Westerly

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Westerly is an Australian literary magazine published twice yearly, accepting short stories, micro-fiction, poetry, memoir, creative nonfiction, essays, criticism, reviews, and scholarly articles.

Submission calls

otherLiteraryPays: Print prose, including scholarly work: $500; online publication, including reviews: $250.

Accepts scholarly articles for consideration separately from creative submissions; scholarly articles may be submitted at any time and are limited to 5,000 words. Reviews are approximately 800 words and may appear online or in print.

fictionLiterary

Accepts short stories and micro-fiction; fiction submissions are limited to 3,500 words and one short story at a time. Submission windows open for each issue according to advertised dates.

nonfictionLiterary

Accepts memoir, creative nonfiction, essays, and reviews. Fiction and creative nonfiction are limited to 3,500 words; reviews are approximately 800 words. Submission windows open for each issue according to advertised dates.

poetryLiterary

Accepts poetry, with a maximum of five poems and a maximum of 50 lines per poem. Submission windows open for each issue according to advertised dates.

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