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Overland Journal – radical Australian literature and culture since 1954. | Editors: @evelynaraluen @jonathandunk @gtiso @ccorbettauthor

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It’s our end-of-year affair! Hosted at the Fringe Common Rooms (Trades Hall) join Nam Le, John Kinsella, Lucy Van, π.O., Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak, Neika Lehman and the Overland crew for a night to take stock of these last few complicated years. RSVP: tally.so/r/OQQvOp

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You've got less than a month until submissions close, make sure you get them in on time! Head here:

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The 2026 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is now open for submissions. Read more and submit here: overland.org.au/2026-neilma-si…
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Closing in less than a month! Get your submissions in now:

Overland Journal @OverlandJournal Oct 9

The 2026 Judith Wright Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. Read more and submit here: overland.org.au/2026-judith-wr…
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“Rather than asking what the ideal strategy is, we should ask: what tactics are possible, necessary and effective in the world as it exists today? And what tactics can we afford not to use?”

Gabriela Silva Loureiro on the lessons from Lula's victory. overland.org.au/2026/11/lesson…

overland.org.au Lessons from Lula’s victory - Overland literary journal Given the rise of the far-right in seemingly every corner of the world over the past several years, I want to share some of what I have learned in these elections as a Brazilian, and argue the left...

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“The day after his father beat him for something that was my fault, but for which I escaped any consequence, James Royal and I went looking for the dead whale.”

Our latest #fridayfiction is HEADLAND, by Harry Goddard.
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overland.org.au Headland - Overland literary journal He must have still been sore. I could tell from the winces he made as he scooted down the trail. Some unspoken agreement of not hitting other people’s children — and the circumstances of me not being...