Stories emerging from the foam of the Indian Ocean
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2026 Human Rights Essay Prize
ISSUE #19
Featuring eleven human rights essays, this issue includes Christopher Bryant, M Lonbaard, Em Readman, Elisha Jacobs-Smith, Ekta Sonawane, Treyvone Moosa, Laetitia Thompson, Kurtis Makuru, Charles King, Stevie Lane, and Alifya Maheswari.
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Listening
ISSUE #18
Featuring poetry, prose, photographic essays, and conversations on the topic of ‘Listening’. Hear from Amanda Bell, Emma-Lee Maher, Sisonke Msimang, Kaya Ortiz, Airevbowan Olaghere, Randa Khamis, Vanessa Corunna, and more. Editorial by Isabelle Biondi Saville.
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Water, Tongue, Land, Touch
ISSUE #17
Featuring collaborative pieces prose by Marsha Habib and Sayasi Ghosh, collaborative poetry by Maria A Perdomo and Pramudith D Rupasinghe, a reflection by Lathika George. Editorial by Kieren Kresevic Salazar.
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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.

