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Biannual literary journal headquartered at the University of Queensland.

25/09/2024

LAUNCH OF EDITION 11.2 🎉✨

We are SO excited to be, once again, graciously hosted at the wonderful Avid Reader Bookshop for the launch event in celebration of our forthcoming edition, 11.2 of Jacaranda, Cutting Edge.

Featuring a collection of incredible emerging, and established, authors, poets, writers, and creatives, this edition explores varied subjects in response to the theme Cutting Edge.💭

From conjoined twins, dystopian cityscapes, technological overreach, warped temporality, human resilience, climate catastrophe, and more, we could not be prouder to bring this collection of works into being.

Tickets are FREE so please join us for a literary evening celebrating edition 11.2 of Jacaranda. 🫶

https://avidreader.com.au/pages/10645-JacarandaJournal112CuttingEdge-MultipleContributors

22/08/2024

SUBMISSIONS CLOSING SOON 💌

Edition 11.2 Cutting Edge submissions are closing super soon, on the 26th of August! So if you're sitting on a piece of creative non-fiction, fiction, or poetry you feel would fit this theme, please SUBMIT! Jacaranda is all about empowering emerging writers, and you'll be in fabulous hands working closely with one of our amazing editors.

If you've got any questions, send us a DM. Otherwise, SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT https://www.jacarandajournaluq.com/information-and-guidelines 🫶

We eagerly await your work landing in our inbox 💌✨

19/07/2024

The Cutting Edge slices a clean line into the future and carves out space for what comes next. The Cutting Edge demands something new, something spectacular, something unforeseen. Yet, at once, the Cutting Edge warns of the violence enacted when we are severed from the past by the relentless momentum of progress. It beckons the technological, the avant-garde, the surreal. Or is it something more sinister? It could save a life, or take one. Would you see it coming?

What might Cutting Edge mean for you? Jacaranda Journal would love to know. We are putting the call out for works of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography that respond in charismatic and insightful ways to this provocative prompt.

Submissions close at midnight on the 26th of August! Submit

14/06/2024

We can't wait for you to hold edition 11.1 in your hands 🥹

Cover photograph by the incredibly talented 📸

18/05/2024

We are incredibly excited to announce that Jacaranda Journal will be hosting a launch event at the fabulous Avid Reader Bookshop for edition 11.1 ‘Exposed Roots’ 😍

A massive thank you to Avid for hosting us for this really special event! We are so excited to honour the fantastic writers who have contributed their work to this edition, and celebrate with our exceptional hard-working editorial team and our literary community.

Join us on the 5th of July from 6.30pm at Avid Reader in West End for a fabulous celebration to launch Jacaranda Journal edition 11.1.

Stay tuned as we’ll be announcing the writers who will be reading their work on the night closer to the date!🙌

Grab your FREE tickets here: https://www.avidreader.com.au/pages/9517-JacarandaJournal-111ExposedRoots

We can’t wait to see you there ✨

13/05/2024

Our fabulous editor Jade reviews Emily Austin's 'Interesting Facts About Space'! Read her thoughts below👇

Austin’s debut Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead was one of my favourite books in 2022 (and most likely one of my all time favourites!), so naturally I couldn’t go past her newest release.

Similar to her debut, Interesting Facts About Space is a hilariously poignant look into the inner turmoils that come with, well, existence. Serial dater Enid is a neurodivergent 26-year-old hard of hearing le***an with a deep penchant towards all things space. She has a fear of bald men, is obsessed with true crime podcasts, has a complicated relationship with her depressive mother, and despite her repulsion towards her adolescent self, she can’t seem to stop watching the Youtube videos she made as a teenager. As Enid tries to navigate a world that isn’t quite made for her, she spirals towards paranoia, obsessed with the fear that someone is following her.

Austin’s writing is fiercely intelligent and nuanced, eccentric and macabre. Enid is a complex yet beautifully crafted character who reflects the debilitating and peculiar way that anxiety infests the everyday. Her way of existing in the world is one that I’m sure many of us can relate to. I’ll leave you with the following excerpt:

‘I spent a lot of time growing up trying to seem normal. Sometimes I worry I neglected doing the internal work most people do while they’re developing; I was too preoccupied with camouflaging. I think I might be stunted because of it. I think I missed a step.’

01/05/2024

Calling all photographers!📸

We are on the hunt for a photograph for the front cover of our upcoming edition 11.1 Exposed Roots. We are looking for a piece that speaks to this theme of the edition in a unique and thought provoking way. (For the full write up of the original prompt, check the pinned submissions post on our grid).

While we can’t offer financial compensation to our creatives and contributors as a volunteer-run journal at this stage, this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your work alongside our exceptional writers and add a very cool project to your portfolio!

They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but...we kind of have to in this instance! So please send your photography pieces for consideration to [email protected], or through the link in our bio by Wednesday the 8th of May! 🫶

28/04/2024

Looking for some weekend reading? 👀

We have some fabulous new creative non-fiction on the blog by one of our Editors in Chief, Francis Harvey - Allsweet, Finding Sweet Boredom in the Watermelon Patch 🍉

Join Francis on his summer exploration discovering the power of serenity in planting watermelons. Check it out here 👉 https://www.jacarandajournaluq.com/nonfiction

16/04/2024

Submissions for Edition 11.1 'Exposed Roots' are now CLOSED🔒

A massive thank you to all who submitted their work. We had a phenomenal amount of submissions come through and our editorial team will busily be working through the process of curating the pieces that will be in edition 11.1.

If you took the time to submit, please keep an eye on your inbox as we will be responding to all who sent through their pieces over the coming weeks. ☺️

Stay tuned for sneak peaks, editorial updates, and general Jacaranda shenanigans here on socials as well!

Thank you for your support Jacaranda community! We are beyond excited for this edition.🤍

15/04/2024

Submissions for Jacaranda Journal 11.1 Exposed Roots close at midnight tonight.

Last submissions here 👉🏽 https://www.jacarandajournaluq.com/information-and-guidelines

09/04/2024

Meet the 2024 Jacaranda Editorial Team! 🤍

This exceptional group of experienced, talented, and insightful editors make up the awesome team who will be working closely with our emerging writers and literary community this year.

Our entire editorial team embodies the values of Jacaranda, and Siena and Francis could not be more excited to be working closely with each one of them on Volume 11! 👏

Big love, thanks, and appreciation to our phenomenal team.🫶

06/04/2024

At Jacaranda, our 2024 Editors in Chief have been busy behind the scenes recruiting an incredibly talented team and sifting through a stack of submissions for edition 11.1, so we thought it was about time we introduced them to our online community!

Meet Siena and Francis! Coming from contrasting backgrounds in the literary space, they are combining their vast set of skills to bring a fresh perspective and vision to Volume 11 of Jacaranda.

“I am so proud to be surrounded by such a fantastic team and It is an honour to be part of a legacy contributing in such a positive way to the literary landscape.” - Siena 🫶

“I am excited to work with some of our brilliant emerging writers and showcase the fantastic work they are doing through Jacaranda Journal this year!” - Francis 😁

Stay tuned for the announcement of Jacaranda’s 2024 Editorial Team! 💜

04/04/2024

Submissions for Jacaranda Edition 11.1 ‘Exposed Roots’ close on the 15th of April 🗓️

With the submission deadline fast approaching, you have a few more days to submit your creative non-fiction, poetry, short story fiction, and photography for an opportunity to be published in Jacaranda 11.1.

For submission guidelines and to submit your work: https://www.jacarandajournaluq.com/information-and-guidelines

Thank you to the incredible emerging writers who have already taken the time to submit work, we will be getting back to you shortly after submissions close.

Happy writing! ✍️

Jacaranda Editorial Team 🫶

15/03/2024

Jacaranda Journal has recently opened submissions for Edition 11.1 centring on the theme Exposed Roots. We invite you to submit your short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and photography to be published in Edition 11.1. How to submit and submission guidelines available here: https://www.jacarandajournaluq.com/information-and-guidelines

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