Daily poetry commissions
Every day across Poetry Month, 30in30 delivers new original poetry, reflections and writing prompts from some of the country’s leading poets, authors, and spoken word artists.
30in30 provides a snapshot of some of the best of contemporary Australian poetry, with commissioned work by writers of all stripes from across the continent.
Featuring original commissions by our 2025 Poetry Ambassadors, Red Room Poetry Fellows and contemporary poets working at the finest. Stay tuned for new commissions from poets including award-winning poet Evelyn Araluen, winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry 2024 Amy Crutchfield, award-winning poet David Brooks, author and poet Winnie Dunn, Yuwaalaraay storyteller and one half of Stiff Gins Nardi Simpson, poet and teacher Claire Gaskin, Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, for Baraya Barray, prize-winning writer and critic Beejay Silcox, winner of the 2024 Victorian Prize for Literature Grace Yee, award-winning poet, weaver and artist Tais Rose Wae, memoirist, poet and street photographer David Ishaya Osu, poet, academic and critic Mindy Gill, award-winning poet and educator Eunice Andrada, comedian and actor Justin Heazlewood, award-winning first nations musician Eric Avery, for Baraya Barray, current APS Slam Champion Jo Giles.
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Underwater in the Taxi Club
By Julia BairdUnderwater the sun lines wobble,
fence wire between night and day,
shifting columns of light.
Clouds of yellowtail moving
Featured Poets
#30in30 Writing Competition
30 chances to win a daily book prize with 3 lines!
Running 1-31 August, we'll be releasing a new daily writing prompt created by one of our 30in30 commissioned artists. To view the daily prompt, follow us on Instagram or Facebook.
Winners will be announced daily and each will receive a poetry collection from this year's #30in30 project partner, Dymocks, plus three lucky poets from across the month will be selected for paid publication.
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