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
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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

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/...

✨ 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

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 Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot of the year that was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 💚

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.

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Know an unpublished poet ready to be recognised?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/...

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