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Best of Australian Poems 2024 Showcase (Event Concluded)
Be inspired by a collection of our finest poets who have distilled the indelible events, challenges and triumphs of the past year into thought-provoking works for Best of Australian Poems 2024. Edited by Shastra Deo and Kate Lilley, Best of Australian Poems is...
OUR AP 2024 SUBSCRIBERDRIVE IS HERE (Closed)
Our 2024 SubscriberDrive is Here! Australian Poetry (AP) is the peak national body for poetry in Australia. AP exists to support the full breadth of poetry produced in this country. Our role is to represent Australian poetry and its poets, nationally and...
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR APJ 14.1 ‘walking’ – GUEST EDITED BY JAKE GOETZ (Closed)
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR Australian Poetry Journal Vol. 14.1 ‘walking’ – GUEST EDITED BY JAKE GOETZ APJ 14.1 takes inspiration around 'walking', and the 50 poems published to this theme are intended to be a reframing of what poetry about 'walking' might be....
AP Publications 2024 Update
In an exciting phase AP is releasing a range of stunning publications at this time. For Subscribers and Contributors to Australian Poetry Journal 13.1—‘place, nonplace’ (guest editors Sara M Saleh, Autumn Royal) and Australian Poetry Anthology 7 2024 (guest editors...
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
Australian Poetry Announces the 2023 Anne Elder Award Call-Out
KEY DATES FOR THE 2023 AWARD, for first books published during 2023. Open call for entries – Monday, 15 January 2024 Close of entries – Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 5pm (AEST) (EXTENDED UNTIL: Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 5pm (AEST). Books must be postmarked no later than...
AP @ Toolkits 2023. Call-out open
What is poetry? What makes it different from other forms of art and writing? How do I write and publish my own poems? Express Media, in partnership with Australian Poetry, is pleased to announce Toolkits: Poetry – an online course in the forms, functions, histories...
Announcing Best of Australian Poems 2023
In 2021 Australian Poetry (AP) began a new annual series surveying and showcasing the flourishing literature of Australian poetry. Our 2023 volume follows the first two prestigious volumes of Best of Australian Poems (BoAP) with guest editors for 2023 being highly...
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...