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Submissions are open for APJ 13.1 ‘place, nonplace’
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR APJ 13.1 ‘place, nonplace’ – GUEST EDITED BY SARA M SALEH AND AUTUMN ROYAL APJ 13.1 or ’Place, Non-place’ seeks poetry that challenges, documents, inhabits and observes the physical, digital, and liminal locations we occupy and pass through....
Australian Poetry Anthology 10 2023 now available
This bumper volume of poems written by Australian Poetry poet-subscribers is now available for purchase, with an online launch planned for later in September. So stay tuned for updates on that event which AP is thrilled to be presenting in partnership with Queensland...
AP @ Toolkits 2023. Call-out open
What is poetry? What makes it different from other forms of art and writing? How do I write and publish my own poems? Express Media, in partnership with Australian Poetry, is pleased to announce Toolkits: Poetry – an online course in the forms, functions, histories...
Announcing Best of Australian Poems 2023
In 2021 Australian Poetry (AP) began a new annual series surveying and showcasing the flourishing literature of Australian poetry. Our 2023 volume follows the first two prestigious volumes of Best of Australian Poems (BoAP) with guest editors for 2023 being highly...
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
Blake Poetry Prize
Entries are now open for the Blake Poetry Prize, and all Australian poets are invited to explore the spiritual and religious in a new work of 100 lines or less. The Blake Prize is an open poetry prize that challenges poets, both national and international, in...
Haiku Competition
This year The Central Coast Independent Writers Group, in collaboration with Artspace Popup Gallery, have been granted $500 in prize money to hold a second writing competition. The winner of the competition will receive $300, while two runners up will receive $100...
Woorilla Poetry Prize Now Open
Open Section First Prize - $1,500, Runner Up - $250 Youth Section First Prize - $200, Runner Up - $50 CALD Youth sub-category First Prize - $200, Runner Up - $50 Key Dates Opens on the 3rd July 2021 Closes on the 5th September 2021 Awards Ceremony - 28th...
The Moth Poetry Prize 2017
Closing date for receipt of entries is 31 December 2017. The name of the author must not appear on the same page as the poem. It’s not a requirement, but we strongly advise you to purchase a copy of The Moth. You can write on any subject and there is no...