Splinter journal opens submissions for issue five
After the release of its third issue last month, Splinter literary journal is opening submissions to writers from across Australia and the world.
The literary journal – which is published out of Tarntanya (Adelaide) by Writers SA with support from Adelaide University, Flinders University, CreateSA, and the Don Dunstan Foundation – is seeking submissions across a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry formats.
Splinter does not publish themed issues and its issue five callout invites writers to engage with its core editorial questions about reality and perception.
There are also a handful of specific topics and voices the journal is particularly hoping to see among the issue five submissions. These include submissions that:
Deal with housing and homelessness
Grapple with the climate crisis (and its more optimistic cousin climate justice)
Consider the fate of progressive politics in so-called Australia
Use literary criticism to engage with the above themes
Are by regionally-based First Nations writers
Submissions for issue five are open now and will close at 11:59pm (ACDT) on January 19, 2026. Submissions are only accepted via Submittable.