Callout: guest fiction editor and ongoing fiction readers
An opportunity exists for an emerging editor to work on one of these online fiction editions, to be published in June 2015. Overland is also looking to expand its team of fiction readers.
Activities
2014 Poetry Prize shortlist
Since 2007, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been Australia’s richest competition for new and emerging poets. This year again the competition attracted hundreds of high-calibre entries.
The Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize
The prize encourages artists and writers of fiction, poetry and essays to be part of setting a new agenda for Australia. Winning entries will be published in a special Fair Australia supplement in Overland 220, to be launched in Melbourne in August. Entry is free.
Calling emerging writers
Overland is seeking fiction from new and emerging writers for a special online edition to be curated by Khalid Warsame. Khalid is a Brisbane-based writer of essays, short stories, memoir and screenplays, who occasionally produces and directs short films.
Aotearoa / New Zealand edition of Overland
In May of next year, Overland is publishing an issue showcasing the work of some of our closest writerly neighbours: those residing in Aotearoa / New Zealand. This special edition will be guest edited by long-time Overland contributor and columnist Giovanni Tiso, with Jolisa Gracewood editing the fiction and Robert Sullivan editing the poetry.
Subscriberthon: the major prizewinners
Without further ado, here are the winners of the major prizes of the 2014 Overland Subscriberthon.
Winners from Day Six
The following subscribers from Day 6 have won prizes. If you subscribed then and your name is not among them, don’t despair! The major prizes have not yet been drawn.
The Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers
In 2015 the prize will be awarded to the best short story (limit of 3000 words) by an Indigenous writer who is 30 years or younger at the closing date of the competition.
Opportunity for an emerging fiction editor
An opportunity exists for an emerging editor to work on an online edition of fiction for Overland.
Overland needs an editorial intern
Overland is seeking a part-time editorial intern for a three-month period, starting in February 2015. This is a paid position.
Shortlist for the 2014 Short Story Prize
The judges – Overland editor Jeff Sparrow, fiction editor Jennifer Mills, deputy editor Jacinda Woodhead, and Victoria University academic and writer Jenny Lee – have finally decided on a shortlist of thirteen stories.
Overland Trivia Night
7pm, Friday 14 November
Russian House, Fitzroy
$15 entry. BYO picnic food with drinks available for purchase on the night.
Winners of the Overland Story Wine Prize
It’s our great pleasure to announce the winners of the inaugural Overland Story Wine Prize.
The 2014 Poetry Prize
The Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, the richest prize in Australia for emerging poets, is now open.
The 2014 major prize is $6000, with a second prize of $2000 and a third prize of $1000. All three winning poems will also be published in Overland.
Shortlist for the Story Wine Prize
We received around 400 entries for our inaugural Story Wine Prize. The three judges – novelist and Overland contributing editor Clare Strahan, wine writer and critic Campbell Mattinson, and short story writer and novelist Paddy O’Reilly – said they found the stories to be clever and diverse, and of a high standard overall.
Your fiction: we want it!
Overland is seeking fiction from new and emerging writers for a special online edition to be guest edited by editor and Overland fiction reader, Kate Goldsworthy. Kate has worked for Black Inc, Random House, Allen & Unwin and many other publishing houses.
Overland at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Overland is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.
Pinging all electronic poets
Overland is again seeking digital-born poetry, electronic poetry, poetry in programmable media and codeworks: a poetry that isn’t merely published online but one that is informed, shaped or built by the culture and technology of the programmable machine and the network.
The 2014 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize
The competition aims to discover the finest in original short fiction by new writers across Australia and New Zealand. With a $6000 first prize and two runner-up prizes of $1000, the award is the most lucrative of its kind in both countries. All three winning stories will also be published in Overland magazine.
The Overland Story Wine Prize
Welcome to the Overland Story Wine Prize. The competition aims to discover the finest in original short fiction under a thousand words. The winning story will receive a $3000 first prize and will be published on the label of a Story Wines shiraz, as well as in Overland. Two runners-up will each receive $500.