Thank you to our sponsors for their generous contributions to the 2024 Overland Subscriberthon!

Thank you to everyone who entered the prize. We received almost five hundred submissions across all categories, and our judges Jeanine Leane, Justin Clemens and Elena Gomez were incredibly impressed by the quality of submissions. Congratulations to our fantastic shortlisted writers.

In 2020, Overland literary journal received funding from Create Victoria to help sustain our organisation and encourage excellence in a struggling arts community. In  honour of the late Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Overland designated a portion of these funds for a new prize rewarding excellence and generosity in Australian writing, irrespective of form and genre.

Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize seeks outstanding poetry from new and emerging writers. This year’s wonderful judges, Ellen van Neerven, Michael Farrell and Toby Fitch (who is also Overland’s poetry editor), read over 750 entries before selecting a shortlist of just nine outstanding works.

Overland and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are thrilled to announce the entries that placed in the Overland 2019 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize! This year's star judges, Hannah Kent, Joshua Mostafa and Margo Lanagan, rose to the challenging task of selecting a shortlist of eight pieces from over 450 entries, before narrowing the shortlist down to three exceptional stories.

Thank you to everyone who entered the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, the quality of the work we received was very high this year! We'd also like to recognise the hard work of this year's incredibly dedicated judges: Hannah Kent, Joshua Mostafa and Margo Lanagan. They had the challenging task of reading, considering and narrowing over 450 entries down to a shortlist of eight outstanding pieces.

In one of the most successful years in the history of the prize, we received over 750 entries from poets all around the world. We'd like to thank all the entrants for their brave, disruptive and original work, and our 2019 judges, Ellen van Neerven, Michael Farrell and Toby Fitch, for their hard work and dedication to the decision-making process. 

After an extensive application and interview process, Overland is thrilled to announce the appointment of our two new co-editors, Evelyn Araluen Corr and Jonathan Dunk, who will begin their editorship in late 2019.

Announcing the recipients of the 2019 Overland writing residencies, which are supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation.

Announcing the shortlists for the 2019 Overland writing residencies, which are supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. These residencies will again address a lack of opportunities for underrepresented writers, providing space, time, stipend and mentorship.

Overland is seeking a new editor, and for the first time in its history, the magazine is advertising the position.

We are pleased to announce that Overland will be running two writing residencies in 2019, both of which are supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. These residencies will again address a lack of opportunities for underrepresented writers, providing space, time, stipend and mentorship.

Overland is excited to announce some changes to our editorial team in 2019.

We are pleased to announce that fiction submissions are open for a one-week period, from Friday 1 February until Friday 8 February, for consideration for our first edition of 2019. Fiction for the edition will be guest edited by Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk.

We recognise 26 January as a day of protest against invasion and the violent legacies of colonialism. Overland staff will be attending Invasion and Survival Day actions across the country tomorrow. We encourage our readers to do the same. #sovereigntyneverceded #abolishaustraliaday

Updates on holiday office hours, our new edition and summer writer opportunities. And a big shoutout to all our readers, contributors, submitters, volunteers and interns throughout the past year. We say it every year but it’s so very true: Overland would be impossible without you!