New Poets 20 submissions: extended deadline

Friendly Street Poets is pleased to announce that submissions for New Poets 20 open on 1st May 2019.

Each volume in the New Poets series publishes a collection of poems from each of three poets who have not yet had a collection of poems published.

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.

When you are ready, submit your manuscript via the form below. Submissions will only be accepted via this form.

Submissions now close at midnight, Friday, 14th June, 2019.
Late submissions will not be accepted.… Click for more

Winners of the Satura and Nova Prizes 2019

From left to right: Anthology Editor Veronica Cookson, Prize Judge Keith MacNider, Editor Lindy Warrell,  Satura Prize winner Steve Evans, Nova Prize winner Val Smith.

FSP is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Satura Prize for the best poem in the Anthology 43 is Steve Evans for his poem Darkness. The winner of the Nova Prize for the best poem in the anthology by a previously unpublished poet is Val Smith for her poem Together.

We thank Keith MacNider for judging this year’s prizes, and everyone who submitted poems to the Anthology.

Here are the winning poems.… 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.

2019 AGM Agenda and Launch of Anthology 43

The 2019 FSP AGM will be held on Monday 1st April 2019 commencing at 6:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm. 

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide.

The AGM will be followed by the launch of FSP Anthology 43.

The is no open mic this month, and entry is free. Please bring a plate of nibbles to share at the launch.

The formal agenda for the AGM is below. You can download or print it from there.

You must be a current financial member of FSP to take part in the AGM. Go to the following link to join: https://friendlystreetpoets.org.au/about-2/membership/

2019 AGM and Launch of Anthology 43

FSP Inc hereby announces that 2019 AGM will be held on Monday 1st April 2019 commencing at 6:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm.

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide.

The AGM will be followed by the launch of FSP Anthology 43.

The is no open mic this month, and entry is free.

The formal agenda for the AGM and more details of the night’s activities will be announced soon. You must be a current financial member of FSP to take part in the AGM. Go to the following link to join: https://friendlystreetpoets.org.au/about-2/membership/

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