Poets Union
1977 - 2010

THE BIG POETS UNION POETRY PARTY

Date: 
4 Dec 2010 - 15:00

Poets Union

A poetic time had by all under the watchful eye of The Friend in Hand cockatoo.

As you know, the Poets Union is merging with the Australian Poetry Centre to form a new national organisation, Australian Poetry Ltd. So...

80 or so OLD MEMBERS HELPED 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.

Australian Poetry’s 2011 'Poet in Residence' is Sandra Thibodeaux

Date: 
17 Dec 2010 - 09:00
Sandra Thibodeaus

NT poetry slamming the nation, by Nicole Foote (Cross Media Reporter)ABC Poetica website.

Territory writers on top as Sandra Thibodeaux from Darwin becomes the Australian Poet in Residence for 2011.

Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry - Jeanine Leane

Jeanine Leane

The winner of the 2010 Scanlon Prize for a collection of Indigenous Poetry is Jeanine Leane, pictured here with last years winner, Yvette Holt, after the announcement at the 7th Australian Poetry Festival held in September in Kings Cross, Syndey.

PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE - submissions due 1st December

Date: 
1 Dec 2010 - 09:00

Peter Porter Poetry Prize

PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE - submissions invited and due 1st December

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
Winner announced: published in April 2011 issue of the ABR Australian Review of Books
Entry: $15 (ABR subscribers) $20 (for non-subscribers)

'Southerly' – India Issue submissions invited & due 1st Dec. 2010

Date: 
1 Dec 2010 - 09:00

Southerly – India Issue submissions invited & due 1st Dec. 2010

December 1st submissions due for Southerly – India issue

Newsletter for Poets Union members from Australian Poetry - re the merger, new appointments and your 2011 membership

Date: 
8 Dec 2010 - 09:00

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Dear Poets Union Members,

'Five Bells' FINAL ISSUE - Vol 17 No 4 Spring 2010 (with apple green cover) has been sent to Members

Five Bells

Five Bells is a significant quarterly journal published by the Poets Union to stimulate poetry discussion and debate through articles and essays on poetry issues and developments.

Five Bells latest issue has been sent to financial members. Members of the Poets Union receive Five Bells free along with a well updated website and Poets Union e-newsletters for poets.