~ Human Rights Essay Prize Returns for 2025

~ Human Rights Essay Prize Returns for 2025

We’re thrilled to share that the Human Rights Essay Prize will return in 2025. After the success of this year’s essays—like Kirsten Han’s poignant Singapore Will Always Be At War—we’re determined to continue amplifying voices that challenge injustice and inspire change globally.

To make this possible, we’re aiming to raise $35,000. These funds will allow us to increase prize money, expand our reach, and ensure the voices of those advocating for a fairer, more compassionate world are heard.

With your support, we can create lasting impact.

  • 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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