Enter The $10,000 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

NOW OPEN!
Prize money: $10,000
Closing: 13 October 2025
Judges: Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani

Celebrating twenty-two years of world poetry, Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected poetry awards. The prize – worth a total of AU$10,000 – is open to all living poets writing in English. The winner will receive $6,000, with the four other shortlisted poets receiving $1,000 each.

Entries must be an original and unpublished single-authored poem of not more than 60 lines. The five shortlisted poems will be published in the January–February 2026 issue of ABR and the winner will be announced at a ceremony later that month.

https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-programs/peter-porter-poetry-prize/2026-peter-porter-poetry-prize

Entry costs

Entry costs AU$20 for current ABR subscribers or AU$30 for non-subscribers*. Entrants who are not current ABR subscribers can choose to subscribe when submitting their poem for the special combined rates listed below:

Entry + ABR digital one-year subscription - $100
Entry + Print and digital one-year subscription (Australia) - $120
Entry + Print and digital one-year subscription (NZ and Asia) - $200
Entry + Print and digital one-year subscription (Rest of World) - $220

*Non-subscribers will receive digital access to ABR free of charge for four months from entry.

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