Kia hiwa ra!
4th Floor is a literary journal showcasing excellent work from the Whitireia community. We welcome submissions from students and graduates from the Creative Writing Programme as well as anyone with a connection to Whitireia.
The publishing team includes students from the Whitireia Graduate Diploma in Publishing.
We call for submissions in the early part of the year and publish the journal in November of each year. The journal often has a theme and a guest editor.
What to submit
Short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel excerpts, or poetry. You can submit up to 5 pieces, with a total maximum of 2000 words. Longer pieces may be considered at the editor’s discretion.
When to submit
We will send out a call for submissions around the beginning of the New Zealand academic year. Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list to receive your call.
How to submit
Submissions are accepted by email only.
- Please attach your submission as a .doc, .docx, .pdf or .rtf
- Email submissions to:
- Include:
- Your full name
- What year you were/are studying with Whitireia and at which campus
- Your full contact details (email, postal address and phone number)
- Ensure that your full name and contact details are on each page of your submission
The fine print
We are unable to publish previously published work, unless that publication was in the 2003 Whitireia anthology A Magpie Stole My Heart. We are also unable to publish any work which quotes song lyrics, or includes any text which is the work of another writer.
Work about reading or writing may be an exception to this rule provided sources are clearly identified. Unfortunately we’re unable to publish children’s writing in this edition.
As a non-profit publication, 4th Floor is unable to offer payment for contributions. For all material we accept, copyright will remain with the author.
