Muse 4: Better Sorry Than Safe - Now seeking submissions

monkeyMuse is back. We are looking for submissions in all literary genres from all writers, Australian and international. We especially want work that teeters on the brink of going too far. If you feel you’ve left the established guidelines behind and you’re not even sure if it works, but you damn well like it anyway, then that’s the piece we want. Think daring, rather than experimental. Less avant garde and more krump circa 2001. When choosing what to submit, keep in mind the golden rule: better sorry than safe (ask the monkey)

All submissions published will enter the Muse/UMPA Creative Writing Prize. Prizes will announced shortly.

We are also seeking submissions of original artwork. Further details on appropriate formats will soon be available.

Submissions close on the 1st of September. Download form and guidelines.

Muse and Vignette are collaborating

vignetteWe’re still working out the details, but Muse and Vignette will be collaborating to bring an unnervingly gifted bunch of writers to the Australian reader. Coming at you like a posse of nouvelle vagaries. We’ve still got our thinking caps on, but we hope to be involving contributors to Muse 4: Better Safe Than Sorry in our plans.

Vignette Press is one of Australia’s most innovative and vibrant small publishers. They are the bright sparks behind the Mini Shot series, the Sex Mook and the upcoming Death Mook.


Muse Launch

Posted in: Muse 4

Muse 4 Cover
Muse 4 Cover
The Graduate Student Association and Muse invite all graduate students and interested parties to come along to help us celebrate the launch of the GSA's creative writing journal. Muse will be launched by one of the most original and distinctive voices in Australian poetry, Pi O. A Melbourne-based poet whose eclectic oeuvre includes dialect, concrete, conceptual poetry and more, Pi O's poetry is alive and enlivening on the page, and dynamite when performed. There will also be free drinks, music and readings from some of our talented contributors, and copies of Muse 4: Better Sorry Than Safe will be available for purchase.

Date: 04 March 2009
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Garage Cafe and Bar, 221 Berkeley St, Carlton (near the Alan Gilbert Building)
RSVP: publications@gsa.unimelb.edu.au


Feb 25, 2009 - 8:31:31 PM Read more

Muse 2008 - Submissions Open!

Posted in: Muse 4

What are we looking for?

Primarily we want to publish the best writing available: quality is our prime consideration. We probably won’t enjoy straight genre fiction. We would prefer to be shocked or offended than bored. Pieces that elicit comments like ‘I’m not sure it totally works, but I love how...’ are much more likely to be published than one’s that get ‘Yeah, it’s OK, standard, reasonable stuff.’ Theory, philosophy and aesthetics should be chewed thoroughly before swallowing.


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