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The Australian Poetry Slam - Marrickville Heat

October 23, 2011 all day – 'Planet Text' Stage, Marrickville Street Festival 2011 Write a revolution! You've got 2 minutes, a mic and a hungry audience.Entry is free, TIMES FOR THIS HEAT ARE TBA-PLEASE IGNORE LISTED TIME OF EVENT UNTILL EVENT IS UPDATED. Imagine Hilltop Hoods mash… Organized by Australian Poetry Slam | Type: slam, opportunity, competition, australian poetry slam

Submissions: dotdotdash Issue 9: Recursive

October 24, 2011 all day – National Get meta. Get self-referential. Repeat yourself (repeat yourself). Write it out by hand and then rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite. Reclaim your childhood cursive. Be self-conscious about everythin… Organized by Dot Dot Dash | Type: opportunity, submission, dotdotdash

Call for Applications: Jump Mentorships

October 28, 2011 all day – Australia Find your mentor, mentorship project and apply! Open to young and emerging artists. Closes 28 Oct. Now is the time to find the right mentor and identify a suitable mentorship project for JUMP 2012. C… Organized by Jump | Type: opportunity, mentorship, not just poetry
MPU International Poetry Competition 2011

October 28, 2011 all day – Melbourne MELBOURNE POETS UNION Established 1977 INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2011 $1,000 First Prize $300 Second Prize $200 third prize $100 Martin Downey Urban Realist Award Plus Book Voucher for Highly… Organized by Melbourne Poets Union | Type: submissions, competition, opportunity

Cafe Poet: Call for Applications

October 31, 2011 all day – Australia Via Australian Poetry The Cafe Poet Program places poets in cafes as ‘poets in residence’ for a six month period. The poet is given space to write (maybe two or three times a week – in consultation… Organized by Australian Poetry | Type: opportunity, australian poetry, cafe poet

The Australian Poetry Slam 2011 - Glebe Heats

November 1, 2011 from 7:30pm to 10:30pm – The Friend in Hand Hotel Via Facebook Write a revolution!You've got 2 minutes, a mic and a hungry audience.Entry is free, SLAM starts at 7: 30 pm (sign up to enter 7.00pm)Imagine Hilltop Hoods mashed with Obama, a line o… Organized by Australian Poetry Slam | Type: opportunity, slam, competition

Call for Entries: Novel festival for Sydney poets

November 4, 2011 all day – Woollahra Council The Woollahra Local Writer’s Word Festival is opening its first chapter for 2011, by calling for entries from authors of fiction, non-fiction and poetry living in the Sydney Eastern Suburbs. Now in… Organized by Woollahra Council | Type: festival, opportunity, prize, competition, not just poetry

CAL Chair of Australian Poetry 2012-2014

November 11, 2011 all day – University of Technology The CAL Chair in Australian Poetry is a part-time appointment (1 day a week) over 3 years, 2012-2014, offered to one of Australia’s outstanding poets. The CAL Chair in Australian Poetry will give 2 l… Organized by University of Technology | Type: opportunity

2011 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets

November 15, 2011 all day – Australia The 2011 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets opens for entries on 1 September and closes on 15 November 2011. For more about Judith Wright’s contribution to Australian poet… Organized by Overland | Type: opportunity, prize, overland

The Peter Porter Poetry Prize

November 21, 2011 all day – Australia Via ABR ABR has announced the Peter Porter Poetry Prize Entry to the eighth annual Australian Book Review poetry prize – renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, in memory of the late Australian poet –… Organized by Australian Book Review | Type: competition, opportunity, award, abr