Opportunities for Poets

UNSW Press: Open for submissions - no closing date specified
Storming the City is a Writeability program from Writers Victoria designed to see writers with disability recognised, celebrated and employed in the City of Melbourne. Applications are open to writers within Australia, but preference will be given to Victorian writers. - Closing 11:59pm Friday 21 April
National Library of Australia: Creative Arts Fellowships - Closing Wednesday 26 April
ABPA's Under the Silver Tree Competition is seeking poetry from writers aged 16 years and over - Closing Sunday 30 April
Boundless Festival 2023: Call for curator submissions. Writing NSW development program for emerging literary curators from First Nations or culturally diverse backgrounds.- Closing midnight, Sunday 7 May
Publishable - Queensland Writers' Centre Manuscript Development program - Closing Tuesday 9 May
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards for School Students - Closing Friday 30 June
The Farm Margaret River 2024 Funded Residency program - eight week residency with $7500 funding in Western Australia’s South West region - Closing Tuesday 1 August

Journal and Anthology Submissions

Backstory Journal, Swinburne student anthology - Closing Tuesday 25 April
Voiceworks #103: 'Doll' - Closing Sunday 30 April
Plumwood Mountain - Submissions reopen in April
Rabbit #38: 'ARCHIVE' guest co-edited by Anne Casey and Jason Wee - Closing 11:59pm Friday 28 April
Going Down Swinging #43: Hell & High Water - Closing Tuesday, 2 May
Hello Keanu! A Poetry Anthology Emily Sun and Sarah Yeung invite poetry submissions from across the continent for an anthology dedicated to the actor Keanu Reeves - Closing Friday 12 May
Island is open for poetry submissions to the print magazine - Closing 5pm, Monday 15 May
Cordite #110: 'POP!', with poetry guest-edited by Rebecca Jessen and Zenobia Frost - Closing 11:59pm Sunday, 21 May
Portside Review - Submissions open year round
Overland - Submissions ongoing

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