SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR APJ 14.2 ‘unthemed’ – GUEST EDITED BY ALISON J BARTON AND BONNY CASSIDY (Closed)

Published by Australian Poetry with the support of Creative Australia and Creative Victoria. The volume will also include selections from recent poetry collections.

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Submissions Open: 17 April 2025–8 May 2025, 11:59PM (AEST).

Submission Form: >>Wufoo Form Link to Submit<<

or through the link here: https://apsubs.wufoo.com/forms/submit-to-apj-142-unthemed/

Information and enquiries

Submission / Wufoo Enquiries: Jennifer Nguyen, Editorial Associate at jen.nguyen@australianpoetry.org

Formal Guidelines

  • Submissions must be sent via an online Wufoo form found >>here<< (or via link: https://apsubs.wufoo.com/forms/submit-to-apj-142-unthemed/)
  • Poets, both Australian-born or international, are invited to submit up to three poems.
  • All poems submitted must be previously unpublished and not currently submitted elsewhere.
  • All poems should appear in a single document, which should be uploaded in both Word and PDF format. The word and PDF should be titled ‘first name_last nameAPJ14.2’
  • Poets must also include a bio (third person, 50–100 words) and contact details (email, phone, mailing address) in their submission.
  • Successful submissions will be notified in June/July 2025.
  • Each poem selected for publication will be paid $80, in accordance with current ASA rates.
  • APJ requires that the use of any other work by another author in a submitted poem is clearly acknowledged and cited. The responsibility for this remains with the poet.
  • Guest editor/s of APJ may approach a number of poets directly for submission to each volume.
  • Please specify for statistical purposes, if you are a subscriber to Australian Poetry. Poems are chosen by the editor/s based on merit and there is no advantage given to subscribers. Subscription however is strongly encouraged as it makes our publications viable and vital. If you are not yet a subscriber, please subscribe here (link: https://www.australianpoetry.org/subscribe/)

 

Alison J Barton is a Melbourne-based poet. Her work appears in Australian and international literary journals and anthologies, and has been recognised in numerous prizes. In both 2022 and 2023, Alison’s poetry appeared in Best of Australian Poems. She was the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at the University of Cambridge and the recipient of several writing fellowships and international residencies. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Not Telling, was published by Puncher & Wattmann.

Bonny Cassidy is author of three poetry collections and one book of nonfiction, Monument (Giramondo, 2024) shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Bonny’s essays and research on Australian literature have been widely published for over a decade. Formerly an academic, she is now training in psychotherapy and runs The Understory Collective, a writing school and mentorship social enterprise. Bonny lives on Djaara Country. bonnycassidy.com / @bonnycassidy