Westerly

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Westerly is an Australian literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, memoir, creative nonfiction, scholarly articles, reviews, and other literary work in print and online.

Submission calls

otherLiteraryPays: Reviews and other online publications pay $250; print scholarly work pays $500.

Scholarly articles may be submitted at any time and have a maximum of 5,000 words; reviews are approximately 800 words and may appear online or in print. Westerly is published twice yearly in June and November, with submission windows advertised for each issue.

fictionLiterary

Short stories are accepted, with a maximum of 3,500 words. No more than one short story may be submitted at a time; submissions open for each issue according to advertised dates.

flashLiterary

Micro-fiction is published, but no separate word limit is stated. Submissions open for each issue according to advertised dates.

nonfictionLiterary

Memoir and creative nonfiction are accepted up to 3,500 words. Scholarly articles may be submitted at any time and have a 5,000-word maximum; reviews are approximately 800 words. Creative submissions open for each issue according to advertised dates.

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Submit no more than five poems, with a maximum of 50 lines each. Submissions open for each issue according to advertised dates.

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