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In the second part of Amelia Walker’s “Un/telling y/our story”, she takes us through the liminal experience of “retelling” a story – the story of loving someone who later loved fascism. Read now: southerlylitmag.com.au/un-telling-y-o… #southerly #auslit #criticaltheory #derrida

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There is just one day left to submit your work to the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize! For the opportunity to win $2000 and be published in Australia’s oldest literary journal, submit your work by 11:59PM Wednesday 15th April. southerlylitmag.com.au/the-southerly-…

Amelia Walker's "Un/telling y/our story" explores what draws people to authoritarianism and fascism through twinned stories from her own life and those of some the most significant philosophers of the 20th + 21st centuries. Read part one: southerlylitmag.com.au/un-telling-y-o… #southerly

Submissions to the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 close in one week. All Australian poets are eligible to enter. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2000AUD and their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1 in October 2026. Head to the website to submit.

There is just one day left to submit your fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction to "Ireland and Other Islands", Southerly's 2026 issue. You can submit via our website, southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-sout…. #auslit #southerly #creativepractice #literaryjournal

Leading up to Southerly 81.1 “Ireland and Other Islands”, we are delighted to offer two special books as giveaways to Southerly subscribers. Thanks to Pan Macmillan for sharing these new books with Southerly.

In the final instalment of Jenny Hedley’s blog series on her small language model JenAI, she takes us through her mother’s archive, born in large part through diaries of head-and-neck cancer, reanimated in dialogue with her own. southerlylitmag.com.au/archival-bots-… #creativepractice #slm

The deadline to submit to Southerly 81.1, Ireland and Other Islands, is on March 30, 11.59PM. Send us your submissions on: southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-sout…

Welcome to Jenny Hedley’s third blog investigating the potential of a small language model trained upon a writer’s own work. This week, we see how Hedley’s archive manifests anew in “JenAI”: southerlylitmag.com.au/generative-ai-… #southerly #genai #Smalllanguagemodel #creativepractice

Submissions to the Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 are now open. We are proud to introduce the judges of the Prize: Kate Fagan Paul Dawson Bronwyn Lea To read the judges’ full bios and enter the Prize, head to the link in bio.

As part of our ongoing revival plan, the inaugural Southerly Poetry Prize is now open to all Australian poets. Entries from both established and emerging writers are welcome. #southerly #auslit #poetry #poetryprize

Join Jenny Hedley on her second adventure into programming “JenAI”, a small language model built on 280,000 words of her own writing. southerlylitmag.com.au/to-each-author… #southerly #JenAI #AusLit #creativepractice

This week on the Southerly blog, Jenny Hedley shares the first of four posts exploring the creation of her very own "JenAI". Read now on the Southerly website: southerlylitmag.com.au/down-with-copy… #southerly #auslit #literarycriticism #creativepractice #smalllanguagemodels #SLMs #AIethics

The Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 is now open! Submissions close 11.59pm 15th April 2026. Judged by esteemed scholars and poets Paul Dawson, Kate Fagan, and Bronwyn Lea, the winner will receive $2000, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1. shorturl.at/ewAPB

SAVE THE DATE! Southerly will open submissions for issue 81.1: Ireland and Other Islands on Monday 19th January 2026 09:00am (AEDT). Get ready to submit: • Short fiction • Creative nonfiction including personal and lyric essays • Poetry See southerlylitmag.com.au/submit-to-sout…

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