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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

Submissions are currently closed. We open submissions quarterly, so keep an eye out or sign up to our newsletter.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The Suburban Review accepts previously unpublished work. We allow simultaneous submissions. If it’s been accepted elsewhere just email us at submissions@thesuburbanreview.com with ‘Withdrawing submission’ as your subject line. We only allow one submission per person (that means you need to choose if you want to submit fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, or art). To submit multiple poems (that’s a maximum of 3 poems), make sure they are in a single document. If we have previously published your work, we ask that you wait 12 months before submitting again.

RATES AND WORD LIMITS

You do not need to be a subscriber to submit. However, if you are not already a subscriber, your rate will be less the cost of an annual subscription (which means a whole year of fabulous TSR content for you to enjoy!)

FICTION

2000-2500 words—no more than that! (payment $450)
1000-2000 words (payment $375)
500-1000 words (payment $300)

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

2000-2500 words—no more than that! (payment $450)
1000-2000 words (payment $375)
500-1000 words (payment $300)

POETRY

Suite of three poems—no more than that! (payment $550)
One poem over 30 lines (payment $375)
One poem under 30 lines (payment $300)

COMICS + ART

2 page comic B&W or Colour (payment $300)
1 page illustration B&W or Colour (payment $200)
1 page cover art (payment $300)

VIEW OUR STANDARD PUBLISHING AGREEMENT

1. LICENCE

The Author grants to The Suburban Review Incorporated (Publisher: The Suburban Review) (and its successors and assigns) a non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free licence to exploit the Work, including to publish the Work in the Publisher’s publication and for any related or ancillary purpose to promote or advertise The Suburban Review, for a period of 5 years from the date of this deed in hard copy print media, and in perpetuity in all other media, whether now known or subsequently invented, throughout the world in all languages without restriction (Licence).

2. CONSENTS

The Author consents to the Publisher (and its successors and assigns):

1.      (a)  editing, changing, copying, adding to, taking from, adapting and/or translating the Work, in any manner or context, for any purpose, notwithstanding such activity may amount to derogatory treatment under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth); and

2.      (b)  reproducing the name, image and likeness of the Author in connection with the Licence.

3. AUTHOR’S RIGHTS

The Publisher acknowledges that the Author retains the non-exclusive right to publish or otherwise use and exploit the Work in any manner or context, for any purpose and in any media whether now known or subsequently invented.

4. COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES

The Author covenants and warrants with and to the Publisher that:

(c) the Author is the sole author of the Work;
(d) the Author is legally entitled to enter into this deed and to grant the Licence; and
(e) to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Author, no part of the Work is defamatory, in contempt of any court or parliament and no part of the Work is an invasion of privacy or a breach of confidence of any person.

5. GENERAL

(f) The Author acknowledges that nothing in this deed obliges the Publisher to publish or exploit the Work in any manner or at all.

7.      (g)  This deed constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding the matters set out in it and may only be varied by a later written document executed by the parties.

8.      (h)  The laws applicable in New South Wales govern this deed and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any courts competent to hear appeals from those courts.

EXECUTED as a deed.

READ ONE OF OUR LATEST ISSUES ONLINE

Image is one copy of TSR’s #42 NOISE against a background image, which is black with grainy white specks, resembling static noise.
Cover art depicts a hazy scene overlooking bushland. A majority of the image is taken up by a foggy sky tinted with a white/grey/orange glow, with the lower third of the image depicting green shrubbery. At the top of the image in the foreground is a blurred clothesline with pegs scattered across it. A towering gum tree stands tall in the middle distance on the left edge of the image. The image is overlaid with a fine grain, suggesting use of a film camera or filters.
Image is an abstract photograph depicting splatters of matter with glowing flecks of long-exposure light layered over the top. The background is rust-coloured, the splatters glowing as if camera film negatives were held in front of a light-bulb. There are dark patches strewn throughout the image. The glowing flecks of light overlaid give a sense of chaos. It looks as though we are seeing matter in a Petrie dish through a microscope.
Image is the cover of TSR’s issue #40 ‘Untrue’, overlaid on background imagery of a grainy photograph of a dark sky with sparks from a fire in motion.