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Why do women get the blame?

British expat and Mona's resident TV enthusiast, Oumi Karenga-Hewitt reviews ‘Harry & Meghan’ and explores why we've been conditioned to...

An ally in the face of Australia's casual racism: A review of 'Memories and Elephants'

Mona Editor Lauren starts the new year with a review of Meaghan Katrak Harris’s memoir, Memories and Elephants: The art of casual racism.

The Art of Flash Fiction with Mara

Mara Papavassiliou sits down with Mona Editor, Lauren, to chat about crafting a perfect piece of flash fiction.

Dog Teeth

Mara Papavassiliou's flash fiction this week skilfully explores veiled threats that speak to an all-pervasive violence.

The unexpected fruits of foraging

By choosing to use what is available in season and in abundance, we break with habitual patterns shaped by consumerism.

The violence no one sees: leaving fundamentalism in rural towns

In Australia we tend to dismiss fundamentalist Christians as being free to ‘do their thing so long as they don’t harm us’...

Our Bodies Keep the Score

Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Mona celebrates the survivors who share their experiences.

Your perspectives are important, we want to listen

We want to hear from you, our readers, on the things you think are important to you and your community.

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.

You can buy Mona Magazine issues here or view a list of our magazine stockists.

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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.