.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 2019 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel
The three judges for the 2019 Anne Elder Award panel are Gig Ryan, Marcella Polain and Rae White. Gig and Marcella are former recipients of this significant award, and Rae was commended in last year’s prize. Marcella Polain was born in Singapore, and migrated to...
Announcing the AP / NAHR Jurors 2020
The jury members for the 2020 Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship are: Harry Reid, Dan Disney and Rachael Mead.
AP @ Perth Festival Weekend of Literature & Ideas 2020
Poetry has always been a language of resistance and activism, requiring true courage to write and speak it, and sometimes bearing the highest and enduring costs. Hosted by Francesca Sasnaitis, The Big Brave Read examines the themes of our Literature & Ideas...
APJ 9.2 – ‘DIS─’
‘Australian Poetry Journal’, Volume 9.2 – ‘DIS─’, features new works by more than 60 poets and visual artists, with poetry guest-edited by well-known poets and advocates for writers with self-identified disability/ies, Andy Jackson and Jennifer Harrison.
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 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards is now open for entries. The awards aim to support, develop and recognise excellence in writing.
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...
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.