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Australian Poetry Announces the 2019 Anne Elder Award Call-Out
Australian Poetry is thrilled to announce the opening date for nominations for the 2019 Anne Elder Award.
Announcing the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship 2020
In partnership with the Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR), Australian Poetry is once again pleased to announce the call-out for this exciting fellowship. Available to Australian Poetry subscribers, the Australian Poetry/ NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship is conferred on a single Australian poet able to take up residency in the village of Sottochiesa, Taleggio Valley, northern Italy, between 30 May-30 June 2020.
Australian Poetry Subscriber-Thon 2019—25th Nov-8th Dec
Ever thought about buying a subscription to Australia Poetry, purchasing one for a loved one, or maybe your subscription has recently lapsed? If you subscribe, renew or gift a subscription between the 25th of November and the 8th of December you could win big!
OutLoud 2019 ~ Anthology of Poems
This special e-chapbook presents the five finalist poems in the 2019 Secondary Schools Slam competition, OutLoud Eco!Slam 2019, including the winning poem.
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 Annual W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia
'We who care deeply about the arts find ourselves the priesthood of an almost forgotten faith, and we must, I think, if we would win the people again, take upon ourselves the method and fervour of a priesthood. We must be humble and half-proud. . . . We...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2020
Entries for all categories of the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are now open.
Entries for MPU International Poetry Competition close on Aug 28
The 2019 IPC is generously supported by Readings Books & Music. 2019 IPCFirst piece of important business is that the 25th annual MPU International Poetry Competition has five days left to get your entries in (extended deadline). The final closing date...
Announcing the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship 2018
Available exclusively to Australian Poetry subscribers, the Australian Poetry/ NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship is to be conferred on a single Australian poet able to take up residency in the village of Sottochiesa, Taleggio Valley, northern Italy, between 1-25th June 2018.