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- 2023 Ros Spencer Poetry Contest
A poetry contest from WA Poets Inc. open to all poets for original and unpublished poems of up to 60 lines on any theme with the opportunity to be included in the anthology Brushstrokes 2023, to be launched in November 2023, and to win:
First Prize $1,001
Second Prize $299
Plus
2 x Highly Commended Awards
2 x Commended Awards
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY 23rd JUNE 2023
Conditions and an entry fee apply. For details and Submissions click here
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 ROS SPENCER Poetry Contest:
Gayelene Carbis,
Rhian Healy,
Shey Marque,
David Terelinck,
Scott-Patrick Mitchell and
SoulReserveTo read the winning entries click here
This contest is proudly supported by Geoff Spencer and family
- 2023 Poetry d’Amour Love Poetry Contest
With a prize pool of $800, WA Poets would like to announce that the 2023 Poetry d'Amour Love Poetry Contest is now open for submissions. Fees are: $10 per entry, or $20 for 2 entries, $25 for 3 entries and $30 for 4 entries, with an entry consisting of one original, unpublished* poem. For details on submitting click here
- Brushstrokes III
Welcome to Brushstrokes III 2022. After seven years the Ros Spencer Poetry Prize is now an established competition on the Australian poetry calendar. Of the 277 poems submitted I chose 87 poems from 59 poets for the anthology. The poems gave me an intimate glimpse into lives and thoughts of poets in Australia and beyond. Poets wrote about bushfires, COVID, extinction, old age, stolen generation, immigrants, refugees, memories, landscapes, grief as well as the ever-present themes of love, death, nature, desire and identity.
Coral Carter, 2022 Contest Judge
To purchase a copy of Brushstrokes III click here
- 2022 Creatrix Prize Winners
Congratulations to the Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Prize winners. To read the winning poems click here
- ‘Ghost Nets’ Barbara Temperton
"In Ghost Nets, Barbara Temperton writes poignantly of many kinds of loss, yet these memorable poems also find joy in the vivid details of the natural world and everyday life."
Tracy Ryan
“Barbara Temperton has managed that rare thing, finding a methodology to present stories in verse that are also mosaics of impression and intimate observation of specific places.”
John Kinsella
on Southern EdgeTo purchase a copy of 'Ghost Nets' click here
- ‘Living on Granite’ Maree Dawes
“Like the small, spiky flower that grows on granite outcrops, these poems are “nitty gritty down to earth”. Maree Dawes writes sharply, graphically of the natural world and the often-disturbing contradictions of our human presence in it.”
Tracy Ryan
“Living on Granite is a beautiful collection. Reading Maree Dawes’ poetry is like taking a long, rewarding walk with a knowledgeable, honest translator of experience, environments and people.”
Barbara Temperton
To purchase a copy of 'Living on Granite' click here
- 2022 Poetry d’Amour Anthology
“Love is romantic, sensual, secretive, seductive and spiritual. The poems in this anthology embrace all these emotions and more. They reflect and reveal. With words alone, poets must canvas a picture for their kind of love: the known and the unrequited. They speak with many voices, forms, styles.”
Rose van Son
2022 JudgeTo purchase a copy of this anthology click here