Australian Book Review

Open now for nonfiction and other work.

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Australian Book Review is a major Australian literary magazine publishing essays, commentary, criticism, and reviews, with a focus on long-form journalism and arts coverage.

Response time info: ~72 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at australianbookreview.com.au↗

Submission calls

nonfictionPays: ABR pays for everything it publishes – print or online.

Currently welcomes succinct pitches for commentary essays on topics of political and cultural moment, complementing ABR’s increased focus on long-form journalism; seeks writers with diverse backgrounds, interests, and expertise.

otherPays: ABR pays for everything it publishes – print or online.

ABR Arts welcomes expressions of interest from arts journalists and critics for reviews and arts journalism covering film, theatre, music, dance, art exhibitions, festivals, etc.; all reviews appear online, some in print.

fictionLiterary

ABR is not currently accepting submissions of non-Jolley short stories; writers may consider submitting to the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize (worth a total of $12,500).

poetry

ABR is not currently accepting poetry submissions; poets may consider submitting to the Peter Porter Poetry Prize (worth a total of $10,000).

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