About Muse

Muse is an annual journal of creative work funded and published by the Graduate Student Association. In the past Muse accepted submissions only from graduate students of the University of Melbourne, now we are opening up submission to the entire planet. Think fall of the Berlin wall, but smaller and quieter, and with better graffiti, sometimes; well at least it’ll be in English.

Past Muse contributors include:

Emmett Stinson—former winner of The Age Short Story competition
Dan Disney—winner of the Broadway Prize
Miriam Zolin—author of Tristessa & Lucido, editor of extempore
Hoa Pham—author of Vixen, Quicksilver and other books
Paul Mitchell—author of Awake Despite the Hour and Dodging the Bull

To pre-order a copy of Muse 4:Better Sorry Than Safe or to purchase past issues, please contact publications (at) gsa.unimelb.edu.au


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.


Jul 7, 2008 - 2:35:20 PM Read more