Overview of Australian Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

For ConZealand Panel.

Australian Small Press

Read their stories, buy their work, and submit your work when submissions are open.

• Canberra Science Fiction Guild (CSFG)

https://csfg.org.au

• Twelfth Planet Press

http://www.twelfthplanetpress.com

• Ticonderoga

http://ticonderogapublications.com/web/

• IFWG Publishing Australia

https://ifwgpublishing.com

• Cohesion Press

https://cohesionpress.com

• Australasian Horror Writers Association: Midnight Echo Magazine

https://australasianhorror.com/midnight-echo/

• Pantera Press

https://www.panterapress.com.au

• Oscillate Widely Press

https://www.oscillatewildlypress.net

• Black Beacon Books (French but with ties to Australia)

https://blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com

• Shooting Star Press

https://www.shootingstar.pub

• Things In The Well

http://www.thingsinthewell.com

• Odyssey Books

http://odysseybooks.com.au

• Fablecroft

https://fablecroft.com/free-fablecroft-fiction/

Magazines

Read their stories, buy their work, and submit your work when submissions are open.

• Aurealis
• Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM)
• Antipodean SF
• Midnight Echo Magazine

https://australasianhorror.com/midnight-echo/

• Breach Magazine

https://www.breachzine.com/submissions

• SQ Magazine – closed but still readable

https://sqmag.com

Podcasts and YouTubes

• Galactic Chat

https://galactichat.podbean.com/

• The Writer and The Critic

https://writerandcritic.podbean.com/

• Kat Clay’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOF2ZWYKzA

• Tansy’s Sheep Might Fly

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sheep-might-fly/id1078564120

• Galactic Suburbia

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/galactic-suburbia/id360593761

Communities, Directories and Conventions

• The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot — hundreds of interviews with writers

https://austsfsnapshot.wordpress.com/category/2020-snapshot/

• Vision Writers (Brisbane critique group)
• Continuum (Melbourne group and convention)
• CSFG & Conflux (Canberra writers’ group and convention)
• Swancon (Western Australian convention)
• Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF)
• Aussie Speculative Fiction Writers
• Genrecon

Market News

• Literarium

https://get.literarium.net/

• Duotrope – not Australian but lists Australian markets

Awards

• Aurealis Awards

https://aurealisawards.org/2020/03/25/2019-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/

• Ditmar Awards
• Australian Shadows Awards

Big Publishers

• Text
• Penguin — open to submissions of SF & F for children but not adults
• Allen & Unwin— Friday Pitch

This is just a start — there’s much more out there!