.Australian Poetry, based at the Wheeler Centre in Narrm/Melbourne, acknowledges the custodians and owners of the land, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
Quantum Words 2018 Science Poetry Competition – Shortlist
The judges have now made their selection, and the poems have been shortlisted for the Quantum Words 2018 Science Poetry Competition,
read moreApplications Open: Melbourne Visiting Poets Program – 2019 Regional Guest
The Melbourne Visiting Poets Program is a residency-based initiative coordinated out of the RMIT University’s non/fictionLab research group, in partnership with Australian Poetry, Melbourne Spoken Word and Rabbit: A Journal for Nonfiction Poetry.
read moreAustralian Poetry Anthology Launches in SA – Big Read
We’re thrilled to be launching the ‘Australian Poetry Anthology’, Volume 6, 2018, at our inaugural South Australian launch.
read morethe tears the pelicans are leaving us like a line of words quicker than
the tongue drift glide sail waft fly fly away something happened here.
— ‘Flight Feathers’, Ellen Van Neerven
Poetry at the Wheeler Centre Workshop Space ~ The Seventh Annual Independent Publishing Conference
With thanks to Australian Poetry, join poets and publishing professionals Ellen van Neerven, Kent MacCarter and Yvette Holt to explore the recent increase in publication of collections by First Nations writers, reception of and demand for these locally and internationally, and best practice in acquiring and editing these works.
read moreCopyright Agency Fellowships for First Nations Writers
The 2019 round of fellowships for Indigenous writers is now open under a program developed by Varuna the National Writers’ House, Magabala Books, Sydney University and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
read moreRABBIT ~ Submissions of Nonfiction Poetry are now open
RABBIT is currently accepting submissions of nonfiction poetry for Issue 27.
read moreTartu City of Literature International Residency Program
Tartu City of Literature Office announces the second 2018 call for applications of Tartu City of Literature International Residency Program for writers and translators.
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