Poetry and vers
POEM: Fossil fools

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: The pragmatic romancer meets the grinning taboo

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: Leaving them in the lurch

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: Park on Park

Nick O’Loan and Nic Clark both work at a carpark... Park on Park.  
POEM: The Cabins

This short story, presented in poetic stanza form, is an IA Writing Competition entry.  
POEM: A tale of two Murdochs

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: Cats go somewhere else to die

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
IA Writing Competition: APRIL WINNERS!

Independent Australia is proud to announce our very first IA Writing Competition winners!   
POEM: Are the Liberals doomed?

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: Butterflies ply

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: Missing Checkmate

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
Calling all writers, IA wants you!

Independent Australia is proud to announce a competition to showcase some of our most talented ...  
The crucial role of poets in an Australian republic

The inclusion of poets in a republic would provide marginalised elements of society with an ...  
George Floyd took a knee from the cops — but who killed him, really?

Who killed George Floyd? Stunning feature by Tess Lawrence.  
BOOK REVIEW: Griffith Review 'The Light Ascending' — room for many tastes

Writer Michael R Williams discusses the 'break-out' and 'the work in progress' stories from the ...  
REVIEW: John Passant's 'Whose broken is this? and other poems'

John Passant has packed 58 remarkable poems Into the 108 pages of his second volume of poems ...  
POEM: Together we must

Together we must   HE was three years old You killed him And 50 others Not in Christ' ...  
Review: John Passant's 'Songs for the Band Unformed'

Sara Moss reviews IA contributor John Passant's book of poetry, Songs for the Band Unformed, a ...  

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