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AP @ NTWF 2020
Nature of Change Poetry Walk On a short, guided morning walk through the glorious tropical and monsoon flora at the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, poets share poems about the cycles of change, transformation and regeneration that shape our lives and our...
AP @ OutLoud Digital Slam! 2020 Final
After much thought and process Australian Poetry have again decided to come together with Emilie Zoey Baker to present our youth poetry slam competition, OutLoud. For the first time, we are also partnering with the amazing Wheeler Centre, to livestream a Slam Final in...
OutLoud Slam Final @ TWC
Australian Poetry is pleased to be partnering with The Wheeler Centre to present the 2020 OutLoud Slam Final. From their website: "Are you ready to rhyme? Or is free verse your jam? Whatever your style, it's time to slam. See what we did there? Yeah. We're presenting...
AP @ MWF Digital 2020
Just Announced: AP @ MWF Digital 2020 Australian Poetry are thrilled to partner with Melbourne Writers Festival for their 2020 Digital program to present 'Meditations in an Emergency', a morning of poetic performance. Sat Aug 8 11:00 AM Online; 60 Mins Tickets...
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
The 2021 Somerset National Poetry Prize
The 2021 Somerset National Poetry Prize is now open for entries. Download the conditions of entry here.
Announcing the winners of the 2019 Anne Elder Award
Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976) It is with great pleasure that Australian Poetry announces the winning and commended poetry books for the 2019 Anne Elder Award. The award is named after Australian poet, Anne Elder, 1918-1976. Sponsored by Anne’s...
Wesley Michel Wright Prize
We're pleased to let you know that the Wesley Michel Wright Poetry Prize is currently open for applications. Work submitted must: be between 50 and 500 lines, excluding titles and footnotes; have been published in the 12 months prior to the closing date in print or...
Tartu City of Literature International Residency Program
Tartu City of Literature Office announces the second 2018 call for applications of Tartu City of Literature International Residency Program for writers and translators.