Booranga Writers Centre

Submission guidelines

fourW is one of australia's longest running (& best...) annual anthologies of new poetry & prose.

• fourW 15 was published in 2004. Features new work by Samuel Wagan Watson, Michael Crane, Mat Schulz, Jill Jones...
• fourW 16 was published in 2005. Features new work by Keri Glastonbury, Geoff Page, Les Wicks, Sandra Thibodeaux...
• fourW 17 was published in 2006. Features new work by Susan Hampton, Alison Eastley, Christopher Kelen, Gillian Telford...
• fourW 18 will be edited by Derek Motion & David Gilbey.

For any inquiries, including details of how to order past issues of fourW, contact our office staff.

• Works are read anonymously, and we request that you include the contributor’s name and address in the cover email message only. (Documents mailed as hard-copy to be identified on the back of each page.)
• We welcome contributions of original poetry, fiction and graphics/artwork, not previously published.
• fourW is printed in black & white, so we ask that contributions of artwork be suitable for this type of presentation. If sending electronically, these specifications are advisable: greyscale images that fit a B5 page (176 x 250 mm) at 300 dpi saved as an uncompressed TIF or PDF.
• The Booranga Prize has been donated by Charles Sturt University, beginning in 2005. $250.00 will be awarded to works selected as the best poem and best short story in the anthology.
• Short story word limit is 2500 words.
• We ask that contributors restrict their submissions to 6 poems or 4 short stories.
• We prefer submissions to be forwarded in IBM Microsoft Word format by e-mail rather than on hard paper copies.
• If contributors wish to have their work returned it must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope of sufficient size and postage. Please note that work will not be returned until after the committee’s decision in September.
• If you wish us to also acknowledge receipt of your work, please request this in your cover letter and send a separate stamped, self-addressed envelope.
• Please include author biography details (2-3 lines) on your cover email / letter.
• Closing date for each issue of fourW is June 30. Submissions received after this date will be held over to the following year.
• All submissions will be read by our editorial committee during July and all successful contributors contacted in August/September for proofreading of their own work which will appear in the anthology. All other contributors will be advised of the outcome of the committee’s decision in September. Launch of the anthology is in November of each year.
• No payment is made for publication - a free copy of the published anthology will be forwarded to all successful contributors.
• All rights remain with the author.

Submissions of writing should be emailed (as a word document attachment) or posted directly to Booranga Writer's Centre.

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