Australian Poetry
@australianpoetry.bsky.social
Based in Melbourne on Wurundjeri lands of the Kulin nations, we run publications, events and programs to strengthen poetry and poets across the nation.
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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...
⭐ 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...
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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...
⭐ 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...
Read the full winning poem on our website: www.australianpoetry.org/australian-p...
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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...
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...
Available for free as a downloadable digital publication on our website: www.australianpoetry.org/australian-p...
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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...
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
Learn more: creative.gov.au/pmlas
#WritingAustralia #Australianliterature
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Congratulations to David Brooks (UQP) for winning the PLMA for Poetry!
Learn more: creative.gov.au/pmlas
#WritingAustralia #Australianliterature
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
Wednesday 1 October 6.30pm at The Alderman, 134 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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
Wednesday 1 October 6.30pm at The Alderman, 134 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
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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...
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...
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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...
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...
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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
Applications close on 31 August 2025. - lnkd.in/gBupJm9G
August 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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
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/...
creative.gov.au/news-events/...
August 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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/...
creative.gov.au/news-events/...
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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
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
August 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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
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
Winner
Martha Kamara – He Brings Me Flowers, I Bring Him Distance
Highly Commended
Eli Ladigies – The Line of Flight
July 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
✨ 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
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...
@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...
Best of Australian Poems – Gleebooks.com.au
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June 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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...
@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!
June 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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 💚
Donate: www.australianpoetry.org/donate/
Thank you 💚
June 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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 💚
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.
An opportunity to lead Australian Poetry’s strategy, operations, and finances while championing poetry and supporting Australia’s poetry community.
June 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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.
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/
australianpoetry.org/donate/
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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/
australianpoetry.org/donate/
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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
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
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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
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...
Best of Australian Poems – Gleebooks.com.au
gleebooks.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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...
June 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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/...
Close of submissions: 30 June 2025.
Submission guidelines + how to submit: www.australianpoetry.org/ap-projects/...
June 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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/...
Close of submissions: 30 June 2025.
Submission guidelines + how to submit: www.australianpoetry.org/ap-projects/...
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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。
『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。
June 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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。
『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.'
June 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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).
🖊 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).
May 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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).
🖊 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
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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