Meanjin was founded in Brisbane by Clem Christesen (the name, pronounced Mee-an-jin, is derived from an Aboriginal word for the finger of land on which central Brisbane sits) in 1940. It moved to Melbourne in 1945 at the invitation of the University of Melbourne. It currently receives funding from the university, the Literature Fund of the Australia Council for the Arts, CAL and Arts Victoria as well as receiving vital support through subscriptions and other sales. At the beginning of 2008 Meanjin became an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing.
Types of contribution
We are interested in diverse material including:
* Fiction
* Creative non-fiction
* Memoir
* Cultural analysis
* Graphic stories
* Poetry
Submitting Your Work
Guidelines for fiction, prose, essays and anything else that is not poetry (see below for poetry guidelines)
As of June 2011 you should submit your work digitally.
Submissions should be attached as a .doc or .docx file and emailed to meanjin@unimelb.edu.au with the subject heading ‘Meanjin Submission’.
Please send no more than two submissions, one is preferable.
We do not impose word limits on submissions, but note that we rarely publish work over 5,000 words.
Include a very brief biographical note.
Please allow up to two months for a response to unsolicited pieces.
Guidelines for poetry
Poetry should still be submitted in hard copy with a covering letter including full contact details and a brief biographical note.
Style
We strongly encourage writers to look at a recent issue of Meanjin for guidance to house style and the kind of articles we publish. We use endnotes, not footnotes and request that these notes be kept to a minimum. Where used, they must include full publication details, including author’s full name, publisher, and date and place of publication.
Please think carefully before submitting an unrevised conference paper or chapter from a thesis or novel. Meanjin has sometimes published work that has originated in this way, but such writing often requires substantial revision to be publishable as a stand-alone contribution.
Contributor Payments and Fees
Contributors are paid minimum fees of $50 for poetry and $100 for prose. The total fee will be determined by the number of pages the article fills in published form, so we can’t give any precise sum until we have final proofs. The average fee paid is about $50 (Australian) per printed page; higher fees are sometimes paid to specially commissioned authors. Each author owns the copyright to his or her work while Meanjin keeps copyright of the collection. All authors we publish are sent a detailed contract.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: meanjin@unimelb.edu.au
For submissions: meanjin@unimelb.edu.au
Website: http://meanjin.com.au
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