A space to share our collective community's:

Critical thought | Untold stories | Poems | Micro-essays | Illustrations | Sounds | Photography | Art

CURRENT TOPIC

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'NGAMIY'

Ngamiy | Taungurung
(noun) /ngam-iy/

: Sun / Also used to describe the concept of a container for the sun in the sky just beyond the earth

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Mad black formal sunflowers in the sunset,
spied on by our own eyes
under the shadow of the mad
locomotive riverbank sunset
Frisco hilly tincan evening sitdown vision.

– Excerpt from Sunflower Sutra by Allen Ginsberg

The Community Voice is our place to share the wonder of our community. You.

  • After an overwhelmingly wonderful flood of submissions for our special 2021/22 Summer zine, we decided to make all zines dedicated to our Community's (your) voices!
  • So, every season we now seek a diversity of submissions in response to our current topic.
  • You can approach the topic in whatever way you feel. Respond in text, sound, colour, photos, pixels; there are no boundaries. (Yes, we will find a way to print your sounds!)
  • Our current topic (for our upcoming Summer zine) is →NGAMIY←, Taungurung for, 'Sun', also forming the base word for other words like Summer.
  • Submissions now closed for the current topic. But we will be announcing our new Autumn 2023 topic when we launch the Summer zine this coming December :)

Each selected piece is:

  • Rewarded a 3-pack of our wines (Please note that we can only send wine within Australia - but everyone, from anywhere, is still welcome to submit for the pure joy of it!)
  • Featured in our riso-printed ZINE, here on our website, and shared with our community via our mailing list & social media.

Next selection date.

SUBMISSIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED. NEW TOPIC WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MAY AFTER NEW SUMMER ZINE HAS LAUNCHED!

Terms & Conditions for selections:
Selections happen the week after the submission deadline and will be contacted within one week via email // We will send you a 3-pack of wines in exchange for your (Please note that we can only do this for contributors based within Australia!) // Each selected piece will be featured in our printed zine, on our website + social media and shared with our mailing list // Thank you!

Latest selects:

  1. Acaronar: Dialectic Of Why by Ashleigh K Rose.

    Penny Mercoulia, a poet and painter, on language.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  2. Acaronar: Flutter by Juliette Gillies.

    Juliette Gillies, a writer, on a fluttering heart.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  3. Acaronar: Μελαγχολία by Penny Mercoulia.

    Penny Mercoulia, a writer, on dissection.
    A prose poem.
    Read more →

  4. Acaronar: Series of silhouettes by Chloe Hamilton.

    Chloe Hamilton, a photographer and illustrator, on the quotidian.
    A series of photos.
    Read more →

  5. On Release: PART II by Asheda Weekes.

    Asheda Weekes—writer, editor, copywriter—on salvaging grace.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  6. On Release: PART I by Asheda Weekes.

    Asheda Weekes—writer, editor, copywriter—on misguided solace.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  7. Herbal Infusion Iced Tea by Alexandra Stuart.

    Alexandra Stuart, a naturopathist, shares her herbal infusion iced tea.
    A recipe.
    Read more →

  8. On Play: 'Woodend' by Freya Alexander.

    Freya Alexander, a writer, on hearing the Kookaburras calling.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  9. On Play: 'one day when i grow up' by Ellie Waddingham.

    Ellie Waddingham, an actor and writer on growing up playful.
    A poem.
    Read more →

  10. On Play: Amelia Fagence.

    Amelia Fagence, a designer and maker, explores play through balance.
    A sculptural artwork.
    Read more →

  11. On Play: 'still havin fun' by Tegan Iversen

    Tegan Iversen, an artist, illustrator & curator.
    A hand-drawn artwork.
    Read more →

  12. On Play: 'Playtime was' by Charlotte Grant.

    Charlotte Grant, a writer, on playtime nostalgia.
    A poem.
    Read more →