BRILLIANT PRIZES @ AP SUBSCRIBERDRIVE 2025

AP’s annual 2025 SubscriberDrive has arrived.

As poetry is bringing its vital spark to these times, with often booked-out events and strong sales, think about buying or renewing a subscription to AP, for yourself or for a pal.

From 8th December for a month, if you subscribe, renew or gift a subscription you could win an amazing prize. We love our subscribers (in fact, we couldn’t thrive without you). All prizes have been generously donated to AP.

To subscribe: https://www.australianpoetry.org/subscribe/

Yearly subscriptions start at just $45 and include three print/digital publications a year, including the biannual national AUSTRALIAN POETRY JOURNAL, with the extra opportunity to submit to the AUSTRALIAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY.

Already a subscriber but don’t wanna miss out? No worries! Simply purchase a new subscription, we’ll top up your existing subscription and add you to the draw.

Every new or renewing Subscription also gets an extra free Subscription to gift to a loved one, peer or friend.

Australian Poetry (AP) is the peak national body for poetry in Australia. AP exists to support the full breadth of poetry produced in this country. Our role is to represent Australian poetry and its poets, nationally and internationally. Australian poetry is diverse and rich – both in its contemporary manifestations and its heritage. Our mission is to showcase and celebrate this. AP undertakes this mission with ethical integrity and a commitment to cultural safety of all kinds. A deep respect for First Nations Cultural Protocols underpins all that we do in our publishing, commissioning and presenting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander poetry. This has been central to AP’s ongoing engagement with the oldest continuous poetic tradition in the world.

AP undertakes 3 core activities to further this vision:

AP showcases the best in Australian Poetry
AP showcase the breadth and diversity of stories told by Australian poets
AP connects Australians with the stories, places, and feelings embodied in Australian poetry.

FULL LIST OF PRIZES AND PACKS BELOW:

Readings, $50 Voucher

Amplify Bookstore, $50 Voucher

Paperback Bookstore, $50 Voucher

The Moat: Dinner for Two

Double Pass to see ‘My Brilliant Career’ at Melbourne Theatre Company

‘Best of Australian Poems 2025’ guest-edited by Nam Le and Jill Jones is here. Available only as part of the SubscriberDrive, every new/renewing Subscriber can order a copy with a $10 discount ($24.95, usually $34.95) PLUS free postage (value per copy $8.50)

$1,000 Prize:

Worth a mega $1,000 one lucky SubscriberDrive winner will be gifted an Australian Poetry Lifetime Subscription.

Kill Your Darlings’ Writing Memoir Through Poetry with Sara M Saleh (valued at $129)

We thank all our generous supporters/donors/contributors in supporting our SubDrive for 2025!

AP’s annual Two-for-One offer: Every one in the Drive is a winner

Join, renew or extend your Subscription and you can nominate another person to whom to give a complimentary one-year Digital Subscription (value, $50).

AP Book Packs

The full five-volume set of the Best of Australian Poems series ($175 value).

Single book prize

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN POETRY (one copy, with thanks to Ann Vickery and Cambridge University Press).

An invaluable resource for staff and students in literary studies and Australian studies, this volume is the first major critical survey on Australian poetry. It investigates poetry’s central role in engaging with issues of colonialism, nationalism, war and crisis, diaspora, gender and sexuality, and the environment. Individual chapters examine Aboriginal writing and the archive, poetry and activism, print culture, and practices of internationally renowned poets such as Lionel Fogarty, Gwen Harwood, John Kinsella, Les Murray, and Judith Wright. The Companion considers Australian leadership in the diversification of poetry in terms of performance, the verse novel, and digital poetries. It also considers Antipodean engagements with Romanticism and Modernism.

Subscriptions / Memberships Prizes to some of our most wonderful literary partners in the country

The Wheeler Centre is pleased to offer a complimentary membership. By becoming a member you will join the devoted community of writers, readers and thinkers who call the Centre home. Be among the first to know about Wheeler Centre ticket releases, get a 10% discount to Wheeler Centre ticketed events, access partner and Resident Organisation offers, and so much more! (Value, $40 per year) https://www.wheelercentre.com/

Emerging Writers’ 2026 Festival: A full weekend pass to the 2026 National Writers’ Conference will get you access to all panels, workshops and discussions held at this exclusive annual conference for writers within the heart of Melbourne at The Wheeler Centre. As part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, the coming National Writers’ Conference will be held in September 2026. A full weekend pass is valued at $100, and this prize can be exchanged for a Digital Pass for those outside Victoria. Learn more about the National Writers’ Conference and EWF: https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/

Express Media Voiceworks Print Subscription for writers Under 25 years old but for readers of all ages! Three issues. (Value, $70 a year). https://www.expressmedia.org.au/

Writers Victoria 2 Memberships, one-year, as a gift from Writers Victoria. AP Subscribers also receive full discounts on all WV poetry workshops, including online workshops which can be accessed no matter your location. (Value, $75 per year) https://writersvictoria.org.au/

Membership benefits include:

Discounts on courses, manuscript assessments and mentorships;
A large online archive of past articles from ‘The Victorian Writer’ available only for members;
Fortnightly member newsletter filled with writing news, events and opportunities;
Up to three free listings a year in the newsletter;
Information, advice and guidance from the Writers Victoria team;
Access to the Writers Victoria library on level 3 of The Wheeler Centre (10am to 5pm weekdays), including a great collection of writing-related reference books, literary magazines, journals, trade weeklies and more;
Access to a place to write in our library;
Representation and advocacy on issues affecting Victorian writers;
and discounts from our partners.

Reading Packs

We’ve got amazing books to give away and we could not do this without the annual-in, annual-out ongoing support of Australia’s amazing poetry publisher supporters.

A big shout out to:

Liquid Amber Press

The Heart of the Advocate by Angela Costi

Intents by Anne Elvey

The Deepest Thing: A Poetic Memoir by E.A. Gleeson

A Hill to Die On by Nathan Curnow

Sick leave Party Report III

Rabbit Annual (Rabbit Poetry)

Magabala Books (First Nations) https://magabala.com.au/

A Savage Turn by Luke Patterson

Refugia by Elfie Shiosaki

Cordite Books https://corditebooks.org.au/