DRAGONS & POETRY PRIZES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures is a fundraiser for the Australian Conservation Foundation. Open to Australian and New Zealand poets, submissions close April 5. Editors: Julia Kaylock and Denise O'Hagan. More information at: https://www.litoriapress.com/poetry-for-the-planet-anthology 

Echidna Tracks is taking submissions of haiku on the theme of Light & Colour throughout April. 

Palette Poetry competitions include: The Emerging Poet Prize (no more than two collections published) closing April 19 with a prize of US$3000: the inaugural Sappho Prize for self-identifying women with a prize of $2500 — submissions accepted April 20-June 13; The Palette Poetry Prize open June 19- August 16 with a prize of $4000. All have smaller prizes for second and third place.

The $3000 Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize closes June 4.

The Newcastle Poetry Prize closes June 28. Judges this year are Toby Fitch and Jill Jones. First prize is $15000 with another $10000 worth of place/prizes.

Thanks to the Women's Poetry Opportunities Facebook page for some of this information. Breathe fire into your work and get it out there, roar like a dragon.