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We are so delighted that Toby Fitch's piece, 'Cute Poem' (published on Island Online) has been shortlisted in the Wooll...
09/10/2026

We are so delighted that Toby Fitch's piece, 'Cute Poem' (published on Island Online) has been shortlisted in the Woollahra Digital Literary Award (a fantastic prize, whose fiction section was won by another Island piece last year, Nadia Mahjouri's 'The Miracle'). Congratulations also to Island Poetry Editor, Tim Loveday, who also has a poem shortlisted!

There's still time to apply! Send EOIs until end of day on 6th of October 2026 to chair @ islandmag dot com.
01/10/2026

There's still time to apply! Send EOIs until end of day on 6th of October 2026 to chair @ islandmag dot com.

Island is currently accepting graphic narratives submissions until 5:00 pm AEST on 5 October. Selected entries will be f...
01/10/2026

Island is currently accepting graphic narratives submissions until 5:00 pm AEST on 5 October. Selected entries will be featured in 2027 print issues of Island Magazine. If you've got something you want to pitch, please visit our website for more details. Good luck!

We've had an overwhelming number of submissions and it crashed our system! We are still accepting graphic narratives sub...
29/09/2026

We've had an overwhelming number of submissions and it crashed our system! We are still accepting graphic narratives submissions, but are asking that you hold off sending yours until this Thursday, 1 October (the deadline for graphic narratives has been extended to 5 October). Thanks for your patience while we sort this issue!

In Catriona Hedderwick's 'Daisy', a first date isn't going so well...‘I do a bit of investing. Doing pretty good at the ...
24/09/2026

In Catriona Hedderwick's 'Daisy', a first date isn't going so well...

‘I do a bit of investing. Doing pretty good at the moment.’
‘Oh yeah?’
‘Yeah,’ he went on, opening an app on his phone. ‘Only way to actually do it now. People get intimidated but it’s super intuitive.’ A caricature of a man with a martini filled the screen, like a Temu Bond.
‘I’m actually ... My throat is a bit dry. I’m sorry,’ she said and gestured first at her neck, then to the menu demonstratively.

Read on at islandmag.com/read

Image: Tina Okovit - Pexels

Please tag or share with anyone who might be interested and a good fit!
23/09/2026

Please tag or share with anyone who might be interested and a good fit!

'The digital age has created an environment where writers increasingly anticipate mass critique, backlash, or misinterpr...
22/09/2026

'The digital age has created an environment where writers increasingly anticipate mass critique, backlash, or misinterpretation before a word is even written. In such a climate, censorship rarely needs to be imposed; it is anticipated, internalised, and enacted by the writers themselves.'

Read Susie Harris' / new essay, 'The many faces of literary censorship', at islandmag.com/read

Image: Michael Dziedzic - Unsplash

20/09/2026

Behind the scenes with IslandMag's talented graphic narratives editor Joshua Santospirito (and his chicken, Dusty). Joshua is helping bring 'more comics into literary spaces’. Now's your chance to see YOUR work in print. We're accepting graphic narratives submissions until 1st of Oct. Visit the IslandMag website for more details and how to submit. (P.S. And if you're curious to see some of Joshua's work, check out his most recent graphic novel: The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors.)

Pause for breath as Sarah Temporal unfurls a small prayer, ‘May your waist spread to hold your whole / family—a verandah...
13/09/2026

Pause for breath as Sarah Temporal unfurls a small prayer, ‘May your waist spread to hold your whole / family—a verandah—a place for gin-and-tonic evenings /with the geckos in late summer’, and read ‘How it happens’ at islandmag.com/read

Image: GiulianoGiustarini - Pexels

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