Platform Poets

12/10/2026

"What CONDITIONS produce poetry? Who defines them?"

Submit to Cordite 123: CONDITIONS, with guest editors Autumn Royal and Alice Bellette. Submissions close 13 December 2026, 11:59pm Melbourne time.

Image: Tile featuring the above info and headshots of Autumn and Alice. Image of Autumn by Thomas McCammon.

https://cordite.org.au/guncotton/terms-and-conditions/

12/10/2026

To help inspire your entries for the National Poetry Competition, we have been gathering a host of prompts and resources, find them at bit.ly/NPC26Resources

And find out more about the 2026 National Poetry Competition at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk

11/10/2026

Your story could be the one readers are waiting for… The Kind Press 2027 Literary Women’s Prize for Short Story celebrates women storytellers and is inviting women writers from around the world to enter their original, unpublished short stories.

Key details:
• For: Women writers
• Genre: Fiction or nonfiction short stories, including poetry, essays, or mixed-form writing
• Entry: Original short story submissions
• Prize: First prize winner receives $1,000. All shortlisted entries will be published in Anthologia 2027.
• Closing date: 12 February 2027, 5pm AEDT

Want to take your short story writing further before entering? Our Short Story Essentials course teaches the craft techniques behind creating engaging, polished and unforgettable short fiction, from shaping your structure to developing characters and writing endings that resonate.

Ready to share your story? Find out more: https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/enter-the-2027-literary-womens-writing-prize-for-short-story/

09/10/2026

03/10/2026

The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as 24 hours.

02/10/2026

New battle, new prompts. Write on the clock, submit, and your story is judged against others in the same genre. Next battle starts soon.

29/09/2026

This is Ren Gill he’s bloody huge now - google him! 👏👏👏

https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/10-10-2025/the-friday-poem-i-imagine-making-the-decision-to-tell-the-truth-by-jennifer-compton?fbclid=IwZnRzaAUoOQxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUPW2OIRM4vQ3zTjYwz3GTI5adJpuZ3NydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5u9FO5ecQdxXdh9FwtepmszUFOGIfl31VvgGHgNC0sTQFl_UYM0ArNZShCDw_aem_KSpU0gFu88WewMSo6ROt0A

24/09/2026

Wow that’s amazing! 👍

Atlantic Books imprint Allen & Unwin UK has triumphed in a six-way auction for viral poet Olivia Dodd’s debut book.

It will be published in hardback in February 2027.👇