It’s the final day to show us some love & win some prizes (and we promise not to mention Subscriberthon for 350 more days)


This is it: your last day to subscribe to a magazine that is politically necessary and win prizes

Why subscribe?

Because this year we survived a pandemic and ruthless cuts to arts funding, but we’re going to need your help to survive (and thrive) in 2021.

Because we will continue to do whatever we can to make sure that all voices are heard, to resist and dismantle the systems that deny them, and to drown out the drone of the status quo.

Because there’s nothing more satisfying than the first time you open a new issue of Overland, and you can smell, touch and hear the pages and pages of hope, fury, joy and revolution printed in neatly set, size 12 font

Because you like being challenged – after all, not even the editorial team agrees with everything we publish!

Whether it’s challenging your ideas of fiction and poetry or pushing you to see the world differently, Overland is the magazine for you. So, friends, on this final day of Subscriberthon 2020, declare your love not in words, but in subscriptions. 


So, how does Subscriberthon work? Anyone who subscribes, renews, donates or gives a gift subscription  today goes into three prize draws – Major Prizes, Daily Prizes and Regional Prizes – for the chance to win some truly terrific prizes, including a week-long writing workshop in Byron Bay, a 7-day Yarra Valley retreat, a 6-month coffee subscription, a state-of-the-art turntable, drinks and vinyl pairings, digital literature workshops, chocolate, coffee, and mountains of books and subscriptions.

What does a subscription to Overland get you (in addition to possibly many jaw-dropping prizes)? Our standard subscription  ($60 full, $45 unwaged) will save you at least 25% on the cover price, and you’ll get 12 months of superb and provocative literary writing – that’s four print issues delivered straight to your door and the daily online magazine at overland.org.au – as well as invitations to subscriber events, other opportunities and giveaways, and a very good feeling about yourself, and the future of literary culture.

By taking out, renewing, giving a subscription or donating in the next few hours, you could win:

  • today’s daily prize (see below) 
  • any of our three tremendous 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 literary culture

If you’re already a subscriber, feel free to resubscribe – we’ll simply add another year to your existing subscription (or if you’re fully committed and flush with cash, consider a life subscription)!


Today’s prize

Just Write It

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One-on-one publisher feedback from UQP publisher Aviva Tuffield on a manuscript sample or up to 10,000 words of writing’

One round of written feedback on 1 or 2 stories from Laura Elvery, award-winning author of Trick of the Light and Ordinary Matter.

A fresh fruit and veg box from The Flying Zucchinis, delivered to your door!

A digital subscription to ABR

A one-year subscription to Australian Poetry

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

These super exciting titles from Giramondo:

  • Heide by π.O.
  • Womerah Lane: Lives and Landscapes by Tom Carment
  • A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor

Major prizes

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Major Prize One
Write Like a Wombat

What’s in this major prize?

An exciting 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)

A one-year subscription to Crikey

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A  book pack from Transit Lounge, including the following titles:

The Returns by Philip Salom

Everything in its Right Place by Tobias McCorkell

The Rock by Aaron Smith

Broken Rules and Other Stories by Barry Lee Thompson

Revenge by S. L. Lim

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Major Prize Two
Vinyl Revival

What’s in this major prize?

An absolutely state-of-the-art turntable from Vinyl Revival.

Two mind-blowing pairings from Funky Duck Vinyl:

Both Sides of the Sky (Jimi Hendrix) + Blackbilly Sangiovese &

The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East (2LP) + Mountain Goat Steam Ale 6 pack

A one-year subscription to Crikey

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Major Prize Three
Sail Away  

What’s in this major prize?

8 nights in Byron Bay for one of the (in)famous Global Hobo writing workshops, hosted by your experienced writing tutors, Gemma Clarke, Nat Kassel and Mariama Mansfield-Njie!

$300 towards flights and/or transport to Byron Bay

A limited edition Overland tote, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman

An enviable book pack from Scribe, including:

The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay

Rise & Shine by Patrick Allington

The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs

Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

A one-year subscription to Crikey


Regional prizes

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Australian Capital Territory

A one-year print subscription to Voiceworks

The Good Copy ‘Stop. Grammar Time enrolment (online)

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

UQP tote bag

These excellent UQP titles:

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery

Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Just Money by Royce Kurmelovs

Talkin’ up to the white woman by Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen

These excellent Magabala titles:

Guwayu–For All Times, edited by Jeanine Leane

Maar Bidi: Next Generation Black Writing, edited by Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin

A collection of Cordite titles, including:

About the Author is Dead by Pascalle Burton

These Wild Houses by Omar Sakr

Breathing Plural by Em König

Yuiquimbiang by Louise Crisp

Dirty Words by Natalie Harkin

Labour and Other Poems by Astrid Lorange

Walk Back Over by Jeanine Leane

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New South Wales

A one-year subscription to The Monthly

Three pottery classes at The Pottery Shed in Surry Hills

Free coffee every day for a month at Bourke Street Bakery

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A one-year subscription to Crikey

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

The following mixed titles:

Jack by Marilynne Robinson

Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn

Oh Happy Day by Carmen Callil

How To Break Up With Friends by Hannah Korrel

There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett

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Northern Territory

A really cool Print Pals lino kit from Print Safari 

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

One-year membership to NT Writers Centre

A one-year subscription to Crikey

We Are Here, edited by Meg Mundel (Affirm Press)

A collection of Penguin Random House titles, including:

The Spill by Imbi Neeme

Life After Truth by Ceridwen Dovey

The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham 

Vida: A Woman For Our Time by Jacqueline Kent

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Queensland

2 x $50 voucher to Avid Reader (to be spent in store or online)

A one-year subscription to Jacobin

A one-year membership to Queensland Writers Centre

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

A limited edition Overland tote, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman

Craftwork Roasting coffee beans (250g)

The following excellent UQP titles:

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Only Happiness Here by Gabrielle Carey

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South Australia

A one-year subscription to Southerly

Two passes to Laneway Learning (online)

A one-year membership to Writers SA

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

A limited edition Overland tote, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman

A one-year subscription to Crikey

The following Recent Work Press titles:

I Don’t Know How that Happened by Oliver Driscoll

Airplane Baby Banana Blanket by Benjamin Dodds

Some Sketchy Notes On Matter by Angela Gardner

Unbelonging by Nathaniel O’Reily

Man-Handled by Melinda Smith

Wild Curious Air by Jill Jones

These fabulous mixed titles:

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

Half Wild by Pip Smith

Just Like You by Nick Hornby

Mother of Pearl by Angela Savage

Things Nobody Knows But Me by Amra Pajalic

The Kowloon Kid: A Hong Kong Childhood by Phil Brown

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Tasmania

A one-year subscription to Island

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

A bottle of Noisy Ritual 2019 Heathcote Shiraz

Craftwork Roasting coffee beans (250g)

A collection of Affirm Press titles, including:

Shirl by Wayne Marshall

Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

Anchor Point by Alice Robinson

Water Colour by Greg French

Barking Dogs by Rebekah Clarkson

My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva (HardieGrant Publishing)

A fabulous collection of Seizure titles, including:

Offshore by Joshua Mostafa

Dark Wave by Lana Guineay

Listurbia by Carly Cappielli

Late Sonata by Bryan Walpert

The Bed-Making Competition by Anna Jackson

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Victoria

Melbourne Djembe West African Dance or Drum class pass x 2

A one-year membership to Writers Victoria

Limited edition Overland  t-shirt, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman

Two ground passes to Montsalvat 

A fresh fruit and veg box from The Flying Zucchinis, delivered to your door!

These UWAP titles:

Scratchland by Noëlle Janaczewska

Anh and Lucien by Tony Page

Recipe for Risotto by Josephine Clarke 

The Weave by Thurston Moore and John Kinsella

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Western Australia

A one-year subscription to How We Roll 100% recycled eco toilet paper

An exciting book pack from Better Read Than Dead, including:

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett

Half Wild by Pip Smith 

Behind the Enigma: the Authorised History of GCHQ by John Ferris

A one-year subscription to Westerly

A delicious block of plant-based Winnow Chocolate

The following enviable titles from Fremantle Press:

Of Memory and Furniture by Bron Bateman

Small Steps: a Physio in Ethiopia by Julie Sprigg

How to be an Author: The Business of Being a Writer by Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn

Return Ticket by Jon Doust

Shore Leave by David Whish-Wilson

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New Zealand

An incredible collection of titles from Victoria University Press, including:

Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker

The Swimmers by Chloe Lane

Monsters in the Garden by Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen

Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter

A one-year subscription to Crikey

Limited edition Overland T-shirt, with original intricate illustration of solidarity by cartoonist Sam Wallman

 


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  1. Loved this line:

    Because there’s nothing more satisfying than the first time you open a new issue of Overland and you can smell, touch and hear the pages and pages of hope, fury, joy and revolution printed in neatly set, size 12 font.

    I’ve always loved to touch and smell books, close my eyes, try and sense what type of who/when held it before me. TRULY loved that line 🙂 xx

  2. It seems to me that such a drawing of prizes should attract even more readers to you. True, I have never won, but it seems to me that everything happens for the first time, and I can always try. What if this time I’m really lucky? I have been thinking about a subscription for a long time and now such a pleasant opportunity has turned up, and even with a benefit. Each of the prizes is nice. But if this is a journey, then I will be as happy as possible. In addition, I have always loved print publications more than electronic ones. This has its own charm.

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