CONTRIBUTE TO FARRAGO 

Farrago accepts cold submissions by UniMelb students and alumni. Both pitches and completed pieces are suitable. 

Farrago publishes News, Non-fiction, Creative, Reviews, Visual Art, Puzzles, Advice Columns, etc. 

Accepted pieces will be published either online or in print. 

Submit pieces and pitches to editors@farragomagazine.com

Farrago Submissions Guidelines

• Submissions must be the work of an University of Melbourne student or alumni;
• All submissions must be unpublished work;
• All written submissions must be submitted in a word processor document (e.g. Word, Google Docs, etc.);
• Pitches must be accompanied by examples of authors' previous works;
• All photography submissions must be submitted via Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.;
• No more than three submissions may be sent at once;
• Creative works must be accompanied by a 250 word contextualising statement; 
• News and Non-fiction pieces must include source lists where applicable; &
• Regarding Fodder pitches: media passes to concerts, performances, shows, festivals and exhibitions may be requested. 

Word limits are as follows:

• News: No more than 1,000 words.
• Non-fiction: No more than 1,500 words.
• Creative prose: No more than 2,000 words.
• Creative poetry: No more than 100 lines
• Photography: No more than three photographs.
• Comics: No more than 10 pages.
• Fodder: No more than 1500 words.

Submit to Above Water 

Enter the annual creative writing competition and anthology.

Categories include:

Prose: Genre Fiction, Literary Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction (1500 words max)

Verse: Formal poetry and Free Verse (50 lines max)

Other: Experimental, hybrid, playscripts, ergodic, etc.

Winners and Shortlisted competitors will be published in the print anthology. Email all submissions to abovewater@farragomagazine.com 

Please ensure your name does not appear in your piece (use an alias if you must). All submissions must state in SUBJECT LINE: Category, Title, Word/Line Count, UniMelb student number & optionally: if the piece’s subject matter concerns a marginalised experience, you may disclose whether you belong to the relevant group. 

Applications close: 21 July 11:59 pm