Published 7 November 20228 November 2022 · Main Posts Reason #3 (and 4,5,6) to subscribe to Overland, in the words of … Editorial team Jumaana Abdu Late Night Shopping was the first piece of writing I took seriously, and despite my being without any prior fiction publications or literature degree, Overland was generous and curious enough to take that work as seriously as I did. Though I find that piece distant from my work now, it is important that there are journals like Overland to invest in new and probing writers still trying their own voices on for size. It only takes one good strike of flint to set a writer going, and Overland’s commitment to those experimenting with a spark makes it a bright addition to Australia’s literary hearth. Michael Winkler Every long-term subscriber to a mainstream newspaper knows they are getting less news than ever before. News values are warped, there is stubborn asymmetry in the opinions that are foregrounded, and the realisation grows like summer corn that we are not being given access to what’s really going on. In the last year reading Overland I learned about waterways from Kim Kruger, climate emergency realities from Jeff Sparrow, rental injustice from Elias Greig, and the endless mysteries of humanity in fiction and poetry from Declan Fry and Sarah Walker and Wayne Marshall and Ender Baskan and – new to me; utterly astonishing – Saraid Taylor, and a dozen others. This is what’s really going on. This is stuff that matters. With neoliberalism manifest at every level of government in this country; under a federal Labor government that positions itself to the right of the formerly reviled Fraser Coalition government on certain issues; while fascism and totalitarianism are again ascendant in many parts of the globe: Overland matters. Laurie Steed Overland is the beacon of hope, compassion and righteous anger that can and must symbolise the need for discussion, diversity, and political interrogation in contemporary Australia. As a reader and subscriber, it gives me hope, focus, and the odd necessary gut punch. As a writer, it sets the bar for my capabilities, encouraging me to be brave in what I write and challenging me to stay awake and alive, writing stories only I can write. It remains forever in pursuit of a kinder, more humanistic world, charting values well outside and far more significant than the commercial, the superficial, and the self-entitled. Overland is, and has always been, a place that reminds me of the power of purpose, passion, and an enlivened, invigorated community spirit. Ouyang Yu A magazine is a writer’s storage of ammunition that helps cross-fertilisation and enhances mutual growth, a community of shared breaths alive with poetry, fiction, non-fiction and all the new abnormals of sub-genres. Overland is exactly that. If you don’t read it, you’ll miss something major. If you read it, then you know it is. If you support the literary pages and spaces we make, show us by subscribing, renewing or donating during this one very important week. Anyone who subscribes, renews or donates by Friday 11 November goes into the running for three truly astounding prize draws – the major prize draw, the daily prize draw and the regional prize draw! An annual subscription – which includes four print issues, the daily online magazine, invitations to subscriber events, discounted entry to Overland competitions, and other opportunities and giveaways – is just $60 full and $45 students/unwaged. Speaking of prizes, we are extremely thankful to our generous friends and supporters who made this year’s Subscriberthon possible! Read about them and their work here. Major prizes MAJOR PRIZE ONE What’s in this major prize? 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