Submit to Industrial Estate
Publishing writing from the working class, Industrial Estate is a new print literary journal from Subbed In.
Industrial Estate is open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Submissions close Wednesday 14 Februrary 2024 at 11:59pm AEDT.
Edited (and self-funded) by Victoria Manifold and Dan Hogan, the project seeks to enhance working class participation in the literary arts by providing publication opportunities to working class writers and writers from a working class background.
Upper class writers are overrepresented in ‘Australian’ publishing, both on the page and behind the scenes. As it stands, there are very few arts organisations in so-called Australia with a mandate to specifically account for the inclusion of working class writers. While imperfect, the UK has been doing a much better job on this front due to the work of its Social Mobility Commission.
In your submission to Industrial Estate you will be asked three questions that are considered the 'gold standard' by the experts of the UK's Social Mobility Commission for measuring socio-economic diversity. While not perfect, and noting there is no Australian equivalent, we have adopted the commission's questions and tailored them to suit the Australian context for the purpose of managing submissions to Industrial Estate. If you are unsure whether you are working-class or from a working-class background, we recommend submitting anyway.
We strongly encourage submissions from First Nations people, trans and non-binary people, people with disability, and people of colour.
Industrial Estate is open to submissions from anywhere in the world. Please note payment for published works by writers outside of ‘Australia’ will be made via PayPal.
Each issue will publish 4-8 writers.
While we love writing about working class experiences, Industrial Estate would like to emphasise that it is not at all a requirement to submit work that involves your experience of being working class or working class issues. Industrial Estate is an unthemed literary journal open to interpretations of what constitutes 'literary' and accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Like Subbed In, Industrial Estate is not beholden to a funding body, university, or any other entity. Industrial Estate is a DIY experiment whose existence is contingent on interest and sales and as such we do not have a publishing schedule. We’re making it up as we go along.
Any profits from sales of the first 50 copies of Industrial Estate Issue 1 will be donated to Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN).
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions must be made via Submittable. Submissions made via other channels will not be read.
It is free to submit.
Simultaneous submissions are a-okay with us (we’re not monsters) so long as you let us know as soon as your piece is accepted elsewhere by withdrawing it on Submittable.
We do not accept previously published work.
Please ensure your work is formatted in a readable font with readable formatting.
We are a tiny operation run by two people with full time jobs. We’ll endeavour to respond to your submission within 3 months. If you haven’t heard from us by then please feel free to drop us a line at hello[at]subbed[dot]in
Anyone who submits work to Industrial Estate will be automatically subscribed to Subbed In's emailing list. We assume you are submitting because you're interested in our work and the goings-on of Subbed In and Industrial Estate.
Please note we don’t have the resources to offer personalised feedback on submissions.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT IF MY PIECE IS ACCEPTED?
Your work will go through an editorial process and will be published in print. Industrial Estate pays a flat rate of $300 for all accepted work. You will also receive a contributor copy.
WHAT CAN I SUBMIT?
Poetry (up to 3 poems in a single word document). Please note we pay $300 as a flat rate for 1-3 poems (not per poem)
Fiction (any length up to 4000 words)
Nonfiction (any length up to 4000 words): essays, memoir, criticism, etc