Blog - New Word Order

December 4, 2023

Feeling Sexy

written by Stephanie Powell (she/her). Stephanie is a poet based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her latest poetry collection is Gentle Creatures (Vagabond Press, 2023). Feeling sexy, but..

December 4, 2023

Dear Reader

Art By Marco Acerbi A very warm welcome to New Word Order Issue 7. This project has been a difficult one but so unbelievably fulfilling...

April 24, 2023

Dear Reader

Art By Lucy Keegan Publishing a literary magazine as a class project is no easy feat, but I can wholeheartedly say that it has been..

Issue VI

April 24, 2023

Issue VI

Contents Dear Reader Meet the Team Self Diagnosis in my Twenties by Selene Hoffstetter Ireland’s Lost Generation by Millie Whyte Phantom Blue by Simon Young..

Issue VI

April 22, 2023

Issue VI – PDF

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April 22, 2023

Mrs.McBride’s Cornflakes

By Petrina Finn Photo “Wistful” By Aurora Santoro Mrs. McBride lived at the bottom of our street. I remember her standing at her gate with..

April 22, 2023

F(uck)

By Josh Fortune Photo By Aoibh Ni Bhradaigh Profanity is inherently the most poetic form of language that you could use. Never has ‘fuck’, when..

April 22, 2023

M(other)

By Tara Murphy Photo “Wistful” By Aurora Santoro I remember a surprisingly large amount from that night considering I had only been five for a..

April 22, 2023

Her Dead Daughter

By Tara Murphy Art By Ash Clancy Margaret is cutting weeds in her front garden, plucking out the imperfections within her flowers. My breath hitches..

April 22, 2023

Burnt Sienna

By Ella Barron Carton Photo “Exploring Solo” By Tuyet There were many house parties in which we ran into each other before I had the..

April 22, 2023

Exploring Solo

Photo “Exploring Solo” By Tuyet At the request of the author the piece originally displayed here has been removed from our website. However, as a..

April 22, 2023

And There We Meet and Keep Our Secrets

By Aisling Lee Photo “City Lights” By Eoin Campbell Eloise sat with her mother at the table in the kitchen, where the only sound was..

April 22, 2023

Knight Takes Bishop

By Adam Behan Art By Andrea Clancy He didn’t know how to play chess, so I showed him how. It wasn’t ideal that I was..

April 22, 2023

Talk

By Dylan Sinott Photo “Angst” By Irish Mae Llavore Again, I found myself standing on the bridge. Who “I” am is not important, for I..

April 22, 2023

Unspoken

By Elaine Gormley Photo “Burnt Out” By Eoin Campbell The day I planned on coming out to Ma, was the day she found out she..