Join the team and help us connect poetry with people.
Red Room Poetry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We aim to nurture an inclusive workplace and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ people, and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply.
Current vacancies:
Producer
Assistant Producer
Applications for both close 5pm AEST, Monday, 31 August.
Producer
Are you a passionate arts worker ready to celebrate Australian poetry? Red Room Poetry is looking for a Producer to help bring our massive Poetry Month initiative to life. You will dive into a dynamic role with plenty of complex moving parts, helping to showcase and amplify poetry in all its forms for audiences nationwide. If you love working collaboratively with a positive team and have a deep commitment to the arts (especially poetry!), we would love to have you on board.
Assistant Producer
Calling all aspiring arts workers and poetry lovers! We are searching for an Assistant Producer to help us build Australia's very first Youth Poet Laureate program. This busy entry-level role is a fantastic stepping stone into the arts industry, where you will work alongside a passionate team to elevate a powerful cohort of young voices. We are especially keen to hear from applicants aged 18-25. Even if you lack a formal arts background but have great transferable skills, we want to hear from you!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Thanks for your interest in Red Room Poetry!
Red Room Poetry isn't a literary journal and we don’t run ongoing open submissions. Instead, the most common way we work with poets is via commission, whereby our project producers invite poets to create new work depending on the unique requirements of each project, and often in consultation with key project partners. We also engage poets for live readings using the same approach.
If you are interested in becoming a commissioned poet please check out our FAQs to learn more about how we work with poets.
Once a year, we run the Emerging Poets Residency project with two available places. At least one of the two places is reserved for an emerging First Nations poet. Find out more here.
Another great way for emerging poets to interact with Red Room is via our 30in30 Writing Competition during Poetry Month each August. Follow us at @redroompoetry on Facebook and Instagram to take part.
You can also find a section titled Opportunities for Young Poets under our Opportunities for Poets page.
Yes! We regularly run project-related workshops (online and in-person). Check out our upcoming workshops and events here.
The poems featured in our Friday Poem newsletter are selected from our archive of past commissions by the Editor. We currently do not commission poems specifically to be featured in Friday Poem.