The Big Issue’s annual Fiction Edition is now open for submissions.
Submission Guidelines
- Accepting short stories (500 – 3,000 words max.)
- Open to writers based in Australia.
- Stories must be previously unpublished.
- Submissions are limited to one story per person.
- Submit as a Word Doc attachment, double-spaced with 12-point text.
Entry fee: Entry is FREE
Prizes: Every author published is paid $500.
Deadline: 11:59 pm AEST Monday 2nd June 2025.
All details, all submissions via their website.