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Griffith Review 69: The European Exchange
If Europe is a project, as the French president Emmanuel Macron suggested in early 2019, it’s one that combines continuing internal reinvention with innovations and approaches from far beyond its shores. This edition of Griffith Review brings together Australian and European perspectives to explore the ongoing cycle of transformation and exchange. It places contemporary Australian writers who have strong European…
Read MoreGriffith Review 68: Getting On
In a world where seventy is the new fifty, old age isn’t what it used to be. By 2060, the ratio of Australians aged over sixty-five will have passed one in four. This unprecedented demographic transformation marks a quiet revolution with far-reaching consequences for both individuals and wider society. As the proportion of older people…
Read MoreGriffith Review 67: Matters of Trust
From our first experiences to our last, institutions structure our world – through education and medicine to politics, justice, civics and religion. But in recent years even the most entrenched of institutions are seemingly on the edge of implosion. Either through deliberate political attacks or as an effect of wider disruption, new social forces have…
Read MoreState Library of Queensland – Young Writers Award
Griffith Review is thrilled to be joining the State Library of Queensland as the the publishing partner of its 2019 Young Writers Award. This annual short-story competition is open to Queensland residents aged 18 to 25, with the winner receiving $2,500 and publication with Griffith Review! Find more information about prizes and entering your work…
Read MoreAnnouncing the winners of The Novella Project VII
Griffith Review is delighted to announce the winners of the seventh annual novella project, supported by Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Congratulations to winners Julienne van Loon, Allanah Hunt, Mirandi Riwoe and Keren Heenan! Judges Maxine Beneba Clarke, Aviva Tuffield and Holden Sheppard, and the Griffith Review editorial team, selected the winning pieces from more than a…
Read More2019 Nature Writing Prize winners
Griffith Review is delighted present the dual winners of The Nature Conservancy Australia’s fifth biennial Nature Writing Prize. In ‘An orchard for my father’, Jenny Sinclair inspects the intersections of climate, history, family and home. As she explores the features of the land she calls home, Sinclair reflects on the environmental changes she has seen…
Read More2019 Griffith Review Contributors Circle Varuna Residency winners
Griffith Review is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2019 Contributors Circle Residencies. Congratulations to Meera Atkinson, Adele Dumont, Tim Dunlop, Jane Gleeson-White and Fiona Murphy, who will all take up week-long writing residencies at Varuna, The National Writers’ House this year. Made possible by the generosity of the Graeme Wood Foundation, these residencies…
Read MoreIn conversation – Bowral
Join editor Ashley Hay and Cameron Muir in conversation at Creative & Co in Bowral to discuss Griffith Review 63: Writing the Country and their respective contributions to the edition. When: 6 pm, Friday 10 March Where: Creative & Co Concept Store, 325 Bong Bong St, Bowral Tickets: Free (RSVP to michaela@creativeandco.com essential)
Read MoreJudges – The Novella Project VII
Griffith Review is thrilled to announce the industry judges for The Novella Project VII! In partnership with Ashley Hay and the Griffith Review editorial team, the winners of this year’s novella competition will be selected by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Matthew Condon and Aviva Tuffield. Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer and poet of Afro-Caribbean descent.…
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Submissions open –
The Novella Project VII
Following the outstanding success of Griffith Review 62: All Being Equal – The Novella Project VI, submissions are now open for Griffith Review’s seventh annual novella competition! Boasting a prize pool of $25,000 to be shared equally among winners, The Novella Project VII is one of the richest novella competitions in the world. The winning…
Read More2019 Griffith Review Contributors Circle Varuna Residencies
2019 Griffith Review Contributors Circle Varuna Residencies Griffith Review invites applications from current Contributors Circle members for a week-long writing residency at Varuna, The Writers’ House. A Varuna residency provides a week’s accommodation, meals and a private workspace to further develop a work in progress in the beautiful Blue Mountains. Entry guidelines Griffith Review…
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Submissions now open –
Crimes and Punishments
Griffith Review 65: Crimes and Punishments Edited by Ashley Hay Submissions now open Submissions close: 4 February 2019 Publication date: 6 August 2019 Submit here What is it about crime stories that make people hunger for them? The volume of content produced in these genres – from the pages of mysteries and thrillers to audio…
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