Adelaide Poets Collective
Poetry Competitions including entry information and results
If you have not published a collection of poetry to date, this may be your opportunity.
Submissions for New Poets 22 and Single Poet 2021 now close on 14th June 2021.
Click on the following links for entry conditions and submission forms.
Friendly Street Poets is pleased to announce that submissions for Single Poet 2021 are now open.
Each volume in the Single Poet series publishes a full-length collection of poems from a poet who has not yet published such a collection.
Please read carefully the following information regarding eligibility, presentation format, and the selection process. Any entries which fail to comply with these submission guidelines will be disqualified.
Submissions close at midnight, Monday, 14th June, 2021.
Late submissions will not be accepted.… Click for more
Friendly Street Poets is pleased to announce that submissions for New Poets 22 are now open.
Each volume in the New Poets series publishes short collections of poems from three poets who have not yet published a collection of poetry.
Please read carefully the following information regarding eligibility, presentation format, and the selection process. Any entries which fail to comply with these submission guidelines will be disqualified.
Submissions close at midnight, Monday, 14th June, 2021.
Late submissions will not be accepted.… Click for more
FSP New Poets 21 featuring collections of poems by Mark Ritchie, Tarla Kramer, and Doug Jacquier is now available for purchase. Get a copy for $20 at any FSP meeting or order a copy on-line via the form below.
Monday, 26th October, 2020.
6:00pm
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA, 5000.
FSP is excited to announce the winners of the New Poets 21 competition, as judged by Kaye Aldenhoven, and launch their poetry collections in this new publication from FSP. Kaye will be flying in from Darwin especially for the event.
According to our COVID-Safe plan, up to 27 people can register to attend and celebrate with the New Poets and their personal guests, and to be among the first to purchase a copy of the book. New Poets 21 will also be available to buy online immediately it has been launched.… Click for more
The Friendly Street New Poets series of books has been the launching pad for many well-recognised and successful poets in SA who have gone on to make wonderful contributions to poetry here in Australia and overseas. Nineteen submissions were received for the New Poets 21 competition this year, six more than last year, which is pleasing to see in this time of limited poetry opportunity.
The judge for this competition was Kaye Aldenhoven, an Adelaide born, Darwin based writer and poet with 3 books of poetry published. Kaye has been shortlisted for prose and poetry multiple times in the NT Literature Awards and won 2 Red Earth Poetry Awards.… Click for more