Kill Your Darlings (KYD) is an Australian online literary magazine dedicated to arts and culture based in Melbourne.
[1] Founding editors Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent[2] set out to create a new kind of print literary journal,[1] with a mission of "reinvigorating and re-energising this medium – to shake it up, if you like, and publish literature that bites back".
[3] The magazine name comes from a quote regularly attributed to the American novelist William Faulkner: "In writing, you must kill all your darlings".
[4] KYD contributors have included Benjamin Law, Clementine Ford, Jane Caro, Ron Rash, Antony Loewenstein, Chris Womersley, Rebecca Shaw, Gideon Haigh, Krissy Kneen, Nayuka Gorrie, Ellena Savage, Maria Turmarkin, Jennifer Down, Omar Musa, Toni Jordan, Jack Cowell, Melanie Joosten, and Jon Bauer.
[7] KYD produces a regular podcast, provides professional writing services such as online workshops, mentorships, and manuscript assessments, and hosts literary events.