Muse 4: Better Sorry Than Safe

Now seeking submissions

Muse 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.

Send submissions to publications@umpa.unimelb.edu.au

Muse and Vignette are collaborating

We’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.

About Muse

Muse is an annual journal of creative work funded and published by the University of Melbourne Postgraduate 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 ofTristessa & 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

Details of Muses past can be found here.

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

We will be launching our super-duper new website shortly. It’s going to be absolutely incredible. You’ll be able to buy copies of Muse online, leave comments, stroke a monkey (maybe, I'm pushing for that, but they’re stingy), and read about contributors and ting. There’ll be an announcement. Get the day off work.