Hi, my name is Alys Jackson and I'm an author and poet
based in Adelaide, South Australia.
My work has been published in books, magazines,
anthologies and online.
Writing is fun but finding magazines and journals that will publish your work can be a real challenge. To help make the process a little easier, I have compiled a list of publications (Australian) that welcome submissions from established and emerging poets. Please let me know if you’ve heard of any others and I’ll add … Read more
Submitting Poetry to Magazines and Journals. Writing poetry is fun but finding a way to get your work read can be a real challenge. Hopefully the tips below will make submitting poetry a little easier. Is your work ready? Submitting poetry is hard enough without then realising you’ve submitted something below standard. I have learned … Read more
Have just spent a wonderful weekend at the Henry Lawson Festival of Arts in Grenfell, NSW (8th June – 11th June) where I was lucky enough to receive two awards: The Harold Goodwin Short Story Award, 2017 and the Grenfell Henry Lawson Award for Poetry, 2017. It was a humbling experience to meet so many … Read more