by Australian Poetry | Oct 1, 2019 | Competitions and Calls for Submission
Entries close at 5pm Monday 14 October 2019 so be sure to get your entry in soon. More information & nominations. 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...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 27, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
6.30pm Wednesday October 9199 Faraday Street, Carlton RSVP AT COASIT.COM.AU …a book of essays on Australian and Italian poetry, and especially on the presence of Classical and Renaissance literature in contemporary Australian poetry…Does it make sense to...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 27, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
Tickets Facebook Event It’s showtime next week! We’re launching SOLID AIR, an anthology of contemporary Aus & Aotearoa spoken word. The book features the best voices around, and six of them will be featuring on the night (alongside editors David...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 27, 2019 | Competitions and Calls for Submission
Annual W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia ‘We who care deeply about the arts find ourselves the priesthood of an almost forgotten faith, and we must, I think, if we would win the people again, take upon ourselves the method and fervour of a priesthood. We must...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 25, 2019 | Competitions and Calls for Submission
Key dates for all 2020 AwardsOpen call for entries – Monday 2 September 2019Close of entries – Monday 30 September 2019Shortlist announcement – Monday 2 December 2019Winner announcement – Thursday 30 January 2020Books published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 23, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
Writing with Observation & Detail10am-4pm, November 2nd-3rdKyneton Mechanics Institute Bookings Enjoy a weekend in scenic central Victoria while taking your writing to the next level. This two-day workshop will be taught by professional and highly acclaimed...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 23, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
Monday 23 September – 7pm to 9pmAngela Gardner + Alan Jefferies$5 / $10 entry. Open mic Angela Gardner is an award-winning poet and visual artist. Her most recent books are The Told World (Shearsman 2014); Thing & Unthing (Vagabond 2014); and with Caren...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 23, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
Thursday 26 September 2019, 7.30pm-8.30pmat Kyneton Town Hall The Event Claire G. Coleman believes speculative fiction is a powerful political tool. ‘It’s a genre in which there’s great scope for Aboriginal literature … It’s able to sneak politics into places people...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 23, 2019 | Readings, events and launches
Friday, 4 October 2019 from 19:30-22:00 State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000 The Event The search is on for Australia’s 2019 poetry slam champion! Cheer on our finalists as they speak, scream, howl, whisper...
by Australian Poetry | Sep 4, 2019 | AP Publication Announcements
Submissions Submissions: open 15 September – 1 November 11.59 pm 2019 Australian Poetry Journal 9.1 (‘resist!’ poetry guest edited by John Kinsella) is now available. You can purchase a copy here If you would like to support Australian Poetry, receive print copies...