Essays (non-subscribers)

Overland relies on its subscribers for survival. While all work will be read, we cannot guarantee response times to submissions by non-subscribers. You can support Overland by becoming a subscriber.

Kindly note the following guidelines:

• Due to the number of submissions our editors and volunteer readers receive, we ask that you submit no more than one submission for consideration at any one time. Please wait for a response before submitting other work.
• Please do not resubmit an edited version of a piece already considered unless you have been invited to resubmit.
• We allow simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your submission is accepted elsewhere.
• Most importantly, read Overland. Reading Overland will increase your chances of publication. If you are familiar with the work we publish, it will show in your work.

About the essays in Overland’s print magazine

The print edition of Overland publishes essays, polemics and other hard-hitting articles with a strong cultural or political analysis. As a quarterly, it cannot carry news articles or other content that will date quickly. Because space in the print edition is necessarily limited, material submitted in this category must justify its inclusion on the basis of originality, style, theoretical profundity or similar basis – it must, in short, stand the test of time. Academic articles may be refereed but Overland is a generalist publication and discourages specialist or narrowly scholastic submissions. Overland does not impose formal word limits but potential contributors should be aware that space limitations make longer pieces harder to accept.

The standard payment for nonfiction print essays is $550 plus 12% superannuation for ABN holders. Our print magazine editors are Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk.  

*We particularly encourage submissions from women writers, activists and academics.  

About subscribing to Overland

Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of publishing ideas and voices often excluded from mainstream media and publishing outlets – but it would not exist without its subscribers. You can help support Overland by taking out an annual subscription on our website, which start at $50, or in the form below. 

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