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This month we’re excited to showcase a list of poetry publishers in Australia and their manuscript submissions guidelines, so you can get your work published!
This is an ever-evolving list -- submissions periods and publisher information will be updated throughout the year. To stay in the loop, we also suggest subscribing to publisher newsletters and/or following them on social media.
Want to tell us about an Australian poetry publisher we’ve missed? Are you a publisher who wants to let us know about your upcoming submissions deadline? Send us an email (upliftpoetry@gmail.com) or leave us a comment below!
5 Islands Press
WebsiteApothercary Archive Press
WebsiteBlack Pepper Publishing
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Bonfire Books
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Brandl & Schlesinger
WebsiteCalanthe Press
WebsiteCordite Books
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Downingfield Press
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Status: Currently open for submissions.Elephant Page Publishing
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Status: Currently open for submissionsFlying Islands Pocket Poets
WebsiteFremantle Press
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Status: Unsolicited submissions for poetry are currently closed. They will re-open on 1 March 2025.
Note: ‘Fremantle Press welcomes unsolicited manuscripts from authors of Western Australian origin or whose main place of residence is Western Australia. Work by non–Western Australian authors will be considered when the subject matter has a strong Western Australian focus.’Gazebo Books
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Status: Not currently accepting unsolicited submissions.Ginninderra Press
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Status: Currently open for submissions.Giramondo
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Status: Unsolicited manuscript submissions open from 1 December 2024 until 1 February 2025.GloriaSMH
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Status: Currently closed for unsolicited submissions.Hardie Grant
WebsiteHunter Publishers
WebsiteLacuna Publishing
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Liquid Amber Press
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Magabala
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Status: Open for submissions.
Note: ‘Magabala Books is an Indigenous publishing house. If you are a non-Indigenous author your submission to Magabala Books will not be considered.’Melbourne Poets Union
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Odyssey Books
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.
Note: Publishes poetry under their Publisher Obscura and Ensorcellia imprints.Pitt Street Poetry
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Puncher & Wattmann
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Status: Next submissions window open 15 December, 2024 – 15 January, 2025.Quemar Press
WebsiteRabbit Poetry
WebsiteRecent Work Press
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Running Water Community Press
WebsiteSerenity Press
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.
Note: Focus on folklore, fairy tales and myth.Subbed In
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.Tiny Owl Workshop
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Status: Currently open for submissionsUpswell Publishing
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Status: Next pitch day is Friday 21 March 2025.University of Queensland Press (UQP)
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Status: Poetry list is currently closed for unsolicited submissions.UWA Publishing (UWAP)
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Status: Poetry submissions open each July.Vagabond Press
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.WA Poets Publishing
WebsiteWakefield Press
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Status: Submissions currently open.Walleah Press
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Status: Currently closed for submissions.WestWords
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