Poetry Prize 2023
Calanthe Collective is delighted to announce the Calanthe Collective Prize for Unpublished Poetry 2023. The prize was initiated in 2022 by Brisbane-based poet Jena Woodhouse and in 2023 is sponsored by Griffith University (Open category) and Jena Woodhouse (U18 category) in association with the Calanthe Collective.
This competition is designed to encourage aspiring and current poets in two categories: Under 18, restricted to high school aged people; and an Open category, which is restricted to poets who are yet to have a book or chapbook published by March 31 2023. Calanthe Collective is looking for exceptional poems in both categories.
The winning poem in the Under 18 category will receive $250, with a $100 prize for one Highly Commended entry, and in the Open category $1000, with three Highly Commended prizes of $100. The winners in each category, together with Highly Commended entrants, will have their poems published on the Calanthe Press website. All prize money is in AUD.
Entrants may submit up to a maximum of three individual poems.
There will be an ENTRY FEE of AUD$10 for each individual Open entry. U18 entries are free. Payment may be made by Bank Transfer to:
Calanthe Collective
BSB 484799
Account No 120925314
Please use your NAME as a reference on the bank transfer. If submitting more than one poem, fees may be deposited together, eg, three entries can be deposited as $30.
Each poem must be submitted as a separate entry in separate Word files, with the category clearly nominated (Under 18 or Open) and each must be previously unpublished in any form. Multiple entries in one Word document will not be accepted. Receipts will be sent for each entry and its payment.
If any of your poems are accepted elsewhere you must notify us immediately and withdraw the respective poems.
There is no theme for entries
Each poem must not exceed 50 lines
Format your work as you see fit
We ask that poems are submitted as Microsoft Word documents
Do not include any identifying information (name, emails etc.) within your submitted document. We read all work blind and failure to follow this rule will result in a rejected and unread submission
No additional edits will be allowed to the poems once they have been submitted
Submissions should be sent to calanthepoets@gmail.com with a covering email that may include a biography, but these are not read by judges and have no place in our selection process
All entries which do not adhere to these guidelines may be subject to disqualification
- Submissions are open from January 1 to March 31 2023
- Winners will be advised by June 5
- Announcement of the Winner in each category and the Highly Commended poems will be on Sunday June 18 2023 at the Calanthe Collective Winter Garden Party on Tamborine Mountain, with Jena Woodhouse and Jock MacLeod presenting the awards and the poets presenting their winning poems
- Winning poems and Highly Commended entries will be published on the Calanthe Press website by Friday 30 June. The intellectual property of each poem will reside with its author
Disclaimers: Please note that we will never accept content that would be considered offensive to marginalised groups
Please contact us on calanthepoets@gmail.com for more information
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