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Guidelines

"SWAMP is a postgraduate Creative Writing publication brought to you by the School of Humanities and Social Science of the University of Newcastle, Australia."

"SWAMP is a postgraduate Creative Writing publication brought to you by the School of Humanities and Social Science of the University of Newcastle, Australia."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

2-3 weeks of DL / 15 days

Acceptance Rate

25% / 0%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

One or multiple submissions, totalling no more than five thousand (5000) words.

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Creative non-fiction and memoir. One or multiple submissions, totalling no more than five thousand (5000) words.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Fiction

Max words: 5000

One or multiple submissions, totalling no more than five thousand (5000) words.

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Creative non-fiction and memoir. One or multiple submissions, totalling no more than five thousand (5000) words.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Statistics

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Track submission

1

Total submissions tracked

15 days

Average response time

25% / 0%

Average acceptance rate

15 days

Fastest response time

15 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

Creators from a specific location / ethnic group

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Works are accepted from writers currently enrolled in a postgraduate program in any university across the globe. SWAMP is not a refereed journal and will not publish research, or scholarly, essays. All submissions will be read and replied soon after the submission deadline. We will inform you if your work has been accepted or not within about 2-3 weeks of the submission deadline.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2008 | Australia

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Madeline Bignill

Editor-in-Chief

Giulia Mastrantoni

Head of Poetry

Caylee Tierney

Head of Prose

Examples

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