.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.
AP @ That Poetry Thing’s AP Anthology Volume 8 LAUNCH
Australian Poetry and Poetry on the Move Online present the launch of Australian Poetry Anthology Volume 8 (Focus on the ACT). Online only, via Zoom and pre-recorded readings, live-streamed to Australian Poetry’s Facebook Page. 6.30pm for 7pm, 20th July! This annual...
Tell Me Like You Mean It 2020
What does it mean to be a poet? We reckon it’s something like having a voice that’s full of attitude, wit and sincerity, a voice that’s continually re-imagining what it means to be contemporary. Three poets present their unpublished works in progress in an audio...
AP @ Poetry on the Move 2019 – Podcasts Now Available
Here are both episodes from the two-part podcast ‘Poetry that Resists’ recorded at the Poetry on the Move festival held in Canberra in 2019. Episode One: https://www.poetryonthemove.net/podcast/episode/5ac0e2e8/poetry-that-resists-kei-miller-and-jen-webb Episode Two:...
AP @ SWF 2020
Australian Poetry is thrilled to be a festival partner with SWF 2020 in a live-to-digital-event festival program conversion, featuring Ellen van Neerven in conversation with Tessa Rose. You can listen to the podcast here. The explosive second poetry collection...
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 2021 Somerset National Poetry Prize
The 2021 Somerset National Poetry Prize is now open for entries. Download the conditions of entry here.
Announcing the winners of the 2019 Anne Elder Award
Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976) It is with great pleasure that Australian Poetry announces the winning and commended poetry books for the 2019 Anne Elder Award. The award is named after Australian poet, Anne Elder, 1918-1976. Sponsored by Anne’s...
Wesley Michel Wright Prize
We're pleased to let you know that the Wesley Michel Wright Poetry Prize is currently open for applications. Work submitted must: be between 50 and 500 lines, excluding titles and footnotes; have been published in the 12 months prior to the closing date in print or...
NAHR Australian Poetry Fellowship 2020 – Judges’ comments
Mindy Gill is the winner of the 2020 AP / NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship.We are thrilled to announce that Mindy Gill is the winner of the 2020 AP / NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship. Mindy will take up residency in the village of Sottochiesa, Taleggio Valley, northern Italy,...