FSP Annual Anthologies

Announcing the editors for 2022 FSP Anthology 47

We are very pleased to announce the editing team for the 2022 Friendly Street Poets Anthology. 

Veronica and David Cookson will be handling the Creative Editing, selecting material for publication (including Poem of the Month) from work read each month at the Box Factory and events at affiliated venues.

Margaret Clark will continue as Production Editor, working with Veronica and David in the later stages of preparing the book.

The FSP Committee welcomes all of them and their coming contributions to putting together Anthology No. 47, part of our longstanding and proud tradition of supporting South Australian poets.

In the meantime, you can expect news shortly about the launch of the 2021 Friendly Street Poets Anthology No.… Click for more

Friendly Street Anthology 45 Prizes

Two poems from each volume of the Friendly Street Poets annual anthology are selected for special commendation. The following notes from the judge for Anthology 45, Thom Sullivan, explain, and the poems themselves are featured for your reading pleasure. 

From THE REPORT OF THE JUDGE – Thom Sullivan

As to the Satura Prize, awarded to the author of the best poem in each Friendly Street anthology, the poems that gave me most pause for thought were Maria Vouis’ Woman is the Cow of the World, Belinda Broughton’s Changing Colours, and Phil Saunders’ Burnt. But the poem that was the standout for me, and the winner of the Prize, was Maria Vouis’ Sepia apama: a poem full of colour and chaos, music and metaphor, glorifying the cuttlefish.… Click for more

FSP December City Meeting: Anthology 45 Launch

Monday, 6th December, 2021
doors from 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

Our December meeting will launch the FSP Anthology #45 featuring poems read by FSP members during the previous year.

One of Adelaide’s finest poets, Thom Sullivan, will formally launch the volume and announce the winners of the Satura and Nova prizes.

Contributors to the Anthology will be invited to read their selected poems. If time permits, there may be an Open Mic.

Books will be available for sale on the night for $20 each.

$5 to read.

The event will be held under COVID-Safe conditions: you will need to check in with via the QR code or sign-in, and wear a mask when not reading.

FSP Anthology 2021 submission guidelines and editors

We are pleased to announce that the 2021 FSP Anthology 46 will be edited by Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

In order for your poems to be considered for publication in the anthology, you must adhere to the following guidelines:

  • You MUST be a 2021 financial member of Friendly Street Poets.
  • Your submission MUST have been read at an FSP Open Mic meeting in 2021.
  • There is a 3-minute reading time total per submission, regardless of number of poems. 
  • All poems submitted on-line must be in one document in MS Word (.doc or .docx).
  • The name of this document should be your surname, initials & the number of poems submitted: e.g., 
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FSP Anthology 44 Launch & Open Mic – UPDATE

FSP Anthology 44 “Kaleidoscope“, edited by Valerie Volk and Nigel Ford, will be launched on:

Monday, 7th September, 2020
Doors open from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide

Thank you to all the people who have pre-registered their intent to come. We have now reached the maximum number of allowed attendees. Therefore:

•• We are no longer accepting preregistrations.
•• If you turn up on the night, and you have not pre-registered, you may not be admitted to the meeting if we have already reached, or are likely to reach, our permitted maximum number of attendees.… Click for more

FSP Anthology 43 launched!

FSP is very excited to announce that the FSP Anthology 43 alchemy, edited by Veronica Cookson and Lindy Warrell, has been launched.

You can buy a copy for $20 at any FSP Meeting or you can order a copy on-line via this link.

Any poem read by a current FSP member at an FSP event in 2019 is eligible for consideration to be published in the next Anthology, edited by Valerie Volk and Nigel Ford. Please read the full requirements for submitting your work at this link.

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