'The most important and long-lasting journal in New Zealand's literature' – Oxford History of New Zealand Literature
'This is the little magazine that always produces great issues packed with fine writing. The writing is highly readable, sometimes controversial, but never dull.' – Canvas, Weekend Herald
Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays.
In each issue, editor Lynley Edmeades brings together a mix of vital work by this country's top new and more established writers, such as Vincent O'Sullivan, Catherine Chidgey, Breton Dukes, C.K. Stead, Albert Wendt, Cilla McQueen, Selina Tusitala Marsh and David Eggleton.
Landfall Review Online, edited by David Eggleton, also publishes new literary reviews monthly.
Landfall 250 – early submission deadline:
We’re preparing a special edition to mark our milestone 250th issue.
Please note the submission deadline has been brought forward to 31 May 2025.
Landfall Tauraka short story series
In 2024, Landfall and Otago University Press announced a new series of short story collections with the publication of the inaugural title, Pretty Ugly, by award-winning writer Kirsty Gunn. The Landfall Tauraka short story series is edited by Chris Prentice and seeks 'to acknowledge and showcase the ongoing quality and vitality of literary writing published in this journal.’
‘We plan to produce a volume of short stories each year, by writers who have had one or more stories published in Landfall. Initially, the series will be developed by invitation, alternating between collections from established writers and emerging talents who have yet to publish a collection.’ – Chris Prentice