Opportunities for Poets

About Red Room

Red Room Poetry isn't a literary journal and we don’t run ongoing open submissions. Instead, we commission poets based on the needs of each project — which means our producers carefully invite artists whose voice and style are the right fit, often in collaboration with our project partners. While this means we don’t accept unsolicited work for publication, we do invite poets to share their details via our Expression of Interest form so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities. You can also check out our FAQs to learn more about how we work with poets.

Opportunities for Poets

Whether you’re an emerging or established poet, we’ve compiled a list of opportunities currently open for submission for writers in Australia — from writing prizes, awards and competitions, to residencies, fellowships and courses.

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• The Ruth Weiss Foundation's Ekphrasis – Where Poetry Meets Visual Art & Film is open for submissions — Closing Friday, 1 August 2025
• Australian literary journal Splinter is inviting First Nations writers from around Australia and the world to submit to its third issue — Closing Sunday, 3 August 2025
• Uplift keeps a log of poetic events across the country — Subscribe
• The National Poetry Competition 2025 is officially open for submissions — Closing Friday, 31 October 2025

Journal and Anthology Submissions

• Splinter Journal — Submit
• Island Magazine — Submit
• The Suburban Review — Submit
• Creatrix Poetry —Submit
• UNSW Press — Submit
• Portside Review — Submit
• Overland — Submit
• Westerly — Submit
• The Marrow — Submit
• Loom — Submit
• Debris Magazine — Submit

Residencies and Fellowships

• Varuna has a range of Residential Fellowship opportunities — Apply
• Applications for the BR Whiting Studio residency is open for Australian writers in Rome — Closing Tuesday, 5 August 2025
• The Keesing Studio residency is offering a residency opportunity for Australian writers in Paris — Closing Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Workshops and Writing Courses

• Structuring Poetry with Andy Jackson is a new poetry writing course from Kill Your Darlings. Cost: $169 (10% discount for KYD members) —Open now
• Writing NSW invites you to Poetry in Flux: Playing with Genre and Form with Hasib Hourani. Cost: $225 — Saturday, 16 August 2025, 10am-4pm
• Museum of Brisbane invites you to their Ekphrastic Writing Club — First Saturday of every month
• Cath Drake invites you to a range of courses and workshops — Year round
• The National Theatre of Parramatta invites you to STAGING THE WORLD, an intensive skills development program for artists of colour, to work with and receive mentorship from established international creatives — Closing Saturday, 5 July 202

Opportunities for Young Poets

• Poem Forest's free digital Schools Tree Day workshop (All grades) will guide students through multi-artform poetic activities — Saturday 26 July at 1pm
• This special free Poetry Month digital workshop celebrates National Science Week with Aboriginal scholar and Author Tyson Yunkaporta.
  • Primary students — Wednesday, 13 August at 10am
  • Secondary students — Wednesday, 13 August at 1pm
• Celebrate Threatened Species Day in this free digital workshop for Poem Forest
  • Primary students — Friday, 5 September at 10am
  • Secondary students — Friday, 5 September at 1pm
• Join Bankstown Poetry Slam founder Sara Mansour in this free Youth Workshop: Poetic Intention — Wednesday, 27 August at 6pm
• Voiceworks is on the lookout for poetry from writers under the age of 25 — Submit
• Pulch Mag is seeking poetry from WA-based young writers aged 16 to 26 — Submit

Opportunities for Educators

• QLD Artsbook is an accessible, user-friendly platform that connects Queensland schools and educators with high-quality touring and local artists, arts organisations and institutions — Find out more

Red Room Rewards: Poetic Perks

Red Room Rewards: Poetic Perks offers curated discounts, invitations, and special access to events—available only to our Red Room audience. A small thank you for walking with us through poetry.

• There are no current poetic perks

Other Opportunities

• The Office for the Arts maintains a register for those interested in being considered for appointment to statutory and non-statutory boards, councils and committees within the portfolio of the Minister for the Arts — Submit your EOI

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