.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 Winner of the 2022 Anne Elder Award
The co-winners of the 2022 Anne Elder Award are Harry Reid with Leave Me Alone (Cordite Books, 2022) and Theodore Ell with Beginning In Sight (RWP, 2022). Thank you also to our judges this year – Gig Ryan, Ella Jeffery and Marjan...
AP @ MWF 2023
Event: Art and Stories Time: Sat 6 May, 10.30-11.30am Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library Victoria Price: $25 full / $20 concession Indigenous artists and storytellers have inspired each other for millennia in a rich cultural exchange that continues to...
Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 10 Open for Submissions
Submissions to the Anthology opened on Wednesday, 22 March, and close 11.59 pm, 17 April 2023 There will be a focus on QLD poets, as there was on WA poets in 2021-2022, and ACT poets in 2020, but the Anthology is national. The Anthology is scheduled for publication in...
APJ 12.2 Now Open for Submissions
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR APJ 12.2 – ‘suite, sequence’. POETRY GUEST-EDITED BY EMILY STEWART. APJ 12.2 ‘suite, sequence’ is a query into form rather than theme. It presents an uncommon chance to showcase a greater body of work than journals tend to allow for....
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 Winner of the 2022 Anne Elder Award
The co-winners of the 2022 Anne Elder Award are Harry Reid with Leave Me Alone (Cordite Books, 2022) and Theodore Ell with Beginning In Sight (RWP, 2022). Thank you also to our judges this year – Gig Ryan, Ella Jeffery and Marjan...
Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 10 Open for Submissions
Submissions to the Anthology opened on Wednesday, 22 March, and close 11.59 pm, 17 April 2023 There will be a focus on QLD poets, as there was on WA poets in 2021-2022, and ACT poets in 2020, but the Anthology is national. The Anthology is scheduled for publication in...
Announcing the 2022 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel
It is with great pleasure Australian Poetry announces the three judges for the 2022 Anne Elder Award panel are Gig Ryan, Marjon Mossammaparast, and Ella Jeffery. Ella Jeffery and Gig Ryan are previous winners of the prestigious Anne Elder Award and Marjon...
Announcing the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship 2023 Jury Panel
NAHR and Australian Poetry are pleased to present the jurors for the 2023 NAHR / Australian Poetry Northern Italy eco-residency. They are former NAHR/AP Fellowship alumni Simon Eales and Rachael Mead, and Australian Poetry’s Jennifer Nguyen. AP extends...