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25.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce the winners of our First Nations Writing Award and Cover Art Prize! Congratulations to First Nations Writing Award winner Karen Wyld for her winning short story ‘Clatter Tongue’! The judges loved this story for its intricate use of language and ‘reflection and presence’. ‘Clatter Tongue’ will be published in our upcoming print edition. ... Congratulations to Cover Art Prize winner Lana Twyford for her winning entry ‘My Country’! (pictured below). The judges loved the representations of the Territory and Territory life reflected in the image. We are so excited for ‘My Country’ to grace the cover of our upcoming print edition. Thank you to everyone who entered and to our judges: Marie Munkara and Yvette Holt (First Nations Writing Award) Birut Zemits and Rod Moss (Cover Art Prize)
24.01.2022 Five days left to send us your work for our print edition! Submissions close this Sunday. We're accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, translations and more. Find all the details you need below.
23.01.2022 Excellent news rap on Borderlands' launch in Alice Springs and the opening speech given by NT Arts Minister Chansey Paech, by journalist and Borderlands contributor Kieran Finnane ... thanks Kieran! https://alicespringsnews.com.au//everyones-got-culture-it/
22.01.2022 We can't wait to share the details of our Darwin and Alice Springs launches for our first print edition, but in the meantime check out the recording from Richard Davis' presentation during Reconciliation Week in May, co-hosted with The Northern Institute : 'Black Agriculture, White Anger: Arguments Over Aboriginal Land Use in Bruce Pascoe's "Dark Emu"'. Richard's essay on this topic will feature in the upcoming edition of the journal.
21.01.2022 We've been hard at work behind the scenes putting together our first print edition due out in July (we can't wait- it is full of incredible pieces from NT writers and artists), but in the meantime we are thrilled to be co-hosting this event on Zoom on Thursday with The Northern Institute! We will be publishing Richard Davis' essay on this same topic in our July edition. We hope to see you there!
20.01.2022 Join us at Lucky Bat Cafe & Pizzeria for our Darwin launch on September 3 to celebrate the best in NT storytelling! Details of Alice Springs launch will be announced soon.
20.01.2022 Congratulations Johanna Bell and Dion Beasley for another great children's book coming out of the NT. 'Too Many Cheeky Dogs' now translated into Kriol.
20.01.2022 Pssst check out this great opportunity... http://www.seizureonline.com//viva-la-novella-9-open-for-s
19.01.2022 Would you like to feature your art work on the very first cover of Borderlands Magazine's print issue? Or be the first Indigenous author published with us in print? Borderlands have extended the previously announced deadline for the $3000.00 award until 1 March so get on it!
18.01.2022 Still excited from last Saturday's beautiful launch of Borderlands at the Alice Springs Community Gardens. Special thanks again to Fiona Gordon Morrison, Jimmy ...Cocking, Bronwyn Druce and Bernadette Ryan of Red Kangaroo Books for all the help, NT Arts Minister Hon Chansey Paech for a great speech, and all the generous authors for their warm words. A few more pics from Bronwyn, and thanks for one from Angela Harrison. If anyone has any pics of the audience/gardens from that morning, please add in here! Thanks always to co-editors Adelle Bunton and Raelke Troyn, as well as Marie Munkara, Wendy Cowan and Christian Bök, patrons and print sponsor Regional Arts Fund. Purchase in store or order a copy online from https://redkangaroobooks.com/ or at https://bookshop.cdu.edu.au/ See more
15.01.2022 Excellent news rap on Borderlands' launch in Alice Springs and the opening speech given by NT Arts Minister Chansey Paech, by journalist and Borderlands contributor Kieran Finnane ... thanks Kieran! https://alicespringsnews.com.au//everyones-got-culture-it/
15.01.2022 The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies welcomes submissions to our new annual fiction competition from Australian and New Zealand residents and citizens. Stories may be no more than 3,500 words in length. Creative nonfiction qualifies. The winner will be awarded: 1) US$250 prize money... 2) Publication in Antipodes journal (editorial revisions incorporated) 3) One-year subscription to Antipodes journal 4) Membership in the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies All entrants will be awarded a one-year membership in the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies. Membership includes a one-year subscription to Antipodes. Deadline 5:00pm US EST, 1 February 2021 Entry Fee 1 story $20 USD. Payments can be made online via PayPal (https://paypal.com) to [email protected]. Submission Guidelines Submit entry through Digital Commons and indicate the genre in the submission note: https://www.antipodesjournal.org/submissions Entry Conditions 1. The prize is for an original story in English, no more than 3,500 words in length. 2. Stories must be unpublished (including online). 3. The prize is open to writers over the age of 18. 4. The competition will be judged anonymously. The author’s name must not appear on the submitted document or the submission will be disqualified. 5. Multiple submissions are welcome, although each must be submitted separately and a separate entry fee paid. 6. The prize will be awarded at the judges’ discretion and they reserve the right to not select a winner. Furthermore, the judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. However, if you have queries regarding entry, please email: [email protected]
15.01.2022 Join us at the Alice Springs Community Garden 10-11.30am Sat 12th Sept to launch this fabulous first print edition of Borderlands Magazine. There will be readings, friendly faces (suitably distanced), coffee from the garden cafe, and copies of the magazine to buy from a Red Kangaroo Books stall. Free, numbers limited to 50, bookings essential at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/borderlands-magazine-12020-. This edition of Borderlands Magazine has been proudly sponsored by patrons and the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund as well as in-kind supporters.
14.01.2022 The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies welcomes submissions to our new annual poetry competition from Australian and New Zealand residents and citizens. Poems may be any style or format but no more than 100 lines in length. The winner will be awarded: 1) US$250 prize money 2) Publication in Antipodes journal... 3) One-year subscription to Antipodes journal 4) Membership in the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies All entrants will be awarded a one-year membership in the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies, which includes a one-year subscription to Antipodes. Deadline 5:00pm US EST, 1 February 2021 Entry Fee 1 poem $20 USD. Payments can be made online via PayPal (https://paypal.com) to [email protected]. Submission Guidelines Submit entry through Digital Commons and indicate the genre in the submission note: https://www.antipodesjournal.org/submissions Entry Conditions 1. The prize is for an original poem in English, no more than 100 lines in length 2. Poems must be unpublished (including online). 3. The prize is open to writers over the age of 18. 4. The competition will be judged anonymously. The author’s name must not appear on the submitted document or the submission will be disqualified. 5. Multiple submissions are welcome, although each must be submitted separately and a separate entry fee paid. 6. The prize will be awarded at the judges’ discretion and they reserve the right to not select a winner. Furthermore, the judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. However, if you have queries regarding entry, please email: [email protected] 7. The prize will be judged by Paul Kane, Nathanael O’Reilly and Ann-Marie Blanchard
13.01.2022 Posting out copies to our amazing Patreon supporters! This edition could not have happened without the support of our patrons- thank you for supporting NT storytelling!
12.01.2022 Join us at CDUs Black Tie Dinner to receive a limited edition of Borderlands printed especially for this event. Tickets are limited: https://www.cdu.edu.au//2020-charles-darwin-black-tie-dinn
11.01.2022 Our first print issue is hot off the press! It is full of amazing NT storytelling. Available now in-store and online from CDU Bookshop and available to order now from Red Kangaroo Books and The Bookshop Darwin. Launch details to follow!
09.01.2022 We have some exciting announcements coming up in the next couple of weeks as we get closer and closer to the publication date of our very first print edition- so stay tuned! We are incredibly grateful to Regional Arts Australia and the Australian Government for awarding us with a Regional Arts Fund grant for this edition. In the meantime, revisit our online edition from November 2019: https://borderlands.cdu.edu.au/issue-1-november-2019/
09.01.2022 "On a good day, I imagine you as a kingfisher, perched at his lookout. Dazzle of blue chipped from a faraway place, a different piece of sky. Distant. If we had been given the time to know each other better, maybe we could have been different friends, different lovers. Different altogether." Take some inspiration for your writing from Emily Morgan's beautiful memoir piece, 'Feathers', from our online edition.
08.01.2022 WE'RE IN ABR's BEST BOOKS OF 2020!! We are over the moon here at Borderlands, after Australian Book Review granted us special mention under its Best Books of 2020! Thanks to ABR contributor and literary doyen Glyn Davis, who gives a shout out to the first issue of Borderlands, a journal of ideas and identity from the Northern Territory, saying: 'These welcome voices from Alice Springs and Darwin bring insight and energy to an essential conversation about identity.'... Heartfelt thanks to all the Borderlands contributors and supporters, for whom such special words are meant. And make sure to stay tuned in 2021 for news on a next edition. Until then, merry Christmas from Glenn, Raelke and Adelle!
07.01.2022 A very Happy New Year to all of our readers and supporters! We're back on deck, and our call for submissions for our 2020 print edition is now open! Deadline 16 February. You can find our submission guidelines at borderlands.cdu.edu.au/submit We look forward to reading your work!
06.01.2022 Don't forget our Alice Springs launch is this Saturday! 50 people max so make sure to reserve a free ticket via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/borderlands-magazine-12020-
06.01.2022 A little over 36 hours left to send us your work for our print edition! For an idea of what we publish and some last minute inspiration, check out our online edition published late last year.
06.01.2022 Don't forget our Darwin launch event is on tomorrow evening! Come and celebrate this new chapter in NT literature with us and enjoy readings from our contributors Sally Boythroyd, Marie Munkara and Johanna Bell.
05.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Darwin launch last night - a historic moment for NT writing and creative Arts. We can’t wait for our Alice Springs celebration on 12 September - we love you NT!
04.01.2022 $3000.00 Borderlands Prize: Indigenous writing, art cover prize and students awards...check out the submission guidelines and get your entries in before it's too late https://borderlands.cdu.edu.au/prizes/
02.01.2022 Together with NT Writers Centre we will be auctioning a double pass to the NT Writers Festival and a six week writing mentorship with Mary Anne Butler at CDUs Black Tie Dinner. Come along to place a bid and support Territory storytelling.
