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ABOUT OVERLAND MAGAZINE
Overland, the most radical of Australia’s long-standing literary/cultural magazines, celebrated its 50th year in 2004.
Publishing features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion pieces, Overland is committed to engaging with important literary, cultural and political issues in contemporary Australia. It has a tradition of publishing dissenting articles with a political and cultural focus.
With ‘temper democratic, bias Australian’ as its motto, Overland is the only high-profile Australian literary magazine that sees the publication and advancement of new and marginal writers as part of its charter.
Produced quarterly, Overland was founded in 1954 under the editorship of Stephen Murray-Smith. At the time it incorporated The Realist Writer, the journal of the Melbourne Realist Writers’ Group.
Contributors over the years include Peter Carey, Patrick White, Garry Disher, Elizabeth Jolley, Stuart Macintyre, Germaine Greer, Dorothy Hewett, Bob Ellis, Mark Davis, Sam Watson, David Williamson, Thomas Shapcott, Judith Wright, Rodney Hall, Gwen Harwood, Thea Astley, Alan Marshall, Xavier Herbert, Amanda Lohrey, Eric Beach, Bruce Dawe, Frank Moorhouse, Manning Clark, Humphrey McQueen, Christina Stead. Geoffrey Dutton, Max Harris, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Nancy Cato, Frank Hardy, Lily Brett, Peter Porter, James McAuley, Geoffrey Serle, Graham Pitts, Desmond O’Grady, Robert Adamson, Ian Turner, Jack Hibberd, Dean Kiley, Christos Tsiolkas, Alex Buzo, Martin Flanagan, Marcia Langton, Fiona Capp, Margaret Simons, Linda Jaivin and many others.
Yet Overland also gives a voice to the experiences that are excluded from the mainstream media and publishing outlets. The magazine has been part of an ongoing attempt to document lesser-known stories and histories, dissect media hysteria and dishonesty, debunk the populist hype of politicians, give a voice to those whose stories are otherwise marginalised, misrepresented or ignored, and point public debate in alternative directions.
OVERLAND PUBLIC LECTURES
The Overland Public Lecture Series commenced in 2001. Writers and public intellectuals with important things to say about Australian culture, literature and society present lectures that engage a broad audience and offer new and often provocative perspectives on cultural and humanitarian issues in Australia. Described by Peter Craven in the Age as “an unambiguously splendid thing”, the Overland Public Lecture Series has been a vehicle through which public debate about Australian culture has broadened. Recent lecturers have included Brian Walters SC, Joel Deane, Natasha Cica, Veronica Brady, Mary Kalantzis, David Marr, Barry Hill, Martin Flanagan, Phil Cleary, Amanda Lohrey, Bob Ellis, Mark Davis, Bob Connell, Humphrey McQueen, Stuart Macintyre, Mischa Merz, Marcia Langton and Linda Jaivin.
Overland is available in bookstores or by subscription.
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Patron
Overland is delighted to announce that Professor Barry Jones has accepted the position of Patron of the magazine. Barry Jones, a long-time associate and friend of the magazine, has had a distinguished career as a politician, writer and general disturber of the public conscience. He has been a Professorial Fellow at Victoria University, and is at present a Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Education at Melbourne University. He was Minister for Science and Technology in the Hawke Labor government, and in 1992 he was elected National President of the ALP. He has been involved with a vast number of public bodies, including the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Committee, the National Library of Australia, UNESCO, Amnesty International and the Australian Film Corporation, and the recipient of many public honours, including appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia. He is a polymath, and well-known to the public as an Australian and international quiz champion.
As patron, he will have no executive responsibility, but will serve as a guarantor of the magazine’s integrity and autonomy. He will be able to represent the magazine publicly, will have full access to its business and editorial matters, and will be available to consult and advise its editors. The editors will remain responsible to the Board, and the new position represents no curbing of their independence. Rather, it strengthens the magazine’s continuing commitment to its democratic ideals.
Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets
In 2007, Overland and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation joined forces to create the Overland Magazine Judith Wright Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. We are pleased to announce that in 2008 the prize money has been increased to $3000, with two minor prizes of $500.
See our poetry prize page for submission guidelines and entry form.The 2007 results are available here.
Submissions
Overland is currently accepting unsolicited short stories, memoirs, essays and poems. We are also looking for an unpublished, full-length novel manuscript. For details about it, see here.
We ask that all authors include a submission form with their work. Please read the guidelines carefully.
Where can I buy Overland?
Overland is stocked in bookshops Australia-wide. For some bookshops in your state, see here.
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