fourW35 anthology
2024 Submission Guidelines
(including Booranga Literary Prizes)
Booranga is currently in recess.
fourW will not be published this year.
We are not accepting submissions.
Do not send payment for submissions.
If you have summitted work and paid your submission fees,
you will be contacted by the editorial team.
fourW - annual anthology of new writing is one of Australia's longest running (and best…) annual anthologies of new poetry and prose from Australian and international writers is published each November, and launched in Wagga Wagga and Sydney where we announce our prize-winners and hear from some of our contributors.
The Booranga Literary Prizes are valued at a total of $1000 and are awarded annually in November at the launch of Booranga’s anthology of new writing, fourW.
Each Booranga Prize is $500 and will be awarded to the works selected as the best poem and best short story received during the submission period. Winning entries are published in fourW, along with other new writing.
GENERAL:
Submissions must be original poetry or short‐story fiction not previously published in print or online
(i.e. social media), or submitted for any other prize. They must
not be AI generated.
Un‐themed,
unsolicited submissions of prose and poetry are accepted throughout the year.
The opportunity to publish and the prize is open to Australian
and international writers.
Submissions must be made as an electronic file in Word, attached
to an email and submitted to: submissions@booranga.com
Hard copy submissions will not be accepted.
Include author biography (2-3 lines only) in your cover email, including
your postal address and telephone. All successful contributors receive a
copy of the anthology by mail (Value $30). Postage for extra copies will be an
additional $5.
Works are read ‘blind’; therefore, we request that you include
the contributor's name and address in the cover email message only.
Please send as individual poems or pieces of prose. Files should
be the title of the piece.
Due to the large volume of work we receive we cannot provide
feedback.
Payment must be received with submission. No refunds will be
given.
All submissions will be considered for publication in Booranga’s
anthology fourW.
No payment is made to the author when work is included in the
anthology.
All rights remain with the author.
Poetry
• Submissions
are restricted to 6 poems per year per writer.
• All
efforts will be made to replicate the formatting provided, subject to fourW editorial
style.
• Submission
cost: $10 per poem
Short stories
• Submissions
are restricted to 3 stories each year per writer.
• Short
story word limit is strictly 2500 words.
Formatting should be: 12-point Times New Roman
fully justified; line spacing 1.5; double quotation marks for all dialogue.
• Submission
cost: $15 per story
Publication timelines:
• Closing
date for submissions is June 30. Submissions and payments
received after this date will be held over to the following year.
• All
submissions will be read by our editorial committee during July/August.
Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Contributors
whose writing will be included in fourW will be contacted
in August/September. A final copy of the work to be included in the
anthology is provided for proofreading.
• All
other contributors will be advised of the committee's decision in September.
• Prize winners will be announced at the launch of the anthology in November of each year.
IMPORTANT: Submissions will not be considered until payment has been received.
