đŁ The 2022 Queensland Poetry Awards are now open!
Dear poets and poetry lovers,
The 2022 Queensland Poetry Awards have been announced and are now open. Entries close midnight 5 June!
Want to be a part of #QPF2022? Weâre now accepting expressions of interest for volunteers to join our team and bring this year's festival to life.
Want to know what the Queensland Poetry Festival is all about? Check out the full program and book your tickets on our website now.
And while you're on our website, book into one of our two upcoming Voltas or online professional development workshops.
We can't wait for you to join us at our upcoming events, either online or in-person.
Yours in poetry,
â The QP Team
đŁ Enter the Qld Poetry Awards
The 2022 Queensland Poetry Awards are now open!
Enter your work into the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, Val Vallis Award, XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken Word or Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize.
Entries close midnight 5 June!
đŁ Volunteer with us at #QPF2022
Want to be a part of #QPF2022? Weâre now accepting expressions of interest for volunteers to join our team!
Volunteers play an integral role in the running of the Queensland Poetry Festival. As a volunteer, you are provided with an enriching experience and opportunities to develop new skills and networks.
We are looking for friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic people who will play an important part in curating the festival atmosphere.
Help us bring the Queensland Poetry Festival to life in June 2022 and APPLY NOW.
đŁ Don't delay: grab you Festival Pass today!
The EMERGE FESTIVAL PASS is the best value you can get at #QPF2022! Perks include: access to all QPF live readings, panels and conversations, free access to selected online events, and 10% discount at festival bookstall.
Donât miss out, snap yours up today!
đŁ The Queensland Poetry Festival program has launched
Our 2022 Queensland Poetry Festival Program has launched!
We look forward to seeing you in Meanjin (Brisbane) from 3-5 June at the Judith Wright Centre, or at our Emerge Online program.
Check out the full program and book your tickets on our website now.
đŁ Online reading with Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Jacqui Malins
Join us online on 28 April at 7pm AEST to hear the latest work from two contemporary Australian poets: Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Jacqui Malins.
Weâll also be launching our Poets in (Digital) Residence chapbook, featuring new poetry by Eileen Myles, Andy Jackson and Laniyuk, and supported through Arts Queensland.
Premiering on Facebook Live!
Join us online on Sunday 29 May from 11am to explore The Poetics of Grief with Scott-Patrick Mitchell. This workshop will equip participants with a vocabulary of rituals and symbols that accompany expressions of grief, and how these can enrich and focus the writing of poetry that deals with loss.
Limited tickets and festival passes ON SALE NOW.
âĄVOLTA is co-presented with Brisbane Libraries and our 6 May installment features Dona Samson Zappone, Phil Brown and Jane Frank. This event will be held in-person at the Brisbane Square Library.
Free, but BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.
Sign up now for electric poetry, spoken word, and the unexpected.
âĄWeâre lucky enough to have not one but TWO VOLTAS this May, co-presented with Brisbane Libraries!
Grab your ticket for 27 May VOLTA featuring Mike Russell, Sean West and Mitch Cave. This event will be held at Brisbane Square Library.
Free, but BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.
đŁ Book into our online workshops
Every Place has a soul, every street has a story. Join us for âEvery Place Has a Soul: A Poetry Workshopâ with Manisha Anjali via Zoom on Sunday 12th June at 11am AEST or Thursday 16th June at 6.30pm AEST.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
In this workshop, we will commune with our inner worlds in relation to the places we live, work and dream, as basis for writing poetry.
Book into âA Little Editor for Little Poems - An Introduction to Bitsy Game Makerâ with Tegan Webb via Zoom on Sunday 17 July at 11am AEST or Thursday 21 July at 6.30pm AEST.
Bitsy is a free digital tool that lets you create small, interactive narrative games/stories/poems in simple pixel art style. No coding or visual art experience is required to participate in this workshop! TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
Join us for âEliminating inspirationâ with Holly Isemonger via Zoom on Sunday 14 August at 11am AEST or Thursday 18 August at 6.30pm AEST. This workshop will focus on getting around the troubling idea that you need to be âinspiredâ to write poetry. TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
Drawing on the techniques of the Oulipo and other âformalist gamesâ weâll see how we can turn writing poetry into a productive kind of game, into a real kind of play.
Want to see poetry grow and flourish? Want more spoken word on the stage and creativity on the page?
Make a tax-deductable donation to Queensland Poetry today at qldpoetry.raisely.com
Your donation will help grow poetry in Queensland and beyond!
đŁ Poetry opportunities
Island Magazine: 15 May deadline.
Rabbit Poetry: 31 May deadline.
Cordite: 3 July deadline.
The Five Islands Press Prize: 15 July deadline
Overland Journal: Open for poetry submissions.
#EnbyLife Journal: Submissions open to non-binary and gender diverse creatives.
đŁ Upcoming Qld events
Ruckus Slam - Royal Show Edition: 27 April at Lefty's Music Hall.
Reading with Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Jacqui Malins: 28 April on Facebook Live.
Gather Round reading - Chapter 2: 30 April at Cinnamon & Co, West End.
Song Writing Workshop with Keely Eggmolesse: 30 April at Fradgley Hall.
VOLTA with Dona Samson Zappone, Phil Brown & Jane Frank: 6 May at Brisbane Square Library.
Poet to Poet - The Community of Poetry: May 12 on Facebook Live.
Reading with Lucy Van and Marjon Mossammaparast: 24 May on Facebook Live.
VOLTA - Mike Russell, Sean West & Mitch Cave: 27 May at Brisbane Square Library.
VoC x 4EB Black Out: 27 May.
Queensland Poetry Festival: 3-5 June at Judith Wright Centre.
Workshop - Every Place Has a Soul with Manisha Anjali: 12 or 16 June via Zoom.
Queensland Poetry Writersâ Group
This new group for poetry writers meets monthly at the Brisbane City Council Brisbane Square Library â266 George St.
The primary purpose of the group:
is to provide a safe forum for poems to be critiqued for structure, tone, voice, emotions, clarity and for poetic devices, such as rhythm, structure, images, metaphors/similes, etc.
To discuss Australian poetry themes and topics and poetryâs contribution to Australian society.
To discuss writing poetry and poetics â forms, devices, techniques, structures, use of rap, etc.
The group formation has the support and encouragement of the Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland (FAWQ), Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Queensland Poetry.
The next meeting will be held at 4pm on Thursday 12 May 2022. ZOOM facilities are available.
Contact Mike Gilmour â mgilmour92@gmail.com.