Dear Poets Union Members and Friends,
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Australian Poetry Ltd seeks a NSW STATE DIRECTOR
Australian Poetry Ltd is a new organization due to be launched in 2011 as a merger between the Australian Poetry Centre based in Melbourne and Poets Union based in NSW. It will be the peak industry body for poetry in this country with a charter to promote and support Australian poets and poetry locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Australian Poetry is seeking a NSW State Director to be based in Sydney and work with the National Director in planning and executing the NSW component of the National Program. The State Director should have strong management experience, leadership skills and experience in a similar role for a relevant organisation. This is a part time role in 2011.
To apply for this position, please email National Director, Paul Kooperman, at paul@australianpoetrycentre.org.au for a position description and selection criteria.
Deadline for submissions is Friday November 13th.
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Australian Poetry Ltd seeks a PUBLICATIONS MANAGER to commence January 2011 – applications Friday 22nd October
Australian Poetry Ltd is a new organisation about to be launched in 2011 as a merger between the Australian Poetry Centre based in Melbourne and Poets Union based in NSW. It will be the peak industry body for poetry in this country, based at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, with a charter to promote and support Australian poets and poetry locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Australian Poetry is seeking a Publications Manager to oversee the publications arm of the organisation, including the publication, marketing and distribution of our flagship poetry journal.
The selected candidate will have broad experience in a similar role with a relevant organisation, and have a clear passion and vision for the position. This is a full time paid position and will commence January 2011.
Deadline for applications is 5pm Friday October 22nd.
To find out more information or apply, please email paul@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
for a position description and the selection criteria.
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POETRY EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND READINGS
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Sat 16th October - Make a comment on the arts, arts practice, arts industry and artists. Be recorded on 2SER-FM
an open artist ON AIR exhibition OPENING
-“RAW ROO ROAR”-
This Saturday >>>>press play>>>>
Talking Through Your Arts invite you to an ON AIR exhibition.
Event: “RAW ROO ROAR” Talking Through Your Arts 2SER-FM Subscriber DRIVE
When: Saturday 16 October 2010 What time: 12-1.00pm Where: 2SER-FM 1 0 7 . 3
Simply register: your name and address on talkingthroughyourarts@2ser.com and you will become part of the Talking Through Your Arts ON AIR exhibition.
Make a comment about art, arts practice, arts industry and artists. We will record your “RAW ROO ROAR”!
Artists have heard their ‘old friend’ speak from just a simple hole in space, as beautiful as a navel. And all space was endlessly divided thus into circles and triangles inscribed within another, combining and moving in harmony, and changing into one another in a geometrically inconceivable manner that could not be reproduced in ordinary reality. A sound accompanied this luminous movement, and suddenly it was discovered who was making it was the RADio.
We would like to hear you talking through your arts. Make a comment about art, arts practice, arts industry and artists. We will record your “RAW ROO ROAR”!
Buy yourself a piece of ART from our exhibition collection and become a member of Talking Through Your Arts and the artisan community that is 2SER-FM.
Simply register your name and address on talkingthroughyourarts@2ser.com and you will become part of the Talking Through Your Arts ON AIR exhibition.
Event: “RAW ROO ROAR” Talking Through Your Arts 2SER-FM Subscriber DRIVE When: Saturday 16 October 2010 What time: 12-1.00pm Where: 2SER-FM 1 0 7 . 3
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Saturday 16th October Perth Poetry Club is back
with African American jazz poet LE SCOTT
We have an international guest! On Saturday 16 October, Perth Poetry Club presents African American jazz poet LE SCOTT. Please join us at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge, from 2 to 4 pm for an amazing afternoon of poetry with a difference. If you'd like to read something on open mike, please bring along something of your own, or a favourite. Le Scott will present his work in two sessions, so if you don't want to miss anything, be there at 2.
Event: Perth Poetry Club Reading
Special Guest: Le Scott will present his work in two sessions, so if you don't want to miss anything, be there at 2.
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: at The Moon,
Address: 323 William Street, Northbridge.
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Plus open mike. All welcome. Come and listen.
Info, contact info & artist bios: www.perthpoetryclub.com
perthpoetryclub@gmail.com 0406 624 578
Coming up in October at Perth Poetry Club:
23 October: ALLAN PADGETT & KEN HUDSON
30 October: SAMANTHA MELIA & CAITLIN MALING
Other upcoming events in Perth poetry:
Australian Poetry Slam WA Heats Thursday nights 21 Oct - 18 Nov, 7pm at The Bakery, James St, Northbridge
Sunday 31 October 10.00 am: Spring in the Valley brunch and poetry with Neil Pattinson - ring Neil - 0422148956 or Julie- 0435902488 or Al- 0409116525 (see flyer on PU website www.poetsunion.com for more details)
Sunday 14 Nov 2-5pm: Poetry workshops in Mt Lawley with Janet Jackson. More info at www.proximitypoetry.com
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APC in Melbourne – Poetry Makeover Workshop with John Tranter
Poetry Makeover Workshop with John Tranter: 17 October
A positive and interactive workshop where participants are encouraged to bring a poem that can be (and will be) changed and worked on. A suggestion from John is to bring a poem based on some other poem (or song or story or movie or play) by some other writer. It might be a parody, or a travesty, or a faithful translation, or an updating for example, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet updated to West Side Story. John will read some of his favourite poems in this vein, then participants will be invited to read their poems out, and everyone can have a chance to say what they might do to improve or change the poem.
John Tranter is a current Poet-in-Residence at the Australian Poetry Centre.
Event: A positive and interactive workshop where participants are encouraged to bring a poem that can be (and will be) changed and worked on.
Date: Sunday 17 October
Time: 1pm-3pm
Location: Wheeler Centre, Workshop Space
Address:176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne
Tickets: $80/$100 APC members/non-members
Contact for bookings: Katie Hall events@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
For bookings click here. ..
Poetry Makeover, John Tranter workshop
WHAT: A positive and interactive workshop where participants are encouraged to bring a poem that can be (and will be) changed and worked on.
WHERE: Workshop Space, The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne
CONTACT DETAILS: Katie Hall events@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
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20 October – Auburn Poets & Writers’ Group
welcomes new members
The Auburn Poets & Writers Group welcomes new members
When: third Wednesday of the month
Date: Wed. 20th October
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Auburn Community Development Network Inc.
Address: Shop P7B
Cnr Park & Queen Streets,
Auburn.
Contact: Auburn Poets and Writers Group
Email: manager@acdn.org.au
or
auburnarts@acdn.org.au
More information: Jenn Martin, Community Liaison Librarian, Auburn City Library Service at Auburn City Library
Email: jenn.martin@auburn.nsw.gov.au
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In Melbourne
Black Pepper launch of ‘Columbine’ by Jennifer Harrison
BLACK PEPPER INVITES YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF
Event: launch of Colombine New & Selected Poems
by JENNIFER HARRISON
Launched by: PHILIP SALOM, poet, novelist and academic
Date: Wednesday 20 October
Time: 6.30 PM
Venue: NORTH FITZROY ARMS,
Address: 296 Rae St (cnr Reid St), North Fitzroy 3068
Tel.: (03) 9489 8519
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE: $25 (RRP $28.95, 250 pgs) ISBN 9781876044657
Complimentary drinks and refreshments will be served
Excellent meals are available from the bar and restaurant menu
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Thursday nights - AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM WA Heats
start 21st October
Australian Poetry Slam WA Heats
Date: Thursday nights 21 Oct - 18 Nov,
Time: 7pm
Venue: at The Bakery,
Address: James St, Northbridge, WA
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Sun. 24th October – Brett Whiteley Studio: Poets Union monthly reading
– guest poet will be Rae Desmond Jones
The Poets Union monthly poetry reading is held on the fourth Sunday of the month. This month, Sunday 24th October, at the Brett Whiteley Studio in Sydney.
Date: Sunday 24th October
Guest poet : Rae Desmond Jones
Venue: Brett Whiteley Studio
Address: 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills (off Devonshire Street, via Esther Street and Esther Lane)
Time: 2.00 - 3.30 pm
Free entry. Open Mic included.
Rae Desmond Jones was born in the mining town of Broken Hill in the far west of New South Wales. Although many of his poems and stories are concerned with urban experience, he has always felt that desert landscapes are central to his language and perception. He was mayor of Ashfield, an inner Sydney Municipality, from 2004 to 2006, and during that period, held together a broad coalition of Labor Party, Green and Independent representatives. His volume of poetry Blow out was published by Island Press in 2008.
The Poets Union thanks the Brett Whiteley Studio staff and the Art Gallery of NSW for their support and we thank Rosnay wines for their wonderful wine and sponsorship.
Convenor: Angela Stretch for Poets Union Inc. Enquiries for 2010 : 0438 898 578
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Sun. 24th October – following the Poets Union monthly reading...
Five Islands Press invite you to launch of SWALLOW by Claire Potter
at the Brett Whiteley Studio
Event: launch of Swallow by Claire Potter
Date: Sunday 24th October
Invitation: from Five Islands Press
Venue: Brett Whiteley Studio
Address: 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills (off Devonshire Street, via Esther Street and Esther Lane)
Time: 4.00 pm (following the Poets Union monthly reading from 2.00 - 3.30 pm)
Please RSVP: contact@fiveislandspress.com
Free entry.
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Early bird Members’ Registration due 25 October for the
next January: Wollongong Poetry Workshop 2011
Creative work by the sea
The Australian Poetry Centre, Poets Union and South Coast Writers Centre present
Wollongong Poetry Workshop 2011
Creative work by the sea
A unique, immersive creative development experience for poets, the Wollongong Poetry Workshop is an intensive eight days of workshops, lectures, seminars and readings in the company of other people with a passion for poetry. Workshop tutors for 2011 include Michael Sharkey and Susan Hampton, with a third tutor and guest lecturers to be announced.
The Wollongong Poetry Workshop is ideal for emerging poets who want to access their full potential as poets, and for published poets who are ready to discover new dimensions to their practice. The Wollongong Poetry Workshop is Australia's premier creative development experience for poets. Past participants have gone on to win major prizes and publish award-winning books.
In 2011, the Wollongong Poetry Workshop will be held in the unique, secluded setting of the Clifton School of Arts, 30 minutes drive from Wollongong and an hour from Sydney. Built in 1911, this atmospheric little building clings to the escarpment at one end of the Seacliff bridge and is accessible by car, bus and train, and close to free parking.
Dates: 4 to 11 January, 2011
Venue: Clifton School of Arts,
Address: 338 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Clifton NSW 2515 (just north of Wollongong)
(a) Members only - Early bird registration for members who register before 25th October:
$480 for APC, Poets Union and SCWC members.
or
(b) Registration after Monday 25 October
$550 for APC, Poets Union and SCWC members. $720
or
(c) Registration after Monday 25 October
$880 for non-members.
Cost includes: lunch and morning and afternoon tea.
Registration and more information: please email wpoetryw@chariot.com.au or phone South Coast Writers Centre on 02 4228 0151.
Places are strictly limited. Previous participants will be automatically accepted into the workshop. If you have not previously attended the Wollongong Poetry Workshop, please send up to 10 pages of poetry and a CV or bio of no more than a page to wpoetryw@chariot.com.au.
If you are travelling from outside the area accommodation information is available from Tourism Wollongong - http://www.tourismwollongong.com/
Stayz has a list of rental houses and B&Bs,
http://www.stayz.com.au
and there is a list of backpacker-style accommodation here -
http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/new-south-wales/illawarra/accommodation/backpacker/
A number of the local real estate agents also provide a holiday letting service.
If you are keen to share accommodation with other participants do contact us and we will do our best to put you in touch with those in the same position.
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Mon 25 October - Sydney Poetry book club meets to discuss
Jennifer Maiden's ‘Pirate Rain’
Date: Monday 25 October, 2010
Book for discussion on 25 Oct: Pirate Rain by Jennifer Maiden
Venue: Madam Fling Flong (upstairs salon) above Soni’s Bar
Address: Level 1, 169 King Street, Newtown.
Time: 7.00 – 9.00 pm
About Sydney Poetry bookclub – the second sydneypoetry.com bookclub will convene at 7 pm on Monday 30th August upstairs at Madam Fling Flong’s (aka Soni’s –which is the downstairs part of 169 King Street, Newtown) to discuss Judith Beveridge’s Storm and Honey.
What you need to do between now and then: read the book (Pirate Rain), develop an opinion.
About Jennifer Maiden
Jennifer Maiden has won the N.S.W. Premier’s Award for Poetry twice, the Victorian Premier’s Award for Poetry, the Christopher Brennan Award for a lifetime of achievement in poetry, and many other prizes. Her recent poetry books include Acoustic Shadow (1993), Mines (1999) and Friendly Fire (2005), which won the Age Book of the Year Award.
About the venue (Madam Fling Flong) – sometimes there are private functions upstairs, so if we are not there, we’ll be perched in the front bar downstairs (aka Soni’s).
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Mon 25th Oct early bird prices deadline for Poetry Lab course (see above)
Poetry Lab now called the Wollongong Poetry Workshop 2011
The APC, Poets Union and South Coast Writers Centre have extended the early bird deadline for this once-in-a-life-time experience. You can now pay early bird prices up until Monday Oct 25th. The tutors are Bronwyn Lea, Michael Sharkey and Susan Hampton.
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Message from Paul Kooperman at the Australian Poetry Centre –
meet the Poet in Residence, Lisa Gorton: Wed. 27 October.
Dear Members, friends and associates,
I am proud to announce our first Poet in Residence, supported by the State Government of Victoria through Arts Victoria and City of Literature initiative as well as CAL, RMIT and the Australia Council.
Lisa Gorton, winner of the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry, author of children’s novel, Cloudland, essayist, reviewer, and winner of the John Donne Society Award for Distinguished Publication in Donne Studies, is resident poet at the Australian Poetry Centre from September 1st until Nov 30th. She is here to write poetry, but will also give a couple of workshops and readings and allow time to meet and chat with aspiring poets.
Although Lisa will be having national impact through her online workshops and web publications, the following events are in Melbourne at the Wheeler Centre, where she will be based:
Meet the Poet
On Wednesdays October 27, Nov 10 and Nov 24 between 12:30-1pm, Lisa Gorton is available for informal chats, discussion about her work, your work and all things poetry. If you get the chance, this is a (free) rare opportunity to get up and close and personal with one of Australia’s leading poets.
Date: Lisa’s next ‘meet the poet’ session’ will be on October 13
Time : 12.30 – 1.00 pm
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7.30 pm Wed 27th Oct. in North Sydney – Live Poets @ Don Bank
poet Nur Alam with her collection ‘Forty Poems – plus/minus’
+ Gilmar Munoz and Juan Medellin (Spanish Classic Guitar
Don Bank on Wednesday, October 27
Date: Wednesday, October 27
Time: doors open from 7.30 pm
Event: Live Poets @ Don Bank
Venue: Don Bank Museum
Address: 6 Napier St,
North Sydney
Entry: $7 entry includes supper and drinks.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
NUR ALAM reading from her book: Forty Poems - plus/minus.
GILMAR MUNOZ and JUAN MEDELLIN - presenting a program of Spanish Classic Guitar.
The Open Section features: the Poetry of the First Peoples - the tradition of Oral Poetry and its Role.
Alternatively: anyone is welcome to recite, sing, tell a story or play an instrument.
Doors open 7.30 pm. $7 entry includes supper and drinks.
Further info: Danny Gardner (02) 9896 6956 Mobile: 0422 263 373 or at:
dannylivepoets@yahoo.com.au
As usual there wil be an open section where anyone is welcome to recite, sing, tell a story or play an instrument.
Doors open 7.30 pm. $7 entry includes supper and drinks.
Further details: (02) 9896 6956 Mobile 0422 263 373 or at:
dannylivepoets@yahoo.com.au
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In Sydney – RhiZomic Poetry Party –
Wednesday, October 27
Poetry Party and open-mic. Featuring: tbc
Date: Wednesday October 27 - last Wed of the month (this time it’s the 4th Wednesday)
Time: 7-9 PM
Event: RhiZomiC Poetry (the last Wednesday of every month)
Venue: Kerrie Lowe Gallery
Address: 49 King St. Newtown
Kerrie Lowe and Elisabeth Johnson
Kerrie Lowe Gallery
49 - 51 King St, Newtown 2042
Phone - 9550 4433 / Fax - 9550 1996
Web - www.kerrielowe.com
Mon-Sat 10am - 5.30 pm / Thurs till 7
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In Berrima 29th Oct. Spring Poetry Drinks and Canapes
with Mark Treddinnick and Robert Gray
“Spring Poetry Drinks and Canapés”
The Southern Highlands of NSW is a place renowned for many things of beauty including its rolling green hills and exotic and native gardens. It is also a place that many successful and famous artists choose to call their home.
Event: Renowned Australian writer and poet, Mark Tredinnick, lives just outside of Bowral and is launching his first book of poems, Fire Diary, at Bluemetal Vineyard on Friday 29th October.
The launch of Mark's book will be celebrated by an evening of Poetry readings, Wine and Canapés and presented by acclaimed Australian poet Robert Gray, who will also read from a selection of his works.
Robert and Mark have both been part of the Poetry on a Plate luncheons held throughout the year at Bluemetal Vineyard and are both available for discussion throughout the evening and book signings on the night.
Spring Poetry Drinks with Mark Tredinnick and Robert Gray
When: Friday 29th October
Time: 6pm-8pm
Where: Bluemetal Vineyard Cellar Door & Café
112 Compton Park Rd, Berrima NSW
Entry: $35 per person
RSVP: Monday 25th October
Bookings are essential and $35 per person on (02) 4877 1877 on cellar@bluemetalvineyard.com
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Mark Tredinnick - more information at www.marktredinnick.com.au
Some of Mark's recent awards include:
• Highly commended in 2010 Blake Poetry Prize
• Qld Premier's Prize (The Blue Plateau)
• Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Prize
Robert Gray
Some of Robert's writing and poetry awards include:
• Adelaide Arts Festival Award
• The New South Wales Premiers' Awards
• The Victorian Premiers' Awards
• The Patrick White Award
Robert also edited another talented Southern Highland based artists' work, Drawn From Life, a biography of famous Australian painter John Olsen.
The atmosphere for the evening will be a casual and friendly one with the opportunity for open discussion and book signings by Mark and Robert throughout the evening.
Spring Poetry Drinks Bluemetal Vineyard Cellar Door Friday 29th October 6pm-8pm
Media Contact: Louise Horsley Ph: 0438 377727
wine@bluemetalvineyard.com www.bluemetalvineyard.com
Bluemetal Vineyard is located on the beautiful NSW Southern Highlands region and produces premium single estate, award winning wines including Fumé Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Sangiovese Rosé, Petit Verdot, and The Cabernets.
The Cellar Door is open Thursdays to Mondays from 10am to 5pm.
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WA - Sunday 31st October spring in the Valley – poetry and brunch
Sunday 31 October 10.00 am: Spring in the Valley brunch and poetry with Neil Pattinson
- ring Neil - 0422148956 or Julie- 0435902488 or Al- 0409116525
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2nd Nov. in Glebe. WordinHand’s heat: Australian Poetry Slam
In Glebe – WordinHand @ the FriendinHand
Event: WordinHand is Sydney’s premier regular and enduring poetry / spoken word event, providing open mike opportunities for voices directly from the Sydney community plus a high-energy poetry slam every month in addition to a featured poet or two.
WordinHand's Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam
Date: Tuesday 2nd November (First Tuesdays except January)
Time: 7:30 for 8:00 PM.
Venue: The Friend in Hand Hotel
Address: 58 Cowper Street Glebe
Tel. (02) 9660 2326.
Entry by donation: $10/$5.
Slam Prize: $50.
Check it out at the new and improved site, on the WordinHand Events Calendar.
And while you're there, why not read Tug Dumbly's and Benito Di Fonzo's takes on Bardflys, the long-running poetry nights at The Friend in Hand that preceded WordinHand?
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9 Nov. Canberra – Poetry at The Gods with guest poet Andy Jackson
APOLOGIES TO ALL AT The Gods - last month was advertised wrongly as October 19 when it was all over by then having been on Oct 12 - sincere apologies and hope it went well!
Tues November 9:Andy Jackson (Melbourne)
Guest poet: Melbourne poet, Andy Jackson will be the featured poet at The Gods' Cafe
Venue:The Gods cafe and wine bar at ANU, Canberra
Address: The Gods Café/Bar,
ANU Arts Centre.
Directions: The Gods Café/Bar is in the ANU Arts Centre - across the quadrangle from the Student Union near Sullivans Creek.
Dinner: Light meals are available from 6pm.
Please book at The Gods on 6248 5538.
Patrons intending to eat are asked to arrive by 6.30 to ensure that the readings can begin at 8pm.
Poetry reading from 8.00 pm
Entry fee: $5.
Seating is limited to 80 people.
To be sure of hearing a particular poet it is advisable to eat at the venue beforehand but ‘listening only’ 'non-eating' seats can also be booked.
Book directly by phoning the Gods Café/Bar
Tel.6248 5538
More info:
Geoff Page - 8/40 Leahy Close, Narrabundah ACT 2604 Australia
+61 2 6239 4027 0400 800 340
What’s on next at The Gods
Later in the year...
*Tues Dec 14 Joanne Burns (Sydney)
Robyn Rowland (Torquay, Victoria)
Sponsors: Aldo Giurgola, Collaery Lawyers, Daltons Books, z4 Wines, artsACT
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27 Nov. Poetry: A Practical Workshop with Peter Skrzynecki
(NSW Writers’ Centre in Glebe Library)
Event: POETRY: A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP
Poet: With Peter Skrzynecki (NSW Writers’ Centre Course no. - 10SKRZ11)
Date: Saturday 27 November, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Glebe Library
Address: cnr Glebe Point Road and Wigram Road, Glebe
Cost: Full Price - $140, members $100, Concession members $85
Bookings email: workshops@nswwriterscentre.org.au
About PETER SKRZYNECKI has published seventeen volumes, including nine volumes of poetry, two novels and a memoir. He has received several awards for his contributions to Australian literature, including the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1972, the Captain Cook Bicentenary Poetry Prize, the Henry Lawson Short Story Award, an Order of Cultural Merit from the Polish government in 1989 and, in 2002, an Order of Australia. His most recent publication is Old/New World: New and Selected Poems (UQP, 2007).
Peter Skrzynecki is the author of nine volumes of poetry including the award-winning Headwaters, There, Behind the Lids and Immigrant Chronicle. Join him for a practical, round-table discussion of your work in a friendly, supportive environment.
About the workshop:
Here’s how it works: each student will bring in no more than 5 poems of no more than 30 lines each. Make sure you don’t include your name anywhere on the poem. Poems will then be discussed by the class, with the author remaining anonymous, providing constructive feedback and insight into each work.
We’ll keep these three essentials in mind:
1. Appreciation: Poetry in our daily lives, the attempt to try and understand why we read it and try to write it. What kinds of poetry appeal to you? Why do we continue to enjoy it above other genres?
2. Encouragement: A positive approach that hopes to establish confidence in writers and readers. There is nothing dogmatic or prescriptive in this course. Travel at your own pace without anxiety or embarrassment. Allow yourself to ‘be’ yourself, whatever that means to you.
3. Authenticity: What does it mean to have an ‘authentic’ voice? Is there such a thing? How do you/we achieve this in a world of rapid change, constant distractions from the media and literary theorists?
Expected Learning Outcomes
You will receive a greater appreciation of your attempts to write poetry; the knowledge that you are not alone in trying to express the inexpressible. If you are a beginner this course does not guarantee to turn you into a poet.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Student Requirements: Bring no more than 5 poems, each no longer than, say, 30 lines, with 12 copies of each. Leave them anonymous. Please note, we cannot guarentee that all of your poems will be read.
Food: Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch.
Size: 15 max
NSW Writers’ Centre
PO Box 1056, Rozelle NSW 2039
Phone (02) 9555 9757 Fax (02) 9818 1327
Email: workshops@nswwriterscentre.org.au
Website: www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
Office hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am-5pm
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2nd Nov. Deadline for registration: 7th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival January 17-22, 2011, Delray Beach, Florida
It is now three weeks until the deadline. We recommend you consider applying today. You and your poems will have the full attention of the workshop leaders during the festival week, along with the company of other participating poets, and all the events that make the festival a celebration of every aspect of poetry. But you must apply!
The deadline is November 2nd, not a long way off! But, the earlier you apply, the better your chances of being accepted into your first choice of workshop. Visit our website to learn more about Dean Young, his workshop, POETRY LAB and to read all the workshop descriptions, poet biographies, and see the schedule of events. Tuition covers all festival events.
Don't miss this opportunity to focus on your work with some of America's finest poets. Apply today!
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Rama Lama Ding Dong and ‘What Comes First?’ – Friday 5th Nov. presentations of short-listed entries for the ‘What Comes First?’ Song Writing Competition
RAMA LAMA DING DONG
“Lyrics don’t mean anything! Like ‘Rama-lama-ding-dong’ or ‘Give Peace a Chance’!” Homer Simpson
Event: short-listed applicants will sing, Karaoke style, their lyrics to James' music on the night, hoping their words will be the perfect fit for the song.
Date: Friday 5 November
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Wheeler Centre,
Address: 176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne
Free event, book here, via on the Wheeler Centre website.
The Edsels released, “Rama Lama Ding Dong” in 1958 which became a national hit, but surely not because of the lyrics. Would Bach have been better with words? What would Gilbert be without Sullivan or Rodgers without Hammerstein? And what comes first, the music or the lyrics?
On November 5th, the Australian Poetry Centre has decided the music comes first, with a competition called What Comes First, offering poets and wordsmiths all over Australia the chance to write the lyrics for a new hit single! The music has been written by established composer/music producer, James Roche (from Bachelor Girl).
Lyrics are currently being submitted and short-listed applicants will sing, Karaoke style, their lyrics to James' music on the night, hoping their words will be the perfect fit for the song. Rama Lama Ding Dong is a partnership between the Wheeler Centre and Australian Poetry Centre and we invite you to what should be a very entertaining evening of words and music. Listen to the music here .
This event is in partnership with the the Australian Poetry Centre.
Deadline for WHAT COMES FIRST song writing competition was September 30. They had the tune, but needed your lyrics.
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In Mt. Lawley WA ‘Expand your Boundaries’ poetry workshop
'Expand your Boundaries' poetry workshop
14 Nov 2010
Event: ‘Expand your Boundaries’ contemporary poetry workshops.
Date(s) : Sunday 14 November 2010
Time: 2-5pm,
Venue: Mt Lawley Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Address: 715 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley
Cost: Participants will be asked to contribute according to their means. The suggested amount is $30 per session, but please pay what you can afford or feel the workshop is worth.
Limited places: book now. 0406 624 578 or lostpoetjj@gmail.com
Expand the boundaries of your poetry by writing and reading. Workshops include:
• Writing experiments: write in ways you may not have previously tried.
• How poetry works in English: how form can create feeling.
• Handouts with example poems, information and poets’ resources.
• Afternoon tea.
At the workshops we talk about different aspects of poetry and do different experiments. The workshops are suitable for beginning poets as well as those with some experience.
More info: www.proximitypoetry.com
Janet , Janet Jackson: Words with attitude & soul
Poems, performances, workshops, courses, events
Creative, technical and corporate writing
Editing, manuscript production, self-publishing
lostpoetjj@gmail.com
www.proximitypoetry.com
0406 624 578 (Australia)
+61 406 624 578 (World)
PO Box 258, Darlington WA 6070, Australia
Perth Poetry Club: www.perthpoetryclub.com
Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
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Poetry Reading at Newtown Library – Cathy Bray reading from her chapbook ‘The Owl’ and reflecting on her Sydney Fringe festival show ‘Mad Woman’s Breakfast’
Event: Cathy Bray – poetry reading including her 2010 chapbook ‘The Owl’ (from Picaro Press) and poems and reflections on her Sydney Fringe show ‘Mad Woman’s Breakfast. Eat my Bush!’ broaching Australian ambivalence towards America explored with 15 of her own poems in a ‘poetry salon gone mad’ at Madam Fling Flong in Newtown.
Date: Sunday 21st November
Time: 2-4 PM
Venue: Newtown Library
Address:
Thanks to Steve Mitchell, Newtown Library Team Leader and the City of Sydney Libraries.
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COMPETITIONS, PRIZES and SUBMISSIONS
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2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – nominations due Oct 18
Nominations for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards are now open.
The New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers. Administered by Arts NSW, the 2011 Awards are valued at $315,000 in total, including the Special Award and Book of the Year.
In 2011, nominations are sought for the following awards:
• The Christina Stead Prize ($40,000)
• The UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing ($5,000)
• The Douglas Stewart Prize ($40,000)
• The Kenneth Slessor Prize ($30,000)
• The Patricia Wrightson Prize ($30,000)
• The Ethel Turner Prize ($30,000)
• The Play Award ($30,000)
• The Script Writing Award ($30,000)
• The Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW Award ($20,000)
Nomination forms and guidelines are for download at www.pla.nsw.gov.au or contact Arts NSW (Email: arts.funding@communities.nsw.gov.au, Phone: (02) 9228 5533, Freecall in NSW: 1800 358 594).
Closing date - Nominations need to be received at Arts NSW by 5pm, Monday 18 October 2010.
The Guidelines and Nomination form for the 2011 NSW Premier's Translation Prize and PEN Medallion for Australian translators who translate work into English from other languages will be available shortly.
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Melbourne Poets Union – International Poetry Competition 2010 due by Friday 29 October
MELBOURNE POETS UNION - Established 1977
Competition: INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2010
Prizes: $1,000 First Prize $300 Second Prize $200 third prize
+ $100 Martin Downey Urban Realist Award
+ Plus Book Vouchers for Highly Commended & Books for Commended
Judge: Competition Judge – Ron Pretty
Poems: not more than 50 lines
Due: Friday 29th October (see conditions below)
Entry form: Download Entry Forms from MPU’s Website http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mpuinc
More Information: Contact for MPU Inc is Leon Shann
Tel. 03 9386 6259 or email shann3056@optusnet.com.au
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
poems should be in English, unpublished, not accepted or submitted for publication
elsewhere and must be your original work
poems should not be entered in any other competition, or have previously been a winner
in any other competition
may be on any theme, maximum 50 lines and must be typed
shall not bear the poet’s name
entries should be received by Friday 29th October 2010, or postmarked that date
entries must be accompanied by cheque/money order payable to Melbourne Poets Union
and addressed to Melbourne Poets Union, PO Box 266, Flinders Lane, Vic 8009
$7 per poem or $13 for 2 poems or $18 for 3 poems (no cash please)
NOTE
entry fees are not refundable
there is no limit to the number of entries an individual may submit
failure to meet any of these conditions shall render the poems ineligible
please enclose a self stamped address envelope (SSAE) for results
the judge’s decision is final - no correspondence shall be entered into.
MPU reserves the right to publish the winning poem/s on their website.
Entry Forms – please download from MPU’s Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mpuinc
Sponsors: Black Inc Books, Black Pepper Publishing, The Paperback Bookshop
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Fellowship of Australia Writers – Mornington Peninsular Prize
poetry submissions invited by Oct 29
The Mornington Peninsula Prize 2010 - Offered by the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) Peninsula Region
Poetry Competition: A poem of up to 30 lines: open theme and style.
First Prize : $200, Highly Commended and Commended certificates.
Entry Fee: $5.00 per poem.
Due date: Competition closes 29th October 2010.
Open to residents of Australia.
Entry form / results sheet, please send a SSAE to
P.O. Box 574, MORNINGTON, VIC, 3931,
or email peninsulafaw@bigpond.com
Conditions of Entry:
• Poems must be entrant’s own work, must not have been published and must not have been awarded First Prize in any other competition.
• A fully completed entry form is required; blank entry forms may be photocopied.
• Please avoid using fancy fonts.
• Single-sided on A4 white paper.
• Entrant’s name not to appear on manuscript, only on entry form.
• No email submissions accepted.
• Multiple entries accepted, but each poem entered requires the nominated fee.
• Please note that entries breaching these conditions will be disqualified by the Competition Co-ordinator. The judge(s) will determine prizes and commendations.
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Cafe Poets – submissions due by October 31st
THE CAFE POET PROGRAM
If you’ve missed out before, don’t miss out now. We are currently taking applications for the next round of cafe poets.
Submit: your contact details,
three reasons why you want to be the cafe poet,
three benefits to the cafe as to why it would be good to have you as a cafe poet
and two outcomes of the six month residence - a personal outcome (something you want to achieve personally) and a public outcome (something you will provide at the cafe for the public).
The deadline: for submissions is Sunday October 31st.
Please also nominate one or two appropriate cafes you might want to work with/at.
Residencies for this round of applications will begin in January 2011.
You must be an APC or Poets Union member to apply. Join the APC here
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The Greenhouse – Poets Union e-anthology
Submissions invited from members and due 15th Nov. issue #3.
Members please email your poems directly to Peter Newton: jpnewton@tpg.com.au
A Poets Union e-anthology of Environmental Poems edited by Peter J.F.Newton
Submissions invited and due 15th November for issue #3.
The Poets Union invites members to contribute poems to The Greenhouse, a collection of poems about the environment, to be published as an e-anthology over three tranches in 2010 on the Poets Union website. This is one of the most important issues we have ever faced.
The Greenhouse (first mounting), edited by Martin Langford NOW PUBLISHED - featuring the work of over 50 Poets Union members.
We invite Members to place your thoughts on this and subsequent issues on the Poets Union website.
Submission of entries for The Greenhouse #2 (the second mounting), co-edited by Martin Langford and Peter J.F. Newton, has closed and editing is under way.
Submission of entries for The Greenhouse #3 (the third mounting), edited by Peter J.F. Newton, is required by 15 November 2010.
Entry: Each member may submit a maximum of one poem per deadline (ie three poems over the whole year).
Editor: poet and Poets Union committee member Peter J.F. Newton will edit the submissions and direct queries to individual authors.
Biographical note: Members should also submit a 25 word biographical note the first time they submit work to the anthology.
Members Submit 1 poem: as a simple Word (.doc) attachment
Email poems to: Peter J. F. Newton jpnewton@tpg.com.au
Subject: submission 'THE GREENHOUSE' + YOUR NAME
Cost: Free to members of the Poets Union
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Peter Porter Poetry Prize submissions invited and due 15 Nov.
PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE
Entry to the seventh annual Australian Book Review poetry prize – renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, in memory of the late Australian poet – is now open.
First prize: $4000
Shortlisted poems: $250
Closing date: 15 November 2010
The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry, and guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in ABR.
PREVIOUS WINNERS: Stephen Edgar (2005), Judith Bishop (2006), Alex Skovron (2007)
Ross Clark (2008), Tracy Ryan (2009), Anthony Lawrence (2010)
The guidelines and entry form are now available on the ABR website http://www.australianbookreview.com.au/
Poets must reside in Australia or be Australian citizens living overseas.
Each entry must be a single poem of no more than 100 lines.
Multiple entries are permitted, and all poems will be judged anonymously.
A shortlist comprising a maximum of six poems will be announced and those poems published in the March 2011 issue of ABR. The winner will be announced in the April 2011 issue.
Peter Rose, Editor Australian Book Review
Tel: (03) 9429 6700
Email: editor@australianbookreview.com.au
www.australianbookreview.com.au
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The 2010 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize
for new and emerging poets
Prize : The 2010 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets,
sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation.
Winning entry: The major prize has increased to $5000,
Runners up : two runner-up prizes of $1000.
Submissions due: The closing date is Monday 15 November 2010.
Entry: A$11.00 (or $5.50 for subscribers) administration fee must accompany each entry.
Each entry may contain up to three unpublished poems.
Each entry must contain two copies of each poem.
You can enter as many times as you like.
The winners will be announced in March 2011.
http://web.overland.org.au/poetry-prize/
Entry form guidelines 2008 results 2009 results
Judge: The judge of the 2010 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets is Peter Minter. Peter is a highly regarded, multi-award winning poet who has published creative and critical work in a wide range of national and international electronic and print journals, magazines and anthologies. His first book Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin was shortlisted for the 1996 New South Wales Premiers’ Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize, he received the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for Poetry in 1999, and in 2000 he was awarded The Age Poetry Book of the Year for Empty Texas. In 2006 he published his fifth volume of poems, blue grass, with the Cambridge UK publisher, Salt Publishing. He was founding editor of the Varuna New Poetry broadsheet, a founding editor of Cordite Poetry and Poetics Review, co-editor of Calyx: 30 Contemporary Australian Poets, and poetry editor of Meanjin from 2000 to 2005. He has guest edited two special editions of Meanjin: ‘Poetics’ in 2001 and 'Blak Times: Indigenous Australia' in 2006, and his work is anthologised in The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry and The Penguin Book of Australian Poetry.
For more about Judith Wright’s contribution to Australian poetry and Australian life, check out Georgie Arnott’s review of Wright’s correspondence.
VU–Footscray Park Campus
PO Box 14428
MELBOURNE VIC 8001
t: 03 9919 4163
f: 03 9687 7614
e: overland@vu.edu.au w: www.overland.org.au
http://web.overland.org.au/poetry-prize/
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Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) 2010 Literary Awards
Submissions due 30th November
Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Incorporated
2010 NATIONAL LITERARY AWARDS
Entries open: 1 September 2010
Entries close: 30 November 2010
Please direct all enquiries/correspondence to: awards@writers.asn.au
OR:
Awards Coordinator,
FAW 2010 National Literary Awards,
The Hive Creative Centre Inc.,
710 Station Street, Box Hill, VIC, 3128
Entry forms : are enclosed with The Australian Writer.
Entry forms can be downloaded on www.writers.asn.au
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Islet on-line magazine. Summer Issue submissions due date extended to November 30 – theme: Islands
Islet and Island would like to announce a change to our publication schedule. We will now be publishing our islands-themed issues in autumn (late March/early April) and will be launching these themed issues through the Tasmanian Writers' Centre, during the 2011 Ten Days on the Island festival.
We are still calling for submissions, and would be very pleased if you would consider forwarding this information to potential contributors, via your member emails and/or community/professional/personal networks.
The new closing date is TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 -- check the Islet submissions page for more details.
Publication opportunity for emerging writers and visual artists
Islet (www.islet.com.au) is pleased to announce the theme for its summer issue, and is now calling for submissions addressing the theme of ISLANDS.
We invite you to consider the theme imaginatively, broadly, and figuratively.
Submissions close: Tuesday November, 30
Email to : Submissions should be emailed to the editor at islet.online@utas.edu.au with ‘summer issue submission’ in the subject line.
All of Islet’s standard submission guidelines still apply, including length
Poetry: poetry must be under 25 lines, reviews under 400 words, and fiction under 600 words.
Pay rates: See the Islet submissions page http://www.islet.com.au/submissions for pay rates
Please note that non-themed submissions will continue to be received for future issues.
Islet is funded by Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council, and supported by the University of Tasmania.
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Submissions invited for the Blackened Billy Verse Competition due 30th November for Tamworth Poetry Readers’ Group
THE BLACKENED BILLY VERSE COMPETITION - ATTENTION WRITERS OF BUSH VERSE!
The 2011 Blackened Billy Verse Competition will be opening on September 1.
This is regarded as one of the most prestigious BUSH POETRY competitions in Australia.
First prize is $500 plus the famous BLACKENED BILLY TROPHY.
Second prize is $250 and third $150.
Bush poetry is a traditional type of verse written with rhyme and rhythm that reflects the Australian way of life. The genre has widened in recent years to encompass modern living in both the city and the bush. 2010 winner, Ellis Campbell, wrote on a subject which was very close to our hearts last year in a moving poem called “The Arsonist”.
Tamworth Poetry Reading Group welcomes entries from new and old writers. Entry forms will be available on September 1. Please write to Jan Morris PO Box 3001, West Tamworth or email janmorris@northnet.com.au
Entries close November 30 and the winners will be announced at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2011.
Contact: Organisers of The Blackened Billy Verse Competition and
The Country Energy Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition
Mail to: PO BOX 3001 WEST TAMWORTH 2340
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Poetry: The Indelible Stencil project - expressions of interest sought for regional poets to be part of a creative team
Poetry: The Indelible Stencil. A message from Lizz Murphy: Are you a poet living in the Upper Lachlan or Wollondilly shires of SE NSW?
Lizz Murphy coordinator of a major regional poetry as public art project, Poetry: The Indelible Stencil, would like to hear from emerging and established poets based specifically in the Upper Lachlan and Wollondilly shires in SE NSW.
I still have one or two openings on the creative team. The project is starting up now with completion of public works planned for mid-2011. To express interest please send a bio, the town you live in and contact details to lizzmurphy@tadaust.org.au in the first instance. I will send you more info at that point. Poetry: The Indelible Stencil is a partnership with Southern Tablelands Arts (STARTS) and eight local governments. It is supported by NSW Regional Arts Fund and CASP.
I am particularly interested in hearing from poets from the following postcodes:
Wollondilly (postcodes are a loose guide: 2560-2574)
• Appin 2560
• Bargo 2574
• Belimbla Park 2570
• Brownlow Hill 2570
• Buxton 2571
• Camden Park 2570
• Cawdor 2570
• Couridjah 2571
• Douglas Park 2569
• Glenmore 2570
• Menangle 2568
• Mount Hunter 2570
• Mowbray Park 2571
• Nattai and the Burragorang Valley 2570
• Oakdale 2570
• Pheasants Nest 2574
• Picton 2571
• Razorback 2571
• Silverdale 2572
• Tahmoor 2573
• The Oaks 2570
• Theresa Park 2570
• Thirlmere 2572
• Warragamba 2572
• Wilton 2571
• Yanderra 2574
• Yerranderie ?
Upper Lachlan (postcodes are a loose guide: 2580-2583)
Crookwell 2583
Gunning 2581
Dalton “
Grabben Gullen 2583
Collector 2581
Taralga 2580
Binda 2583
Bigga & Grabine “
Tuena & Laggan “
Lizz Murphy
Project Coordinator for
Poetry: The Indelible Stencil
PO Binalong NSW 2584
Phone: 02 6227 4393
Email: lizzmurphy@tadaust.org.au
Working in partnership with Elizabeth Brown Regional Arts Development Officer
Southern Tablelands Arts (STARTS) Phone 4821 7028 Email elizabethbrown@starts.com.au
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Call for poems for Hunter Writers’ Centre monthly newsletter
Hunter Writers’ Centre will be accepting poems or short stories for the HWC monthly newsletter, so if you have something you would like published, send it in to us at hwcadmin@optusnet.net.au
Poems can be up to 30 lines, and short stories no longer than 1000 words. Excerpts from novels are also welcome. Please send documents as attachments in size 12 TNR font, and have HWC submission in the subject line of your email. They can't pay for submissions but it's a good opportunity to read local talent.
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RED ROOM COMPANY calls for submissions for SMH ‘Extra’ section
(up to 2 poems of 20 lines maximum – new and emerging poets encouraged to apply)
THE RED ROOM COMPANY IS CALLING ON POETS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA TO SUBMIT POEMS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE SUN-HERALD ‘EXTRA’ SECTION.
This new series of poems will have a focus on younger and emerging writers trying to make a name for themselves as poets. We want all styles of poetry, so that readers can get a taste of the full palate of current Australian poetry. The only limitation is space.
Submit as attachment: Please send all submissions as a simple Word .doc attachment to
Email : text@redroomcompany.org
Subject: ‘Sun Herald Extra Submission’ in the subject header.
Maximum two submissions per poet, and please, remember the size constraints when choosing work
Length: 20 lines is about the max.
REDROOM COMPANY website www.redroomcompany.org
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Mascara Literary Review (Mascara Poetry has expanded! )
Mascara Literary Review is now accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction and essays.
Mascara Literary Review is an online literary journal particularly interested in the work of contemporary Asian (as well as Australian and Indigenous) writers.
In our current issue (Issue 7), Judith Beveridge is the featured poet. Anthony Lawrence will be the featured poet in Issue 8.
We are able to pay: $75 for two or more poems, $50 for reviews and essays. For full submission details visit: www.mascarareview.com/submissions.html
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Cordite Poetry Review ‘Epic’ 31st issue published December 2009.
Submissions now open for Cordite Poetry Review.
Message from David Prater (Ed) – we are not accepting submissions of haiku or senryu .
Details available at www.cordite.org.au
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Jazz and Poetry section of annotated discography on jazz and literature
- Submissions invited
From PU member Peter JF Newton :
I am nearing completion of the jazz & poetry section of a three-part annotated discography on jazz & literature which I expect to publish next year. The scope of this section includes recitation accompanied by jazz in any of its many varieties, poems converted to jazz vocal performances and instrumental compositions inspired by the work of individual poets. The emphasis here is on poetry with jazz and improv music as I know them; I have no wish to stray into the world of rock, rap, hip-hop and so on because they are well beyond my domain of competence.
I have adequate access to the world literature for this type of work and am in touch with a number of major overseas jazz poets working in this field, so I am looking specifically for Australian and New Zealand information which sadly seems to escape the literature.
The details sought are as follows: Band or artist name, recording dates and locations, identification of poets and composers, accompanying musicians and their instruments (including the voice), poem or song titles, type of recording medium together with recording company names, catalogue numbers, and album titles. A reference point for accessibility to these products would be a useful addition.
The recording medium can be any type of modality and of commercial, private or archival provenance.
Details should be sent to me (Peter Newton) as Chair, NSW Jazz Archive Inc., 30 Boorea St, Blaxland, NSW 2774.
E-mail jpnewton@tpg.com.au Tel: (02) 4739-1715.
All advice received will be acknowledged in the book when it appears.
Best regards, Peter J.F. Newton.
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e-zines, on-line courses and e-anthologies for poets
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Message from NSW Australian Poetry Slam
Please visit their site to find out about the up and coming heats and events all over Australia - http://australianpoetryslam.com
Australian Poetry slam is a national writing and performance competition that works with libraries, schools, writers festivals and professional theatre spaces to inspire Australians to perform poems, stories, lyrics and monologues.
Further info: contact Felicia Eccles.
Word Travels
Australian Poetry Slam - NSW Coordinator
0401180264
http://australianpoetryslam.com/
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Islet on-line magazine – Summer issue due date for submissions extended to Tues. November 30. Theme: ‘Islands’
Islet and Island would like to announce a change to our publication schedule. We will now be publishing our islands-themed issues in autumn (late March/early April) and will be launching these themed issues through the Tasmanian Writers' Centre, during the 2011 Ten Days on the Island festival.
We are still calling for submissions, and would be very pleased if you would consider forwarding this information to potential contributors, via your member emails and/or community/professional/personal networks.
The new closing date is TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 -- check the Islet submissions page for more details.
Publication opportunity for emerging writers and visual artists
Islet (www.islet.com.au) is pleased to announce the theme for its summer issue, and is now calling for submissions addressing the theme of ISLANDS.
We invite you to consider the theme imaginatively, broadly, and figuratively.
Submissions close: Tuesday November, 30
Email to : Submissions should be emailed to the editor at islet.online@utas.edu.au with ‘summer issue submission’ in the subject line.
All of Islet’s standard submission guidelines still apply, including length
Poetry: poetry must be under 25 lines, reviews under 400 words, and fiction under 600 words.
Pay rates: See the Islet submissions page http://www.islet.com.au/submissions for pay rates
Please note that non-themed submissions will continue to be received for future issues.
Islet is funded by Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council, and supported by the University of Tasmania.
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POETICA – ABC Radio National. Saturdays and Thursdays :
Australia-wide Poetry program - Saturdays at 3.05 pm and repeated Thursdays at 3.05 pm
October
2nd Taha Muhammed Ali – a feature on this Palestinian poet and short story writer.
9th A Pantomime of Words – the poetry collages of Nobel prize winner, Herta Müller.
16th Neruda’s Houses – a feature on Neruda’s eccentric homes and the poetry he wrote there.
23rd Senghor – the poetry of Senegalese writer and past-president, Leopold Sedar Senghor.
30th The Journey – selected works of by Irish poet, Eavan Boland.
POETICA is presented by BRENT CLOUGH and MIKE LADD - For further details please contact the producers of Poetica: Mike Ladd (08) 8343 4928 Krystyna Kubiak (08) 8343 4271
Or visit the Poetica website at www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/poetica/
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The Greenhouse – issue # 3. Members’ submissions due Nov.15
Members email your poems directly to Peter Newton jpnewton@tpg.com.au
Email poems to: Peter J. F. Newton jpnewton@tpg.com.au
A Poets Union e-anthology of Environmental Poems edited by Peter J.F.Newton
Submissions invited and due 15th November for issue #3.
The Poets Union invites members to contribute poems to The Greenhouse, a collection of poems about the environment, to be published as an e-anthology over three tranches in 2010 on the Poets Union website. This is one of the most important issues we have ever faced.
The Greenhouse (first mounting), edited by Martin Langford NOW PUBLISHED - featuring the work of over 50 Poets Union members.
We invite Members to place your thoughts on this and subsequent issues on the Poets Union website.
Submission of entries for The Greenhouse #2 (the second mounting), co-edited by Martin Langford and Peter J.F. Newton, has closed and editing is under way.
Submission of entries for The Greenhouse #3 (the third mounting), edited by Peter J.F. Newton, is required by 15 November 2010.
Entry: Each member may submit a maximum of one poem per deadline (ie three poems over the whole year).
Editor: poet and Poets Union committee member Peter J.F. Newton will edit the submissions and direct queries to individual authors.
Biographical note: Members should also submit a 25 word biographical note the first time they submit work to the anthology.
Members Submit 1 poem: as a simple Word (.doc) attachment
Email poems to: Peter J. F. Newton jpnewton@tpg.com.au
Subject: submission 'THE GREENHOUSE' + YOUR NAME
Cost: Free to members of the Poets Union
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Longlines e-anthology
Now up on the Poets Union website www.poetsunion.com : the 2008 Longlines e-anthology (from the 2008 Australian Poetry Festival is now up on the Poets Union website. The 2008 Longlines Fellows were:
Ali Cobby-Eckermann, Helen Hagemann, Kimberley Mann and Andrew Slattery.
What is Longlines? In 2008, the Australian Poetry Centre, together with the Varuna Writers’ Centre, devised a fellowship for poets who lived more than 100 kilometres outside Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Canberra. Four Fellows were invited to spend a week at Varuna workshopping their poetry with Ron Pretty. The manuscripts were then published in a series which effectively became a continuation of the Five Islands New Poets collections.
The New Poets Series 2009, comprises:
- little bit long time by Ali Cobby Eckermann
- Evangelyne & other poems by Helen Hagemann
- Awake During Anaesthetic by Kimberley Mann
- Canyon by Andrew Slattery
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FROM THIS BROKEN HILL http://brokenhill.tripod.com/BrokenHill.htm
Meuse Press has released an e-anthology titled “From This Broken Hill” – a unique combination of writing from some of the country’s top writers (past & present) combined with a dazzling array of photography. A place of near mythic proportions, this city deep in the outback. A mine that put the money into Melbourne. Arts hub while simultaneously isolated by distance.
But in some ways Broken Hill was the experiment that became multicultural Australia – it had the country’s first mosque, many communities continue to thrive within its boundaries. The rough heart of Unionism still stands strong. People escape to this city, others escape a childhood there. It has its horrors and highlights, once there you’ll never forget.
Read an excerpt from a Napoleon Bonaparte set in the city, read the view back from leading poet Rae Desmond Jones who grew up there and wonder at the mining waste turned into a thing of beauty surrounded by red soil. Edited by Barbara De Franceschi, Marvis Sofield and Les Wicks.
Supported by Broken Hill Regional Writers’ Centre, Broken Hill City Council, Countrylink & ArtsNSW Available at http://brokenhill.tripod.com/BrokenHill.htm
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Guide to Sydney Beaches - http://sydneybeaches.tripod.com/guide.htm
Guide to Sydney Beaches – a driftwood concept. A new web anthology saunters the sand with some of Australia’s leading poets.
Guide to Sydney Beaches - http://sydneybeaches.tripod.com/guide.htm - is aimed at an audience that may not normally access this artform.
This is a driftwood concept – people seeking information about a certain beach stumble across this collection & discover fine Aust poetry. 20 great beaches, 30 superb poets. Hit numbers indicate it is already a huge success. This will increase as we move into Spring. The anthology is from Meuse Press, edited by PU member Les Wicks.
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Melaleuca – monthly e-zine of Australian poetry
MELALEUCA is a free e-zine of Australian poetry, delivered monthly
through your email in-box. For submissions and subscriptions, contact
the editor, Phillip A. Ellis, at phillip.a.ellis@gmail.com
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Folk Odyssey – The Magazine http://www.folkclub.com/folkodyssey/
As you browse Folk Odyssey – the Magazine, you will discover that several sections offer an invitation for you to contribute your work to this enterprise. You may do this in the form of:
-a Letter to the Editor, -an article for Features,
-information for Event Horizon,
-photographs for FolkShot Gallery,
-poetry
-autobiography for Poet in Profile
-a story for StoryBoard.
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PIFF - Poetry in Film Festival
INVITATION TO JOIN THEIR MAILING LIST
Invitation from the APC (Australian Poetry Centre in Melbourne) to join their PIFF mailing list for the Poetry in Film Festival. Click here to subscribe to their mailing list www.poetryinfilmfestival.com.au
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Knopf’s National Poetry Month http://poem-a-day.knopfdoubleday.com/
If you register with Knopf’s National Poetry Month, they will email you a poem every day in April...Every year in celebration of National Poetry Month, Knopf Poetry offers a free poem—along with bonus features like beautiful broadsides, audio clips, and signed books—each day during the month of April through our Poem-a-Day emails.
Enter your email address to sign up http://poem-a-day.knopfdoubleday.com/
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OTHER NEWS FOR POETS
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Cricket Poetry Award – winner announced:
Matt Young for his poem, ‘Gentleman Jim’
Matt Young’s “Gentleman Jim” wins the 2010 Cricket Poetry Award.
Over one hundred entries were received from the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Bahrain and Australia for the Cricket Poetry Award competition in 2010.
The last four poems were selected and publicly read at the Cricket Art Prize opening - Members Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground on October 7th.
The judges, Peter Fenton and Sally Loane agonised over which poem should win. “In the end, we had to make some tough decisions and it wasn’t an easy process.” said Peter Fenton
Sally Loane added “As judges we were drawn to poems that were more of a personal nature. Rather than depicting characters and actions, we were lured to the poet's own state of mind, emotions and views.”
“Gentleman Jim” by Matt Young pays homage to the many time-honoured and experienced umpires that diligently adjudicate the weekend games in social, grade and competition cricket over the summer.
“Gentleman Jim” by Matt Young
He brings a certain dignity
Exudes a certain charm
He works with an integrity
No fuss and no alarm
A vestige of the golden age
He has those austere looks
Like timeless art and Shakespeare’s plays
Or well thumbed fav’rite books
His essence is humanity
He’s gen’rous to the core
As all he does, he does for free
His loyalty is folklore
I don’t know ’bout his playing days
And what his stats all told
But bet he played the noble way
Within traditions fold
But now he wears the black and white
Immaculately pressed
He’s always groomed with class and pride
And always looks his best
And though time’s slightly stooped his spine
He cuts a dashing frame
And just like France’s finest wine
Age bolsters his acclaim
And every summer Sat’day sees
Old Jim out at the ground
Impartial as the summer breeze
And judgment always sound
And every player loves old Jim
Respecting his good name
And for his passion they thank him
This doyen of the game
© Matt Young 2010
For further information contact:
Derek Zilich
E-mail: derekz@cricketartprize.org
Cell: 0411 572 100
Website: www.cricketartprize.org
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Australian Poetry Ltd seeks a PUBLICATIONS MANAGER to commence January 2011 – applications Friday 22nd October
Australian Poetry Ltd is a new organisation about to be launched in 2011 as a merger between the Australian Poetry Centre based in Melbourne and Poets Union based in NSW. It will be the peak industry body for poetry in this country, based at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, with a charter to promote and support Australian poets and poetry locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Australian Poetry is seeking a Publications Manager to oversee the publications arm of the organisation, including the publication, marketing and distribution of our flagship poetry journal.
The selected candidate will have broad experience in a similar role with a relevant organisation, and have a clear passion and vision for the position. This is a full time paid position and will commence January 2011.
Deadline for applications is 5pm Friday October 22nd.
To find out more information or apply, please email paul@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
for a position description and the selection criteria.
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Australian Poetry Ltd seeks a NSW STATE DIRECTOR
Australian Poetry Ltd is a new organization due to be launched in 2011 as a merger between the Australian Poetry Centre based in Melbourne and Poets Union based in NSW. It will be the peak industry body for poetry in this country with a charter to promote and support Australian poets and poetry locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Australian Poetry is seeking a NSW State Director to be based in Sydney and work with the National Director in planning and executing the NSW component of the National Program. The State Director should have strong management experience, leadership skills and experience in a similar role for a relevant organisation. This is a part time role in 2011.
To apply for this position, please email National Director, Paul Kooperman, at paul@australianpoetrycentre.org.au for a position description and selection criteria.
Deadline for submissions is Friday November 13th.
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4 finalists announced in the Cricket Poetry Prize
The 4 poems to go which were re-read at the Cricket Art Prize opening on Thursday 7th Oct were:
1. “The Ton” by Peter Harvey – QLD (to be read by Sean Barker)
2. “The Last Over” by Maureen Sudlow – New Zealand (to be read by Nicole Campbell)
3.”Gentleman Jim” by Matt Young – QLD (to be read by Duncan Fellows)
4. “Evolution” by Nerelie Teese – VIC (to be read by Jessica Keath)
A very enjoyable night was had by all at the Australian Youth Hotel where we saw and heard the top 20 poems being read by 4 accomplished actors:
• Sean Barker
• Nicole Campbell
• Duncan Fellows
• Jessica Keath
And being ‘umpired’ by 2 proficient judges:
• Sally Loane
• Peter Fenton
Sally and Peter had a very challenging time when reading and re-reading all poems; having to make some very hard decisions in the end to get the field down to 20; then select the last 4 for the ‘finals’ at the Cricket Art Prize Opening on Thursday 7th October.
But, a big thank you goes out to all the poets, writers and authors who submitted entries, as quite obviously, without their support and participation we would not have the international poetry competition that we have now. Literally, we had entries from the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Bahrain and Australia.
Twenty shortlisted poets for the Cricket Poetry Prize:
In no particular order, the 20 finalists were:
1. Australian Job by Lillian Allen – SA
2. A Sonnet to Cricket by Don Adams - New Zealand
3. Backyard Internationals by Glen Butcher – SA
4. Clancy of the Overthrow by David Campbell – VIC
5. Batting Order by Natasha Dennerstein – New Zealand
6. The First Delivery by Nigel Ford – SA
7. The Ton by Peter Harvey – QLD
8. Cricket's Last Stand by Brian Sam Hallewell – QLD
9. Backyard Century by Ian Keast - NSW
10. Stumps Balls and Willow (Our View) by Audrey Lawrence – QLD
11. Three Bats by Alfred Marks – NSW
12. Country Cricketers Childhood by Mark Miller – NSW
13. Testing Times by Brian McLoughlin – NSW
14. My Father's Bat by Rhonda Poholke – VIC
15. Gentleman Jim by Matt Young – QLD
16. Me Neighbour's Kid by Ian Swift – NSW
17. The Last Over by Maureen Sudlow – New Zealand
18. Evolution by Nerelie Teese – VIC
19. Setting the Scene by Noel Tennison – VIC
20. Summer Salvation by Leanne Wicks – NSW
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Scanlon Prize for a collection of Indigenous Poetry – Jeanine Leane
2010 Winner of the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry
At the Poets Union Australian Poetry Festival held in The Rex Centre, Kings Cross, Sydney (4-5 September) the judge for this year’s Scanlon Prize, Yvette Holt from Queensland, announced and introduced the winner, Jeanine Leane, for her book of poems Dark Secrets (PressPress, 2010).
In the judge’s words "Leane's journey is interwoven with post-colonial stitches of a matriarchal society. Aboriginal women's voices echo throughout this divine collection of contemporary storytelling."
Ms Holt added that the Scanlon Prize “is an award of national significance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander poets to aspire to in recognition of their published poetry, independent of state literary awards.”
Jeanine Leane is a writer and educator who lives in Canberra, ACT.
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Ian Reed Foundation 2010 - Writers-in-residence announced
Ian Reed Foundation 2010 writers-in-residence announced
Following a call-out by the Ian Reed Foundation, nearly 200 writers applied for two writer-in-residence opportunities with ABC Radio National. Congratulations to composer/writer Rosalind Page from regional New South Wales, who will work on her play Wildlife and Michele Lee from Melbourne, with her work See how the Leaf People Run.
These residencies will be based in ABC Radio National’s drama unit in Melbourne and Sydney.
Applications were received from all over Australia from writers who have not previously written for radio including poets, essayists, journalists and songwriters. In addition to creating a work for potential broadcast, the successful recipients will have the chance to observe work on other productions and to collaborate with ABC Radio National’s award-winning sound engineers and drama producers.
Michele Lee's play See how the Leaf People Run is about an orphan Hmong boy, Charlie, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder who almost drowned trying to cross the Mekong river to get from Laos, to Thailand and then to Melbourne.
“I'm really looking forward to learning more about the medium and the process of production,” Michele Lee said when her successful application was announced.
Michele’s Ian Reed Foundation residency comes hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of her appointment as a 2010 Melbourne Theatre Company Emerging Writer.
“The opportunity to work with percussionist Claire Edwards to further develop Wildlife is beyond my wildest dreams - just thrilling news!”, said composer/writer Rosalind Page.
Ian Reed was a notable Australian writer of radio drama. He loved the freedom of the medium and when he died in 1979 he left the bulk of his estate to the ABC to encourage ‘potential and aspiring’ writers of radio drama. The Ian Reed Foundation administers the fund that is used to provide for competitions, workshops, script development and dramaturgy as well as other activities intended to support new writers for radio.
For further information about the Ian Reed Foundation, visit abc.net.au/rn/ianreed
For media enquiries, please contact Nicola Fern, Marketing Manager, ABC Radio National on 03 9626 1758 or fern.nicola@abc.net.au
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Gum Blossom’s Poetry 2010 – Results:
Results Gum Blossoms 2010 Poetry
First Place: daybreak over mt.sondard- by Colleen Keating
Second Place: driftwood - by Orchid Tierney
Very Highly Commended:
Pressed Love - by David Troman
gregorian cats - by Frank Prem
Feather Falls - by Joanne Mills
Argent Bark - by David Troman
Highly Commended:
Walking Libations - by John Ryan
A Common Thread - by Joan Fenney
Tingha - by Joe Massingham
crimson rosella - by Colleen Keating
Illusion - by Dale Harcombe
The Pixel Pixies - by David Troman
Longing - by Colleen Keating
Commended:
Family Matters - by Adele Jones
On Bullock Mountain - by Joe Massingham
In a Flash of Brilliance - by Jacqui Merckenschlager
Overwhelmed - by Marilyn Humbert
Old Life Dreams - by David J. Delaney
listen- by Colleen Keating
Judge's Comments: Ruth Strachan
Always, Gum Blossoms delights me with the variety of poetry styles submitted. Surprisingly this year we have a number of poets receiving multiple places. While this confirms we have acknowledged our best poets, it means we have less room to publish other worthwhile poetry. It is always sad to lay aside good poems.
First place this year goes to daybreak over mt.sondar. The originality in this appeals . Imagery, simile, metaphor and personification help to build the atmosphere, and when read aloud good cadences are heard. The conclusion carries an impact that causes serious consideration.
In second place is driftwood, a prose poem. The echoing of ‘watch’ and the restrained alliteration make this attractive to the ear. It gives the reader something to think through, and we feel the emotion present. There are four Very Highly Commended poems this year! Any one of them could have been a winner in other circumstances. Well done.
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Poet Philip Gross is the winner of the Wales Book of the Year 2010 for his collection of poems ‘I Spy Pinhole Eye’
The Winner is … Philip Gross, I Spy Pinhole Eye (Cinnamon)
Poet Philip Gross has won the Wales Book of the Year 2010 for I Spy Pinhole Eye - a collection of poems published by Cinnamon Press. The announcement was made on Wednesday 30 June at a Gala Dinner at St David’s Hotel in Cardiff, introduced by BBC Wales Political Editor, Betsan Powys. Gross was presented with the £10,000 prize by Minister for Heritage, Alun Ffred Jones.
Philip Gross is the author of twelve poetry collections, including The Water Table which won the T S Eliot Prize 2010, as well as a fiction writer, dramatist and Professor of Creative Writing at Glamorgan University. He lives in Cardiff.
I Spy Pinhole Eye is a collaborative work between poet and photographer. Simon Denison uses a pinhole camera to transform that most mundane of objects – the footings of electricity pylons - while Philip Gross’s poems explore the act of seeing and interpretation.
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Congratulations to Nathan Curnow winner of the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize for his poem endtime
Nathan Curnow is the winner of The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize 2010 for his poem endtime.
2010 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize winners:
First Prize ($10,000) ‘endtime’ by Nathan Curnow, Victoria
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Always Sometimes Never’ by Andrew Slattery, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘One Broken Knife’ by Carmen Leigh Keates, Queensland
Commended ($2,500) ‘Dead Sea Psalms’ by Jill Pattinson, Victoria
Judges' comments: http://www.textjournal.com.au/ulrick
Read the 2009 and 2010 winners and see the judges' comments at http://www.textjournal.com.au/ulrick
Visit the Griffith University website http://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-languages-criminology/school-humanities/news-and-events/josephine-ulrick-prizes
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Jordie Albiston winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (NSW Premier’s Award for Literature) for her collection ‘the sonnet according to ‘m’
Jordie Albiston lives in Melbourne, where she was born in 1961. She is a poet whose work frequently reflects historical research. Australian composer Andrée Greenwell has adapted two of her books (Botany Bay Document, 1996 - retitled Dreaming Transportation - and The Hanging of Jean Lee, 1998) for music-theatre: both enjoyed seasons at the Sydney Opera House.
Nervous Arcs won the Mary Gilmore Award for a first book of Australian poetry in 1995, and was also shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Prize. Her fourth collection, The Fall, was shortlisted for Premier's Prizes in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Here fifth, Vertigoa cantata was published by John Leonard Press, in 2007. She holds a PhD in literature.
The letter ‘m' is emblematic of recurrence and precipitousness in these poems. They emerge with the wantonness of sensations in everyday life. In this case three lives: maternal grandmother, paternal great-great grandmother and the poet. Jordie Albiston, with characteristic delicacy and zest, limns these very different women as perspectives to each other.
Recurrence is intrinsic to sonnets. They are patterned internally, and are often paroxysmal: a perfect form and formation for poems which worry the distinction between the fatal and the banal. The sequence tells what happens when you admit the existential into everyday life, in small or large doses. The results can be desolate, or sublime. And comedic as well: Albiston knows how to play between darkness and send-up, when it comes to an arduous and animating tension between body and mind.
The Sonnet According to 'M' is published by John Leonard Press
Jordie Albiston, the sonnet according to ‘m'
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Derek Motion - winner of the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for his work 'forest hill'
07 Apr 2010 : A national prize held in honour of Australian poet Judith Wright has been awarded to Charles Sturt University (CSU) postgraduate student, Mr Derek Motion. The 2010 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, valued at $3 000, has been won by the poet and PhD student for his work, ‘forest hill’.
The successful poets featured at a presentation event at the Melbourne Emerging Writers’ Festival on Saturday 29 May, alongside Keri Glastonbury and Gig Ryan (poetry editors of Overland and The Age respectively).
In addition to the prize money, Mr Motion’s poem will be published in the next issue of Overland, a quarterly e-bulletin about events, politics and literature. He was presented the poetry award at the 2010 Emerging Writers’ Festival in the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 29 May.
Commenting on the winning entries including Mr Motion’s work, judge Dr Keri Glastonbury found, “…this loose-knit community is where a lot of the energy and action in Australian poetry is, and I look forward to seeing these poets release first books”.
Mr David Gilbey, Senior Lecturer in English at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga said, “I'm delighted at Derek's continuing success in the lists of Australian letters. Derek's poetry is concentrated, allusive, multi-faceted, drawing on literary traditions and contemporary cultural and technological practices. It is also finely human and wittily self-facing - a pleasure to read.
“Like Judith Wright's poetry, Derek combines metaphysical, personal and social concerns. He richly deserves this award and it's a mark of the modernity and integrity of the judging that his poetry has been recognised.”
Mr Motion named his poem ‘forest hill' after the area on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga where he spent some of his early years and where went to primary school.
“In particular I think I was concerned with locating imagery surrounding the time when you start to become who you are; a kind of site of individuation and thinking about what this means for the adult me,” Mr Motion said.
It is not the first time the CSU postgraduate student has had his work honoured at the national level. In October 2009, Mr Motion received an Australia Council 2010 Emerging Writers’ and Illustrators’ Initiative Grant, valued at $15 000. Read more here.
Mr Motion is doing his PhD through the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga. His research focuses on his own poetry in the context of Australian poets, Christopher Brennan (1870-1932) and Michael Dransfield (1948-1973).
Living in Wagga Wagga with his young family, Mr Motion is also Director of the Booranga Writers’ Centre at CSU.
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Jean Kent WINNER of The Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize
Congratulations to PU member Jean Kent. Meanjin is delighted to announce that the inaugural winner of the Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize for 2009 is Jean Kent, for her poem ‘The Polish Guitarist’s First Paris Concert’ (Vol 68/4).
The prize was run this year as a tribute to much-loved Australian poet, Dorothy Porter, and her legacy of work, and is co-sponsored by Porter’s agent, Jenny Darling & Associates. Kent’s poem was chosen by judges Andrea Goldsmith and Kristin Henry out of all the poems accepted for publication in Meanjin throughout 2009. She was presented with a $1,000 cash prize at an awards ceremony to be held at Gleebooks in Sydney on Saturday 14 November at 4pm. The event featured readings from Porter’s most recent collection, The Bee Hut, which was published by Black Inc. in September 2009. ‘The Polish Guitarist’s First Paris Concert’ will also be published in the forthcoming December edition of Meanjin.
Jean Kent has released three books of poetry, including Verandahs, which was recently republished by Picaro Press in its Art Box Series. Her fourth collection, Travelling with the Wrong Phrase Books, was highly commended for the 2008 Alec Bolton Prize. She lives at Lake Macquarie in NSW. Meanjin is pleased to announce that the Dorothy Porter Prize will run again in 2010
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Emma Jones WINNER Best First Collection, FORWARD PRIZE for her collection ‘The Striped World’
Congratulations to Australian poet, Emma Jones. Emma Jones's The Striped World, inspired by her home country of Australia, was named winner of the £5,000 best first collection prize. Hart called her "an ambitious and intriguing new voice" whose poems "are both elliptical and visionary – inhabiting a parallel world of strange disjointed images within which we nevertheless find echoes of familiar experience".
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and congratulations to Forward Prize Winner: Don Paterson Scottish poet Don Paterson has triumphed over one of the strongest poetry shortlists in years to take the Forward prize for best collection with Rain. Paterson, 45, beat a line-up of acclaimed poets including Peter Porter, Sharon Olds and Glyn Maxwell to win the £10,000 award for Rain, a continuation of his personal and philosophical exploration of the world around him.
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Congratulations to Jean Valentine - Jean Valentine has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets.
The $100,000 prize recognizes outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
and to Harryette Mullen Harryette Mullen has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Academy Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded to a poet for distinguished poetic achievement and provides a stipend of $25,000. The Academy’s Board of Chancellors, a body of sixteen eminent poets, selects the Wallace Stevens Award and Academy Fellowship recipients. Who says poetry isn’t profitable? Full story is here: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21013
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