ISSUE NO. 25
August 2026

Creative

This section publishes creative contributions mostly from currently and formerly incarcerated people. It includes short-stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and much more.

If you have something creative to submit to us, we would love to read it, or see it, and publish it in About Time – please write to us!

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Dan’s Drawing

By Dan

A drawing of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, sent to us by Dan.

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Dan draws from a prison in the ACT.

Self Reflection

By Sofia

Often I try to self-reflect which turns into waves of rings around me. This picture reflects my days in general; life is static, surrounded by waves around.

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Sofia, Ink on paper 2025
By Anonymous

The cage stands bold, with its steel-clad mesh. For within its grip, it’s us it holds. Ten foot walls, of cold creme concrete. For outside we muster, like horses in stalls.

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By Wolverine

I know you think you’re broken far too much to ever heal properly, like all those other folk that make life seem so real.

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By Jon

“The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky." The colours of my jocks lying, on a bench. Uncovered by shutters. Unarmed waiting snakes.

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By Justin

You begin to scream and shout. Roll about time to let it all out. Emotions running wild from the hurt and pain. It’s starting to hurt my brain.

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By Gypsy

Do you feel confined, please sympathise my pain. The lack of understanding, I find it very vain. Just imagine freedom, independence stripped from you, how would you feel and what would you do.

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By Abdullah

Another day another cell, can’t believe I’m locked in a cell. Imagine this is what it’s like living in hell, lawyers to pay but no money and nothing to sell!

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Dan draws from a prison in the ACT

Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 23
June 2026

The Hunger

By Anonymous

He awoke, annoyed, just able to make out his cellie in the blacked-out gloom. He began to protest, but his spirit soared when he heard the word: “Your library books are here!”

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 23
June 2026

Baking in Boronia

By Chelsea

I hated the kitchen on the outside but have learnt from being inside that it makes me feel wholesome and happy.

ISSUE NO. 23
June 2026

A Memorable Dinner

By Jeff

“I recognise that”, “that’s someone I know”, “I can’t place who, but that is someone’s smell”.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 22
May 2026

‘Love is Rebuilding My Life’

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 22
May 2026

Methfairytale

By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

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ISSUE NO. 22
May 2026

Nostalgia

By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 21
April 2026

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 21
April 2026

You Don’t Know Your Worth

By Flame

Don't fear my love, everything’s alright. Don't fear my friends, the future looks bright.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 21
April 2026

‘Love Is Blind And It Can Make You See’

By Caleb

Love’s definition cannot be just one, not one, two or more but a tonne. Love is the greatest quality of them all, a verse written by the poet Paul.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 21
April 2026

Apocalypse of the Mind

By Emma-lee

I sit here watching the second-hand ticking by as it slowly keeps passing my time... And just as I thought the world can’t be changed it's an apocalypse of the mind.

1 MIN READ

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