Poetry

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (132+ words) The Allingham Festival 2026 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions are now open! First Prize in both Flash Fiction and Poetry is €300. Winners will be invited to read their winning entries at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday November the 7th 2026 as part of…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (422+ words) The "Poetic Bijie" 2026 writing event for emerging popular literature authors was launched on Friday in Bijie, Guizhou province. "New popular" poets from different walks of life — from farm fields to... Poetry takes root among the people The "Poetic Bijie" 2026 writing…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (80+ words) If you, if you could return. Don’t let it burn. Don’t let it fade. I’m sure I’m not being rude. But it’s …...

16+ hour, 32+ min ago   (125+ words) by Roland Norris Roland Norris blends fantasy, romance, and meaningful conversation in a tale of two young people whose devotion is tested within a magical realm. Norris approaches storytelling as another form of adventure, with love serving as a recurring…...

20+ hour, 14+ min ago   (152+ words) The winners of the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship, which is this year awarded to two fellows, have been announced. Winning writers, who each receive a stipend of $25,000, are: This year’s judging panel was made up of Toni Jordan (chair), Siang Lu and…...

20+ hour, 36+ min ago   (173+ words) Adam Lindsay Gordon, melancholy remittance man, lived a hectic, varied life to help him fill the time… slipshod poet, reckless steeplechase rider, stammering South Australian MP … One dawn, he walked to a Melbourne beach, put a pistol in his mouth…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (555+ words) Writing as Awakening, Remembrance, and the Creation of Reality By Professor RĀ // “I do not write merely to communicate what is known. I write to awaken what has …...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (392+ words) Following the overwhelming success of this month's sold-out evening with bestselling author Liane Moriarty, Shellharbour City Library is inviting book lovers to secure their seats for two more special author events in October. Internationally acclaimed authors Michael Robotham and Fiona…...

20+ hour ago   (1225+ words) International Booker Prize-winning translator Deepa Bhasthi is in Kathmandu as one of the mentors at a three-day literary translation workshop at Kathmandu University’s Dhulikhel campus. The workshop, organised jointly by Kathmandu University’s Department of Languages and Mass Communication and the…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago   (170+ words) The winners of the 2026 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Announced on 11 September at the State Library of Western Australia, the winners were chosen from shortlists announced in early July and the Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist announced in…...