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The cover of Coze Journal by the Curtin Writers Club.
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Review: Coze Journal, Issue 4, by Sachini Poogoda

October 31, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Coze Journal Issue 4: Heart Author: Curtin Writers ClubGenre: Zine/fiction journal/short storiesPublisher: Curtin Writers ClubPublished: 2021 Issue 4 of Coze is a beautiful

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S J Norman’s book titled Permafrost.
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Review: Permafrost by S J Norman, by Lauren Pratt

October 27, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: PermafrostAuthor: S J NormanGenre: Short story anthologyPublisher: UQPPublished: September 2021 October is definitely the month for all things haunted and spooky so

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The cover for the book ‘Sexy Tales of Paleontology’ by Patrick Lenton
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Review: Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 29, 2021September 19, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Sexy Tales of PaleontologyAuthor: Patrick LentonGenre: Spec fic; short story collectionPublisher: Subbed InPublished: 26th July 2021 Patrick Lenton’s short story collection, Sexy

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Front cover art for Underground Writers issue 35: Australian Gothic
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Issue 35: Australian Gothic is now available!

August 5, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

The Underground Writers team presents issue 35: Australian Gothic! With the surge in Australian Gothic literature and films in the past few years,

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#Jemimah Halbert Brewster #Writing Opportunities & Events

Opportunities for writers July 2021

July 4, 2021August 3, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. Image shows an open notebook with three flowers and a pen. Stella Young Award 2021 – for young disabled

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Review: Twice Not Shy, Ed. Laura Keenan & Linda Martin, by Lauren Pratt

June 9, 2021July 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Twice not shy: One hundred short short storiesEditors: Laura Keenan & Linda MartinGenre: Flash fiction anthologyPublisher: Night Parrot PressPublished: April 2021 Night

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Opportunities for Writers May 2021

May 4, 2021May 27, 2021 By Underground Team

Reading and Writing Group for Queer YouthA place for queer (anyone who identifies as other than heterosexual and/or cisgender) or questioning young people

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Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson, by Lauren Pratt

January 27, 2021January 22, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Born Into ThisAuthor: Adam ThompsonGenre: Literary Fiction; Short story collectionPublisher: UQP Adam Thompson’s debut book Born Into This is a thought-provoking short

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Review: Skyglow by Leslie Thiele, by Dylan Dartnell

November 11, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Skyglow Author: Leslie Thiele Released: October 2020 Publisher: Margaret River Press ‘A woman adjusts to her new urban landscape. A slaughterman comes

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Opportunities for Writers September 2020

September 1, 2020September 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Kill Your Darlings First Nations Editor-in-Residence ‘We are now accepting non-fiction pitches and submissions from Aboriginal and/or Torres

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Reviews: ‘under/Limelight’ and ‘Kindred: 12 Queer Stories’, by Jess Rae

August 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Reading has been a tricky task for many during isolation. We think that because we have way more free time we should use

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Opportunities for Writers August 2020

August 2, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Photo by Anastasia Zhenina from Pexels Pulch Magazine open for submissions Seeking submissions of ‘anything and everything, from politics, to culture, to identity, fictional short stories,

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Opportunities for Writers May 2020

May 4, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images The Bird Makers Project ‘Through the remnants of shared experience, each stitch becomes bigger than the self.

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Opportunities for Writers April 2020

April 1, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID-19 “The Melbourne History Workshop in the School of Historical

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Review: Challenge Accepted by R J Amos, by Shelley Carter

March 11, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

One of the most difficult aspects of being a writer is remaining consistent with your writing, and pushing through the all-too-common writer’s block.

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Review: A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop, by Shelley Carter

January 5, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: A Constant Hum Author: Alice Bishop Format: Short stories Genre: Fiction Published: 2019 A Constant Hum is a collection of short stories

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Opportunities for Writers January 2020

January 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images You can also find listings of international publications open for submission, residency opportunities, and writing competitions at Aerogramme Studio

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The Writer’s Reading List: Books to help you become a successful writer by Shelley Carter

October 16, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Becoming a writer involves so much more than just having a talent for telling stories. There are so many aspects you must consider

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Writing Opportunities July 2019

July 5, 2019September 28, 2019 By Jess

Overland speculative alternatives issue ‘Overland is seeking fiction submissions for a special online edition themed around the future(s) you would manifest, to be

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Writing Opportunities April 2019

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Red Room Poetry: School Poetry Object 2019 “Victorian primary schools are invited to register – FOR FREE – in

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Writing Opportunities March 2019

March 4, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Yirra Yaakin Writers’ Group “Yirra Yaakin invites established and aspiring Aboriginal playwrights to participate in an intensive playwriting program

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#Announcements #Issue Release #Jess Gately

Issue 25 is here!

February 5, 2019February 1, 2019 By Underground Team

It’s a new year and we’re happy to be presenting issue #25 of the Underground Writers zine, featuring more fantastic work by a

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Writing Opportunities January 2019

January 5, 2019January 3, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers The prize will be awarded to

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Writing Opportunities for December 2018

December 3, 2018 By Underground Team

Earth Island Journal – currently open for article submissions We cover the entire spectrum of environmental issues, including, wildlife and lands conservation; innovations

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Writing Opportunities for June 2018

June 6, 2018August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Writing Opportunities June 2018 Girls Will Be Girls submissions GWBG is currently open for submissions for their winter-spring issue. ‘Accepting words, art, comics,

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#Announcements #Issue Release #Jemimah Halbert Brewster

Issue 22 release!

May 5, 2018May 7, 2018 By Underground Team

Issue 22: Pop! is here! This issue we’re very happy to have our cover designed by the talented Perth-based Alisa Dempster—you can follow

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Issue 21: Mythological Figures

February 6, 2018November 18, 2020 By Jess

Issue 21: Mythological Figures is here! This issue is packed full of poetic goodness form MTC Cronin & Peter Boyle, Alys Jackson, Elise

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Review: Defying Doomsday, by Jemimah Halbert

January 10, 2018January 5, 2018 By Underground Team

Defying Doomsday is a Pozible-funded anthology of short stories published by the indie publishing house Twelfth Planet Press. Twelfth Planet is an organisation

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#Reviews #Shelley Carter

Review: ‘Women of a Certain Age’, reviewed by Shelley Timms

December 9, 2017May 1, 2018 By Underground Team

Women of a Certain Age is a collection of 15 vastly different, but all beautifully written stories about what it’s like to be

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#Announcements #Issue Release #Jemimah Halbert Brewster #Jess Gately

Issue 20: Nostalgia

November 5, 2017September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 20: Nostalgia is here! This issue you’ll find some excellent poetry by Allan Lake, Jan Price and Bradley Baronner, a few delectable

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