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End of an Era

As the Mona project draws to a close after three years, each of the women behind the magazine reflects on what Mona has meant to them.

Finding Inspiration in Lost Places

This week, Emma Datson shares the art of recycling existing poetry and in the words we are surrounded by in our everyday lives.

On a Balcony Overlooking Torres Strait

This week, Mona features an experimental reflective piece by Ingrid Mason about a woman's experiences across the Pacific.

Leaning into Dangerous Conversations

On the back of the NSW Regional Futures Symposium in Western Sydney, Dubbo-based artist Kim V. Goldsmith asks what bold actions are needed.

Breaking Ground

This week, we visit one of our favourite interviews from Issue 03, 'Breaking Ground', an interview with the trailblazing Women in Cohousing.

The Poetry of the Everyday

This week, as Mona starts to explore some of the ways in which poetry is being transformed by new writers, we feature Emma Datson's work.

Issue Three - Editors' Favourites

This week, as the Mona team prepare for the official launch of Issue Three on 6th of August, the Mona Editorial Team reflect on their...

The Collector

Mona's Lauren interviews Cara-Ann Simpson, an experimental multi-media artist who has had a long struggle with debilitating illnesses.

Mona Blog

NARRANDERA WORKSHOP: Bringing each other along

Mona's workshop in Narrandera was just as energising for the Mona Team as it was the women who attended.

GOOLGOWI WORKSHOP: Motherhood, maternity leave, misogyny and more!

What at day at Goolgowi with some strong-minded, tender-hearted women.

Griffith Workshop: Mona officially opens for (not-for-profit) business!

Our very first workshop was held in Griffith at the Western Riverina Community College campus, and the six ladies (and two men!)...

LEETON WORKSHOP: Recap and Reflection

Nine women arrived as strangers and left as keepers of each others' stories in Leeton's writer's workshop.

Events

MONA EVENTS

Mona Magazine is a new community-focused women’s literary magazine for women who live in regional, rural and remote communities in Australia, and is completely authored and produced by these women. We are not driven by profit, we are driven by women and our stories.

We want to meet you, listen to you and help you share your stories with the world. We will come to your town, offering a number of workshops in your region to help you develop your ideas, stories and art to then submit for publishing, if you choose. Mona Magazine Issue One was launched in July, 2021 selling out its first print run in a matter of months. The Mona team released Issue Two in April, 2022. Beyond this, we want to see this magazine and the Mona community grow and we have big plans for the future. Make sure to follow us on social media to stay up to date with developments and how you can be involved.

We are going into rural communities and holding free writing workshops for women to awaken the storyteller within. We are there to listen to them, to build them up and offer them the support to share their stories.

Any woman can submit work to Mona Magazine, not just professional or experienced writers. All submitted work will be curated for the annual print version of Mona Magazine and/or modified to publish on our website. Contributors will be paid for their work and will have a say in how, when and where their work is shared by Mona.

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Acknowledgement

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The women of Mona acknowledge that we come together on the stolen country of the Wiradjuri people who are the traditional and rightful owners of the Riverina lands where our ancestors settled.

These lands were never sold nor ceded.

We pledge to the truth telling of indigenous stories and histories in Mona’s pages because without them, we cannot truly understand who we are as Australian women.

We acknowledge the path for Aboriginal representation is through Voice, Treaty, Truth and Advocacy and aim to honour the Uluru Statement of the Heart in all our work.

The women of Mona honour the power and wisdom of indigenous woman.

Until we listen to them and learn from their stories, we cannot begin to understand how we move forward, together.