Published 13 November 201819 November 2018 · Announcement / Editing / callout Callout: guest fiction editor Editorial team Paid guest editorship Every year, Overland publishes several online editions showcasing fiction by new and emerging writers, or specially curated themed fiction editions. An opportunity exists for an emerging editor to work on one of these online fiction editions, to be published in April or May 2019. Often our guest editors are taken from our team of volunteer fiction (and poetry) readers, but this is an opportunity for an emerging editor or writer in the broader literary community. The successful applicant will receive a payment of $500 to read a large number of submitted stories and to select four for online publication. The emerging editor will be an Overland subscriber with sufficient familiarity with the journal to curate writing that is appropriate. They will also have a demonstrable interest in contemporary fiction and will be capable of writing a short editorial to introduce the edition. As the fiction will be read and assessed online, the applicant can be based anywhere in Australia or New Zealand. How to apply Please submit up to one page describing your previous writing and editing experience (this is an emerging opportunity, so doesn’t need to be long or comprehensive or a CV), and one or two paragraphs as to why you are the right person for the position. Applications close 11.59 pm Monday 19 November 2018. Read some of our previous special fiction editions False documents – Dave Drayton 218.5 Autumn fiction – Khalid Warsame Our hour – Anna Spargo-Ryan 216.5 Summer fiction – Kate Goldsworthy The Anti-/dis-/un-Australian fiction issue – Ben Walter The idea of women – Mandy Beaumont and Craig Bolland Image: 3-D Perspective Pasadena, California / NASA on The Commons 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 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.
