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Thank you, Alison, for drawing our attention to a magazine I had not even heard of and to Matthew Lamb's essay which offers a description of a situation I entirely agree with and experience almost every day. Wolfgang Am 27.11.2013 00:50, schrieb Alison Croggon: > Yes, they do pay more, but you can also donate your fee to the > magazine if you choose. I did, when they published something of mine. > The context is Island's struggle to survive, after a surprise cut in > state funding (they were rescued with a one-off grant from the > Australia Council). Island has a particular importance in being the > major Tasmanian literary magazine: island culture is very marginalised > here. But that's probably of little interest here. Their rationale > (and fee structure) is here: > > http://islandmag.com/who-pays-the-writer/ > > Mark, Australian literary magazines tend to be constrained by funding > stipulations that only permit them to pay Australian writers. That is > both highly problematic and understandable. It's a major reason I > never sought funding for Masthead. > > xA > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Tony Frazer <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Well, it sounds bad enough, but, since they pay contributors, > perhaps it’s not so b ad after all? Assuming they pay more than > the cost of a sub? > > Tony > > > > On 26 Nov 2013, at 21:24, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> Some of you might be interested in the Tasmanian magazine >> Island's new contributor policy, which has attracted a fair bit >> of discussion in these parts. (Scroll down). >> >> http://islandmag.com/about/ >> >> x >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Couldn't agree more Ian - I think it must have been a similar >> experience for most of us of that age (roughly). >> >> Cheers >> >> Tim >> >> On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:06, ian seed wrote: >> >>> It was this PMP series which got me smitten with surrealism >>> via the work of Philip Lamantia, which introduced me to the >>> Beats, to New York poetry, including its manifestations in >>> the UK, to the work of 'outsider' poets such as Wantling, >>> and to 'neo-romantic' poets such as George Barker. To me, as >>> a provincial sixth former, it was exciting, and something I >>> felt my English teacher would not have approved of. There >>> was something deliciously subversive about the first PMP >>> series, and I loved their black covers, the fact that they >>> were relatively cheap (less than a pound), and that they >>> could slip so easily into your pockets to be read on the bus >>> back home from school. Wrong to dismiss them all as 'duds'. >>> >>> Ian >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au >> <http://www.masthead.net.au/> >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com >> <http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/> >> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com >> <http://www.alisoncroggon.com/> > > > > > -- > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com