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New Poets 23 launch at Halifax Cafe

Monday 17 October 2022
6:00pm for 7:00pm start

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

Come along and celebrate the launch of New Poets 23, featuring the first published collections of poetry from Stephy Kate Dewan, Shaine Melrose and Heather Nimmo.

MC will be Nigel Ford. Judge, Heather Taylor Johnson will be there to share her feedback about the winning entries.

The winning poets will read selections of their work and copies of the New Poets 23 collection will be available to purchase on the night.

The Halifax Cafe will be open for food and beverages.

2022 Satura and Nova Prizes

Editors Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally launched FSP Anthology 46 at the August 2022 City meeting at the Box Factory. Over the past year, they worked tirelessly together to select each Poem of the Month and a collection of poems chosen from the monthly readings. The resultant anthology is a beautiful collection, titled Something to Say … taken from a poem by the same name by Avalanche.

Award-winning poet, Jude Aquilina judged the Satura Prize (best poem in the anthology) and Nova Prize (best poem by a poet published for the first time in an anthology) and selected Highly Commended awards for each category.… Click for more

FSP August City Meeting: Anthology 46 launch and open mic

Monday, 1st August, 2022
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

We will be very pleased to launch the FSP Anthology 46, edited by Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally. Judge Jude Aquilina will announce the winners of the Nova and Satura Prizes.

FSP members with poems in the Anthology will be invited to read their selection.

Following the launch, there will be an Open Mic as usual for those who have not read already. Add your name to the reading list on the night if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two printed copies of your poems with your name and contact details if you want them considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below after the session.… Click for more

New Poets 23 submissions open on 1 April 2022

FSP is pleased to announce that submissions for New Poets 23 will open on 1st April 2022, and close on 31st May 2022. Each volume in the New Poets series publishes short collections of poems from three poets who have not yet published a collection of poetry.

Before submitting your manuscript, please read the rules and formatting requirements carefully. Failure to comply with the requirements will result in your submission being disqualified. The rules can be downloaded as a PDF document below.

Submissions will only be accepted via an on-line form that will become available on 1st April.

Order our latest FSP publications on-line

You can now order the latest publications from FSP on-line using the form below. Please note that we do not have the capability for on-line payments so you need to do an electronic funds transfer (EFT).

Using this form you can order:
• Q: FSP Anthology 46
• Lament by Michele St. Yves
• New Poets 22 by Veronica Cookson, Rob Ferris & Susan O’Brien.

All books are $20 each plus postage.

If there are other specific titles you are after, please make a request in the “Special Instructions” section of the form. We will set-up links for some other titles still in stock soon.… Click for more

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

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