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.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Tony Frazer <[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]> 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/

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On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Tim Allen <[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

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