.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 @ EWF @ ‘coven’
How does magic infuse itself into the written word and into the lives of writers? What are the connections between poetic and magical practices? Hear poems from a line-up of artists weaving their practices of writing and magic together. Australian Poetry acknowledges...
Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Anne Elder Award
We are so excited to announce that the winner of the 2021 Anne Elder Award is Audrey Molloy with The Important Things (Gallery Press 2021). Congratulations Audrey! Thank you so much to our wonderful judges this year - Ella Jeffery, Marjon Mossammaparast, and Marcella...
AP @ Blak & Bright 2022
Read more and book here! Big Blak Poetry Read – Blak & Bright More here: Masterclass: The Poet's Imagination - Blak & Bright
AP @ Best of Australian Poems 2021 in NT
Off the Page Poetry Night with Omar Sakr and others from Best of Australian Poems 2021 + a line-up of local poets. More here: Poetry Anthology Launch with Open Mic | Facebook Off the Page is a spoken word event where guest and local writers inspire the community with...
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
Liquid Amber 2022 Poetry Prize
First prize - $A500, Second prize - $A150 Best Poem by an Emerging Poet - Editing Service Pack with Rose Lucas But best of all - poems on the longlist will be published in the Anthology. Join in for a chance to be an author in a high quality Liquid Amber Press...
2022 Poets Meets Politics International Open Competition
Hungry Hill Writing is pleased to announce our 2022 Poets Meet Politics International Open Poetry Competition We are especially delighted that PHILIP GROSS has agreed to judge for us this year. We will be awarding: a first prize of €500 / $550 See our website...
2022 Ann Morgan Prize
To honour Dr Ann Morgan’s contribution to infant mental health, AAIMH Victoria is again offering a Creative Writing Prize of AU$1,500 for a work that explores or imagines the infant’s subjective, emotional world. What is it like to be a baby? Click here for...
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,...