Overland and current law student. More by Jacinda Woodhead › Editorial team More by Editorial team › Evelyn Araluen Evelyn Araluen is a Goorie and Koori poet, researcher and co-editor of Overland Literary Journal. Her Stella-prize winning poetry collection DROPBEAR was published by UQP in 2021. She lectures in Literature and Creative Writing at Deakin University. More by Evelyn Araluen › Jonathan Dunk Jonathan Dunk is the co-editor of Overland, a widely published poet and scholar. He lives on Wurundjeri country. More by Jonathan Dunk › 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 16 February 202419 February 2024 · Announcement Statement of the Board of Overland Literary Journal Editorial team We, the Board of Overland literary journal, make the following statement in support of Editors-in-chief Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk and the entire Overland staff. We are a diverse Board made up of writers, unionists, lawyers, academics, activists, and arts industry workers. Our Board includes First Nations peoples as well as members of Australia’s Jewish community. 23 January 202325 January 2023 · Announcement An announcement Editorial team In 2023, as we look towards our 250th edition and prepare for Overland’s 70th anniversary, we wish to make a tangible commitment to improve working conditions for our community, and ensure that whatever funding challenges we might face as a left-wing not-for-profit publisher are not passed on to our contributors. As such, we are proud to become the first publishers to sign onto the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance’s Freelance Charter, which affirms the rights and protections of freelance contributors.
