Residencies

Australian Poetry runs residencies in partnership with various literary organisations, writers houses, artistic groups and universities.

Read about the AP X NAHR inaugural Eco-Poetry Award / Residency 2017 here, our jurors for the prize here, their comments here, and reflections from our 2017 winner here.

Read about the The Kalang Award––Tracking Nature; presented by Australian Poetry & Kalang Retreat, here.

Northern Italian Eco-Residency 2023

Each June, during the European Summer, the Nature, Art & Habitat Residency,  An ECO-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice, located in Taleggio Valley, Bergamo, Italy, creates the opportunity for a cross-disciplinary cohort to spent a month of creative community...

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NAHR Australian Poetry Fellowship 2020 – Judges’ comments

Mindy Gill is the winner of the 2020 AP / NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship.We are thrilled to announce that Mindy Gill is the winner of the 2020 AP / NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship. Mindy will take up residency in the village of Sottochiesa, Taleggio Valley, northern Italy,...

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Melbourne Visiting Poets Program presents Mindy Gill

Australian Poetry is pleased to present as part of the Melbourne Visiting Poets Program, in partnership with RMIT non/fictionLab, Rabbit Poetry and Melbourne Spoken Word, a reading by poet and Peril editor Mindy Gill at The Moat on April 29, with local...

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News on the Larapinta Extreme Walk Residency

Australian Poetry has received disappointing news regarding its amazing Larapinta Extreme Walk Residency for 2019. Due to circumstances unrelated to the residency, the sponsor notified us yesterday (31 July, the closing date of the call-out) that their...

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Announcing the Australian Poetry & Larapinta Extreme Walk Residency

In partnership with the Larapinta Extreme Walk (‘LEW’), Australian Poetry is pleased to announce the call-out for an exciting new fellowship. Available exclusively to Australian Poetry subscribers, the Australian Poetry/ Larapinta Extreme Walk Fellowship is to be offered to an Australian poet able to hike the full length of the iconic Larapinta Trail in Central Australia, between 16-27th May 2019.

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Announcing the winner of the Kalang Award: Tracking Nature

Kalang Retreat and Australian Poetry would like to thank all those who entered the Kalang Award: Tracking Nature.   We received so many wonderful applications from across Australia. We have thoroughly enjoyed reading through all the applications, inspired by the...

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