Mountain Journal magazine comes out once a year and is a free journal that is distributed throughout mountain and valley towns from Melbourne to Canberra. Now in it’s fourth year, this is a call out for contributions for the 2024 edition.

You could either contribute to the cover theme (mountain icons), one of the regular sections (see below), images for a photo essay, or an image for use on the cover.

Contributions would be needed by January 20, 2024.

This year’s theme: Mountain Icons

What are the icons of the mountains we love? What people, what places, what forests, what institutions? I am hoping you will feel inspired to write a brief piece on your favourite mountain icon, for inclusion in the next edition of the magazine.

An Icon is

‘A person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere’.

It might be a person who inspires you, a place, a mountain hut, a river, a business or other institution.

You can get a sense of what we are looking for by checking here.

Your contribution would be 100 – 300 words, with an image, saved as a pjeg (would need to be high resolution for use in the magazine).

Regular sections

I will be looking for content for each of the regular sections of the magazine:

  • News from Home – environmental news from lutruwita/ Tasmania and the Australian Alps
  • Around the Fire – chats with mountain people
  • Mountain Culture – new films, magazines, podcasts, events and things we love
  • Off track – an unusual adventure in the mountains.

Cover image

I am looking for a striking cover image. Anything mountain related will be considered. And an image that would work as a wrap around is even better! BELOW: the cover of MJ#3 (2023).

MJ3 cover

Previous editions of the magazine can be found here.

Feel free to get in touch: cam.walker@foe.org.au