Starling Magazine
Funding
Modest Award
Deadline
10 October 2026
Location
NZ
Entry Fee
Free
Schedule
Every 6 months
Starling Magazine welcomes submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and hybrid work from writers worldwide. The publication features emerging and established voices in contemporary literature.
Starling is a twice-yearly literary journal (published in February and August) dedicated to showcasing the work of New Zealand writers under 25 years old at the time of submission. All contributors paid a modest publication fee, dependent on continued funding.
Submission Guidelines
Poetry: Send up to six poems.
Prose: Send up to two pieces (maximum 5,000 words each). This can include short stories, creative non-fiction, personal essays, or anything else you can surprise the editors with.
Originality: Material must not have been published elsewhere in any form.
Simultaneous Submissions: Allowed, provided you notify the editors as soon as possible if your work is accepted by another outlet.
How to Apply
Email submissions to editors@starlingmag.com and include the phrase ‘Submission for Starling’ in the subject line.
Attach your work as a single Microsoft Word or PDF document, using your name as the file name. Do not paste your submission into the body of the email.
In the body of your email, please include your full name, date of birth, place of residence, and a short bio of no more than three sentences.
(Note: Copyright for all pieces published in Starling remains with the author. The editors read and respond to all submissions no later than 10 weeks following the deadline).
Autograph
Open call for emerging writers to pitch short creative writing or poetry on memory, language and migration, responding to Autograph's exhibition by Nhu Xuan Hua
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