.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 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...
NAHR / AP Northern Italian eco-residency for 2023
Announcing the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship 2023, Four weeks, June 2023 The theme is AIR In partnership with the Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR), Australian Poetry is once again pleased...
Australian Poetry Announces the 2022 Anne Elder Award Call-Out
KEY DATES FOR THE 2022 AWARD: Open call for entries – Monday, 16 January 2023 Close of entries – Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5pm (AEST) (EXTENDED UNTIL: Wednesday 15 March, 5pm (AEST) (Books must be postmarked no later than 11 March 2023 (EXTENDED POSTMARK DATE: Books...
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
Call for Entries: New Talent Poetry & Short Fiction
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an exciting opportunity for writers achieve publication and reach new readers. The Award also some with a Prize package of memberships, mentoring and total prize money of £5,000 (£2,500 for Poetry and £2,500 for Fiction.) The...
Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 9 Open for Submissions
Submissions to the Anthology opened on Friday, 16 July, and close 11.59 pm, 20 August 2021. We invite all Australian Poetry subscribers to submit to the Australian Poetry Anthology, Volume 9 2021. There will be a focus on WA poets, as there was on ACT poets in 2020,...
AP @ OutLoud! Digital Slam 2021
The 2021 OutLoud Poetry Slam has gone digital! Australian Poetry are coming together again with Emilie Zoey Baker to present our Digital youth poetry slam competition, OutLoud. For the second year in a row, we are also partnering with the wonderful Wheeler Centre, for...
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2017
judged by imtiaz dharker & michael symmons roberts prizes: 1st £2,000; 2nd £1,000; 3rd £500 plus with thanks to leading poetry magazines & troubadour coffee-house 1 two-year subscription to the manhattan review 5 one-year...