Unsolicited Musings

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About

Unsolicited Musings is a small writing collective built around one habit: a prompt word each month, and the discipline of actually finishing something before it ends. It began as a private ritual in WhatsApp and eventually turned into this, a slightly larger project with the goal to invite other voices and offer a space to write more, side by side.
It’s now two distinct rooms. The Workshop is where everyone writes — drafts, submissions, and the reading and appreciating that happens between them. The Magazine is what we carry out of it each month: a curated handful of the pieces that we think deserve a wider read, open to anyone.
There are no followers here, no like counts, and no algorithm deciding who gets seen. It’s all about progress over perfection — just get writing.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

Australia

Established in 2026

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 12 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Collapse section Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 2,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 2,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 2,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 40 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.