.Australian Poetry, based at the Wheeler Centre in 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.
Australian Poetry Subscriber-Thon 2019—25th Nov-8th Dec
Ever thought about buying a subscription to Australia Poetry, purchasing one for a loved one, or maybe your subscription has recently lapsed? If you subscribe, renew or gift a subscription between the 25th of November and the 8th of December you could win big!
Announcing the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship 2020
In partnership with the Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR), Australian Poetry is once again pleased to announce the call-out for this exciting fellowship. Available to Australian Poetry subscribers, the Australian Poetry/ NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship is conferred on a single Australian poet able to take up residency in the village of Sottochiesa, Taleggio Valley, northern Italy, between 30 May-30 June 2020.
OutLoud 2019 ~ Anthology of Poems
This special e-chapbook presents the five finalist poems in the 2019 Secondary Schools Slam competition, OutLoud Eco!Slam 2019, including the winning poem.
the 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
The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry
Submission GuidelinesPublishers are invited to enter books published between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019.Submissions must be received by February 15, 2020.There is a $20 submission fee. Unlimited submissions are allowed, but each book requires...
Entries Open – NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020
Entries close at 5pm Monday 14 October 2019 so be sure to get your entry in soon. The NSW Premier's Literary Awards are the richest state-based literary awards in the country with up to $305,000 in prize money to be awarded in 2020. The categories offered...
The Annual W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia
'We who care deeply about the arts find ourselves the priesthood of an almost forgotten faith, and we must, I think, if we would win the people again, take upon ourselves the method and fervour of a priesthood. We must be humble and half-proud. . . . We...
Tartu 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.