Masthead was established in 1998 as a literary arts magazine by Australian poet Alison Croggon and was produced for four issues as a print journal.  After a hiatus of almost two years, it was revived for the "American Terror" special issue in September 2001. Now it is published exclusively on the internet as an annual e-journal.

Masthead is a unfunded venture. Regretfully, due to the difficulty of dealing with them, Masthead cannot accept unsolicited contributions.  Contribution is by invitation only. 

Masthead is edited, designed and made by Alison Croggon, with graphic designs by Laurence Peterson.  Consulting editors for print Issues 1 to 4 were Leonard Abrams, Daniel Keene, Emma Lew and Alaric Sumner.  Issues 1 to 7, plus the American Terror special issue, are archived at au.geocities.com/masthead_2/

Masthead is tested on Explorer, Netscape, Safari and Opera.  Magnifying text can destroy the lineation of some poems; if you have problems with this issue, check the text zoom under the "view" command on the browser menu and reduce the size of the text.  The magazine is best viewed at 90 per cent. on Explorer and 100 per cent on most other browsers.  Unfortunately, due to the size of each issue, downloadable files of the whole magazine are impracticable at this point, but the pages are designed to be print-friendly.

All material in Masthead is copyright of the contributors. Design is copyright Alison Croggon and Masthead. All rights are reserved.  Material may be downloaded and printed out only in the form in which it appears on the website.  Aside from purposes of individual reading or study as recognised under international copyright law, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

Masthead is archived as an electronic journal by the National Library of Australia. its readership is steadily increasing. Issue 9, launched in March 2005, saw a total of 247, 257 hits, or 56,716 visitors, up to March 2006.

The print edition was made possible by the generous support of Numerical Simulations and Paul and Angela Riggs.  Thanks are also due to Liz Jones and La Mama Theatre and to the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.

ISSN 1441-791X

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