Poetry
The All Poetry Competition for 2009
Closing Date June 30, 2009
Open Now for all genres of poetry. Length between 14 and 40 lines.
Open theme. First Prize: $150. Second Prize: $80. Third prize: $50
Each winner to receive a copy of Tangents by The Kitchen Table Poets
Entry postmarked no later than June 30 2009.
No entry form required. Include a cover sheet showing name [...]
2009 PressPress Chapbook Award announced
After a successful Award in 2008 the PressPress Chapbook Award will run again in 2009!
The award is for an unpublished chapbook length manuscript of poems. The winning manuscript will receive $500 and chapbook publication with PressPress. The closing date is 31 May 2009.
Last year’s award had entries from all Australian states, as well [...]
Arts world mourns loss of Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Porter, a shining light of the poetry world, died in Melbourne on 9 December. Described as one of the true originals, Porter is best known for her verse novels including The Monkey’s Mask a thriller about a lesbian detective, published in 1994. The Monkey’s Mask won the National Book Council’s Poetry Prize in 1995 [...]
Magical Journeys – exhibition by South Coast artists
Aurora and Lazuli
(Lazuli is an azure kingfisher who
flies with Aurora)
Exhibition by Chere & Ric Le Page, Shoalhaven Arts Centre, Nowra,
14 November – 10 December. Launch 5 to 7pm, 14 November.
This exhibition is based on two of Chere’s whimsical poems “Aurora and Lazuli” and “The Pirate and the Fish Spitting Whale”.
The centrepiece of the [...]
