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It's hard to go past the placeholder text that our webmaster originally put here. "This is information about the magazine. We are this old. We are this awesome." If we elaborate a little though, Going Down Swinging is a curious beast. Founded in 1980 by broke writers Kevin Brophy and Myron Lysenko, and employing a Hall of Fame of different editors along the way, we've spent the last 31 years helping broke writers publish other broke writers. Along the way we've developed a reputation as Australia's most innovative and idiosyncratic literary journal. Brophy and Lysenko's original components of fiction, essay and poetry have long sat side by side with the audio and the visual. The only Australian journal to regularly publish spoken word CDs along with each print edition, we also publish full-colour graphic novellas, and commission performance pieces to send on tour. In 2011 the evolution continues, with our first all-digital edition. This is much more than simply putting a paper journal online. GDS #31 is an all-new publication, featuring video, audio, fiction, photography, poetry, and visual art, disparate forms talking to each other in a way that could never be done in print. Smartphones and e-readers mean the journal will be available to anyone with an internet connection. Which is good, because it means GDS can keep bringing you the best artists you've never heard of.

"Small Press Distribution is a non-profit literary arts organization located in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to connect readers with writers by providing access to independently published literature. SPD allows essential but underrepresented literary communities to participate fully in the marketplace and in the culture at large through book distribution, information services, and public advocacy programs. SPD nurtures an environment in which the literary arts are valued and sustained."

The Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem is a private collection of books made by printmakers, photographers, photomonteurs, painters, writers and poets. The collection focusses on books made in Australia but also has works from overseas. Books of interest are actively sought and purchased. The Bibliotheca is in the Sydney suburb of Stanmore. It is held at a private house and may be viewed by appointment. Students are welcome.

emerging writers short stories and prose