Opportunities for Poets

Our Poetry Month Calendar is designed to celebrate the incredible range of poetic voices, communities and curators across the continent throughout Poetry Month. The Calendar warmly invites all Australian arts organisations and community groups to submit their August events for possible inclusion in the Calendar — Submit your event here

Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. First prize includes $5000, an optional writing residency at Trinity College, and publication of the successful piece in Overland — Closing Saturday, 27 July
The Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers is open to to Australian secondary school-aged students across the nation — Closing Wednesday, 31 July
The Marrow is open for submissions for Issue Two, which will be published in October 2024 — Closing Wednesday, 31 July
Holmgren Design is thrilled to announce the launch of The 2024 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize offering a major prize of AUD$1000 — Closing Sunday, 4 August
FAW Tasmania 2024 Beatrice Clarke Award for Young Poets 14 and under is accepting poems up to 40 lines - Closing Saturday, 13 August
FAW Tasmania 2024 Poetry Prize is accepting poems up to 60 lines, with a $150 first prize - Closing Saturday, 31 August
KSP Poetry Competition is accepting poems up to 50 lines - Closing Wednesday, 25 September
The Letter Review Prize for Poetry is accepting poetry up to 70 lines, with a prize pool of $1000 USD - Closing Tuesday, 1 October
Uplift is inviting poets, poetry groups, organisations, festival, publishers, journals or websites to join their community — Open for submissions, no closing date specified

Splinter: Writer SA has announced their new literary journal, Splinter, with submissions now open for its inaugural issue - Closing Monday, 22 July
Voiceworks is now open for submissions to issue #133 'Loaf' - Closing Sunday, 28 July
Rochford Street Review is calling for submissions as part of the 2024 Sonic Poetry Festival Rochford Press for Issue 9 of the literary magazine P76 on the theme 'Place/Displacement/Diaspora/Odyssey' - Closing Friday, 2 August
Creatrix Poetry is accepting submissions for up to two unpublished and original poems up to 60 lines - Ongoing
UNSW Press: Open for submissions — No closing date specified
Portside Review: Submissions — Open year round
Overland: Submissions — Ongoing
Westerly: Submissions — Currently open

The Hage Award for First Nations Writers, established by Sweatshop Literacy Movement, will provide income, mentoring and residencies for two emerging writers from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds to each develop their debut manuscripts - Closing Monday, 12 August
Varuna has a range of Residential Fellowship opportunities currently open, including:
- Writing NSW Fellowships — Closing August 2024
- Explore the full range of Varuna Fellowships here

Structuring Poetry with Andy Jackson is a new poetry writing course from Kill Your Darlings. Cost: $169 (10% discount for KYD members) —Open now
Adelaide Hills Council is inviting writers for several writing workshops as part of Winter Words 2024 invites writers to 'Finding and Celebrating Your Voice' workshop — Various dates across June, July and August
Writing NSW invites writers to the 5-month course Online Feedback: Poetry with Ivy Ireland — Starting Monday, 15 July
Varuna has a range of online courses currently available, including:
- The Art of Dialogue with Mary Anne Butler - Applications close Monday, 29 July
- The Writers Space Writing Group, Katoomba - Starting Sunday, 4 August
- Write the Perfect Crime with Jack Heath - Applications close Tuesday, 8 August
- Explore the full range of Varuna Courses here
Writing NSW invites writers to attend the workshop The Everyday Epic: A Poetry Workshop with Rico Craig — Saturday, 7 September
Writing NSW invites writers to attend the workshop Online: Writing Poetry with Vanessa Kirkpatrick — Starting Wednesday, 6 November

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