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Australian Poetry SubscriberDrive 2022
Australian Poetry is throwing a Party and you and a guest are invited! As part of this year’s annual AP SubscriberDrive 2022, for the first time ever, each and every new or renewing Subscription, received from 28 November to midnight 10 December, will receive...
Best of Australian Poems 2022
‘All poetry is story telling – an exchange between writer and reader – a meeting place – an invitation to another’s experience, history, standpoint, insight, commentary.—Jeanine Leane, Judith Beveridge. Best of Australian Poems is a new annual anthology series...
Australian Poetry Journal 12.1
Australian Poetry Journal 12.1—‘divergence, relevance', guest edited by Esther Ottaway and Scott-Patrick Mitchell is out now. This volume is a special one for us, as it is the first in a new-look Australian Poetry Journal series, created by new, incoming designer...
APJ 12.1 Cover Reveal
The upcoming ‘Australian Poetry Journal 12.1—divergence, relevance’ is due to be released soon, and we welcome all new Subscribers who may wish to be part of our extraordinary community. If you are a former or current Subscriber, please make sure also to renew if...
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
Liquid Amber 2022 Poetry Prize
First prize - $A500, Second prize - $A150 Best Poem by an Emerging Poet - Editing Service Pack with Rose Lucas But best of all - poems on the longlist will be published in the Anthology. Join in for a chance to be an author in a high quality Liquid Amber Press...
2022 Poets Meets Politics International Open Competition
Hungry Hill Writing is pleased to announce our 2022 Poets Meet Politics International Open Poetry Competition We are especially delighted that PHILIP GROSS has agreed to judge for us this year. We will be awarding: a first prize of €500 / $550 See our website...
2022 Ann Morgan Prize
To honour Dr Ann Morgan’s contribution to infant mental health, AAIMH Victoria is again offering a Creative Writing Prize of AU$1,500 for a work that explores or imagines the infant’s subjective, emotional world. What is it like to be a baby? Click here for...
AP @ National Poetry Competition by The Poetry Society
The National Poetry Competition, run by The Poetry Society since 1978, is one of the most prestigious competitions worldwide for a single unpublished poem. This year's competition is now open for entries until 31 October 2022. The judging panel includes Jason...