Stories emerging from the foam of the Indian Ocean

  • 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.

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