Our community wants to read your poetry and prose, your essays and insights into your unique experiences and those of other people in your community.

 

 

SEND US YOUR

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personal essays

interviews

opinions

artwork

photography

recipes

reviews

short stories

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anything that you think shares a piece of WHO YOU ARE or  HOW YOU SEE the world around you.

 

 

REFLECT on how you see life in rural Australia and how this has been shaped throughout your life. What is it that you wish more people knew about your experience in rural Australia? What are the issues that matter to you and your life in the country?

 

What are your interests or passions that get you leaping out of bed in the morning?
What are your fantasies or wild curiosities?

 

SHARE with us the stories that awaken your imagination or get you seriously thinking.

 

What are your dreams, visions or the legacy you wish to leave for future generations of women in rural Australia?

 

If you have an idea burning a hole in your mind but you’re not quite sure how to bring it to life, shoot us an email or IM on Facebook.

 

It is our mission to bring your words to the minds of other women who are waiting to know you and your story.

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We can’t wait to meet you.

 

​*A woman is inclusive of the spectrum of what that means for you – all sexualities, bodies, expressions. If you are a woman and you have a story to share, we want to hear from you.

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Submission

GUIDELINES

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The word count for our FICTION pieces published in Mona Magazine is 1000-1500 words. Poetry can be a single poem of between 15-40 lines, or it can be comprised of a collection of two or more poems (related or unrelated) that equate to that number of lines. For visual art or photographic submissions, we require at least one substantial piece (at least a single A4 page) per paid submission. For guidelines relating to the word count of experimental pieces, we accept a double A4 page spread.

 

Fictional and poetic pieces that have been successful in the past focus on the personal, the local and the political. They deal with the feminine, the feminist and all different shades of what it means to be living rurally. They have been able to capture emotions skilfully, craft authentic and relatable characters, describe places of importance in vivid detail and represent significant events in moving and metaphoric ways. If you are considering submitting poetry, we prefer the rhythm, varied rhyming structures and flow of free verse, unless you are an experienced poet with a background using standardised rhyming structures.

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The word count for our NON FICTION pieces published in Mona Magazine Issue 2 is 800 -1500 words.

 

We accept pieces ranging from memoir and personal essay, to opinion, interviews and long-form journalism on anything that may be of interest to rural Australian women and their lives. 

 

Non fiction pieces that have been successful in the past used their authentic and unapologetic personal experience as a springboard into looking at an issue from a broader, bigger picture perspective. They are well researched and provide interesting, factual information to contextualise their experience. 

 

They acknowledge that the personal is political, and explore through their perspective, issues that continue to affect their lives and the lives of other women and communities in Australia. They are generous with their knowledge and insight into what they have learned from their experiences and they are not afraid to admit when they have got it wrong. 

 

We also request that writers who submit pieces that claim to contain factual information, ensure that they have taken adequate care to present current, accurate information that can be verified. Editors may ask to see a bibliography.

 

We also request that authors and poets submit a bio and a picture to be published in our contributors section.

 

We do not publish pieces that have been published elsewhere, unless prior agreement has been made with the Mona Team.

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