1. 27th Nov. Poets Union Inc. - EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting)
2. Sat. 4th December... THE BIG POETS UNION POETRY PARTY
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POETRY EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND READINGS
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POETICA – ABC Radio National in November
Thursdays and Saturday 3.05 pm
November
6th Poets on Poetry – poets from Coleridge to Billy Collins air their thoughts on the art of poetry.
13th The Australian Popular Songbook – Alan Wearne’s suite of poems drawing on popular songs from the 1880s through to the 1980s.
20th The Darwin Poems – Emily Ballou’s poetic recreation of the life of Charles Darwin.
27th Tom Petsinis – A feature on the work of Australian poet and mathematician, Tom Petsinis.
Saturdays and Thursdays each week at 3.05pm.Australia-wide Poetry program .
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 our website at www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/poetica/
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19 Nov. NSW State Final of the AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM
AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM 2010 - NSW State Final - 19 November 2010 at 8.00pm
Event: NSW State Final of AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM 2010
Date: 19 November 2010 at 8.00pm
Time: 8.00 pm
Venue: Sydney Theatre,
Address: 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Box Office: (02) 9250 1777
www.sydneytheatre.com.au
All Tickets: $25 (transaction fees may apply)
More info: www.australianpoetryslam.com
Imagine the Hilltop Hoods mashed with Obama, a line of Paul Kelly, a few pinches of Judith Lucy, and a tiny test-tube of Les Murray all vying for audience love and a writer's tour of Asia worth up to $11,000. The mightiest, tightest spoken-word artists from every corner of Australia bound on to the Sydney Theatre stage with blood, sweat and poetry.
With 32 heats in regions across the country, The Australian Poetry Slam unearths thousands of new writers every year.
This year the audience at the National Final – 5 December 2010 at 5.00pm, at the STC will choose one Slam Champion to represent Australia and perform their work at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in China and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali.
Box Office: (02) 9250 1777
www.sydneytheatre.com.au
All Tickets: $25 (transaction fees may apply)
More info: www.australianpoetryslam.com
(National Final – 5 December 2010 at 5.00pm)
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19th Nov. Adelaide: ‘Eat My Pink Poetry Shorts’ -WordFEAST
Event: Eat My Pink Poetry Shorts!!! Free Poetry Reading by Local & Interstate Queeros. Poets Bold & Brazen read their Whippits, Snippets feed you their Chicken Nuggets, Original Recipe Haiku & stun you with their Brilliant Brevity.
Venue: The Patio - FEAST Hub
Address: @ The Patio, Light Square - Adelaide
Date: Friday 19th November 2010
Time: 7.00 pm
WordFEAST
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In Woollahra 20th November – Local Writers’ Festival
The Woollahra Local Writers Festival is coming up on Saturday November 20 from 10am-3pm.
The Local Writers' Word Festivall is on this Saturday November 20 from 10am-3pm at Woollahra Council Chambers, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. (near Redleaf Pool)
Special guest speakers include:
• Popular writer and broadcaster Richard Glover will talk on finding inspiration in the everyday for his best-selling works of non-fiction
• Literary agent Lyn Tranter, proprietor of Australian Literary Management, will share her experience in the publishing industry
• Author and critic Michael Wilding will share tips and tricks on how to get published and speak of his experience as a fiction writer.
We do hope you and your friends will join us! For tickets and enquiries, please call me on 9391 7100 or email anne-marie.byrne@woollahra.gov.nsw.au
With best regards,
Anne-Marie Byrne, Special Projects
Library and Information Service
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Sat. 20 Nov. Perth Poetry Club with Nandi Chinna
Event: Perth Poetry Club Reading
Special Guest: Nandi Chinna
Date: 20th November
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: at The Moon,
Address: 323 William Street, Northbridge.
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Plus open mike. All welcome. Come and listen.
About Nandi Chinna: Prize-winning poet NANDI CHINNA, who writes in, and about, Western Australia, is Perth Poetry Club's guest this Saturday 20 November at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge, where it all happens from 2 to 4 pm. If you'd like to, please bring something to read on open mike. Otherwise, just come along and listen. All welcome. Nandi will read both before and after the break, so if you want to catch it all, be there at 2.
NANDI CHINNA was born in Adelaide but has been living in WA for 20 years. Her poetry has been published in wide variety of national and international journals. Her first collection of poetry Our Only Guide is Our homesickness was published in the Five Islands Press New Poets publishing program in 2007. She won a Picaro Poetry prize in 2010 for her poetry on the naming of places in Western Australia. She is currently undertaking a PhD at Edith Cowan University, for which she is writing poetry about the lost wetlands of the Perth Metropolitan region.
Perth Poetry Club's November & December lineup:
27 November : Murray Jennings
4 December: Claire Potter (Writer-in-Residence at KSP)
11 December : Neil J Pattinson and Janet Jackson – last gig for 2010
Break: 18 December, 25 December, 1 January 2011
8 January 2011: - we're back! Guest TBA
Other events in Perth Poetry:
• Spring in the Valley (unauthorized) Brunch; 2010, was a successful GiG! $226.70 was passed on to George, at Starlight Children's Foundation Australia.Thanks for the support from the poetry community of Perth, including regulars from "Perth Poetry Club", for participating in the "Throw coin'z for the Kid'z" poetry reading'z. We appreciate immensely the generosity of all that attended. Neil, Helen, Julie and Al
• On Monday December 6, Voicebox presents: An International Human Rights Day Cultural Event (Guest lineup: Alf Taylor, Afief Ismail, Abdu Katabye, Lily Chan and the WAZA Multicultural Musical Group), at Clancy’s Fish Pub, Cantonment Street Fremantle, 7.30pm for a 7.45 start. Cost: Donation $5.00/$3.00. Contact; Nandi Chinna 9331 3104 chinnnandi@hotmail.com
Perth Poetry Club, where slams meet sonnets.
Info, contact info & artist bios: www.perthpoetryclub.com
perthpoetryclub@gmail.com 0406 624 578
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21st Nov. Newtown Library – Cathy Bray reading from her chapbook ‘The Owl’ and reflecting on ‘Mad Woman’s Breakfast’
Event: poetry reading with Cathy Bray, from her 2010 chapbook ‘The Owl’ (from Picaro Press)
Date: Sunday 21st November
Time: 2.00 – 3.30 pm
Venue: Newtown Library, Gallery Level
Address: 8-10 Brown Street, Newtown
FREE EVENT - BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Please tel. : (02) 8512 4250
Cathy Bray – poetry reading mainly from her 2010 chapbook ‘The Owl’ (from Picaro Press) and reading New York poems and reflections on her show ‘Mad Woman’s Breakfast. Eat my Bush!’ which broached Australian ambivalence towards America, explored with 15 of her own poems in a ‘poetry salon gone mad’ at Madam Fling Flong in Newtown for the Sydney Fringe festival.
Thanks to Steve Mitchell, Newtown Library Team Leader and the City of Sydney Libraries.
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Wed 24th Nov. Live Poets @ Don Bank with Jim Low & Brian Bell
‘Poems of Your Blood’s Country’
Date: Wednesday, November 24
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.
During the evening there will be scenes from the life of HENRY LAWSON IN NORTH SYDNEY courtesy of the North Sydney Heritage Centre Walk and Talk Series. The loose theme this month will be: Poems of Your Blood's Country. There will be several reflections on the Australian way of expression throughout the evening.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Jim Low and Brian Bell
The Open Section features : Poems of Your Blood's Country.
About Jim Low and Brian Bell...
JIM LOW from the Blue Mountains will launch his new folk CD: Above the Creek Bed.
Warren Fahey has said of Jim's music: 'it is an important link to the country and its unique
culture'.
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bush poet, storyteller and social satirist: BRIAN BELL - past winner of the Gulgong Henry Lawson Award and the Will Ogilvie Prize - will regale us with his country take on contemporary issues. In his (in)famous poem: EFTPOS Brian presented 18 definitions of the term.
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As always there is an Open Section for writers and musicians. The loose theme this month will be: Poems of Your Blood's Country. There will be several reflections on the Australian way of expression throughout the evening.
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
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 end-of-year-party with Lyn Harding and Nigel Roberts. Wed. November 24
Poetry Party and open-mic.
Featuring: GUEST POETS: Nigel Roberts & Lyn Harding
Date: Wednesday November 24 - 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
You are cordially invited to RhizomiC Poetry's end of year Party
Featuring: Nigel Roberts & Lyn Harding
Lyn Harding was born in Texas in 1938 and came to Australia in 1977. He was head Librarian at the Australian Defence Force Academy until retirement in 1998. He has published 2 books of verse: Dancing on the Drainboard (1993) and Australia Suite (1998). Another book is due out shortly.
Lyn lives in Sydney.
Nigel Roberts is well known for his lack of interesting hobbies . However he arrived in Balmain in 1969 and participated in the local blood sport , then known as poetry. His modest success here was promoted by the editng , printing & stapling of .. Free/Poetry , News & Weather, Packaged Deal... and others of the late sixties early seventies little mag revolution.
Roberts says that he took up poetry as tool to examine his own life .. and while he was at it ... the lives of others. In doing so he has published three collections : In Casablanca / for the waters (1977) Steps for Astaire ( 1984 ) & Deja vu Tours (1995 ). This year he has edited, with Martin Edmond , Steal Away Boy - The Collected Poems of David Mitchell for Auckland University Press.
Roberts Selected & New poems should be in the hands of his publisher next year.
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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Final Friday Reading – 26 November: Christmas Omnibus Reading
Friday, November 26 at 7:00pm
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Saturday 27th November – EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
EGM of the Poets Union Inc. at
Club Swans, 28 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross. 11.00 am -1.00 pm
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE POETS UNION INC
Incorporated Association No Y1945602
(The Poets Union Inc is a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity.)
Date: Saturday, 27 November 2010
Time: 11.00 am – 1 .00 pm
Venue: Level 2, Club Swans,
Address: 28 Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross
Directions: turn left when you come out of Kings Cross station - cross the road and walk along Darlinghurst Road towards the El Alamein Fountain – Club Swans is before the Fountain on your right and next door to the old Bayswater Brasserie.
Parking: in Ward Ave - parking tickets can be validated at Club Swans so you can park all day for $9).
(A very reasonable lunch may be purchased at the club Bistro afterwards)
(PLEASE see AGENDA on website www.poetsunion.com )
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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 guarantee 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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Newcastle Poetry Prize Weekend of Poetry
26-28th November – Hunter Writers’ Centre
The program for the Newcastle Poetry Prize Weekend of Poetry is now finalised:
Event: NPP Weekend of Poetry
Venue: The revamped exercise yard at the Lockup, now featuring a roof and a floor!
Address: 90 Hunter St, Newcastle.
When? Fri 26th – Sun 28th November
Who? Poets from far and wide, members, guests, postgrads, poetry-loving public.
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FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER
1. Opening Night: Fri 26th Nov – Opening Night (launch of Science Made Marvellous anthologies)
Time: 5.30pm – The Lockup.
Event: The Weekend kicks off with the opening of ‘In the Detail’ with wine, cheese, readings from the Science Made Marvellous Anthologies, an exhibition of the beautiful drawings, an announcement of the winners and an unveiling of the poems.
Free event
2. Opening Night: Fri 26th Nov – Opening Night (Talya Rubin performs her new poetry play)
Time: 7pm – The Lockup.
Event: Talya Rubin performs her new poetry play, ‘Of the Causes of Wonderful Things’.
Entry: Tickets $25.
Talya has toured with her original solo performance pieces, Ariadne’s Thread and The Girl With No Hands, to festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne, Montreal, Prague and Toronto. Both shows received five-star reviews, played to sold-out houses and were named one of the top ten plays in the Montreal Fringe. This is theatre and poetry at its best. Tickets $25
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SATURDAY 27TH NOVEMBER:
3. Saturday 27th November - Poetry Panel: What Poets do in Private
Time: 10am – 12 noon
Entry fee: Poetry panels $10 each
The creative process of three different poets. Why are they poets and who are they really? This panel would cover topics such as routine, methodology, and the craft of poetry.
4. Saturday 27th November - Poetry Panel: What Poets do in Public
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Entry fee: Afternoon poetry panels $10 each
Can you have a career as a poet? How has your career as a poet unfolded?
This panel would cover topics such as Publication, Competitions, Festivals and Readings, and Auxiliary activities.
5. Saturday 27th November - announcement of the winners of the Newcastle Poetry Prize
and the launch of the 2010 anthology
Time: 6pm – The Lockup exercise yard
Join us for the announcement of the winners of the Newcastle Poetry Prize and the launch of the 2010 anthology. 6pm – 8pm
Free entry : Refreshments provided.
6. . Saturday 27th November - Dinner at the Customs House
Time : 8pm.
Cost: dinner and drinks at your own expense.
Let’s keep the party going with a long table at the Customs House for dinner and drinks (own expense).
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SUNDAY 28TH NOVEMBER
7. Sunday 28th November - Poets’ lunch and readings from the anthology
Time: 12 noon - 3pm
Venue : The Lockup,
Address: 90 Hunter St, Newcastle
Poets’ lunch and readings from the anthology. A relaxed lunch in our new shaded exercise yard. A chance to hear the shortlisted poets read their work, lounge around with a glass of wine and chat about the weekend past. Taxis to the airport from here.
www.newcastlepoetryprize.com
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Australian Poetry Ltd seeks a NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT to be based in Melbourne applications by 26 Nov.
Australian Poetry seeks a part time Administration Assistant. The successful applicant will have a track record that demonstrates the ability to maintain financial records, be a strong team player, manage database and record systems and provide administrative support to diverse projects and activities.
The position will be 3-4 days a week to be negotiated and located at the National Office based at the Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne, commencing February 2011.
To apply : email admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au for the full selection criteria outlined in the position description.
Deadline for applications is Friday November 26th 5pm.
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Sun. 28th November – Brett Whiteley Studio: Poets Union
monthly reading – guest poet will be Maggie Walsh
The Poets Union monthly poetry reading is held on the fourth Sunday of the month. This month, Sunday 28th November, at the Brett Whiteley Studio in Sydney.
Date: Sunday 28 November
Guest poet : Maggie Wals
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.
Maggie Walsh
Maggie Walsh is a poet from Palm Island in far north Queensland. She considers herself an elder. She writes on her experience as a child growing up in the dormitory system and the light of Indigenous people. She writes powerful poetry and lyrics or song and is a natural performer. She will have you in laughter or in tears with her ability to take you to places through spoken word.
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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Notification of Special General Meeting – of the Australian Poetry Centre
(SGM) – 28th November, 2010
An SGM of the Australian Poetry Centre will be held:
Sunday 28th November 2010 at 6.00pm
On level 4 of The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St., Melbourne
The agenda is attached.
Please confirm your attendance, or have your queries attended to, by calling (03) 9094 7826 or emailing admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish your apologies to be recorded in the minutes please let the secretary (Lyn Hatherly) know at the above contact details. admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
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In Sydney Mon 29th November – Sydney Poetry bookclub meets to discuss Jennifer Harrison’s ‘Colombine- New and Selected Poems’
Book for discussion on 29th November: Colombine by Jennifer Harrison (Black Pepper Press)
Date: Monday, November 29
Time: 7.00 – 9.00 pm
New Venue: upstairs, Berkelouw Books, Newtown
Address: 6 O'Connell Street , Newtown
Directions: O’Connell St is located on the right hand side when coming along King St from Sydney University. Look for the store T2 which is on the corner of King St and O’Connell St. Berkelouw Newtown is located 15 metres from King St.
About Sydney Poetry bookclub – the next www.sydneypoetry.com bookclub will meet in a new venue at 7 pm on Monday 29 November at Berkelouw Books in Newtown to discuss Jennifer Harrison’s collection, Colombine.
What you need to do between now and then: read the book (Colombine), develop an opinion.
About the venue (Berkelouw Books) – meet upstairs at the bookshop Cafe.
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In Brisbane launch of Mark Tredinnick’s ‘Fire Diary’
Event: Launch of ‘Fire Diary’ by Mark Tredinnick
To be launched by: Nike Bourke
Venue: The Avid Reader bookstore in West End, will host the Brisbane launch of Fire Diary
Date: Monday 29 November,
Time: 6 pm till 8 pm. Nike Bourke will do the honours there.
Bookings: Please book through Avid Reader: http://www.avidreader.com.au/index.php?
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30th Nov. WordinHand Pilot screening of the May FriendinHand readings down at the Harold Park Hotel
Message from Jack Peck, WordinHand Convener ...
G’Day WordinHand’ers,
I encourage everyone to come down if you can. There will be a Q&A session after the screening. Once again, and not for the last time, a great big WordinHand “Thank You” to John Lagerlow and his crew who made this happen...
Event Name: WordinHand Pilot at Harold’s Shorts - screening – preview of 25 minute pilot of WordinHanders reading in May
Venue: The Harold Park Hotel,
Address: 70 Ross Street, Glebe (corner of Wigram Road)
Date: 30th November
Time: 8pm
Contact: Jack Peck
Telephone Number: 04 111 95 009
Email Address: jack@wordinhand.org
About the screening: A surprise package of poets appear in the first public screening of the “WordinHand Pilot” Tuesday evening November 30th during the “Harold’s Shorts - Short Film Festival” at the Harold Park Hotel in Glebe
The heart of any culture lies in the stories that emerge from the people. This oral tradition is alive and well in the upper room of The Friend in Hand hotel in Sydney's Inner West where poets and punters have been gathering since last century. “WordinHand Pilot” is a pilot production that aims to bring these poets into the light.
About the project: “We filmed the evening in May with 3 cameras, interviewed some of the poets in August, and now have a 25-minute pilot ready for TVS. While we are arranging with them for a showing, the nice folks at “Harolds Shorts – Film Festival” have agreed to give our film its first public airing.
The people in the film represent a wide variety of life experiences. There is humour, anger, disillusionment, whimsy and joy. Each one is infused with sincerity and authenticity. Participants travel from all over Sydney and beyond to join us each month” - Jack Peck, WORDinHAND Convenor
“These stories and poems from the people need a wider audience. That’s why I hope that this little pilot will lead to more filming of the oral tradition and help create a rich resource for the future.” - John Lagerlow, the film’s Producer.
For additional information contact: Jack Peck on 04 111 95 009 or email jack@wordinhand.org
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Wed 1st Dec. Sydney launch of Fire Diary by Mark Tredinnick
Event: Sydney launch of ‘Fire Diary’ by Mark Tredinnick
To be launched by: Judith Beveridge
Date: Wednesday 1st December , 2010
Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm
Venue: The Friend in Hand Hotel
Address: 58 Cowper Street, Glebe
Published by Puncher & Wattmann – order forms on PU website
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Sat. 4th December... THE BIG POETS UNION POETRY PARTY – DON’T MISS OUT
As you know, the Poets Union is merging with the Australian Poetry Centre to form a new national organisation, Australian Poetry Ltd. So...
HELP US CELEBRATE the end of the year and the beginning of a new poetic era with a FREE SHINDIG at a favourite old Poets Union watering hole, The Friend in Hand Hotel at Glebe.
Free entry! Free drinks! Free food!
Readings, reminiscences, rants, history, comradeship, conversation, music and much more.
All welcome!
Everyone welcome to read ONE poem (TIME PERMITTING)
If you would like to pre-register to read to make sure you get on the bill...email Brook at brookemery@yahoo.com (Subject: your name + Friend in Hand)
Date: Saturday 4th December
Time: 3.00 – 6.00 pm
Venue: The Friend in Hand Hotel
Address: 58 Cowper Street, Glebe
Free entry! Free drinks! Free food!
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5th Dec. NATIONAL FINAL – AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM 2010
– the audience will choose one Slam Champion
NATIONAL FINAL of the AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM 2010
- National Final – 5 December 2010 at 5.00pm
This year the audience at the NATIONAL FINAL at the STC will choose one Slam Champion to represent Australia and perform their work at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in China and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali.
Event: NATIONAL FINAL of the AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM 2010
Date: 5 December 2010 at 5.00pmTime: 5.00 pm
Venue: Sydney Theatre,
Address: 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Box Office: (02) 9250 1777
www.sydneytheatre.com.au
All Tickets: $25 (transaction fees may apply)
More info: www.australianpoetryslam.com
Imagine the Hilltop Hoods mashed with Obama, a line of Paul Kelly, a few pinches of Judith Lucy, and a tiny test-tube of Les Murray all vying for audience love and a writer's tour of Asia worth up to $11,000. The mightiest, tightest spoken-word artists from every corner of Australia bound on to the Sydney Theatre stage with blood, sweat and poetry.
With 32 heats in regions across the country, The Australian Poetry Slam unearths thousands of new writers every year.
(32 heats and state finals were held in every state leading up to this National Final – 5 December 2010 at 5.00pm)
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7th Dec. – Rocket Readings: guest poets Carol Jenkins, Julie Chevalier, Dael Allison. + Rocket Prize Presented by South Coast Writers Centre
Event: Rocket Readings
Date: 7 December 2010
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Phoenix Theatre,
Address: 26 Bridge Street, Coniston
(corner of Gladstone Avenue and Bridge Street, next to Coniston Railway Station)
Free entry. All Welcome
More information: 02 4228 0151 or scwc@1earth.net
Guest poets: Carol Jenkins, Julie Chevalier and Dael Allison
PLUS
the Rocket Readings Open Section (3 minute limit)
AND
the Rocket Readings prize.
Not to be missed! Rocket Readings is presented by the South Coast Writers Centre and supported by Arts NSW and Wollongong City Council.
When: 6-8pm, Tuesday 7 December 2010
Where: Phoenix Theatre, 26 Bridge Street, Coniston (corner of Gladstone Avenue and Bridge Street, next to Coniston Railway Station)
Free entry. All Welcome
More information: 02 4228 0151 or scwc@1earth.net
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7th December WordinHand @ The Friend in Hand
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 7th December (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.
Tuesday December 7th
WordinHand's end-of-year All Open Mike Night. If you would like 10 minutes on the stage that evening please let me know. Pre-bookings are limited as the evening encourages substantial, unscripted and spontaneous contributions from the audience.
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Hunter Writers’ Centre – Christmas celebration fundraiser
11th December
There is change in the air at the HWC in the lead up to the end of the year and Newcastle Poetry Prize. 2011 will see some significant changes to the running of the centre and you can be involved.
Please keep an eye out for your ‘Letter from the Board’ in the coming weeks and pencil in the evening of Saturday 11th Dec for an HWC extravaganza/ Christmas Party/ FUNdraiser. We are set to end 2010 with a bang!
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2 pm on 12 Dec. – launch from Vagabond Press Rare Objects series of chapbooks...4 poets: Ali Cobby Eckermann, Jen Jewel Brown, Lisa Bellear and Stuart Cook
Hello Dear Friends and Poetry Admirers,
Just to let you know:
Event: launch of Vagabond Press – Rare Objects series of chapbooks
4 Poets and their collections :
- Ali Cobby Eckermann launches a new collection of poems titled Kami (Grandmother)
- Jen Jewel Brown launches her chapbook Great Southern
- Lisa Bellear Vagabond Press proudly presents a retrospect of Lisa’s poems titled Aboriginal
Country, edited by Jen Jewel Brown
- Stuart Cooke launches his new poetry book
Date: Sunday December 12th 2010
Time : 2 PM
Venue: Friend in Hand Hotel
Address: 58 Cowper Street Glebe
Entry: free – all welcome
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Sydney Def Poetry Jam #3 - Mersey Sound Collective
- Sunday night 12th December 6 pm
Event: A Sunday night of poetry performed by a myriad of gifted wordsmiths
from Mersey Sound Collective
Location: Studio 205, Hibernian House, Elizabeth Street, SURRY HILLS
Date: Sunday, December 12 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Featuring: Old Men of Moss Mountain, Bravo Child, Tom Keily, Omar Musa, Adam Everill , Randall Stephens, Steve Smart, Farid Farid, Liam Frost, Pious Poet, Cj Shaw
MORE TBC + OPEN MIC
About Mersey Sound Collective We are a small umbrella group of Sydney folk dedicated to uniting local poets, artists, performers and musicians. We organize monthly open-mic jams which give people the opportunity to express themselves in a versatile space and a friendly supportive atmosphere. We aim to inspire collaboration, fusion and cross-pollination. We also conspire to network with other like-minded creative people!
Mersey Sound are currently looking for poets, artists, musicians, performers and everyone in between
Contact : merseysoundcollective@gmail.com
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14th Dec. Poetry at the Gods with joanne burns and Robyn Rowland
Tues December 14: Joanne Burns (Sydney),Robyn Rowland (Torquay, Victoria) will be the featured poets 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.
About the guest poets: Tues Dec 14 Joanne Burns (Sydney),Robyn Rowland (Torquay, Victoria)
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
Sponsors: Aldo Giurgola, Collaery Lawyers, Daltons Books, z4 Wines, artsACT
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Tas 28th Dec. – 3 Jan Rainforest Writing, Tasmania
‘in the pin-drop silence of the Forest of Giants’
Date: 28 Dec- 3 Jan:
Event: Rainforest Writing, Tasmania
'Rejuvenating, invigorating, life changing."
Join our New Year's week-long walking and writing meditation in the Tarkine Wilderness.
Spend 4 days in the pin drop silence of the Forest of the Giants then travel down river to the wild Tarkine Coast.
Tutor: Jan Cornall
Use each day's meditative writing exercises with tutor Jan Cornall to develop your current work or start anew. Supported camping and walking with qualified guides.
Photos, itinerary, bookings: www.intotheblue.com.au or phone 0415 921 303
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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)
Registrations now CLOSED - workshop full.
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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7th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival January 17-22, 2011,
Delray Beach, Florida
7th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 17-22, 2011 in Delray Beach, Florida.
Take another look at the workshop descriptions for our featured poets, Stuart Dischell, Jane Hirshfield, Thomas Lux, Heather McHugh, Vijay Seshadri, Ellen Bryant Voigt, C.D. Wright, and Dean Young, and apply today.
Remember, this year, we inaugurate a Special Guest Poet Reading, following the annual gala on January 19. Robert Pinsky, former U. S. Poet Laureate, will read solo and accompanied by a trio of jazz musicians. This very special reading will be unlike any other we've presented at previous festivals.
The festival will be topped off with performances by D. Blair and Taylor Mali, superlative spoken word artists, who will bring the house down. Then you can dance the night away at our DiscO'Hara party!
Don't miss this opportunity to focus on your work with some of America's finest poets.
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COMPETITIONS, PRIZES and SUBMISSIONS
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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 They 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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Peter Porter Poetry Prize submissions invited and due 1st December
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: 1st December 2010
ENTRY FEE : $15 (ABR SUBSCRIBERS) AND $20 FOR NON-SUBSCRIBERS
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/ and are attached on the Poets Union website
http://www.poetsunion.com/node/879
- 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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Southerly – India Issue submissions invited & due 1st Dec. 2010
December 1st submissions due for Southerly – India issue
We're looking for your brilliant fiction, poetry and essays, on India-Australia literary relations, or with an India-Australia theme.
Deadline is December 1st. 11.30 pm
By Mail to: Southerly, English Dept, Woolley Building
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Please send to the address above,
or email southerlyjournal@gmail.com
Please check our blog for submission guidelines: www.southerlyjournal.wordpress.com
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Australian Poetry’s 2011 Poet in Residence Program (supported by the Pratt Foundation) –applications by 5 pm Friday, December 3
ANNOUNCING
Australian Poetry’s 2011 Poet in Residence Program (supported by the Pratt Foundation)
“A poet names the unnameable, points at frauds, takes sides, starts arguments, shapes the world and stops it going to sleep.” Salman Rushdie
Calling all Australian poets!
Australian Poetry invites you to apply for its 2011 Poet in Residence Program, thanks to the generosity of the Pratt Foundation.
Due to Australian Poetry being a national organization, poets can apply from anywhere in Australia. We will provide the selected poet with $20,000 to work as a poet in their home city, wherever they happen to live in Australia, from March 1st until October 31st, 2011.
The 2011 Poet in Residence will spend time writing poetry, reading publicly, attending events, contributing to publications and working with Australian Poetry, and relevant associated organizations, to be an ambassador for poetry, promoting their own work, Australian Poetry and the art form.
Application Process All applicants must:
- have published at least one collection by a reputable publishing house (Don’t send the books, but please list them on your CV)
- include a current CV (no longer than two pages)
- submit a one-page document outlining a) what they hope to achieve from the residency and b) what they feel they can bring to the opportunity
- provide the names and contact details of 2 referees
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm Friday December 3rd, 2010
Applicants will be notified by mid-December 2010.
For further information please contact Australian Poetry at admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au or call the office on (03) 9094 7826
Please send applications via email by the due date to: admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm Friday December 3rd, 2010
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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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2011 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize submissions now open
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Submissions invited for Anaphora Literary Press
Message to the Poets Union APC and the new Australian Poetry Ltd members from Phillip Ellis:
“Anna Faktorovich of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal has informed me that she's starting a new press, and that she is interested in strong, full-length poetry collections. I include the following from their website:
"Anaphora Literary Press: Our Press will be listed in the upcoming edition of the Writer's Market and on www.WritersMarket.com We now accept submissions of book-length manuscripts from authors around the world. The submissions should be in English, with MLA citations (if it
is an academic book). Genres we hope to publish: academic and scholarly books, drama, novels and novellas, poetry, autobiography, biography, journals, conference proceedings, edited dissertations, and other genres. “
Please email submissions directly to the Publisher: Anna Faktorovich, at pennsylvaniajournal@gmail.com Profits will be shared with the author for single-author books."
http://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniajournal/
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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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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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The David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education
– calling for registrations for 2011, University of South Australia
Message from Alex Melillo from the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research situated in the University of South Australia. ..
We are currently trying to attract more people into our Australian Studies and Aboriginal Studies programs. We at David Unaipon College are enquiring if your organisation would be able to help us placing an advertisement in your organisation newsletter/publications, display flyers for collection, circulate flyers for us through your organisation, or place flyers on your notice boards? We are more than happy to pay any required fees.
If you are able to help in anyway please contact Alex on 83020558
or email: alex.melillo @unisa.edu.au
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Alex Melillo
Programme Promotions Consultant
David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research
University of South Australia, City West Campus
2nd floor, Yungondi Building
North Terrace,
ADELAIDE SA
Tel: (08) 8302 0558 (08) 8302 0373 Fax: (08) 8302 7034
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e-zines, on-line courses and e-anthologies for poets
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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
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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Message from Pennsylvania Literary Journal - Anaphora Literary Press
Message to the Poets Union, APC and Australian Poetry Ltd members from Phillip Ellis:
Anna Faktorovich of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal is starting a new press, and she is interested in strong, full-length poetry collections.
"Anaphora Literary Press: Our Press will be listed in the upcoming edition of the Writer's Market and on www.WritersMarket.com We now accept submissions of book-length manuscripts from authors around the world. The submissions should be in English, with MLA citations (if it is an academic book). Genres we hope to publish: academic and scholarly books, drama, novels and novellas, poetry, autobiography, biography, journals, conference proceedings, edited dissertations, and other genres. “
Please email submissions directly to the Publisher: Anna Faktorovich, at pennsylvaniajournal@gmail.com. Profits will be shared with the author for single-author books."
http://sites.google.com/site/pennsylvaniajournal/
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e-guide on publishing – pdf of 2nd edition still available for $10
and new (3rd) edition of ‘A Decent Proposal’ on its way in Feb. 2011
A Decent Proposal - How to sell your book to an Australian publisher or agent
by Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth
(Keesing Press, Australian Society of Authors, 2011)
The third, fully revised edition of this resource book for writers will be available in February 2011. The book will be published in soft cover and e-book versions, and we’ll let you know as soon as stock is available.
In the meantime, the pdf version of the second edition is still available (for $10) from Sheila Hollingworth or www.rhondawhitton.com.au
Sheila Hollingworth, Writer & Cartoonist
Ph/fax 03 5348 2494 Website: www.cartoonsbysheila.com
Blog: http://cartoonsbysheila.wordpress.com
Writing can be a self-absorbing process and emerging authors often overlook the importance of presenting their book to a publisher or agent in a concise, convincing and professional Book Proposal package.
Based on the authors’ own experiences, an industry-wide survey and using various writers’ successful proposals as examples, A Decent Proposal introduces writers to the techniques required to develop a convincing Book Proposal package that will satisfy (yes, and even excite) an Australian publisher or agent.
‘Whether you've completed a fantasy novel or just had an original idea for a self-help book, knowing how to pitch your concept to the right agent or publisher is an essential part of your writer's toolbox.
A Decent Proposal takes you into the bewildering world of selling your work, guides you through the do's and don'ts, shows you how to make your baby stand out in a competitive crowd. Be a professional suitor: learn to propose.’ Jane Sullivan, The Age.
‘If I had a dollar for every time I’ve recommended this book I could probably retire!’ Sally Bird, Calidris Literary Agency.
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Big Game Books accepting queries re full-length poetry manuscripts
Via the Dumbfoundry blog
Big Game Books is accepting queries for full-length poetry manuscripts (i.e., manuscripts between 48-96 pages) through April 1.
URL: http://www.reenhead.com/biggame/bluesubmit.htm
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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
launched – INVITATION TO JOIN THEIR MAILING LIST
PIFF (Poetry in Film Festival) is officially launched. Invitation from the APC (Australian Poetry Centre in Melbourne) to join their 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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Congratulations to Ray Liversidge, winner of the 2010 Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
Congratulations to Ray Liversidge, winner of the 2010 Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize for his poem ‘The Lawn’
Ray Liversidge has won the 2010 Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize.
Ray Liversidge’s poems have been published in journals and anthologies in Australia, Britain, Ireland, Belgium, Canada and the USA. He has written a book of poetry Obeying the Call, a verse novel The Barrier Range and a chapbook The Divorce Papers which was published this year. He is currently working on a manuscript on the work and lives of dead poets.
Ray has his own website...
http://poetray.wordpress.com/
The details of the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize can be found at the USQ website: http://www.usq.edu.au/arts/community/poetryprize
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Congratulations to Judith Beveridge, winner of the 2010 Grace Leven Poetry Prize for her collection ‘Storm and Honey’
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Scanlon Prize for a collection of Indigenous Poetry – Congratulations to Jeanine Leane the 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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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.
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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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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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Congratulations to Ali Cobby Eckerman - Ali Cobby Eckerman has had a series of Yankunytjatjara Love Poems selected for inclusion in Best Poems 2010 by Black Inc.
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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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Christine Paice WINNER of The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize 2009
Congratulations to Christine Paice poet and long term member of the Poets Union who was the winner of the 2009 Josephine Ulrick Poetry prize with her poem The Ministry Of Going In. Sorry we are so late in acknowledging it Christine – it’s wonderful news! A copy of the poem is on the Poets Union Website under Festivals and Competitions.
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Lucy Holt WINNER of the 2009 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
Congratulations to Lucy Holt - The 2009 NSW Premiers Literary Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers Festival.
Congratulations to Lucy Holt on her receipt of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for her collection ‘Man Wolf Man’. Lucy was a 2004 Poets Union ‘Australian Young Poets Fellowship’ holder and was mentored by the Poets Union. In 2005 the Poets Union published a chapbook of Lucy’s poems ‘Stories of A Bird’. The Poets Union is committed to raising funds to develop our mentoring, Poetry Fellowships, Poetry Scholarships, Residencies and Prizes. The full list of winners of The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and more information about the awards can be found here: http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/
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VOICEWORKS MAGAZINE
TURNED 21 - The Words We Found: the best writing from 21 years of Voiceworks magazine.
Edited by Lisa Dempster, The Words We Found: the best writing from 21 years of Voiceworks magazine is Express Media’s coming-of-age anthology and, like all good 21st celebrations, it’s a fierce, flirtatious and furious record of our life so far.
The Words We Found available through all good bookshops and online at www.expressmedia.org.au http://www.expressmedia.org.au/ Extract rights are also available. For all media enquiries, please contact Bel Schenk, Artistic Director on 0431 054 190 artisticdirector@expressmedia.org.au
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