.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.
Chief Executive Officer & Publisher Opportunity (Open)
Chief Executive and Publisher, Australian Poetry An opportunity to lead Australian Poetry’s strategy, operations, and finances while championing poetry and supporting Australia’s poetry community. Australian Poetry’s Board of Directors is seeking a Chief...
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....
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
Announcing the 2022 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel
It is with great pleasure Australian Poetry announces the three judges for the 2022 Anne Elder Award panel are Gig Ryan, Marjon Mossammaparast, and Ella Jeffery. Ella Jeffery and Gig Ryan are previous winners of the prestigious Anne Elder Award and Marjon...
APJ 12.1 Now Open for Submissions [Closed]
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR APJ 12.1 – ‘divergence, relevance’. POETRY GUEST EDITED BY SCOTT-PATRICK MITCHELL AND ESTHER OTTAWAY. Submissions: open 12 July 2022. They close at 11:59pm 12 August 2022.Australian Poetry Journal 11.2 'ambition, disobedience' is now...
Announcing Best of Australian Poems 2022
In 2021 Australian Poetry (AP) began a new annual series surveying and showcasing the flourishing literature of Australian poetry. Our 2022 volume follows the prestigious debut of Best of Australian Poems 2021 with guest editors for Best of Australian Poems 2022 being...
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.