dSCRIBE
As part of our annual writing program inSITU, we’ve reimaged our print publication, dSCRIBE. This annual literary magazine publishes all forms of creative writing (including but not limited to fiction, poetry, short stories, journalistic pieces, creative non-fiction) from writers living, working and or studying within the City of Darebin.
This year we’ll be publishing dSCRIBE 18, edited by local Panda Wong with cover artwork by Jacquie Meng. The theme of dSCRIBE 18 is ‘Spiralling’.
"Extending from last year’s theme 'desire lines’, 'spiralling' is about lines of rotation, return and radiance. Spiralling as in the dreaded emotional spiral, vertigo, a loop to break out of or move through. Or the ever-present spiralling in nature – how seals sleep in the ocean, the tininess of DNA, the way ants swirl themselves into death spirals, the tips of our fingers. To spiral is to ascend, descend and be in constant motion. It expands, shifts, and opens us up to alternative times, spaces, ways of seeing and feeling." - Panda Wong, dSCRIBE18 Editor
Selected dSCRIBE entries will go on to win the 2025 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards.
Entries will open on Monday 31 March 2025, and close on Saturday 18 May 2025. You’ll find submission guidelines, eligibility information and FAQs on this page once submissions open.
While submissions are open, we hope that you’ll make the most of the free Workshop Series to work on making your submissions for dSCRIBE the best they can be.
Make sure you follow us on Instagram @darebin_arts and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date!
For more information about dSCRIBE magazine, contact: writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au
Image by: Chip Mooney
Previous editions
Click on the covers below to read past issues of dSCRIBE magazine.
d-SCRIBE, 2024(PDF, 6MB)
d-SCRIBE, 2023(PDF, 3MB)
d-SCRIBE (Youth), 2023(PDF, 1MB)
n-SCRIBE, 2022(PDF, 846KB)
n-SCRIBE, 2020(PDF, 33MB)
n-Scribe 14, 2019(PDF, 3MB)
n-Scribe 13, 2018(PDF, 3MB)
n-Scribe 12, 2017(PDF, 2MB)
n-Scribe 11, 2016(PDF, 510KB)
n-Scribe 10, 2015(PDF, 3MB)
n-Scribe 9, 2014(PDF, 1MB)
n-Scribe 8, 2013(PDF, 5MB)
More Information
For more information about n-SCRIBE magazine, contact:
Darebin arts writing projects
Email: writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au
nSCRIBE 2020 JOGGING AT NIGHT by Becki Bouchier
Local writer Becki Bouchier reads her work JOGGING AT NIGHT published in n-SCRIBE 2020 - the latest edition of Darebin's annual literary magazine.
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nSCRIBE 2020 THE MUAY THAI GRUNT by Jes Layton
Local writer Jes Layton reads his work THE MUAY THAI 'GRUNT' published in n-SCRIBE 2020 - the latest edition of Darebin's annual literary magazine.
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nSCRIBE 2020 THE TREADMILL A HAIKU FOR MA by Nicholas Ling
Local writer Nicholas Ling reads his works THE TREADMILL + A HAIKU FOR MA published in n-SCRIBE 2020 - the latest edition of Darebin's annual literary magazine.
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