''Westerly'' is a literary magazine that has been produced at the

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since 1956. It currently publishes two issues a year, and in 2016 released its first online special issues. The journal maintains a specific focus on the Australian and

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n regions, but has published literary and cultural content from international authors. The magazine publishes fiction,

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

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, autobiographic, and scholarly

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s, and

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History

In 2015, ''Westerly'' ran a campaign called 'Word Matters', a response in publication to the funding cuts seen in the arts in federal and state budgets. The campaign published poetry from two young emerging poets, and sought reader engagement in the tweeting of responses online (#westerlywordmatters). Around that time, ''Westerly'' developed a more extensive online presence with a new website and social media engagement. The magazine, with the redesign of their website, broadened their publications to include special issues and regular online pieces. In early 2016, the magazine ran a successful

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campaign on chuffed.org exceeding their target funding. Funding has also been received from the Copyright Agency Ltd. to support a forthcoming 'Writers Development Program'. The ''Westerly'' archives are housed in Special Collections in the

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, with a complete digital version of the backset available at the website.

Notable contributors

Notable ''Westerly'' writers include Randolph Stow,

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, T.A.G. Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley; highly awarded contemporary writers, including Tim Winton,

Kim Scott Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. Biography Scott was born in Perth in 1957 and is the eldest of four siblings with ...

, and Sally Morgan; and acclaimed local poets John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan, John Mateer, and

Lucy Dougan Lucy Dougan (born 1966) is an Australian poet who began publication in 1998. Early life and education Dougan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1966. In 2009 she completed her PhD thesis at the University of Western Australia in dual forma ...

. It has a remit to focus on

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n writing, with other interests including the Asia region and Australian literature more generally. The Patricia Hackett Prize has been awarded by the University of Western Australia for the best original contribution to ''Westerly'' each year since 1965.William Wilde ''et al'', ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' Oxford University Press, Melbourne 2nd edition 1994

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External links

* {{Official website, https://westerlymag.com.au/ 1956 establishments in Australia Literary magazines published in Australia Biannual magazines published in Australia History of Western Australia Magazines established in 1956 Magazines published in Perth, Western Australia University of Western Australia Western Australian literature

History

Notable contributors

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