.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.
Announcing the 2020 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel
The three judges for the 2020 Anne Elder Award panel are Marcella Polain, Rae White, and Toby Fitch. Marcella is a former recipient of this significant award, while both Rae and Toby have been commended for the prize in both 2018 and 2013 respectively. Marcella Polain...
APJ 10.1 – ‘modern elegy’ Out Now
‘Australian Poetry Journal’, Volume 10.1 – ‘modern elegy’, features work by more than 60 poets, guest-edited by Ellen van Neerven, Felicity Plunkett, Eunice Andrada, and David McCooey. A note from the editors, below, who also each provide individual Forewords to their...
AP @ Tell Me Like You Mean It Vol. 4
Tell Me Like You Mean It Vol. 4, 2020 is an annual under age 30s / emerging poets’ digital chapbook published by Australian Poetry (AP) in partnership with Cordite Publishing Inc. AP is the national representative body for poetry. It is an independent non-profit...
FN COVID-19 Anthology 2021 Open for Submissions
Submissions: open 8 October 2020. They close at 11:59pm 14 December. Publication is planned by First Nations Australia Writers Network FNAWN for March 2021. SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR FN COVID-19 Anthology 2021. POETRY IS GUEST EDITED BY CHARMAINE PAPERTALK GREEN AND...
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
Announcing the 2020 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel
The three judges for the 2020 Anne Elder Award panel are Marcella Polain, Rae White, and Toby Fitch. Marcella is a former recipient of this significant award, while both Rae and Toby have been commended for the prize in both 2018 and 2013 respectively. Marcella Polain...
Australian Poetry Announces the 2020 Anne Elder Award Call-Out
Key dates for the 2020 Award Open call for entries – Monday, 18 January 2021Close of entries – Saturday, 13 March 2021, 5pm (AEST) (Books must be postmarked no later than 13 March 2021)Winner announcement – Wednesday, 14 April 2021 ••• Information and enquiries Emma...
QRAA Ekphrasis Challenge 2020
From the Queensland Poetry Festival website: A co-production of Flying Arts and Queensland Poetry Festival, the QRAA Ekphrasis Challenge asks poets Australia-wide to respond to eight artworks in the Queensland Regional Arts Awards 2020. The selected poet for each of...
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,...