Published 10 November 202210 November 2022 · Main Posts On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, our favourite editor-duo give you reason #1002 to subscribe to Overland Editorial team Greetings friends, comrades, and our many enemies. We write to you from a state of proud exhaustion. When we took up the reins at Overland just before the pandemic we had no way of knowing the challenge we’d be up for over the next two years. Mobilised by the alignment of that year’s dismal failure of an election and the catastrophic bushfires tearing through the country, we approached our tenure in a spirit of vehement frustration. While we greeted Morrison’s departure with relief, and not a little glee, Labor’s recent budget continues the ingrained vandalism of Australia’s beleaguered arts sector, and demonstrates yet again that the strength of the arts must arise from our collective solidarity, and our capacity to unite, advocate, and allow suffering to speak against the stultifying drone of neoliberal discourse, and the rising threat of fascism in our local and global communities. Overland is proud to continue its long history of resistance and critique in spite of these challenges. Over the coming months, amidst other exciting announcements, we will be uploading our digital archive of 68 years of print publishing, with new works which will speak to and engage with this radical history. These archives are rich with polemics and long-forgotten debates in writing, publishing and the left, and offer witness to the passing of history. As we approach 70 years of publishing, we are eager to share these with you, and draw from these collective memories to think towards the radical possibilities for the future. Subscribing to Overland is a small but direct way of supporting that future, and an act of solidarity with a community of readers and writers who hope for it.In solidarity,Jonathan and EvelynFYI: The Judith Wright Poetry Prize and Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize are closing soonNeed even more reasons to subscribe? Our Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize and Judith Wright Poetry Prize subs are only $56, which means writers get a discounted subscription (4 issues) to Overland, plus entry into the prize of their choice! Entries close November 14.How does Subscriberthon work?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.TAKE ME TO THE SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS!Major prizesMAJOR PRIZE ONEWhat’s in this major prize?The Pentax PC-55 35mm Point and Shoot Camera + 35mm film from FilmNeverDieMAJOR PRIZE TWOWhat’s in this major prize?A Jordaan Step Through Bike from Lekker BikesThe Thursday Prize: 10 NovemberWhat’s in this prize?A collection of titles from Brio Books, including:Listurbia by Carly Capielli Late Sonata by Bryan Walpert Water Music by Christine Balint Every Day is Gertie Day by Helen Meany A History of Dreams by Jane Rawson The Orphancorp Trilogy by Marlee Jane WardA stack of Rabbit back issuesA bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet natA $30 voucher for Bookshop by UroThree A4 and A3 prints from Vietnamese-Australian print artist Hop DacA stack of back issues from Aniko PressA Clothing the Gaps reusable coffee cupRegional prizesAUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY What’s in this prize? 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A 1-year membership for Queensland Writers Centre1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wineA $30 voucher for Bookshop by UroClothing the Gaps stickers and bookA copy of Groundswell, edited by Toby FitchSOUTH AUSTRALIA What’s in this prize? 1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wineA 1-year membership to Writers SAA collection of titles from Transit Lounge, including:T by Alan Fyfe Sweeny and the Bicycle by Philip Salmon Revenge: Murder in Three Parts by S. L. Lim Telltale by Carmel Bird Tokyo Midnight by Kip Scott Night Blue by Angela O’Keeffe The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou Hydra by Adriane Howell Moon Sugar by Angela Meyers The Signal Line by Brendan ColleyA $30 voucher for Matilda BookshopAn Overland t-shirtTASMANIA What’s in this prize? 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A collection of titles from Fremantle Press, including:Paradise (Point of Transmission) by Andrew Sutherland Blue Wren by Bron Bateman Second Fleet Baby by Nadia Rhook Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly Songs Reimagined curated by Mark Smith, Neil A White and Jock Serong Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant: Stories of OCD by Martin Ingle The Glass House by Brooke Dunnell Eye of a Rook by Josephine TaylorA 1-year subscription to WesterlyA $30 voucher for Bookshop by UroA bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet natAn Overland t-shirtNEW ZEALAND What’s in this prize? A $25 Unity Books voucherAn Introduction to Creative Course Online (6-week course) with a personal one-on-one tutor from The Creative Hub, valued at $NZ 496A 10-trip pass to Auckland Writers Festival ’23 (Digital)TAKE ME TO THE SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS! 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