ISSUE 15—THE OUTLAW OCEAN: BONUS CONTENT NOW AVAILABLE!

This six-part series is a continuation of Portside’s collaboration with The Outlaw Ocean Project.

In the western Indian Ocean, along the underwater Mascarene Ridge that spans the distance between the Seychelles and Mauritius is where you will find the Saya de Malha Bank, home to the largest seagrass meadow in the world. However, corruption has found its way into the green oasis.

This continuation explores the exploitation that is occurring in the waters of the Saya de Malha Bank. The Outlaw Ocean also inquires on the brutality of natural elements and its sometimes fatal impact on its human inhabitants.

This series is a call to action. Bringing attention to the atrocious violations happening right in our backyard.

  • Short But Deadly

    FIRST NATIONS PRIZE

    Celebrating writing excellence, this special edition of Portside Review is dedicated to the small stories that pack a punch. The Short But Deadly competition ran over August-September 2024 and was open to Australian First Nations people living anywhere in the world. Ten winning stories were selected and are presented in this issue.

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  • here & now

    DIGITAL ANTHOLOGY

    here & now was a digital anthology project in partnership with Centre for Stories and Emerging Writers’ Festival produced for an event of the same title at the 2022 Emerging Writers’ Festival in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

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