• Short But Deadly

    FIRST NATIONS PRIZE

    Celebrating writing excellence, this special edition of Portside Review is dedicated to the small stories that pack a punch. The Short But Deadly competition ran over August-September 2024 and was open to Australian First Nations people living anywhere in the world. Ten winning stories were selected and are presented in this issue.

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  • here & now

    DIGITAL ANTHOLOGY

    here & now was a digital anthology project in partnership with Centre for Stories and Emerging Writers’ Festival produced for an event of the same title at the 2022 Emerging Writers’ Festival in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

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  • How (Not) to Talk About Colourism

    KELETSO MOPAI

    Being Black is my currency and, on the other hand, a defect in the world, depending on the environment. While being dark-skinned has always and unflinchingly affected my entire being, humanity, and overall social life – interracially and intraracially…

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