Overland Journal

Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, the 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers is now open for your best poetic submissions. Judges are Evelyn Araluen and Luke Patterson. Submissions close 17th July. SUBMIT: overland.submittable.com/submit/24622/n…

A piece on the ‘audit’ of higher education overland.org.au/2026/05/behind…

“To conduct her so-called “audit”, Jillian Segal appointed a man who’d had not only found the universities guilty of tolerating antisemitism but had described them as “subscribing” to it.” Jeff Sparrow on Greg Craven's antisemitism audit. overland.org.au/2026/05/behind…

“… We knew they could / only be betrayed by their own.” Our latest #fridaypoem is JUDAS GOATS by Caitlin Maling overland.org.au/2026/05/judas-…

“In order to be what it is, poetry has to cross the line and keep on crossing it.” Louis Armand reviews Pam Brown’s GUESS THE EXPERIENCE overland.org.au/2026/05/are-yo…

“The AI arms race is inherently an energy arms race. And Australia is being conscripted into both.” Gwenaël Velge on Australia’s manufactured security crisis overland.org.au/2026/05/sacrif…

“It rose into the sky, this gigantic column made of stones and items of clothing, mainly underwear.” From THE STRUCTURE, a new story by Dominic Carey and our latest #fridayfiction overland.org.au/2026/05/the-st…

“Chance mechanics have been increasingly exploited by the gaming industry to attract players, including very young ones. And while the government is clearly aware of the risks, it really isn’t clear what the right step forward is.” Tom Gurn on loot boxes overland.org.au/2026/05/weapon…

“Today memory culture means that Germany supposedly makes up for the Holocaust by its commitment to Israel.” Jewish author Janey Stone reflects on a visit to Germany. overland.org.au/2026/05/an-aus…

Breath-takingly untrue, sloppy and opportunistic attack on Jeff Sparrow by Michael Gawenda over the weekend. Gawenda's piece is a disgrace. He needs to retract it, and apologise to Jeff, immediately.

Over the weekend, THE AUSTRALIAN published a scurrilous piece by Michael Gawenda that included an attack on OVERLAND and our former editor Jeff Sparrow. Jeff responds here. overland.org.au/2026/05/journa…

“D&D is a space to play, to formulate, to waste time. We need more spaces to come together and imagine other worlds.” Scott Hudson on unproductive play as a subversive act. overland.org.au/2026/05/dungeo…

“For frontline housing workers, this is a call to action”. Oli Caruana-Brown and Ella McNicoll on “organised abandonment” and Victoria’s Big Housing Build. overland.org.au/2026/04/organi…

“Sometimes, before I write another poem, I’ll pause and think about the violence of the words upon the paper they are written on.” Lyndall Thomas interviews Jeanine Leane. overland.org.au/2026/04/you-ar…

The inaugural May Day address put on by @OverlandJournal is tomorrow (Wed) at Trades Hall in Naarm from 5.30: readings from the wonderful Micaela Sahhar and Ender Başkan, and a talk from me on political action in a time of genocides. RSVP at tally.so/r/44L1bB.

“By next morning the entire house had disappeared. The miners had taken it to pieces and carted it away in the night.” Tim Briedis on stories of worker radicalism in the Hunter Valley, and how they might inspire an eco-socialist movement today. overland.org.au/2026/04/red-hu…

Nick Riemer is one of the left's best minds and his May Day address will be searing. RSVP so we don't run out of beer: overland.org.au/events/

“Australians said, landed among manatees, did useful, / neatnesses, knitted, pleasingly.” So begins A SLAM DUNK PUBLICATION, the latest, characteristically dizzying new poem by Michael Farrell. overland.org.au/2026/04/a-slam…

“2SER operates not just as a broadcaster, but as an incubator of democratic culture” Daz Chandler on the threatened closure of Sydney’s 2SER-FM and the fundamental civic value of community radio. overland.org.au/2026/04/the-im…

“When we call something a conspiracy theory, what work are we doing? Who benefits from that designation?” A masterful review of CONSPIRACY NATION by our own Cher Tan. Part of a series of critical essays supported by @CopyrightAgency. overland.org.au/2026/04/pilled…