.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.
AP @ Poetry on the Move 2019 – Podcasts Now Available
Here are both episodes from the two-part podcast ‘Poetry that Resists’ recorded at the Poetry on the Move festival held in Canberra in 2019. Episode One: https://www.poetryonthemove.net/podcast/episode/5ac0e2e8/poetry-that-resists-kei-miller-and-jen-webb Episode Two:...
AP @ SWF 2020
Australian Poetry is thrilled to be a festival partner with SWF 2020 in a live-to-digital-event festival program conversion, featuring Ellen van Neerven in conversation with Tessa Rose. You can listen to the podcast here. The explosive second poetry collection...
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...
APJ 10.1 Open for Submissions
Submissions: open 28 April 2020. They close at 11:59pm 15 June.Australian Poetry Journal 9.2 ('DIS-' poetry guest edited by Andy Jackson and Jennifer Harrison) is now available. You can purchase a copy hereIf you would like to support Australian Poetry, receive print...
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
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...
APJ 10.1 Open for Submissions
Submissions: open 28 April 2020. They close at 11:59pm 15 June.Australian Poetry Journal 9.2 ('DIS-' poetry guest edited by Andy Jackson and Jennifer Harrison) is now available. You can purchase a copy hereIf you would like to support Australian Poetry, receive print...
Poetica Christi Press 2020 Poetry Competition
Closing date: April 30th, 2020. Poems up to 50 lines (inc.spaces) on the theme Joy in the morning. 1st prize $300, 2nd prize $100, top 25 poems to be published in an anthology. Entries $7 each or 3 for $20. Entry forms available at www.poeticachristi.org.au or from...
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.