Australian Poetry is delighted to announce the three judges for the Anne Elder Award 2025 panel are Theodore Ell, Manisha Anjali and Tim Loveday For more info on this year's judging panel see our website 🧑‍💻

Australian Poetry announces the 2025 Anne Elder Award Call-Out. Debut books published between 1 Jan 2025 and 31 Dec 2025 are eligible for entry into the 2025 Anne Elder Award. Open: Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026 – Monday 23 March 2026, 5pm (AEST). Books must be postmarked no later than Monday 23 March 2026

From 8th December for a month, if you subscribe, renew or gift a subscription you could win an amazing prize. We love our subscribers (in fact, we couldn’t thrive without you). All prizes have been generously donated to AP. To subscribe: www.australianpoetry.org/subscribe/

You’re invited to celebrate the launch (presented in partnership with AP) of the very first Rabbit Annual, a brand-new publication from the team at Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry. It’s going to be a joyously celebratory night of poetry and conversation – a perfect way to wrap up the year!

Our two November releases: ⭐ EXCLUSIVE! Dispatches from The Paris End by Cameron Hurst, Sally Olds and Oscar Schwartz ⭐ Two Hundred Million Musketeers by Ender Başkan Subscribe to Giramondo to receive our books all throughout the year: giramondopublishing.com/books/giramo...

We are honoured to present the inaugural Theresa Matheson Bequest Award winning poem 'He Brings Me Flowers I Bring Him Distance' by Martha Kamara. Read the full winning poem on our website: www.australianpoetry.org/australian-p...

Australian Poetry is honoured to present the inaugural issue of our new digital journal, Australian Poetry Digital, showcasing work exclusively from our Subscribers. Available for free as a downloadable digital publication on our website: www.australianpoetry.org/australian-p...

Congratulations to David Brooks (UQP) for winning the PLMA for Poetry! Learn more: creative.gov.au/pmlas #WritingAustralia #Australianliterature

This Wednesday come celebrate the Melbourne launches of two new poetry collections: David Musgrave's 'The Kool-Aid Dispenser' (Recent Work Press) and Paul Scully's 'The Literate Detective & Other Crimes' (Bonfire Press). Wednesday 1 October 6.30pm at The Alderman, 134 Lygon Street, East Brunswick

Out now 🔥 HEAT 21 The new issue features writing by Peter Stamm (trans. Michael Hofmann), Alex Wong, Ivor Indyk, Elizabeth Harrower, Amy Crutchfield, Hon Lai Chu (trans. Jacqueline Leung) and Catherine Kaixin Yu. Subscribe: giramondopublishing.com/books/heat-s...

RESIDENCY ALERT! Apply for Bucheon's Residency Program in 2025! Open to writers, poets, translators, graphic novelists who have at least one published work and are from a City of Literature. Applications close on 31 August 2025. - lnkd.in/gBupJm9G

Creative Australia has today revealed the shortlist for the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the richest literary prize in the nation. Congratulations to the poetry shortlist! creative.gov.au/news-events/...

rock flight by Hasib Hourani has been shortlisted for Poetry in the 2025 #PMLitAwards! This debut book, which composes a powerful allegory of Palestine’s occupation, has now won two literary awards and been a finalist for five since its publication last year. Learn more: bit.ly/rockflight

✨ Announcing the inaugural Theresa Matheson Bequest Award Winner & Highly Commended! ✨ Winner Martha Kamara – He Brings Me Flowers, I Bring Him Distance Highly Commended Eli Ladigies – The Line of Flight

We're excited for the 2024 NSW Showcase of Best of Australian Poems this Sunday, 3pm @Gleebooks. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Bookings essential! If you're around, how about some poetry for your Sunday afternoon! gleebooks.com.au/event/best-o...

Final days for our 2025 Donations Drive. Thank you for all your support whether you donated, subscribed or shared 💚 To donate: www.australianpoetry.org/donate/ Big or small, all donations are loved at AP!

Submissions are still open for Best of Australian Poems 2025 and close on Monday 30 June, 11.59pm. Guest-edited by Jill Jones and Nam Le. Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot of the year that was

Help us nurture Australian poetry by donating to our 2025 Donations Drive. Big or small, your gift helps us keep publishing, celebrating & connecting poets. Tax-deductible. Closes June 30. Donate: www.australianpoetry.org/donate/ Thank you 💚

We’re Hiring: Chief Executive and Publisher! An opportunity to lead Australian Poetry’s strategy, operations, and finances while championing poetry and supporting Australia’s poetry community.

Poetry matters and so does your support. Help us support poets & poetry in Australia and donate to AP's 2025 Drive by 30 June. Every dollar, big or small makes a difference ❤️ Your gift helps us keep publishing, celebrating & connecting poets. australianpoetry.org/donate/

Applications for The Next Chapter 2026 are now open! 🎉 The Next Chapter program elevates Australian stories that aren’t being told and nurtures a new wave of writers to tell them.  Applications close at 5pm AEST on Friday 8 August 2025. Find out now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha... #write

Join us for NSW Showcase of Best of Australian Poems 2024 @gleebooks.bsky.social on Sunday 29th June, 3pm. Free, but must RSVP. Readings from acclaimed poets: Kate Lilley, Pam Brown, Michelle Cahill, Jake Goetz, Dan Hogan, Sara M Saleh, Ali Jane Smith, and Toby Fitch gleebooks.com.au/event/best-o...

Know an unpublished poet ready to be recognised? The inaugural Theresa Matheson Bequest Award offers $1,000, a mentorship with Claire Gaskin, and publication on our website. Submissions now open until 16 June! For further details: www.australianpoetry.org/competitions...

Submissions are now open! Best of Australian Poems 2025 accepts published & unpublished poems from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Guest editors: Nam Le & Jill Jones! 🔥 Close of submissions: 30 June 2025. Submission guidelines + how to submit: www.australianpoetry.org/ap-projects/...

I'm terribly curious about what will happen to Uncle of Cats in the hands of Uncle Calum and the event's readers and musicians. Best of luck to everyone involved. 『Uncle of Cats』がカラム伯父さん、朗読者、そしてミュージシャンの手に託されて、どのような成り行きを見せるのか、興味は尽きません。関係者のみなさま、どうぞ頑張ってください。

We’re excited to share that the winner of this year’s Anne Elder Award is Raw Salt by Izzy Roberts-Orr. Praised by judges as 'a magnificent collection of lyric craft and poetic invention.'

Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 12 2025 is open for Submissions! 🖊 The guest editors for APA Vol.12 are Lachlan Brown and Keri Glastonbury. 🖊 Submissions to the Anthology open on Friday, 23 May and close Monday 23 June 2025, 11.59 pm (AEST).

AP announces the INAUGURAL Theresa Matheson Bequest Award 2025 🎉. This new award (with a prize of $1,000) is for poets who have not had a poem published, outside self-publication or via their Social Media. The 2025 judge is Claire Gaskin