Following a hiatus in 2023, our fifth volume is scheduled for release in December 2024, with a brand-new editorial team at the helm. Assuming a position of militant anti-militancy and brutal open-mindedness, Sūdō Journal has no interest in serving as a mouthpiece for the increasingly dogmatic vanguards of Australian culture. Instead, we plead for submissions of insight and intellect that prove there is hope for us yet.
The fifth volume of Sūdō Journal wants to know what defines our era. What is ending, what is beginning, and how will it shape the world to come? How do we find our place in the current maelstrom, on a personal or global scale? How secure is the ground under our feet?
Sūdō Journal calls for submissions of art, photography, poetry and prose. We call for essays, fiction, creative nonfiction and poems that could address but are not limited to,
- parasocial relationships and fandom,
- the rise of monoculture,
- PR in the age of social media,
- finding a sense of place in a globalised world,
- deep time and the Anthropocene,
- the acceleration of technological innovation,
- the future of the humanities in Australian universities,
- stories from the geographical, cultural, social or political fringes.
Email all contributions to submissions@sudojournal.com. Submissions should be no longer than 6000 words. Include the type of submission (essay, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry or images), author’s name and title of the work in the subject line of the submission email. Include a brief abstract for academic essays (no more than 75 words). Book reviews of no longer than 1000 words are also welcome. Follow MLA citation style and format. All written contributions should be submitted as a Microsoft Word file, in double-spaced 12pt font. All images used must be with permission only. Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted and will not be returned.
Submissions close June 30, 2024 for our December 2024 issue.
Image: “Red rock, Petra“ (CC BY-NC 2.0) by Andrea Kirkby