With support from the Adès Foundation and Moonrise on the River, the Emerging Poets Residency encourages the creative trajectory of emerging Australian poets.
Open to emerging poets (having published one full length collection or less) the Residency will provide a creative space and paid stipend to support the professional development of two emerging poets annually. The residency will be hosted on Yuin country (Bermagui) for an intensive period of creative development.
Following a national call-out process, the residents will be selected by a panel of Red Room industry experts including Dr Tamryn Bennett. At least one of the two places is reserved for an emerging First Nations poet.
Previous recipients of the Red Room Emerging Poets Residency include Lulu Houdini (2023) and Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes (2023).
We received 89 applications this year - congratulations to the 10 poets shortlisted!
2024 Emerging Poets in Residence
Poets
Commissioned Poems
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a song you can’t unsing
By Lucy Nortonsame colour as ruin
as in take them from home
as in run songline to dust
same colour as ochre -
bird around my neck
By Aries M. Gacutanwhere is my heart? —rotting at the bottom of the pacific ocean
hurled out the side of the plane
because i didn’t have the cash.
and my mouth, full
2023 Emerging Poets in Residence
Commissioned Poems
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Mangrove Girls
By Lulu HoudiniPotato scallops from the takeaway that always smells like a camel station
but that my sisters and I can’t get enough of.
Pimples show up on our faces because of it.
Tell Mum there was a price increase and that’s what happened to the change. -
sand classroom
By Lulu HoudiniI speak an endangered language
when stories were taught in sand
it too, has been displaced
but the grains -
ተረት ተረት / Teret Teret
By Yirga Gelaw Woldeyesያኔ ወደማታ ከብቶች ሲሰተሩ፣
ለአይን ሲደነግዝ ሰማይና ምድሩ፤
ጋቢያችንን ለብሰን -
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ኪዳን / Covenant
By Yirga Gelaw Woldeyesያኔ በልጅነት ከማሳው ወሰድኸኝ፣
አፈሩን ጨብጠህ እስኪ አሽትተው አልኸኝ።
የድንጋዮቹ ስም የምንጮቹ ታሪክ፣
የአዝርዕቶቹ አይነት የአበባወቹ መልክ፣
Residents Receive
- $1,000 poetic stipend
- A one-week residency at Moonrise on the River
- Travel assistance up to $1,000
- Opportunity to publish poetic outcomes via Red Room Poetry channels
- Opportunity to undertake a community engagement activity locally
Partners and Supporters
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Adès Family Foundation
