See your work in print!
Submit to Jacaranda 13.2 Perennial
Jacaranda Journal conducts two themed call-outs each year for works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, and art for our biannual print journal.
Please read our submission guidelines and prompt below before submitting your work.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN.
Written submission guidelines
Before submitting, please take a moment to consider the following submission requirements. Jacaranda Journal accepts works of fiction and non-fiction (up to 2,500 words in length), and poetry (up to 4 poems of no more than 75 lines each) from Australian writers. We don't define 'Australian' formally as citizenship.
We ask that written submissions be formatted in the following way:
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12 pt Times New Roman (or similar), double-spaced.
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docx. or pdf.
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Labelled with name and type (e.g. JaneDoe_Poetry OR JohnDoe_Fiction) inside the document.
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Include your bio at the end of your submission.
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Please flag content where necessary.
Maximum word lengths are a guide. If your piece falls a little outside of these guidelines, but is a good fit for Jacaranda, it will still be considered. Anyone can submit to Jacaranda Journal multiple times, excluding the winners of our competitions.
Visual art and cover art submission guidelines
Before submitting, please take a moment to consider the following submission requirements. Jacaranda Journal accepts works of photography and art (up to 8 pieces) from Australian artists. All submissions will be considered for the cover art competition as well as publication within the print.
We ask that visual art is submitted in the following way:
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png. or pdf.
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Labelled with title of the piece and artist name (e.g. LakeHeart_JaneDoe).
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Please flag content where necessary.
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Please read through the AI guidelines below, as you'll be required to send additional materials to prove your submission is not AI made or AI assisted.
AI guidelines
AI is strictly prohibited.
We reserve the right to reject any submissions that we suspect had AI entirely or partially involved.
We ask that, alongside visual art submissions, there is appropriate evidence supplied of authenticity, such as art progress pictures, photos from different angles, or other photos of the same subject (other photos provided for proof do not need to be high quality and won't be judged for submission). For digital art, you may additionally be asked to provide a recording of layers.
For all submissions, we utilise AI detection rubrics.
Authenticity evidence should be sent to:
jacarandajournalsubmissions@gmail.com with production@jacarandajournal.com CC'd while the actual visual art submission is submitted via the form below.
Please include 'AI Authenticity', the submission title, and the first name you submit under in the email subject line
(e.g. AI Authenticity, LakeHeart, Jane).
Perennial (prompt)
To be ‘perennial’ is to endure.
Perennial plants wither and die, only to bloom again next season, alive and well. In other contexts, ‘perennial’ evokes continuation, endurance, and the everlasting. The jacaranda tree is a perennial, and Jacaranda Journal is perennial.
‘Perennial’ evokes images of rewilding—of the natural reclaiming the man-made, of vines twisting around power poles, weeds emerging from the cracks in the concrete, and wildflowers overtaking manicured lawns.
While Breaching Boundaries spoke to resistance against established systems, Perennial speaks to endurance, hope, and continuation: that despite the fear, exhaustion, overwhelm of our circumstances, we will continue onwards. While at times, our circumstances feel dire, in our refusal to give in, hope for justice endures.
Although the perennial withers away and appears to die, it endures unseen and sure enough, flourishes once again. Just like the perennial, while things might feel hopeless, in a future season, our continued efforts will manifest progress.
For Perennial, we are seeking fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art that reflects endurance, recurrence, and continuation, be it ecological, personal, communal, or political.
Submission Form (OPEN)
We are a small team of volunteers, and the day-to-day running of the journal keeps us very busy, so we cannot respond immediately. If you have not received a response from us within 2 months of submissions closing, it is best to assume we've passed on it.
IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING MULTIPLE PIECES:
Visual art — please submit into one compiled document or submit each piece separately (we will ask for higher resolution versions should it be accepted).
Written — if the same type/genre (fiction, non-fiction, or poetry), please compile into one document.
if not the same type/genre, please submit separately.
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