ISSUE NO. 20
MARCH 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!

Latest

I Am Tired

By Anthony

Tired from being told what to do. I am tired of love, tired of being deemed guilty, tired of my own remorse. I am tired of my own self-doubt, my own shadows and especially tired of my own face.

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Mr Challis draws from a prison in QLD.

‘I Still Stand Tall Like A Tall Oak Tree’

By Little Savage

Being in prison is lonely at night. It’s waiting for letters that friends and family forget to write. It’s sitting around with nothing to do just figuring out who is who.

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1 MIN READ
Drawing also by Little Savage
By Anthony

Tired from being told what to do. I am tired of love, tired of being deemed guilty, tired of my own remorse. I am tired of my own self-doubt, my own shadows and especially tired of my own face.

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By Mackenzie

Hate’s a strong word, but for you it’s reserved. I hate what you’ve taken from me, my parents, my childhood and my glee.

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1 MIN READ
By Matt

Prison is not fun, prison is not jolly, there’s rarely any smiles and for the tears, bring your brolly. Prison is dirty and prison is hard, lose focus for a minute and get done in the yard.

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3 MIN READ

Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025

Morgana

By Alex

I remember the day I saw you, I held your tiny form, the chilly air made you tremble, so we took you home.

2 MIN READ
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Faith in Recovery

By RB

The pressure of the pain inside, formed diamonds in my mind, tempting me to throw it in, to leave it all behind.

2 MIN READ
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An Incarcerated Truth

By Travis

Belief in a future, they do persist, for everyone has the right to exist.

1 MIN READ
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November 2025

Rage on a Saturday Morning

By Georgia Sheales

Locked down for the third time this week, sixth time this past fortnight, with Bird of Prey playing on Rage, the shitty fuzzy speakers on the shitty fuzzy TV barely able to conjure up something that resembles bass.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

Butterflies

By Wormy

Butterflies, can be the colour of your eyes. They start life as tiny eggs, finally having wings and six legs.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

The (Powdered) Milky Way

By Jeff

An ode to our last 750-gram powdered milk, taken from our treasured weekly Buy-Up Sheet.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

The Darkness Returns

By Leslie

Facing the darkness, the pain and cold travelling through the body, the soul taking me back to when I played alone when hell exists, the place my home I spend years, months, days wearing the mask trying to pretend there is no fear or pain.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

Sam Kerr

By Henry

The big idea behind this painting is to display a very strong, tough Australian sportswoman. Through her athleticism she has helped to inspire a huge number of young Australian girls to take up soccer as their favourite game.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025

Human Being

By Matthew

As I come back to jail, I walk through that familiar door, I promised my mum and kids, I wouldn’t break the law.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 14
September 2025

Heroin

By Natasha and Mikayla

Behold my friend, I am heroin, known by all as the destroyer of men. From where I came no one knows, a far away place where the poppies grow.

3 MIN READ

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