dSCRIBE Literary Magazine

dSCRIBE 19 submissions have closed

Part of our annual creative writing program, inSITU, dSCRIBE is Darebin's very own print publication. 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 or studying within the City of Darebin. 

This year we’ll be publishing dSCRIBE 19, edited by Adalya Nash Hussein with cover artwork by Ben Juers. The theme of dSCRIBE 19 is 'Point'.   

“Recent issues of dSCRIBE have seen writers following ‘Desire Lines’ and ‘Spiralling’ into the abyss, but now we’re getting straight to the ‘Point’.  

Point as in Power____. Point as in ‘It’s rude to ____’. Point as in ‘What is the ____ ?’.  

Writing that is purposeful, polemic and sharp (or at least textured). Put on a party hat and a pair of poulaines. Find where X marks the spot and describe it in terms of latitude and longitude, or GPS co-ordinates, or the Jordan Transverse Mercator. Make an obelisk, an asterisk, a shopping list. Consider the tip of the iceberg. 

These are all just potential points of departure, it’s up to you to find the endpoint.”
— Adalya Nash Hussein, dSCRIBE 19 Editor 

Selected entries to dSCRIBE will go on to win the 2026 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards. The issue will be published and launched in September 2026.  

Entries have now closed. The launch event date will be announced in due course. 

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Previous editions of dSCRIBE

Click on the covers below to read past issues of dSCRIBE magazine.

d-scribe, 2025(PDF, 3MB)

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

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